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_To_ ORP, _v. n._ To fret, or chide habitually, S.
_Ramsay._
~Orpit~, _part. adj._
1. Proud.
_Douglas._
2. Fretful, habitually chiding, S.
_Bp. Galloway._
ORPHANY, _s._ Painters gold.
Fr. _oripeau_, id.
_Pal. of Hon._
ORPHELING, _s._ An orphan.
Fr. _orphelin_, id.
_Knox._
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.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
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.
OSAN, _s._ Hosannah.
_Poems 16th Cent._
OSNABURGHS, _s. pl._ Coa.r.s.e linen cloth manufactured in Angus, from its resemblance to that made at _Osnaburgh_ in Germany, S.
_Stat. Acc._
OSZIL, OSILL, _s._ The ring-ousel, S. A.
A. S. _osle_, the blackbird.
_Compl. S._
OSTYNG, _s._ Encampment.
_Wallace._
OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ An innkeeper.
V. ~Hostillare~.
_Dunbar._
