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. P.lládio ,Ifes the word orlo, for the plioth of tbe bafes
or
lhe columns.
Qa.LE,in
henldry,
an
ordiDary, in forro of a
611et, drawn
round the
lhidd,
"car lhe
coge
or cxtremity
(liIcrear,
leaving the field v.cant io the middJe. Its bread,h i. bu,
half that of
th~
trclruce
oc
bordure, which
conlains
a fixth
pan of the fhield; ond tbe orle, onlya twelfth: befidcs
that the órle ís iu own bread,h difhot from ,he edge of
the fhield, where.. the bordure come. 'o the edge itfelf.
The form of ihe orle i. ,he fame wi,h ,h.. of the fhield,
"h~nce
i, refemble. an efcutcheon. See Plate CXXX[V.
fig . 6. which reprefeoto ao orle argent in a field goles .
ORLEANOIS, a province or government ofFrance, bouad–
ed by Norm.ody aod the i[le of France, on the nonh ;
by Champaign aod Burguody,
00
,he eall; by Lyooo;.
and Guieone,
00
the fouth; aod by Britdny aod ,he bay
of Bifca y, on the well.
ORLEANS, a city of Franco, capital of Orleanoi., Ii–
luated un lhe river Loire, in E . long .
2°,
N . lat. 47°
SS' ·
ORLEANS
is airo
lhe name of an
¡(land and
town on lbe
river of Sl. Laurence, io C . nada:
\V.
long, 73
Q ,
N.
Iat.
47°.
ORLOPE, in the fea-Iaoguage, the uppermoll fpace or
deck
iD
a groat
{hip,~
reaching
froAl
the
main-man 10
the
mizen. lo ,hree·deck fhips, the fecond and IGWelt deck.
are
rometimcs
callcd orlopes .
ORMOND, tbe oonh divifioa of the couaty of Tipperary
io Irelaad .
ORMUS, an ¡Ihnd at the eotrance of the gulph of Perfia,
Ii,uated oppou,e to G ombroo oo.the cootineat, iD E . long.
56°, N. Iat.
27°
30'.
This ínílnd is thirty miles in circumference.
ORNITHOGALUM, io bOlany, a r.eous
Gf
the hdandria
mooogynia c1afs. Tbe corolla confifl. of fix creél petals;
and the 61.nteats are alternately \Vider at the bafe o There
are
11
fpecies. three of them Aatives of Brilain,
viz.
the
luteum, or yelloOl llar of Be,hlehem; the pyreoaicum,
or ·fpiked llar of Be,hlehem; and the umbellatum, or
eommOD llar of Hethleheru.
ORNITHOLOGY, that branch of natural hillory which
treats ofhirds. See
NATURAL HISTORY.
ORNITHOMANCY, a fpecies of divioatioa, performed
by mean. of bird,; being the fame wi,h augury. See
DIVINATION
and
AUGURY.
ORNIOPHTUS, in bOlaDy, a genu. of the diadelphia de–
caodria, claf..
The pod i. joioted, cyliodrical, and
arcuated. T here are four fpecies, only one of which,
viz .
the perpufillus, or birds.foot, is a native of Britaín.
OROBANCHE, io bOlany, a geou. orthedidyoamia .ngio–
{permia c1af..
The
calix i:p bifid, aod the corolla rin–
gene; the capfule has tWO yalves, and contatns many
feeds . There are feveo fp'ecies, two of them oatives of
Briuin,
viz .
the Olajor, or
hroom.ra·pe; aod the ramora,
or branched broolD· rope.
OROBUS, in botany, a geou. of tbe diadelphia decaodria
claf. . The Ilylu••, linear; the calix i. blunt a' the
b~fe,
the fuperior fegmeo"
of
i, being fhoner. There are nioe
fpecies, two of them DatÍves of Britain,
viz.
the tube ..
rofu., or \Vood·peafe; anll the fyJva,icu., or biuer
..elch .
