The only bed of flowering Orpine I ever saw in America was in the millyard of Miller Rose at Kettle Hole--and a really lovely expanse of bloom it was, broken only by old worn millstones which formed the doorsteps.
The Orpine was a flower linked with tradition and mystery in England, there were scores of fanciful notions connected with it.
It were very convenient that a syrup, and an ointment of Orpine were always ready in the house for such occasions; for I know no better remedy for the Quinsey, than to drink the one, and anoint the throat with the other.
Yule log in, 248; divination by orpine at Midsummer in, ii.
In Masuren, Westphalia, and Switzerland the method of forecasting the future by means of the orpine is precisely the same.
Upon the rocks, which now bordered the road, were the deep red blossoms of the orpine sedum, and a small crimson-flowered stock with very hoary stem.
It is supposed that it was originally made for some lover to give to his mistress on Midsummer Eve, as the orpine plant is connected with that time.
The device consisted of two orpine plants joined by a true-love knot, with this motto above: Ma fiancee velt, i.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orpine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
