Crossword clues for orris
orris
- Scented iris
- Lace used for upholstery
- Source of a perfume ingredient
- Sachet base
- Kin of an iris
- Iris, lace or braid
- Minor manufacturer not opening plant
- Root for saving fine, upstanding gentleman
- Plant rhizome used in perfumery
- Perfume ingredient from irises
- Iris's gold braids oddly discarded
- A rootstock is linked to indicator of alternative source of roughage
- Type of 1A needed if old car doesn't start
- White-flowered iris
- Fragrant root used in perfumes
- Fragrant root
- Root used in perfume
- Gold lace
- Type of iris
- Root used in perfumes
- Root used in gin-making
- Plant with a fragrant root
- Plant of the Iris family
- Iris species
- Ingredient of sachet and tooth powder
- Florentine iris
- Braid of gold or silver
- Braid in upholstery trimming
- Gold braid
- Iris with a fragrant rootstock
- Root used in perfumery
- Perfumery rootstock
- Root in perfumery
- German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
- Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris
- Used in perfumes and medicines
- Variety of iris
- Perfume base
- Fragrant rootstock
- Source of a fragrant oil
- Galloon
- Gold or silver braid
- Golden braid
- Iris used in sachet powder
- Perfume ingredient
- Gold lace for upholstery
- Plant with a fragrant rootstock
- Aromatic root
- Source of a fragrant rootstock
- Component in perfume or medicine
- Root used in cosmetics
- Oil used in perfumes
- European iris
- Perfume source
- Root used to make sachet
- Rootstock used in perfumes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orris \Or"ris\, n.
[Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or silver lace.
--Johnson.A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.
Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See Iris.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Iris ( Iris Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
Orris pea (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially (taxlink Iris × germanica nothospecies noshow=1). 2 The fragrant root of such an iris. Etymology 2
n. 1 A type of gold or silver lace. 2 A pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked, especially one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.
WordNet
n. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: Florentine iris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina]
fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: orrisroot]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "orris".
And now, looking down on the remains of this bizarre and deadly bird that had found its way to a small town along the Moriandral, Orris began to fathom what Crob must have felt that day.
Javan and Rhys Michael serving Archbishop Orris at the altar while Alroy led the offertory procession, presenting the bread and wine to be consecrated.
She was large, formidable, and matronly at this stage of her youthening, and poor Orris seemed a collection of sticks beside her.
Kayle brought their drinks before the Owl-Master could respond, and, after she departed, Baden, Trahn, and Orris embarked on a lengthy, speculative discussion of the various possible contenders for the position.
Jaryd soon noticed, however, that Baden and Trahn appeared every bit as frustrated as Orris with the course of the debate.
Orris shot to his feet, glaring at Baden, a single, rigid finger leveled at the Owl-Master accusingly.
He had to find a way to end this, soon, before he had to fight Orris, Baden, and Trahn as well.
He could not honestly say that he considered Orris a friend, at least not in the way that Baden was a friend, or Jaryd.
Orris would not be able to convince anyone of his own innocence, not with Baden against him.
Grove had seemed entirely plausible, and Baden had found no reason to doubt that Orris had betrayed the Order and the land.
Then another sorrow, deeper, more frightening: Orris, whose guilt Baden had already accepted, was probably dead, murdered, quite possibly, by the true renegade, who expected to be chosen as Owl-Sage in less than a fortnight.
Indeed, if Sartol had murdered the sage and the first and defeated Orris, all in the span of a few moments, the Owl-Master would probably be too powerful for Baden as well.
And despite his hopes to the contrary, Baden had to recognize the probability that all those who witnessed the murders, including not just Orris but also Jaryd and Alayna, had died three nights ago.
The lights ahead of him suddenly stopped moving and grew dimmer, and Orris could tell from the way the glowing cerylls suddenly arced downward that Baden and Sartol had dismounted.
Or, he could rid himself of Baden on the plain, justify it as self-defense, and accuse the dead Owl-Master of collaborating with the traitor Orris.