ordeal
         n 1: a severe or trying experience
         2: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or
            innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or
            painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was
            usually taken as a sign of innocence [syn: {ordeal}, {trial
            by ordeal}]

English Dictionary: ordeal	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordeal bean n dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft Synonym(s): calabar bean, ordeal bean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordeal tree n evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa [syn: {bushman's poison}, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ortalis n chachalacas Synonym(s): Ortalis, genus Ortalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orthilia n a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions Synonym(s): Orthilia, genus Orthilia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ortilis vetula macalli n of Mexico and Texas [syn: Texas chachalaca, {Ortilis vetula macalli}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ortolan n brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy [syn: ortolan, ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ortolan bunting n brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy [syn: ortolan, ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordal \Or"dal\, n.       Ordeal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordalian \Or*da"li*an\, a. [LL. ordalium.]       Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calabar \Cal"a*bar\, n.       A district on the west coast of Africa.          {Calabar bean}, The of a climbing legumious plant             ({Physostigma venenosum}), a native of tropical Africa. It             is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of             the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and             rheumatic diseases; -- called also {ordeal bean}, being             used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calabar \Cal"a*bar\, n.       A district on the west coast of Africa.          {Calabar bean}, The of a climbing legumious plant             ({Physostigma venenosum}), a native of tropical Africa. It             is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of             the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and             rheumatic diseases; -- called also {ordeal bean}, being             used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([ocir]r"d[esl]*[ait]l), n. [AS. ord[be]l,       ord[aemac]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil,       urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin       to [be]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig.       meaning, out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]       1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,             by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in             Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage             tribes.          Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were                used, the former confined to persons of rank, the                latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was                performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by                walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,                laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped                unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was                condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,                either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling                water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of                innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand                and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it                was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was                acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,                to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or                danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of                battle}, under {Wager}.          2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.          {Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.          {Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}             growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in             trials for witchcraft.          {Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar             ({Tanghinia, [or] Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected             of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike             fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked             with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ortalidian \Or`ta*lid"i*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family       {Ortalid[91]}. The larv[91] of many of these flies live in       fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a       single large pearl, an onion. See {One}, {Union}.] (Bot.)       A liliaceous plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. cepa}), having       a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its       bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is       often extended to other species of the genus.          {Onion fish} (Zo[94]l.), the grenadier.          {Onion fly} (Zo[94]l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds             upon the onion; especially, {Anthomyia ceparum} and             {Ortalis flexa}.          {Welsh onion}. (Bot.) See {Cibol}.          {Wild onion} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the             genus {Allium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chachalaca \[d8]Cha`cha*la"ca\, n. [Native name, prob. given       in imitation of its cry.] (Zo[94]l.)       The Texan guan ({Ortalis vetula}). [written also       {chiacalaca}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orthology \Or*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'orqo`s right + [?]       speech, description: cf. F. orthologie.]       The right description of things. [R.] --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,       fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus       garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.       See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the             size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed             delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}.       (b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}).       (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana             Carolina}). See {Sora}.
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Oradell, NJ (borough, FIPS 54990)       Location: 40.95505 N, 74.03103 W       Population (1990): 8024 (2836 housing units)       Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 07649
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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