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ORILLON, In Fortification, a (mall rounding of Earth, lined with a Wall 5 raited on the Shoulder of thofe Ba- ftions that have Cafements 5 to cover the Cannon in the re- tired Flank, and prevent their being difmounted by the £nemy.

There are other forts otOrillons, -properly call'd Shoulde- r'tngs, or Epaulements^ aim oil of a fquare Figure. See

JpiULEMENT.

ORlON, in Ailronomy, one of the Conftellations of the Southern Hemifphere. See Constellation.

The Word is form'd from the Greek Kp«e, to rain ; the Antientsfuppofing that it rais'd Tempcfts at its riling and fetting.

Stars in the Cancellation Orion, in Ptolemy's Catalogue are 37, in Tycho's 6i t in the Britannic Catalogue 80. The Karnes, Situations, Magnitudes, Longitudes, and Lati- tudes whereof are as follow :

Start in the ConfteUation Orion;.

• Names and Situations of the KLongitudc

Stats, 3

v g

Preced. and 6th the Lion's Skin. H 7 5th in the Lion's Skin. 8

7th in the Lion's Skin. 7

ifl: and North inthe Lion'sSkin. 9

3d in the Lion'sSkin. 9

4th in the Lion's Skin. 9 14 57

8th inthe Lion's Skin. 8 09 36

id in the Lion's Skin. 10 00 34

Laft and South in the Lion's Skin. 9 n 41

32 39 00 5 46 00 09 15

22 11

Prec of s Inform, towards theHorn of tfia Ji 00

10

North in the preced. Arm. 32 20 45

South and fubteq. in the Arm. 12 40 11

Sub£ of the Inform, tow. the Horn of 15 13 27 34 That againft the preced. fide. 13 13 48

That againft the preced. Arm. 14 3^ 2 4

15

Bright one in prec Foot call d Regal 12 30 00

More North over the Heck 13 30 26 14 46 42

Northin theprec fideund. theGirdle. 15 13 46

Preced. and North in the fide. 15 48 42

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In the preced. Shoulder. 16 37 3

Preced. and South in the Back. 16 12 26

S. in the prec. fide under the Girdle. 15 55 49

In the Hilt of the Sword. 15 49 47

In the Calf of the preced Leg. 15 13 47

z 5 Preced. of 4 in the Back, as it were, 16 56 50

in a right Line.) 17

That foil, the Shoulder to the South. 18 02 50 td of four in the Back. 18 ol 10

Preced. in the Girdle. XT.i8 01 38

Latitude South.

15 2530 13 31 20 64S 55 3 1607 1 09 17

12 2401

20 02 56

9 06 3* 2053 51

7 25 06

1422 37

1 3 04 00

7 21 V-

07 24 145 55

1 10 11

29 52 52

20 30 01

» 37 35>

.6 51 50

I 21 07 24.05 24 25 3447 50 57 44

008 18 24 21 29

7 2025 20 00 09 233607

30. Under the Point of the Sword, Preced. in the Head. In the Back the 3d. In the Head the North of three. South and fubfeq. of the Head.

Prec. of the contig. in the middle?

of the Sword. -*S

Preced of the North of the contig. ?

in the middle of the Sword. 5 Subfeq. in the middle of the Sword. South in the Sword. Laft of the North inthe Sword,

40 Middle of three in the Girdle. Laft of 4 in the Line of the Back. That under the third of the Girdle. Subf. under the Point of the Sword. Third and lalt in the Girdle. 45

4 5

4 5

Preced. in the hind-fide.

In the hind Knee. Preced. of two in the Club. Latter of two in the hind fide. 5°

Glittering Star in

the bind Shoulder.

That following the fide out of form. Preced. of thofe following the Knee.

tn the lower part of the hind Arm. Subfeq. in the Club.

X.aft of the two fubfeq. of the Knee. 6a

H17 54 05 19 15 51

18 51 06

19

19 46 28

lS 38 58

18 42 11

18 40 14 iS 39 lS 46 48

19 07 44

20 09 56 19 45 41

19 35 25

20 21 4;

20 57 34 £2 32 37 22 03 41 24 22 23


 * 3 35 23

24 2j> 13

24 25 CO

25 14 10

25 20 41

25 23 32

26 29 13 26 16 05 26 36 07 26 21 38

26 12 07

3035 12

■ 3 51 "9 19 34 10

1 3 25 02 1402 58

28 43 24

28 1017 28 45 02 29H57 28 11 45

3 4

19 16 03


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3 "44 2t 37 10

34401 16 04 26 2138 50

22 56 04 3 3 02 04

3 47 3' 13 >o 01

32037

lb OI 56 34 04 5S

Names and Situations of tie Stars.

