Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
orthoclase .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word orthose.
Examples
-
There are great documentaries about the prison system and those who find themselves wrapped in it be those suffering from mental illness, those who are recidivists orthose who are ostensibly much too young to be serving time, but each one somehow shows how the lines between those wanting to make a difference in their own lives and those who want to stay in jail blur considerably.
-
Here the flow is apparently arrested by a tall buttress of coarse granite, red with orthose, and sliced by a trap-dyke striking north-south.
The Land of Midian 2003
-
On the right rose a block of syenite, ruddy with orthose, all rounded lumps and twisted finials; it discharged a quantity of black sand that streaked the gravel plain.
The Land of Midian 2003
-
Here the flow is apparently arrested by a tall buttress of coarse granite, red with orthose, and sliced by a trap-dyke striking north-south.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
-
Initially, limited supplies caused the CDC to advise state and local health officials to reserve doses for those at highest risk for severe complications from swine flu orthose who take care of them.
unknown title 2009
-
a block of syenite, ruddy with orthose, all rounded lumps and twisted finials; it discharged a quantity of black sand that streaked the gravel plain.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.