a town of Suffolk in England, 88 miles from London, situated between two channels, where the river Ore, after having joined the Ald, falls into the sea. It was once a populous town, with a castle; of which, and of a nunnery near the quay, there are still some ruins. The towers of the castle and its church are a sea-mark for colliers, coasters, and ships that come from Holland. There is a light-house at Orford-Ness, which is also of great use to fishermen, and is a shelter for them when a north-east wind blows hard upon the shore. The town was incorporated by Henry III. has a mayor, 18 portmen, 12 chief burgesses, a recorder, a town-clerk, and two serjeants at mace. Though it sent members to parliament, in the 26th of Edward I. yet it had no more elections till the reign of Edward IV. It still sends two members to parliament, and has the title of an earldom. There are still remaining the ruins of an holy house, where the fishermen's wives used to pray for the safety of their husbands. By the withdrawing of the sea, it has been deprived of its chief advantage, for it now deserves not the name of a harbour. It had the honour to give title of earl to the brave admiral Ruffel, which, after being many years extinct, was revived in the person of Sir Robert Walpole. The population in 1801 amounted only to 339. E. Long. 1. 40. N. Lat. 52. 15.

ORGAL, among dyers, denotes the lees of wine dried.