ORANG-OUTANG O*rang"-ou*tang`, n. Etym: [Malayan , i. e., man of the woods; man + a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. [Written also orang- outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan.]
Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects.
ORARIAN
O*ra"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. orarius, fr. ora coast.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a coast.
ORATION
O*ra"tion, n.Etym: [L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray. See
Oral, Orison.]
Defn: An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; — distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon.
Syn.
— Address; speech. See Harangue.
ORATION
O*ra"tion, v. i.
Defn: To deliver an oration. Donne.