To order one's name, verb. phr. (Winchester School): obsolete).—See quots,
1866. Mansfield, School Life at Winchester, 223. Order your name. An order given to a delinquent by the Head or Second Master, which was carried out by the boy requesting the Ostiarius to do so, the consequence of which was, that at the end of school that officer presented to the Master the victim's name on a Roll who forthwith received a Scrubbing. When the words "to the Bible Clerk" were added, the business was confided to that officer, who, with the Ostiarius, officiated at the subsequent ceremony, which in this case was called a Bibler.
1878. Adams, Wykehamica, xxiii. 429. Order your name, the direction given to an offender by any of the authorities. The boy so directed, if he was in College, or if the order was given in school, had to go to the Ostiarius—or to the Præfect in course, if the offence was committed in commoners—and give information of the order, and the reason why it had been given. The Ostiarius, or the Præfect in course, wrote down the culprit's name, together with that of the Master, and the offence, and carried it up to the Head or Second Master, when due execution was done.
Order-racket, subs. phr. (old).—See
quot.
1819. Vaux, Memoirs, ii. 193. Order-racket, obtaining goods from a shop-*keeper, by means of a forged order or false pretence.
Ordinary, subs. (common).—A
wife: see Dutch.
Organ, subs. (Scots servants').—1.
A clothes' trunk.
2. (old).—A pipe.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Organ, will you cock your organ, will you smoke your pipe.
3. (printers').—A workman who lends money to his fellows at exorbitant interest. To play the organ = to apply for such a loan.
To carry the organ, verb. phr. (military).—To shoulder the pack or valise at defaulters' or marching order drill.
Organ-pipe, subs. (colloquial).—1.
The throat; the wind-pipe;
the voice.
2. (dressmakers': obsolete).—In pl. = a fulness in skirt-backs created by folds of starched muslin.
Orifice, subs. (venery).—The female
pudendum: see Monosyllable.
Original go, subs. phr. (American)—A
novel predicament.
1854. T. W. N. Bayley, New Tale of a Tub. Excellent! marvellous! beautiful! Is'n't it now an original go?
Orinoko, subs. (rhyming).—See
quot.
1874. Hotten, Slang Dict., Rhyming Slang, 367. Orinoko (pronounced Orinoker), a poker.
Ornament, subs. (venery).—The
female pudendum: see Monosyllable.
Ornythorhynchus, subs. (Australian).—A
creditor; 'a beast with
a bill.'
Orphan Collar, subs. phr. (American).—One
that does not match
the shirt in colour or material.
Oschive. See Ochive.
Ostiarius, subs. (Winchester College:
obsolete).—See quots.
1866. Wykehamist, No. 1, Oct. We know of nothing more which calls for notice, except the revival of Dr. Moberley of the ostiarius—an office which had been discontinued for many years, but was revived by the Head Master on account of the great increase in the number of the School.
