Organ

or′gan, n. an instrument or means by which anything is done: a part of a body fitted for carrying on a natural or vital operation: a means of communication, or of conveying information or opinions from one to another of two parties, as an amba ador, a newspaper, .: a musical wind instrument consisting of a collection of pipes made to sound by means of compre ed air from bellows, and played upon by means of keys: a system of pipes in such an organ, having an individual keyboard, a partial organ: a musical instrument having some mechanism resembling the pipe-organ, as the barrel-organ, .— ns. Or′gan-build′er , one who constructs organs; Or′gan-grind′er , a fellow who plays a hand-organ by a crank; Or′gan-harmō′nium , a large harmonium used instead of a pipe-organ.— adjs. Organ′ic , -al , pertaining to an organ: organised: instrumental.— adv. Organ′ically .— n. Organ′icalne .— v.t. Organ′ify , to add organic matter to.— n. Organisabil′ity .— adj. Organ is′able , that may be organised.— n. Organ isā′tion , the act of organising: the state of being organised.— v.t. Or′ganīse , to supply with organs: to form several parts into an organised whole, to arrange.— ns. Or′ganīser ; Or′ganism , organic structure, or a body exhibiting such: a living being, animal or vegetable.— adj. Or′ganismal .— ns. Or′ganist , one who plays on an organ; Or′gan-loft , the loft where an organ stands; Organog′eny , Organogen′esis , history of the development of living organs; Organog′raphy , a description of the organs of plants or animals; Organol′ogy , the study of structure and function; Or′gan-pipe , one of the sounding pipes of a pipe-organ ( flue-pipes and reed-pipes ); Or′gan-point , a note sustained through a series of chords, although only in harmony with the first and last; Or′ganry , the music of the organ; Or′gan-screen , an ornamental stone or wood screen, on which a secondary organ is sometimes placed in cathedrals; Orguinette′ , a mechanical musical instrument, with reeds and exhaust-bellows.— Organic chemistry , the chemistry of substances of animal or vegetable origin, prior to 1828 supposed to be capable of formation only as products of vital proce es: the chemistry of the compounds of carbon; Organic disease , a disease accompanied by changes in the structures involved; Organic remains , fo il remains of a plant or animal.— Hydraulic organ , one whose bellows is operated by a hydraulic motor. [Fr. organe —L. organum —Gr. organon .]