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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Organ \Or"gan\ ([^o]r"gan), n. [L. organum, Gr. 'o`rganon; akin to 'e`rgon work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. [1913 Webster] Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. [1913 Webster] 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. [1913 Webster] 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. A newsletter distributed within an organization is often called its {house organ}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ. [1913 Webster] The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. [1913 Webster] The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. [1913 Webster] {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zool.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zool.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Corti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zool.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Organ \Or"gan\, v. t. To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions. --Bp. Mannyngham. [1913 Webster] Organdie From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: organ n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function 2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department" 3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn: {electric organ}, {electronic organ}, {Hammond organ}, {organ}] 4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party" 5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn: {organ}, {pipe organ}] 6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows [syn: {harmonium}, {organ}, {reed organ}] From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: organ organ From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Organ /ɔrgaːn/ organ From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: organ organ