or gles

pl. [Fr. orgies, from Lat. orgia, from Gr. orgia orgies, plural of orgion =a sacred act; connected with ergon =work; Ital. orgie; Sp.orgia, pl. orgias.] 1. Secret rites or ceremonies connected with the worship of some of the pagan deities, espec. applied to the revels at the Dionysia, or feasts in honor of Dionysos or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and frantic revelry. 2. A wild revel, a drunken carouse; drunken rev elry. *or-gil-loŭs, * or'-gu-lous, a . [Fr. orgueilleux , from orgueil =pride.] Proud, haughty. orgueş, s. [Fr.] 1. Fort .: Timbers shod with iron so suspended as to be dropped upon an enemy pa ing through a breach or gateway. 2. Ord .: An arrangement of a number of parallel musket-barrels, so placed as to be fired simultaneously by a train of powder. Such was the weapon of Fieschi, who fired at Louis Philippe (1844), and it may be held to be the predece or of the Mitrailleuse (q. v.). *or-gu-lous, a . [ORGILLOUS.]