oriflambt, or i flam bet

See oriflamme. oriflamme (or'i-flam), n. [Formerly also ori flamb, or i flambe (and auriflamme, after ML.a uri flamm a); Sir Reynolde Camyan baneret that daye bare the ory flambe , a spec i all relique that the Frenshe Kynges vse to bere before them in alle battayles. Fabyan, Chron., II., an. 1355. Pre where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay , Battle of Ivry. 2. In her., a blue flag or banner charged with three golden fleurs-de-lis. orig. An abbreviation of original and originally. origan (or'i-gan), n. [Formerly also organ, and organy, organie (see organ2, organy2); IMG:content-1847.png:[blocks in formation] How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privilege of the heroes of yore, who, whenever their origin was involved in obscurity, modestly announced themselves descended from a god. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 106. 4. In math., the fixed starting-point from which measurement or motion starts; specifically, in analyt. geom., the point from which the coördinates are measured.-5. In an at.: (a) The proximal, larger, or more fixed one of the two The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary origin ends or attachments of a muscle; the part or place whence a muscle usually acts: opposed to insertion. (b) The root or beginning of a nerve in the brain or spinal cord. Cranial nerves have two origins-the apparent or superficial origin, at the point where they leave the brain, and the real or deep origin, the groups of ganglion-cells to which their roots can be traced.- Certificate of origin. See certificate. Domicile of origin. See domicile, 2.- Origin of a vector, the position of the point displaced by a vector. Origin of species. See species. - Pedal origin. See pedal.