"RONOQ!!E, a river
of
S9utb AOlerica, which f.vls joto
the A,laoti, ocean io SON. lal. almoll oppofite
10
the iOand
of Trinity. -
ORONTIUM, in botany, a genus of the hexandri, mono–
gyoia c1.f.. The fpadix i, cylindrical, aod covered wi,h
Bofcule. ; tbe corolla coaúU. of fix peta"; it has
00
Ity·
lus; and the c.pfule ha, threo cell.. There i. bu, one
fpecies, a oative of Virginia.
ORPHAN. a fatherIef. child, or minor; or ooe that i.
deprived bOlh of fa,her and mother.
ORPHUS, io ichthyology. Sée S'ARU' .
ORPIME NT, in natural hillory, a foflile fubllanct ufually
fouñd io copper'mioes. compofed of ,h;"o
a.ke" like ,he
taks; which eaúl y fpTit , .ad are flexible, aod not .ela.
fiic, folu ble ia oil, fufibl e in a· moderate fire, aod yield–
ing in burning ao offenfive fmell· Ioke garlic.
Of this genu. of foflils, there are ooly ,hree known
(pecie.:
J.
A broad·fl aked, gold-coloured kind, mucb
eHeemed at prefent by our p. inte". Thi. i. found iD
reveral places, as in the iílands of the Archipehgo, io the
mines of Golfclaer io Saxony, in fome parts of Turky,
ood io the Eafl·lndi.., aad in i" utmol} puri,y about
Smyrna ; thi. makes tbe fiaefl of all yellow. in p. ioting.
2.
The fmall ·Baked yellow kind, which i. ,he common
orpiment of the
Chops,
and is a fine colour, though great..
Iy inferior to ,he former. This i. fouad iD m""y pans
of the Turkifh domioioa., and in Germaoy. And, 3·
R ed-orpimeo'¡ which is of a fiae bright red : tbi. i. a
very b.,u,iful fubltance of a 6ne brigh, red . .ory glolfy,
aod • little tran(pareot, and i. found ia ,he Tu·kifh do·
minioos, in the ifl"ods of lhe Archipelago. and cveo in
Cornwall, where it i. koowa ooder tbe name of red
mundic.
.
Geoffroy declares
jt
a corrofive and poironous mineral :
on
the olher hand, Boerhaave declares orpiment
ao io·
nocent and harmlers medicine; and Hoffmao, who has
becn at
more paios Ihan any
body
to
examine into
iu
~a.
ture, declares the {ame, aod even gives ¡allaDces of
1tS
beiog ¡iven to dogo wi,hout any harm.
Ir
i. ao excelleot depilatory, mixed with lime, and
~ade
ioto a pafic
with ·~ater. ·
The paioten are
food of
!'
as
a goldeo colour; aod a lixivium of it, wilb quick.hlll e,
mak.. fympathetic ink.
ORPINE, io botany. See S'DUM .
ORRER
y
t
a curious machioe, or mqvement, for repre–
fen,ing the mo,ions aod appe.raoces· of- tbe heavenly
bo~
dies . Se< A'TRONOMV, p. 495.
ORRICE. Sce
hrs .
ORTEGAL
caJl¡. and cap.,
the moll nortberly promon–
IOry of Spain, . thirty miles Dorth-eall of Ferrol: W.
long. 8? 22', N . lat. 44°_
.
ORTEG[A, io botany, a geou. of the triandria
monogyn~~
clafs . The calix coofill, of 6ve leave. ; the coroll a
tt
wan,iog; aad ,he cae.!ule hal one cell, and many fcedo,
There is but one fpecies, a native of Spain. .
.
ORTHODOX, in churcb-hillory, an appeJlattoo g..
~n. to
thofe who are found iD
a1~
tbe anieJes of the Chnrtiao
fai,h.
ORTHOGRAPHIC
projemon o/the JpheN,
,hat wbere·
iD the eye
i~
foppofed at an io6aite· diflance; fo callcd,
becaufe the perpeodicula" from .oy poiot of the
fph~r~
will .11 fall in the common interfeaioD
of
lbe fpbere,
WI'
th.e plaoc of
th~ proj~aioD
ORTF..o-