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4. (Mus.) The instruments employed by
a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed
instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

Or"ches*tral (?), a. Of or
pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an
orchestra.

Or`ches*tra"tion (?), n. (Mus.)
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment
of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

Or"ches*tre (?), n. [F.] See
Orchestra.

Or*ches"tric (?), a.
Orchestral.

Or*ches"tri*on (?), n. A large
music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.

Or"chid (?), n. [See Orchis.]
(Bot.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceæ.
See Orchidaceous.

Or`chi*da"ceous (?), a. (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order
(Orchidaceæ) of endogenous plants of which the genus
Orchis is the type.


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