2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil.]

Ar`chi*lo"chi*an (&?;), a. [L. Archilochius.] Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

{ Ar"chi*mage (&?;), ||Ar`chi*ma"gus (&?;), } n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. &?;, a Magian.] 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.