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aTI lhe magazines, garriCons, and forts, in Great B ritain.

OR..noNWANC¡', ..in

archit,:éturc,

rhe

compofition of a

building, aod ,he di{pofi,ioo of i" parlS, bo,h wi,h re–

¡:,ud ro rhe whole aad ro ane ano.ther; or, a,s

~.1r.

Evelyn

txpre{fl!s

it, determining the meafure

of what is affigoed

rhe

fel'eral apartments.

ORE, in na,ural hiflory, .,he eompound mioeral glebe,

tartl1 , none, or

olher

(ubllance, which is rieh enough

io me,allie partid .. ' o be worth ,he \Vhile of

bei.ng

pu–

r¡6ed, and

by·

this

mean3

reparare

the metal from

it,

whether gold , fil ver, eopper,

&<.

See C H... ISTR V.

OREBRO, ,he

e.pi,

. 1of ,he provioee of N erieia, io Swe–

deo: E, long.

15° ,

N . lal.

59°

20'.

OREGRUND, a P0rl-'OWO of Swedeo, io ,he provinee

ofUpl.od

: E.loog.

18°

IS', N. lat.

60° 30'.

OR FORD, • borough and pOrl ,owo of Sufl'olk, 'h<"y

miles caO: of Bury.

feod! t\va

lDembers lO

p'ad iament.

ORGAL, amoog dyers, denotes ,he lees .of wioe dried.

ORGAN, io. general, is an inflrument or macn ioe defigo–

ed for (he produétion of fome cenain aétion or operarion.;

in which [eo(e, tbe mechanic powers,

machines,

and e·

ven lhe

veins, arlericu ,

ner\'es,

muleles, and

bODes

the human body, may be ealled organ•.

O'GAN, in mufiek, ,he largeft aod mon harmoniou. wind–

;ollrument,

. T be inveOlioo of the organ is very accient, 'hough it

;. agre'ed that it w.. very Iiule ufed ,ill ,he eigh'h eeo–

tury.

feem. to have beeo borrowed from the Greeks.

Vitruviu. deferibe.

hydraulie ooe io bis teoth book ef

archi'eélure. The emperor Juliao has aD' epigram in ilS

puife. Sto J erome mentioo. ooe with ,welve pair of

bellow., which might be

he.rd

• ,houfand paces, or a

mile; .nd an'o,her at J erufalem, wbich migh, be b eárd

at ,he mouo' of Olives. .

T here i. ooe io ,he ea,éedral ehuTeh of Vlm, in Ger–

maoy, that is nine'y .three fee' high , and ,weoty_eight

hroad ; the biggefl pipe i. ,hineeo ioches in diameter;

and it has fixteen pair of bello,""

T he

OIodem organ is a

buffel, conlaining

fcveNI

rows

of pipes. The fize of the organ i. generally exprelfed

by ,he leogth of iu biggcn pipe; thus we fay an orgao

of 'hirty-'wo feet, of úxteen, of eight, and of two feet.

H}dratllie

ORGAN, denole•• mufieal maehine ,h.. play.

mea~.

of wa'er ioflead of wind. O f ,hefe there are

feveral io Italy in ,he grouoes

vineyard. . C teCebes of

Alexaodria, who lived in 1he tinte of Ptolemy Eu rgetes,

Caid to have

Iidl

iovenled orgao. ,bat played by eom–

prelliog th" .ir wi,h water, a. i. fl ill praéliled. A rchi–

mede. ao-J Vitruvius have lef, us deferiptions of ,he hy

draulie organ.

O RGASM, ao eeflacy, or impelUous defire of eoi,ion, oc·

caGooed by a ,urgefeeney of the feminal vdfds.

ORGI.<\, io antiqui,y, f. afl. and f.erifiees performed io

honour of Racehus, iofli,n,ed by O rpheus, aod ch"fl y

celebtated on ·the mouotaioa by wild diflraéled women;

called Datch",.

Seo

BACCHANA LI A, aod DI ON

'ÜRGIVA, a 'own of Spaio, in ,he provinee of G raoada,

tweOly_five miles

foUth'of

G ranada.

ORGUES, io , he mililary art, are ,hick, long pieees of

wood. pointed

one

cnd,

and rhod Wilh iron, clear

One

of anolher ;

hanging

caeh

particular rope, or cord,

OYer ,he g'te-way of a Oro"g place, .perpendieularly, 'o

be let

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;0 eafe of

cnemy,

V OL.

