Chapter L: F. Ward

O"ri*ent*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor. [Obs.] Fuller.

Or"i*fice (?), n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a mouth + facere to make. See Oral, and Fact.] A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak.

Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice.

Addison.

{ Or"i*flamb, Or"i*flamme } (?), n. [F. oriflamme, OF. oriflambe, LL. auriflamma; L. aurum gold + flamma flame; cf. L. flammula a little banner. So called because it was a flag of red silk, split into many points, and borne on a gilded lance.] 1. The ancient royal standard of France.

2. A standard or ensign, in battle. "A handkerchief like an oriflamb." Longfellow.

And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.

Macaulay.

{ Or"i*gan (?), ||O*rig"a*num (?), } n. [L. origanum, Gr. &?;, &?;, prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + &?; brightness, beauty. Cf. Organy.] (Bot.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare). Spenser.

Or"i*gen*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.

Or"i*gen*ist, n. A follower of Origen of Alexandria.

Or"i*gin (?), n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. , and perh. to E. run.]

1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the
ancient chivalry.

Burke.

2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Origin of coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

Syn. -- Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation. -- Origin, Source. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race.

I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of
ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat
of their signs.

Tooke.

Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated thought Which they
to Rome, and Romans hither, brought.

Waller.

O*rig"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being originated.

O*rig"i*nal (?), a. [F. original, L. originalis.]

1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.

His form had yet not lost All her original brightness.

Milton.

2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.

O*rig"i*nal, n. [Cf. F. original.]

1. Origin; commencement; source.

It hath it original from much grief.

Shak.

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original
proclaim.

Addison.

2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.

The Scriptures may be now read in their own original.

Milton.

3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]

Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.