Prec.oftheSouthin □ of hind Hand.

Preced. of the North in the Square. Laft of the South in the fame.

Laft of the North. North in the hind Ulna.

7° South in the hind Ulna.

^■Longitude Latitude

g

g } South.

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a

26 59 00 19 19 18

6

• 27 31 17

S42 16

4 f

28 30 2 5

3 59 59

6

28 34 14

7 1930

6

28 34 01

9 1449

4 J

29 IS 10

41602

6

£9 24 09

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29 34 49

1053 13

6

29 45 12

1 1 10 30

6

n 29 53 42

29 V- 05

4 5

S 00 00

132825

6"

1 56 47

18 45 4'

4

3 33 '3

2S03C5

5

3 55 48

50 18 32

4

4 09 30

1823 14



409 13

15 54"

4

6 02 1 1

.3.3:4

4

7 48 51

1456 54

5

8 27 11

2032 38

4

ffii5 11 4S

22 46 00

4

Informes following Orion between? Gemini and Cams major, $

75

So

ORION's Kher, m Aftronomy, a Conflellation call'd Eriditnus. SeeERiDANUs.

ORLE, Orlet, or Orlo, in Architecture, a Fillet under the OviU, or Quarter-round of a Capital. See Fil- let.

When 'tis at the Top or Bottom of the Shaft, 'tis call'd Cincture, bee Cincture.

Faimo alio ufes the Word for the Plinth of the Bates ot Columns and PedeflaL". See Plinth.

The Word is French 5 form'd from the Latin, Orlettm, ot Odmn ; of Ora, a Border, or Lift.

ORLE, in Heraldry, an Ordinary in form of a Fillet, drawn round the Shield near the Edge or Extremity thereof.

Its Breadth is but half that of the Bor- dure, which contains a fix-th part of the Shield ; the Orle only a twelfth : Add, that the Orle is its own breadth diftantfrom the Edge of the Shield ; whereas the Bordure comes to the Edge itfelf. See Bordure

There is fometimes one Orle, fometimes two, and fome-

H rVu- u hen ,here are three or more > ' h <=y »^»P

the whole Shield. r

The form of the Orle is the fame with that of .he

Shield ; whence ,t referable* an Ineicutcheon : as in the

Jngure adjoining.

When an Orle is flower'd, 'tis call'd a Treffure. If a.

Round ot Martlets, Cinque-foils,^, be placed about any

Canary, in manner of an Orle, they are faid to be en

ORLOPE, in the Sea Language, the uppermoft Space

'r»H»«S Sh ' P ' fmm the M «>-Maft to, the Mi™.

ORNAMENTS, ,„ Architeflure, exprefs all the Sculp- ture, or Carved Work, wherewith a Piece of Architecture is enrich d. See Sculpture and Enrichment.

ta and Vsgmla alfo ufe the Word to iignify the Entablature. See Entaiilatube.

Ornaments, in Relievo, are thofe cut in the Contours of Mouldings ; as Liaises, Shells, Scrolls, Flowers &c Orna menu, in Creux, thofe cut within the Mouldings ; ' as Ems Flutes, &c. See Mouldino.

ORNITHOLOGY that Branch of Natural Hiftory, which conflders and defenbes Birds, their Natures, Kinds ?Sc. See Bird. '

We have an excellent Ornithology f Fr.mSumhU Eft 5 and another of Mr.Kaj, a Pollhumous Wotk, which is on- ly an Abridgment of the former, with the Addition of his Myology, and fcveral Kinds wanting in the other.

milmghby, herein, fpeaks with affurance of a Swan that lived sco Years ; and a Goofe that they were obliged to kill at 80, by reafbn of its Mifchievoufnefs.

The Word is form'd from the Greek mil. Bird, and Aoy©-, Vijcottrfe.

ORN1THOMANCY, a kind of Divination, or of ar- riving at the Knowledge of Futurity, by means of Birds. See Divination.

Ornitbomancy, among the Greeks, was the fame with Au- guty among the Romans. See Aucury.

ORPHAN, a Child, or Minor, deftitute of Father; or that has neither Father, nor Mother.

Hence the Tahorites, or Followers of Zifcha, finding themfelves, at his Death, without Chief or Conductor", took the Appellation of Orphans.

Oaf bans Mint)-, or Tax. See Doty.

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