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O'RIENT, a. [L. oriens, from orior, to arise.]

1. Rising, as the sun.

- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.

The orient morn.

2. Eastern; oriental.

3. Bright; shining; glittering; as orient pearls.

O'RIENT, n. The east; the part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning.



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O'RIENT, a. [L. oriens, from orior, to arise.]

1. Rising, as the sun.

- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.

The orient morn.

2. Eastern; oriental.

3. Bright; shining; glittering; as orient pearls.

O'RIENT, n. The east; the part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning.


O'RI-ENT, a. [L. oriens, from orior, to arise.]

  1. Rising, as the sun. Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. Milton. The orient morn. Milton.
  2. Eastern; oriental.
  3. Bright; shining; glittering; as, orient pearls. Dryden.

O'RI-ENT, n.

The east; the part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning.


O"ri*ent
  1. Rising, as the sun.

    Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. Milton.

  2. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

    [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold. Tennyson.

  3. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
  4. Same as Orientate, 2.
  5. Eastern; oriental.

    "The orient part." Hakluyt.
  6. The countries of Asia or the East.

    Chaucer.

    Best built city throughout the Orient. Sir T. Herbert.

  7. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
  8. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;

    specif. (Surv.)
  9. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.

    "Pearls round and orient." Jer. Taylor. "Orient gems." Wordsworth. "Orient liquor in a crystal glass." Milton.
  10. A pearl of great luster.

    [R.] Carlyle.
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Orient

O'RIENT, adjective [Latin oriens, from orior, to arise.]

1. Rising, as the sun.

- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.

The orient morn.

2. Eastern; oriental.

3. Bright; shining; glittering; as orient pearls.

O'RIENT, noun The east; the part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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GUM, n. The hard fleshy substance of the jaws which invests the teeth.

GUM, n. [L. gummi.] The mucilage of vegetables; a concrete juice which exudes through the bark of trees, and thickens on the surface. It is soluble in water, to which it gives a viscous and adhesive quality. It is insoluble in alcohol, and coagulates in weak acids. When dry, it is transparent and brittle, not easily pulverized, and of an insipid or slightly saccharine taste. Gum differs from resin in several particulars, but custom has inaccurately given the name of gum to several resins and gum-resins, as gum-copal. gum-sandarach, gum-ammoniac, and others. The true gums are gumarabic, gum-senegal, gum-tragacanth,and the gums of the peach, plum and cherry trees, &c.

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GUM, v.t. To smear with gum.

1. To unite by a viscous substance.

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