ORLEANS
Or"le*ans, n. Etym: [So called from the city of Orléans, in France.]
1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, — used for wearing apparel.
2. A variety of the plum. See under Plum. [Eng.]
ORLO
Or"lo, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Mus.)
Defn: A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.
ORLOP
Or"lop, n. Etym: [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or
overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf.
Overloop.] (Naut.)
Defn: The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.
ORMAZD; AHURA-MAZDA
Or"mazd or A`hu*ra-Maz"da, n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] (Zoroastrianism)
Defn: The supreme deity, the principle of good, creator of the world, and guardian of mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels. He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged circle, a conception probably derived from the Assyrian representations of Ashur.
ORMER
Or"mer, n. (Zoöl.)