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Definition of Orrises
1. orris [n] - See also: orris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orrises
Literary usage of Orrises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1869)
"The declaration of the two N orrises for the cartel is most false, as I am a
Christian," he said to ..."
2. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"... yet in this way came the N orrises, Dickinsons, and other families from the
West Indies,to settle in Philadelphia to pursue commerce,] and they brought ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"Among the most active and daring of the Union scouts in the Southwest were lour
young men, known as the If orrises and ..."
4. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... and be was induced, both from the natural soundness o: his understanding, and
from the spiritual ex orrises of his own heart, to reject the Aristotelian ..."
5. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: Being a by James Johnson (1826)
"... and even in the shade, it too often equals, orrises above, the heat of the
body's surface, which is always, during health, some degrees below 97°. ..."
6. Letters on the Natural History and Internal Resources of the State of New York by DeWitt Clinton (1822)
"His oratory is without essence or substance ; it either sinks into dregs, orrises
into lees. He is, among real orators, ..."
7. The Poems of Ossian by James Macpherson, Hugh Blair (1847)
"... orrises from the rolling sea. Let his robe of mist be near; his spear that is
formed of a cloud. Place an half-extinguished meteor by his side, ..."
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