n. [ Obs. ] See Orichalch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Costly oricalche from strange Phoenice. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orichalcum, Gr. &unr_;; 'o`ros, mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque. ] A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See Oriole. ] [ Formerly written also oriol, oryal, oryall. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A gallery for minstrels. [ Obs. ] W. Hamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beams that thro' the oriel shine
Make prisms in every carven glass. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There is no generally admitted difference between a bay window and an oriel. In the United States the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Orient. ] Brightness or strength of color. [ R. ] E. Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin. ] 1. Rising, as the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Eastern; oriental. “The orient part.” Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East. “Pearls round and orient.” Jer. Taylor. “Orient gems.” Wordsworth. “Orient liquor in a crystal glass.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Morn ] came furrowing all the orient into gold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The countries of Asia or the East. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Best built city throughout the Orient. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pearl of great luster. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. orienter. Cf. Orientate. ] 1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new situation. [ PJC ]

3. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Same as Orientate, 2. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental. ] Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. [ 1913 Webster ]