orchatt

See orchard. Milton; J. Philips, Cider, i. orchelt, orchel lat (or'kel, ôr-kelä), n. Same cad cades, or Orkney Islands, in Scotland. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Orkney. orcanet, orchanet (ôr'ka-net), n. [ canette , canette, orchanette, F.orcanète : see alkanet .] A plant, Alkanna tinct or i a : same as alkanet , 2. orcein (ôr'sē-in), n. [ of strong tinctorial power, and when di olved in ammonia is the basis of the archil of commerce. See orcine. orcht, n. An erroneous form of orc. orchalt, n. An obsolete variant of archil. orchard (or'chard), n. [Formerly also some times orchat (simulating Gr. όρχατος, a garden, orchard); geard, orcgeard, ordgeard (= Icel. jurtagardhr = Sw. örtagård = Dan. urtegaard = Goth. aurti gards ), a garden, orchard; duced form of wyrt, herb, + geard, yard (cf. wyrtgeard, a garden, in which the full form wyrt appears): see wort1 and yard2. The lit. sense 'herb-garden' appears also in arbor2, ult. And therby is Salomon's orcheyerd , whiche is yet a right delectable place. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 39. For further I could say "This man 's untrue," And knew the patterns of his foul beguiling; Heard where his plants in others' orchards grew; Saw how deceits were gilded in his smiling. Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 171. 2. A piece of ground, usually inclosed, devoted to the culture of fruit-trees, especially the apple, the pear, the peach, the plum, and the cherry; a collection of cultivated fruit-trees. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits. Cant. iv. 13. You shall see my orchard , where, in an arbour, we will eat a last year's pippin of my own graffing, with a dish of caraways, and so forth. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 3. 1. Two lovers whispering by an orchard wall. Tennyson , Circumstance. A round orchard-clam (ôr'chärd-klam), n. hard clam or quahaug, Venus mercenaria . [Lo- cal, U. S.] orchard-gra (or'chärd-grås), n. A tall-grow- ing meadow-gra , Dactyl is glomerata . See cocksfoot and Dactyl is , and cut in next column. orchard-house (or'chärd-hous), n. A gla house for the cultivation of fruits too delicate to be grown in the open air, or for bringing fruits to greater perfection than when grown outside, without the aid of artificial heat. orcharding (ôrchär-ding), n. [ Trench grounds for orcharding , and the kitchen-garden to lie for a winter mellowing. Evelyn, Calendarium Hortense, October. orchardist (ôr'chär-dist), n. [ Keats , Endymion, iii. One who cultivates fruit in orchards: as, an experienced orchardist . orches, n. Plural of orchis1.