Iil. N°

88.

O RCUES is alfo \lfed fo r . maehine, compofed of feveral

11arqu<buCs or muCq". I-barrels bOUAd IOge,her, by meaos

whcrcof fenral explofioDS. are made

the fame tinu'

ufed ' o defeod breaehes aod o,her places au.eked .

ORGYA,

ancient Grecian me;.afure, containin:!

fix

fect.

ORlA, a town of Italy, iD ,he kiogdom of N aples, aod

,erri,ory of Otrao,o, fi,uated 'hirty miles oorth-wefl of

the eity of OtraolO.

O R IFICE , the mou,h or aperture of a tube, pipe, or o'

ther cavity.

ORIGANUM, in botaoy, a geous of ,he didyn. mia gym–

nofpern.ia

e!aCs. The flrobilus is triaogular and fpiked.

There

are

tle\'en fpecies, uva of which are

n3tives

of'

Britain,

v iz .

the

.vuJgare,

or wild marjoram; and tbe

ooites, or pot-marjoram.

ORIGEN ISTS, io ehureh-hiflory, a Chritliao f<él in ,he

fou rth een,ury, fo ealled from ,heir drawing their opi–

nions

from the

writiogs

of Origen. T he origcoifls

mai n~

taioed, ,ha< ,he foul. of meo had a pre.exi fteot flate ;

,hat ,hey were holy iotelligeoces, and had fiooed in hea–

ven befo re ,he body was ereated: ,hat C hrifl is ooly the'

fon of God by adop,ion : tho, he has beeo CucceJlively

u–

nited

with all the

angelical

nat ures, and has beeo a

che·

rub,

feraph , and

all the

eelellial

virtues, one ¡(ter an..

othe" that io fu'ure age., he will be cruei 6ed for ,he

falvation of ,he devils, as he ha. already been for ,ha, of

men; and that their punifhm ent. and chat of the damned.

will

cant inue

0nly

for a cen ain limited time.

ORIG INAL, a

firll

draagh, or defigo of aoy',hiog, whieh

férves

as a

model

to.be

imitated

copied .

OR'l G lMAL SI N,

the erime of 'cating the forbidden fruir.

of whieh i, is faid all mankiod are guil,y a' ,heir eoo–

ceptioo by ,he imputatioo of Adam's traofgreffioo; whieh

is aceouoted for by fuppofiog, ,hat Adam, as he was 'o

be ,he falher, wa, alfo ,he fcederal head and reprefeo–

tativr,

of lhe

whole

human

race ;

and tha t

bis Gnning.

.11

,hat \Vere 'o fpriog from him p3rlOok of his erime.

ORIGUE LLA, a ei,y of Spaio, in ,he pro.ioco of Va–

leocia :

W .

!onr.

50',

N . lat,

"38°

'o'.

ORILLON, in fo"ífiea,ion, is o fmall rouodiog of ea,,"

foced wi,h a wall ; ..ifed 00 ,he Choulder of thoCe baflioo.

that have

cafemate" tO caver

the cannon

in the reti red

fl. ok, and preven, ,heir beiog dlfmouoted by the enemy_

See

F ORT 1F ICATJ ON.

ORIO LUS, in orni,hology, • geous belongiog to ,he or–

der of pica:. The biU is conical,

convex•.

very fha rp,

aod flrait, ,he fuperior mandibl,e being much 10llger than

,he uoder

ooe ;

. od the IOngue is forked aod fllarp.

There are

fpeeies, prineipally diflioguiChea by Iheir

colour.

OR ION , io aflronomy. See A ' TRONOM V, p,

487.

OR IXA, ,he capital of the province of ,he fame na"'e, in

, he hi,her Iodia, fi,uated 00 the \l'e(l fide of the bay of

Benga!.

O RKNE Y ISL"NDS, certain iOaods on ,he oorth of Seo,–

laod, from whieh ,hey are feparated by • frith 1Wenty

miles in length, and ' en in bread,h. T heCe iflands are

fo rt y in number, aod ,ogether wi,h ,he iO.nel of Zetl, od

fend one

member

to parliament, and anothcr (ur the burghs

of Kirkwall,

Ce ,

OR LE, OR LET, or

O~LO,

in .rehi,eélu re, • fillet uoder

the ovoJo

quarter round

c:tpital. ' Vhen ir is

,he ,op or bOllo:n of ,he Chaft, it is ealled cinllu'c.

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