2. A variety of the plum. See under Plum. [Eng.]

||Or"lo (?), n. [Sp.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music in use among

||the Spaniards.

Or"lop (?), n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or

overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf.

Overloop.] (Naut.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war,

consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the

cables are coiled.

Or"mer (?), n. (Zoöl.) An abalone.

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Or`mo*lu" (?), n. [F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu, p. p. of

moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See Aureate, and Mill.] A variety

of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper

in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is

often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids.

Called also mosaic gold.

Ormolu varnish, a varnish applied to metals, as brass, to give the

appearance of gold.

||Or"muzd (?), n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] The good principle, or being, of

||the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.

Orn (?), v. t. To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye.

Or"na*ment (?), n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr.

ornare to adorn.] That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds

grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.

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