orange pippin (oranjpipin)

A kind of apple. oranger (or'ānj-ér), n. A ship or ve el employed in carrying oranges. orange root (or'ānj-röt), n. See Hydrastis. orangery (or'ānj-ri), n.; pl. orangeries (-riz). [ The orangerie and aviarie handsome, & a very large plantation about it. Evelyn , Diary, July 14, 1664. Farms and orangeries yielded harvests. G. W. Cable , Creoles of Louisiana, xxiv. tang (=Pg. or an got an go = D. orangoutang = G. Sw. Dan. orangutang ), with the second element conformed in final elements to the first; prop. oration as a lame person uses crutches. Both hands and feet are long and narrow, with bent knuckles and short thumbs and toes, so that the palms and soles cannot be pre ed flat upon plane surfaces. The face, hands, and feet are naked, and the fur is scanty or thin, though rather long; it is of a brownish-red or auburn color. Orang-utans live in trees, where they build large nests and feed on fruits and succulent buds or shoots. The strength of the animal is great in proportion to its size, and when brought to bay it proves a formidable antagonist. Also orang. orant (o'rant), n.; pl. orants, or, as L., orantes (ō-ran'tēz). [L. or an ( t- ) s, ppr. of orare, pray: see oration.] 1. In anc. art, a female figure in an attitude of prayer; a female adorant. Such figures are commonly distinguished or indicated by the IMG:content-1785.jpg:[graphic] Orant and A do rants in presence of Perse phone and Demeter. (Votive relief from Eleusis, in the Cabinet Pourtalès, Paris.) raising of the hand and arm or forearm, with the palm out. ward, as well as by the smaller of the orants when divinities also are represented. 2. In early Christian art, a female figure standing with arms outspread or slightly raised in prayer, symbolizing the church as engaged in adoration and interce ion. Such figures are frequently found as paintings in the Catacombs, and some have been regarded as representations of the Virgin Mary. orarion (ō-ra'ri-on), n.; pl. oraria (-a). [LGr. ὠράριον, a stole: see orarium1.] In the Gr. Ch., the deacon's stole, as distinguished from the epitrachelion or priest's stole. It is worn over the left shoulder, and is somewhat wider than the Western stole. orarium1 (ō-rā'ri-um), n.; pl. oraria (-a). [L., a napkin, handkerchief, LL. as in defs. Gr. ωράριον ), a stole cal or, the mouthse oral.] 1. In cla ical antiq.: (a) A handkerchief. (b) A handkerchief or scarf used in waving applause in the circus. - 2. A stole: replaced in the Western Church by the name stola about the ninth century. See orarion and stole. -3. A scarf affixed to the crozier, in use as early as the thirteenth century. utan, lit. man of the woods, Orang-utan ( Simia satyr us ). see oration.] A Latin book of private prayer, especially that i ued in England under Henry VIII. in 1546, or the one published under Elizabeth in 1560. orary (or'a-ri), n.; pl. oraries (-riz). [ ora serrata (ō'ra se-rā'tä). [NL.: L.ora, edge; serrata, fem. of serratus, saw-shaped, serrated: see serrated.] The indented edge of the nervous portion of the retina.