Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ordering"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n.
Disposition; distribution; management. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
{Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
1. 23.

Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
--Milton.

2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
advance.

3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
a carriage; to order groceries.

4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
into the ranks of the ministry.

These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
--Chaucer.

Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.

{Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
the position taken at such a command.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ordering
n 1: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order
of their presentation" [syn: {order}]
2: putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of
items on the list" [syn: {order}]

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