organ

UK /ˈɔːɡən/ US /ˈɔɹɡən/
noun 5name 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

bodily organs

vital organ

2

A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

3

A device, apparatus.

This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.

4

A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

5

An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

verb

1

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

[W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]

name

1

A surname.

2

A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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