Or*pha"ri*on (?), n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern
kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]
Or*phe"an (?), a. [L. Orph&?;us, Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to Orpheus,
the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains. Cowper.
Or"phe*line (?), n. [F. orphelin. See Orphan.] An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll.
Or"phe*us (?), n. [L. Orpheus, Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Myth.) The famous mythic
Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is
reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by
the music of his lyre.
Or"phic (?), a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean;
as, Orphic hymns.
Or"phrey (?), n. [See Orfrays.] A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in
part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics.
Pugin.
Or"pi*ment (?), n. [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold + pigmentum
pigment. Cf. Aureate, Pigment, Orpin, Orpine.] (Chem.) Arsenic
sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow
powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; --
formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white
Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.
Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie.
Chaucer.
Red orpiment, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic. -- Yellow orpiment,
king's yellow.
Or"pin, n. [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See Orpiment.] 1. A
yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to
red.