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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 orc n.
 1. Zool. Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus (Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family. [Written also ork and orch.]
 An island salt and bare,
 The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang.   --Milton (Par. Lost xi. 835).
    Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description.   --J. J. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
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