oreide (oreid)

Same as oroide. or fever tiful genus of American partridges, of the subfamily Ortyginæ or Odontophorina, having the head adorned with a long long arrowy crest composed of two slender keeled plumes; the mountain quails. There is but one species, O. picta, the the hair. a, Oreillette (def. 2) in headpiece with movable and adjustable face-guard; 16th century. 2. An ear-piece of a helmet. S. K.Cat . Spec . Exh . orellin (ō-rel'in), n. [ Orell ( ana ), the specific element in Bixa Orellana , + -in2.] A yellow col- oring matter contained together with bixin in arnotto. It is soluble in water and in alcohol, slightly soluble in ether, and dyes alumed goods yellow. Orenburg gum. [So called from Orenburg in Ru ia.] A resinous substance which exudes They schall cry & syke sore, And say, "lord, mercy, thyn ore ! " Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 119. IMG:content-1824.png:[blocks in formation] crown (Danish krone, Swedish krona ), and worth about one fourth of a United States cent; also, the coin corresponding to it.