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-1 n. கீழ்த்திசை, கீழ்திசையுலகு, கீழை நாடுகள்.-2 n. (செய்) எழுஞாயிற்றுத் திசை, குண திசைவான், கீழையுலகின் முத்து, தூய ஔத வண்ணம், முத்தின் தூய ஔதவண்ணக்கூறு, (பெயரடை) (செய்) கீழ்த் திசைக்குரிய, கதிரவன் வகையில் எழுகின்ற நிலையிலுள்ள, ஔதவகையில் இளநலம் திகழ்கிற, சுடரிடுகின்ற, முத்து முதலிய அரும்பொருள் வகையி


O"ri*ent, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.] 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, n. 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. O"ri*ent, v. t. Etym: [F. orienter. Cf. Orientate.] 1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of. 2. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate. O"ri*ent, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.] 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, n. 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. O"ri*ent, v. t. Etym: [F. orienter. Cf. Orientate.] 1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of. 2. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.


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