An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

ORPHIR, s. Embroidery.

Fr. orfrais, id.

Burel.

ORPIE, ORPIE-LEAF, s. Orpine, S.

ORROW, ORA, adj.
1. Not matched, S.
2. What may be viewed as an overplus, S.
Ramsay.
3. Not appropriated.
Shirrefs.
4. Not engaged, S.
5. Occasional, accidental, S.

Su. G. urwal, rejectanea; urfiall, lacinia agri separata.

Orrows, s. pl. Things that are supernumerary, S.; orels, Ang.

Perh. q. over alls.

To ORT, v. a.
1. To throw aside provender, S.
2. To crumble, S. B.
3. Denoting rejection in whatever sense, S. O.

Ir. orda, a fragment.