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Orchis
n.
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A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.
Orchis
n.
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Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.
Orchitis
n.
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Inflammation of the testicles.
Orchotomy
n.
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The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.
Orcin
n.
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A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.
Ord
n.
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An edge or point; also, a beginning.
Ordained
imp. & p. p.
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of Ordain
Ordaining
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Ordain
Ordain
v. t.
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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
Ordain
v. t.
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To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
Ordain
v. t.
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To set apart for an office; to appoint.
Ordain
v. t.
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To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
Ordainable
a.
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Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Ordainer
n.
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One who ordains.
Ordainment
n.
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Ordination.
Ordal
n.
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Ordeal.
Ordalian
a.
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Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
Ordeal
n.
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An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
Ordeal
n.
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Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
Ordeal
a.
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Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
Order
n.
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
Order
n.
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Of material things, like the books in a library.
Order
n.
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Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
Order
n.
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Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
Order
n.
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Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
Order
n.
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The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
Order
n.
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Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
Order
n.
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That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
Order
n.
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A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
Order
n.
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Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.