onhedt

See one head. o. ni. See the quotation. A mark used in the Exchequer, and set upon the Head of a Sheriff, as soon as he enters into his Accounts for I ues, Fines, and mean Profits; It is put for Oneratur nisi habet sufficientem Exonerationem , i. e. he is charged unle he have a sufficient discharge; and thereupon he immediately becomes the Queen's Debtor. E. Phillips , 1706. onicolo (ō-nik'ō-lō), n. [Formerly onecle (q. v.); onicolo , onicchio (Florio), by abbr. * nicolo , niccolo, dim. of onice, onyx: see onyx.] A va riety of onyx having a ground of deep brown, in which is a band of bluish white. It is used for cameos, and differs from the ordinary onyx in a certain blending of the two colors. onion (un'yun), n. [Formerly also inion, being still often so pronounced (also ingan, ingun: see inion1 ); ous. the Bermudas are specially noted for size and quality. Or who would ask for her opinion Between an Oyster and an Onion ? Prior , Alma (1733), L Bermuda onion, a superior mild-flavored quality of onion, largely imported into the United States from the Bermudas, there grown from seed obtained annually from southern Europe. - Bog-onion, the flowering fern, Osmunda regal is, locally regarded as a specific for rickets. [Prov. Eng.]- Egyptian, ground, or potato onion, a variety of onion of unknown origin, developing from the parent a numerous crop of underground bulbs: hence also called multipliers. Onion pattern, a simple pattern used in decorating ceramic wares, especially Mei en or Dresden porcelain: it is usually painted in dark-blue on white.-Pearl onion, a variety of onion with small bulbs. - Rock onion. Same as Welsh onion. - Sea-onion, a European onion-like plant, Urginea Scilla; also, in the Isle of Wight, the little spring squill, Scilla verna. - Tорonion, tree-onion, a variety of the common onion, of Canadian origin, producing at the summit of the stem, instead of flowers and seeds, a cluster of bulbs, which are used for pickles and as sets for new plants. - Welsh onion. Same as cibol, 2, and stone - leek (see leek ). - Wild onion, Allium cernuum. [U. S.]