Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orient"

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

2. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north
side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the
horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a
plane table) until the line of direction between any two
of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction
in nature.

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

Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. --Milton.

2. Eastern; oriental. ``The orient part.'' --Hakluyt.

3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; --
used of gems and also figuratively, because the most
perfect jewels are found in the East. ``Pearls round and
orient.'' --Jer. Taylor. ``Orient gems.'' --Wordsworth.
``Orient liquor in a crystal glass.'' --Milton.

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

[Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
--Tennyson.

2. The countries of Asia or the East. --Chaucer.

Best built city throughout the Orient. --Sir T.
Herbert.

3. A pearl of great luster. [R.] --Carlyle.

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

2. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first
principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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