{ Or"bi*tude (?), Or"bi*ty (?), } n. [L. orbitudo, orbitas, fr. orbus:
cf. F. orbité. See Orbate.] Orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
||Or`bu*li"na (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. orbis orb.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.
Orb"y (?), a. [From 2d Orb.] Orblike; having the course of an orb;
revolving. [Obs.] "Orby hours." Chapman.
Orc (?), n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zoöl.) The grampus. [Written also
ork and orch.] Milton.
Or*ca"di*an (?), a. [L. Orcades the Orkney Islands.] Of or pertaining
to the Orkney Islands.
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.
Or"chal (?), n. See Archil.
Or"cha*net (?), n. [F. orcanète.] (Bot.) Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.
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 (Dactylis glomerata),
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.
Or"chard*ing (?), n. 1. The cultivation of orchards.