Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Orient, s. east, A 1494, B 3504. See Thorient.

Oriental, adj. eastern; (hence) of superior quality, L. 221 (see note); Orientale, adj. Eastern, A. i. 5. 4.

Original, s. cause, C 500.

Orisonte, s. horizon, T. v. 276; Orizonte, A. pr. 7; A. i. 18. 4; F 1017 n.

Orisoun, s. prayer, A 2372, D 1786, F 1026; Orison, A 2261 n; Orisouns, pl. B 596, I 1038; Orisons, B 537, E 1706.

Orizon rectum, or right horizon, A. ii. 26. 21. This means the horizon of any place situate on the equator, which could be represented by a straight line upon a disc or 'table' of the astrolabe.

Orloge, s. clock, 5. 350; Orlogge, B 4044. F. horloge.

Ornaments, pl. L. 1107; Ornamentes, E 258.

Orphelin, adj. orphaned, B 2. p 3. 21. F. orphelin.

Orpiment, s. orpiment, G 759, 774, 823. 'Orpiment, trisulphide of arsenic; it occurs in nature as an ore of arsenic, and is usually in combination with realgar, or red sulphuret of arsenic'; Webster.