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Oʹriel

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A fairy whose empire lay along the banks of the Thames, when King Oberon held his court in Kensington Gardens. (Tickell: Kensington Gardens.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Oread (plural, Orĕads [3 syl.] or Oreădes [4 syl.])
Oreilles
Orelio
Orellana
Orfeo and Heurodis
Orgies
Orgoglio (pron. Or-gole-yo)
Orgon
Oriana
Oriande [O-re-ond]
Oriel
Orientation
Oriflamme
Origenists
Original Sin
Orilo or Orillo (in Orlando Furioso, book viii.)
Orinda
Orion
Orkborne (Dr.)
Orkneys
Orlando