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Webster 1913 Edition
Orient
1.
Rising, as the sun.
Moon, that now meet’st the
orient
sun. Milton.
2.
Eastern; oriental.
“The orient part.” Hakluyt.
3.
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.
O′ri-ent
,Noun.
1.
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
[Morn] came furrowing all the
orient
into gold. Tennyson.
2.
The countries of Asia or the East.
Chaucer.
Best built city throughout the
Orient
. Sir T. Herbert.
3.
A pearl of great luster.
[R.]
Carlyle.
1.
To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
3.
Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Orient
O'RIENT
,Adj.
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.