Orbitude
(Or"bi*tude Or"bi*ty) n. [L. orbitudo, orbitas, fr. orbus: cf. F. orbité. See Orbate.] Orbation.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Orbulina
(||Or`bu*li"na) n. [NL., dim. of L. orbis orb.] (Zoöl.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera
having a globular shell.
Orby
(Orb"y) a. [From 2d Orb.] Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.] "Orby hours."
Chapman.
Orc
(Orc) n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zoöl.) The grampus. [Written also ork and orch.] Milton.
Orcadian
(Or*ca"di*an) a. [L. Orcades the Orkney Islands.] Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.
Orcein
(Or"ce*in) n. (Chem.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, obtained from orcin, and forming
the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.
Orchal
(Or"chal) n. See Archil.
Orchanet
(Or"cha*net) n. [F. orcanète.] (Bot.) Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.
Orchard
(Or"chard) n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard
yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]
1. A garden. [Obs.]
2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; — used especially of apples, peaches,
pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually
in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. — Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure
in which fruit trees are reared in pots. — Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole
(Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
Orcharding
(Or"chard*ing) n.
1. The cultivation of orchards.
2. Orchards, in general.
Orchardist
(Or"chard*ist), n. One who cultivates an orchard.
Orchel
(Or"chel) n. Archil.
Orchesography
(Or`che*sog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. dance + -graphy.] A treatise upon dancing. [R.]
Orchester
(Or"ches*ter) n. See Orchestra.
Orchestian
(Or*ches"tian) n. [From Gr. a dancer. See Orchestra.] (Zoöl.) Any species of amphipod
crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Orchestra
(Or"ches*tra) n. [L. orchestra, Gr. orig., the place for the chorus of dancers, from to dance: cf.
F. orchestre.]
1. The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; — originally appropriated by the Greeks
to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns
to a band of instrumental musicians.
