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The first kind of interment was that of leaden coffins, rectangular in shape, covered with a lid, occupying deeper graves than any of the other interments, more or less accurately oriented, sometimes containing coins, as of the Emperor Gratian (ob. 383), and sometimes not. … The second type of interment, also of Romans or Romanised Britons, resembled the first in being more or less perfectly oriented, the orientation varying, probably according as it had taken place in summer or in winter, from E.N.E. to E.S.E. over about 45°; …

Without a compass the table is oriented, when set at one end of a line previously determined, by sighting back on this line, …. To orient the table, when at a station unconnected with others, is more difficult.

The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.

Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.

Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.

We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.

Observation stations were established at vantage points along the coast to monitor gray whale responses to the sounds generated by the air gun array. … At 3 miles some whales appeared to orient toward the sound.