Or"gy (?), n.; pl. Orgies (&?;). A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See
Orgies
||Or*gy"i*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the length of the outstretched
||arms. So named because, when at rest, it stretches forward its fore
||legs like arms.] (Zoöl.). A genus of bombycid moths whose
||caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very
||injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless.
||Called also vaporer moth.
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Or"i*calche (?), n. [Obs.] See Orichalch.
Costly oricalche from strange Phœnice.
Spenser.
Or`i*chal"ce*ous (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch;
having a color or luster like that of brass. Maunder.
Or"i*chalch (?), n. [L. orichalcum, Gr. &?;; 'o`ros, mountain +
chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.] A metallic substance, resembling
gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients,
resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.
O"ri*el (?), n. [OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum portico,
hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an apartment decorated
with gilding. See Oriole.] [Formerly written also oriol, oryal,
oryall.]