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n, _Richelieu_ (1839). _Orleans_ (_Louis, duc d'_), to whom the Princess Joan (daughter of Louis XI.) is affianced.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_ (time, Edward IV.). =Orlick= (_Dolge_), usually called "Old Orlick," though not above five and twenty, journeyman to Joe Gargery, blacksmith. Obstinate, morose, broad-shouldered, loose-limbed, swarthy, of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching. Being jealous of Pip, he allured him to a hut in the marshes, bound him to a ladder, and was about to kill him, when, being alarmed by approaching steps, he fled. Subsequently, he broke into Mr. Pumblechook's house, was arrested, and confined in the county jail. This surly, ill-conditioned brute was in love with Biddy, but Biddy married Joe Gargery.--C. Dickens, _Great Expectations_ (1860). =Orloff Diamond= (_The_), the third largest cut diamond in the world, set in the top of the Russian sceptre. The weight of this magnificent diamond is 194 carats, and its size is that of a pigeon's egg. It was once one of the eyes of the idol Sheringham, in the temple of Brahma; came into the hands of the Shah Nadir; was stolen by a French grenadier and sold to an English sea-captain for [pounds]2000; the captain sold it to a Jew for [pounds]12,000; it next passed into the hands of Shafras; and in 1775, Catherine II. of Russia gave for it [pounds]90,000. (See DIAMONDS.) =Or'mandine= (3 _syl._), the necromancer who threw St. David into an enchanted sleep for seven years, from which he was reclaimed by St. George.--R. Johnson, _The Seven Champions of Christendom_, i. 9 (1617). =Orme= (_Victor_), a poor gentleman in love with Elsie.--Wybert Reeve, _Parted_. =Ormond= (_The duke of_), a privy councillor of Charles II.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.). =Ormston= (_Jock_), a sheriff's officer at Fairport.--Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.). =Ornithol'ogy= (_The Father of_), George Edwards (1693-1773). =Oroma'zes= (4 _syl._), the principle of good in Persian mythology. Same as Yezad (_q.v._). =Oroonda'tes= (5 _syl._), only son of a Scythian king, whose love for Stat[=i]ra (widow of Alexander the Great) led him into numerous dangers and difficulties, which, however, he surmounted.--La Calpren[`e]de, _Cassandra_ (a romance). =Oroono'ko= (_Prince_), son and heir of the king of Angola, and general of the forces. He was decoyed by Captain Driver aboard his ship;
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