English Dictionary: orad | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oar \Oar\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Oared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oaring}.] To row. [bd]Oared himself.[b8] --Shak. Oared with laboring arms. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oared \Oared\, a. 1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having feet adapted for swimming. (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of {Aves}. {Oared shrew} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic European shrew ({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water shrew}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ord \Ord\, n. [AS. ord point.] An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. {Ord and end}, the beginning and end. Cf. {Odds and ends}, under {Odds}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oread \O"re*ad\, n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'o`ros mountain: cf. F. or[82]ade.] (Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oreide \O"re*ide\, n. See {Oroide}. | |
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Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.] An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.] | |
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Oreide \O"re*ide\, n. See {Oroide}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.] An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.] | |
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Oreweed \Ore"weed`\, n. Same as {Oarweed}. | |
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Orewood \Ore"wood`\, n. Same as {Oarweed}. | |
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Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.] An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ort \Ort\, n.; pl. {Orts}. [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.] A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. --Milton. Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ortho- \Or"tho-\ [Gr. [?] straight; akin to Skr. [?]rdhva upright, vrdh to grow, to cause to grow.] 1. A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic. 2. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively), designating: (a) (Inorganic Chem.) The one of several acids of the same element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups; as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. {Normal}. (b) (Organic Chem.) Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with {meta-} or {para-}; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound. Note: In the graphic representation of the benzene nucleus (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), provisionally adopted, any substance exhibiting double substitution in adjacent and contiguous carbon atoms, as 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 4 & 5, etc., is designated by ortho-; as, orthoxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution of two carbon atoms with one intervening, as 1 & 3, 2 & 4, 3 & 5, 4 & 6, etc., by meta-; as, resorcin or metaxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution in opposite parts, as 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6, by para-; as, hydroquinone or paraxylene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake}, {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and {orto}. {King sora}, the Florida gallinule. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ord, NE (city, FIPS 37280) Location: 41.60254 N, 98.92960 W Population (1990): 2481 (1169 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68862 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ordway, CO (town, FIPS 56145) Location: 38.22094 N, 103.75678 W Population (1990): 1025 (547 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81063 |