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Atriplex hortensisOrach Or"ach, Orache Or"ache, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.)
A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
family, most of them with a mealy surface.
Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach. Foreshorten
Foreshorten Fore*short"en, v. t.
1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended
in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to
shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened
in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
Foreshortening
Foreshortening Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Hortensial
Hortensial Hor*ten"sial, a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr.
hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.]
Fit for a garden. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Portension
Portension Por*ten"sion, n.
The act of foreshowing; foreboding. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
PortentPortent Por*tent" (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See Portend.]
That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends
evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden. Portentive
Portentive Por*tent"ive, a.
Presaging; foreshadowing.
PortentousPortentous Por*tent"ous, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon. --
Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. -- Por*tent"ous*ness, n. PortentouslyPortentous Por*tent"ous, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon. --
Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. -- Por*tent"ous*ness, n. PortentousnessPortentous Por*tent"ous, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon. --
Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. -- Por*tent"ous*ness, n. ShortenShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shorten
Shorten Short"en, v. i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
cold.
ShortenedShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shortener
Shortener Short"en*er, n.
One who, or that which, shortens.
ShorteningShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shortening
Shortening Short"en*ing, n.
1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
butter, lard, etc.
Silvia hortensisBeccafico Bec`ca*fi"co, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by
the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn,
when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc. Sylvia hortensisPettychaps Pet"ty*chaps, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small European singing birds of
the subfamily Sylviin[ae], as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). To shorten a ropeShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. To shorten sailShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
Meaning of Orten from wikipedia
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Orten is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Bjarne Orten (1919–2011),
Norwegian civil servant Jiří
Orten (1919–1941),
Czech poet Helge...
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Helge Orten (born 25
October 1966) is a
Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party. He was
elected to the
Parliament of
Norway from Møre og Romsdal...
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Bjarne Orten (22
December 1919 – 14
January 2011) was a
Norwegian civil servant. A
jurist by education, he
worked as an
attorney before entering a career...
- The Jiří
Orten Award is a
Czech literary prize given to the
author of a work of
prose or
poetry who is no
older than 30 at the time of the work's completion...
- Jiří
Orten (born Jiří Ohrenstein; 30
August 1919 in Kutná Hora – 1
September 1941 in Prague) was a
Czech poet. His work was
influenced by
surrealism and...
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Clayton Kenny (1928 – 2015) was a
boxer from Canada, who
competed for his
native country at the 1952
Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland,
where he was...
- Wöchentliche
Zeitung aus
mancherley Orten was a
German magazine published in
Danzig from 1618 to 1625. Radzimiński, A.; Rakoczy, J.; Flachenecker, H.;...
- Gedenkstättenportal zu
Orten der
Erinnerung in Europa.. "Hollandsche Schouwburg: Remembrance". Gedenkstättenportal zu
Orten der
Erinnerung in Europa...
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Zelenka (1904–1944), architect, graphic,
stage set and
costume designer Jiří
Orten (1919–1941), poet Zbyněk
Zbyslav Stránský (1926–2016),
museologist Radka...
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regular keyboard player.
After playing a few live
dates in Louisville,
Jimmy Orten (Soul Inc) was
recruited on b**** and
vocals and the band left for Florida...
