Orange peel (CORTEX AURANTII) is an agreeable, stomachic, bitter tonic, especially useful as an adjunct to more active medicines. That ordered to be used in medicine is the exterior (yellow) rind of the Citrus Bigaradia, or bitter orange, dried in the months of February, March, or April. See Candying, Infusion, Issue peas, Oils (volatile), &c.
ORANGEADE′. Syn. Orange sherbet. 1. Juice of 4 oranges, thin peel of 1 orange, lump sugar, 4 oz.; boiling water, 3 pints.
2. Juice and peel of 1 large orange, citric acid, 15 gr.; sugar, 3 oz.; boiling water, 1 quart.
Orangeade, Effervescing or Aerated. 1. Mix 1 lb. of syrup of orange peel, a gallon of water, and 1 oz. of citric acid, and charge it strongly with carbonic acid gas with a machine.
2. Syrup of orange juice, 3⁄4 fl. oz.; aerated water, 1⁄2 pint.
3. Simple syrup, 1⁄2 fl. oz.; tincture of orange peel, 1⁄2 dr.; citric acid, 1 scruple; fill the bottle with aerated water.
4. Put into a soda-water bottle 1⁄2 oz. to 1 oz. of syrup of orange peel, 30 gr. of bicarbonate of potash, 8 oz. of water, and, lastly, 40 gr. of citric acid, in crystals, and cork immediately.
5. Put into each bottle 2 or 3 dr. of sugar, 2 drops of oil of orange peel, 30 gr. of bicarbonate of potash, or 25 gr. of bicarbonate of soda water to fill the bottle, and 40 gr. of citric acid, as before.
OR′ANGE CHROME. Prep. 1. From a solution of chromate of potash and diacetate of lead, as chrome yellow.
2. From chrome yellow or chromate of lead, by acting on it with a weak alkaline lye, until sufficiently darkened. Used as a pigment.