Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchat
Literary usage of Orchat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Sometimes thou shall with fervent vow» implore A moderate wind ; the orchat loves
to wave With winter winds, before the gems exert Their feeble heads ..."
2. The Classical Journal (1825)
"writes orchat, instead of the common, but I think erroneous, orchard. Homer, in
his description of the gardens of Alcinous (Od. //'. 1 12. sqq. ..."
3. Anonymiana: Or, Ten Centuries of Observations on Various Authors and Subjects by Samuel Pegge, John Nichols (1809)
"... is "a corruption, and so is Orchard; but orchat may be the Greek %£«/£;, Cyril,
contra Julian, IV. p. 19. Tatius, p. 275, 319. Hortus, in later times, ..."
4. Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces by John Aikin (1826)
"... and pays Largest revenues to the orchat-lord. Some think the Quince and Apple
would combine In happy union ; others fitter deem The Sloe-stem bearing ..."