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left (medicine) and orient(1) (iou)


left (medicine)


left


Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the Other side; opposed to right, when used in Reference to a part of the body; as, the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. Left bank of a river, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream. Left bower. See Bower. Left center, the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left. Over the left shoulder, or Over the left, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, over the left.

Origin: OE. Left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. Leeft, OD.lucht, luft; cf. AS.left (equiv. To L. Inanis), lyftadl palsy; or cf. AS.lf weak.

Source: Websters Dictionary


orient(1) (iou)



orient noun & adjective. Also (esp. in senses A.1, 2) Orient. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin orient- pres. ppl stem of oriri to rise: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
The part of the heavens in which the sun and Other celestial objects rise; the corresponding region of the world or quarter of the compass, the east. Now poet. & rhet. LME.
Pope All the ruddy Orient flames with day.
The part of the earth east of a given point; spec. the countries east of the Mediterranean, esp. those of eastern Asia. Usu. the Orient. Now poet. & literary. LME.
A. Bevan The awakening of the Orient under the impact of Western ideas.
The rising of the sun etc.; dawn. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
fig.: W. Drummond His life having set in the orient of his age.
The special lustre of a pearl of the best quality; a pearl having this lustre. M18.
pearl of orient a pearl from the Indian seas, as opp. to those of less Beauty found in European mussels; gen. a brilliant pearl.
Comb.: Orient Express a train which ran (from 1883 to 1961) between Paris and Istanbul and Other Balkan cities, via Vienna, popularly associated with espionage and intrigue; a successor to this train following a similar route.
b. adjective.
Situated in or belonging to the east; oriental. Now poet. LME.
Coleridge A richer dowry Than orient kings can give!
Of a pearl or Other precious stone, orig. one coming from the East: of superior value and brilliancy, lustrous, precious. LME.
E. Young Orient gems around her temples blazed.
b. gen. Shining, radiant, resplendent. Also, shining like the dawn, bright red. arch. LME.
T. Fuller A shrub, whose red berries..gave an orient tincture to cloth. D. G. Rossetti Its flowering crest impearled and orient.
Of the sun, daylight, etc.: rising. M16.
? Opp. Occident.