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Orc   Listen
noun
orc  n.  
1.
(Zool.) Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus (Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family. (Written also ork and orch) "An island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang."
2.
(Mythology) A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an ogre. "Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description."
3.
The orca.





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"Orc" Quotes from Famous Books



... plucks the Hesperian apples in the sacred grove, an offence for which she is condemned to be offered as a sacrifice to a monster who inhabits a cave on the shore, and is known by the name of Maleorchus. Andromeda-like, she is bound to a rock, and the orc is in the very act of rushing upon its prey, when Thalander interposes and succeeds in slaying the monster. Meanwhile Cosma—'a light nymph of Messina,' who replaces the 'wanton nymph of Corinth' of ...
— Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama - A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration - Stage in England • Walter W. Greg


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