An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 587 : OR, _conj._
1. Lest.
_Wallace._
2. Than.
_Douglas._
ORAGIUS, _adj._ Tempestuous.
_Bure
OR, _conj._
1. Lest.
_Wallace._
2. Than.
_Douglas._
ORAGIUS, _adj._ Tempestuous.
_Burel._
Fr. _orageux_, id.
ORATOUR, _s._ Amba.s.sador.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.d._
ORATOURE, ORATORY, _s._ An oracle.
_Douglas._
ORCHLE, _s._ A porch, Mearns.
Germ. _erker_, projectura aedificii.
ORD, _s._ A steep hill or mountain.
Gael. _ard_, a hill; Isl. _urd_, montes impervii.
ORE, _s._ Grace, favour.
_Sir Tristrem._
Isl. _oor_, _aur_, largus, munificus; _aur oc blidr_, largus et affabilis, Verel.
ORERE, OURERE, _interj._ Avaunt.
Fr. _arriere_, aloof.
_Houlate._
ORETOWTING, _part. pr._ Muttering.
Teut. _oor-tuyt-en_, susurrare.
_Burel._
ORFEVERIE, ORPHRAY, _s._ Work in gold, Fr.
_K. Quair._
ORISON, _s._ An oration.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.d._
Fr. _oraison_, id.
ORLEGE, ORLAGER, ORLIGER, _s._
1. A clock, a dial.
Fr. _horloge_, Lat. _horolog-ium_, id.
2. Metaph. applied to the c.o.c.k.
_Doug._
3. Denoting strict adherence to the rules of an art.
_Douglas._
4. The dial-plate of a church or town-clock. S.
ORLANG, _s._ A complete year, Ang.
Su. G. _aar_, _or_, annus, and _lange_, diu.
ORNTREN, _s._ The repast taken between dinner and supper, Galloway.
A. S. _ondern_, breakfast; also dinner.
