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CH₃.(OH)₂, which is
obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora,
etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain
derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.

Ord (?), n. [AS. ord point.]
An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.

Ord and end, the beginning and end. Cf.
Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer. Halliwell.

Or*dain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ordained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ordaining.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F.
ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo,
ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance.]
1. To set in order; to arrange according to
rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well
ordained." Spenser.

The stake that shall be ordained on either
side.

Chaucer.

2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment,
decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to
institute.

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