orrery

[Named after the Earl of Orrery, who bore the expense of one constructed in 1715 by Rowley, after a pattern devised by the clockmaker, George Graham.] Astron.: A planetary machine to illustrate and explain the motions of the heavenly bodies. Its invention appears to have been coeval with the construction of the clepsydra and other horological automata. Electrical orrery: An orrery caused to revolve by electricity. or'-ris, *õr-riçe (1), a . [Ital. irios, ireos , from Lat. iris (q. v.).] Of or belonging to the Iris, or Flag. IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] pine, pit, sïre, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0379.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A sort of gold or silver lace. 2. A particular pattern in which gold and silver lace is worked. The edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances with spots between. ( Simmonds .) or-se-dew (ew as ů), or-si-dûe, s . [Fr. or = gold, and séduire to beguile, to mislead.] Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. IMG:content-0380.png:[blocks in formation]