noun a sort of gold or silver lace.
2. orris ·noun a plant of the genus iris (i. florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
3. orris ·noun a peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.