orale (orale)

[ML., neut. of (NL.) oral is, of the mouth: see oral.] A veil worn by the Pope at solemn pontifical celebrations; the fanon. See fanon, 3 (e). orally (o'ral-i), adv. 1. In an oral manner; by word of mouth; in words, without writing; vocally; verbally: as, traditions derived orally from ancestors.-2. By means of the mouth; through, in, or into the mouth. The priest did sacrifice, and orally devour it whole. Bp . Hall , Epistles, To Sir T. Challoner. "Morphinomania," by Dr. Seymour J. Starkey, gives a striking but quite credible account of the influence of the unscientific use of morphia, either subcutaneously or orally. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 219. Same as orang - utan. orang (ō-rang'), n. or angel (or'anj), n. and a. [Formerly also orenge; naranz changed to l, appar. in simulation of the def. art.) = Wall. neranze = MGr. νεράντζιον, NGr. νεράντζι, the orange-the sweet or China orange, Citrus Aurantium proper, including the ordinary market sorts; the bitter or Seville orange or bigarade, variety Bigaradia, used for making marmalade, its peel being specially valued; and the bergamot orange, variety Bergamia, cla ed by some, however, as a variety of Citrus Medica (see bergamot1, 1). 2. A rather low branching evergreen fruit-tree, Citrus Aurantium, with greenish-brown bark, elliptical or ovate coriaceous leaves, the petiole often winged, and fragrant white flowers. It is long-lived and extremely prolific. When no longer fruitful, its hard, fine-grained, yellowish wood is valued for inlaid work and fine turnery. Its flowers are prized when fresh (see orange - blo oms ), and (chiefly those of the bitter orange) yield neroli-oil and orange-water. The varieties of the orange are very numerous, distinguished most ob viously by their fruit. Its origin is referred to India, spread to western Asia, thence reaching and Italy, through the agency of the Moors and the crusaders, between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. It is now cultivated in nearly all tropical and subtropical lands, including China Japan, the whole nean basin, the West Indies, and the southern borders of the United States, having, indeed, become thoroughly wild in Florida. The gourde is goode nygh this orenge ysowe, Whoos vynes brent maath askes for hem sete. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 120. orange at of tetra nitro-diphenol. It is applicable to wool and silk in an acid bath. - Quito oranges, the berries of Solanum Quitoense. - St. Michael's orange, a rather small, thin skinned, seedle variety of orange, the pulp very sweet and the tree extremely productive. - Sumatra orange. See Murray a.-Sweet-skinned orange, a variety orange with thick soft rind, in Paris called forbidden fruit, while in London that name applies to a small sort of shaddock. -Tangerine orange, a subvariety of the mandarin, inclining to a pear shape, its smallest form not larger than an English walnut. - Wild orange. (a) The common orange spontaneous forms. (b) The Carolina cherry-laurel, Prunus Carol in i an a. It is a small tree with glo y coriaceous leaves, wild and cultivated for ornament in the southern United States. Its foliage, bark, and fruit contain pru ic acid, and the leaves are often fatal to animals browsing upon them. Also called mock -orange and wild peach. (c) See toothache-tree. II. a. Of or belonging to an orange; specifically, being of the reddish-yellow color of the orange. The ideas of orange colour and azure. Yon orange sunset waning slow. Locke . Tennyson, Move eastward, happy earth. Orange bat, Rhinonycteris aurantia: so called from the coloration.- Orange bird, Phonipara zen a, a West Indian tanager, having an orange breast. - Orange chrome, a chrome-yellow of a deep-orange shade. - Orange cowry, Cypræa aurora, the morning-dawn cowry. - Orange dove, Chrysænas victor, the male of which is orange. Orange footman, Lithos i a fueritage gourd range fruit-worm. See fruit -worm. - Same as egg gourd (which see, under gourd ). - Orange mineral, an oxid of lead similar to red lead in composition, but much brighter and clearer in color. It is formed by oxidizing white lead on the hearth of a reverberatory furnace. It is largely used in paints, principally as a base for artificial or eosin vermilion. - Orange moth, Anger on a prunaria, a British geometrid moth, so called from its color.-Or ange ocher. Same as ( burnt ) Roman ocher (which see, ocher ). Orange paste. See paste. - Orange sallow, Xanthia citrago, a British moth. Orange-skin surface, a name given to the glaze of certain varieties of Oriental porcelain, from the slight roughne es of the surface, without reference to color. - Orange-slip clay, a clay used in Staff ords hire, chiefly in making slip, of a gray color, having mixed with it reddish nodules, which give an orange color to the tempered ma . - Orange underwing, Brephos par then a is, a common noctuid moth of Europe: an English collectors' name. - Orange upper wing, Hop or in a croceago, a common noctuid moth of Europe: an English collectors' name. - Orange vermilion, a mercury vermilion, red with an orange hue. Orange2 (or'anj), a. [Attrib. use of Orange, D. Oranje, G. Oranien ), a city and principality in France, orig. (L.) Arausio ( n- ), the capital of the Cavari, in Gallia Narbonensis.] 1. Of or pertaining pe to the principality of Orange in France, or the line of princes named from it: often with special reference to William III. of England, Prince of Orange, who was regarded as the champion of Protestant ism against Louis XIV. on the continent, and against James II. in Ireland.-2. Of or pertaining to the Society of Orange men, or Orange ism: as, an Orange lodge; an Orange emblem. See Orange man.