The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven
glass.
Tennyson.
There is no generally admitted difference between a bay window and an
oriel. In the United States the latter name is often applied to bay
windows which are small, and either polygonal or round; also, to such
as are corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.
O"ri*en*cy (?), n. [See Orient.] Brightness or strength of color. [R.]
E. Waterhouse.
O"ri*ent (?), a. [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise.
See Origin.] 1. Rising, as the sun.
Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.
Milton.