oncotomy (ongkotomi)

[Also on koto my; ταμεῖν, cut.] In surg., the incision into, or the excision of, a tumor. Oncotylidæ (ong-kō-til'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (Doug las and Scott, 1865), family of Heteroptera, named from the genus Oncotylus. It includes 7 genera of wide distribution, containing elongate, parallel-sided, or somewhat suboval bugs of the superfamily Caps in a. Oncotylus (ong-kot'i-lus), n. [NL. (Fieber, 1858), A genus of plant-bugs of the family Capsidæ, or giving name to the Oncotylida, occurring in Europe and North America. ondatra (on-dat'rä), n. [Amer. Ind. (?).] 1. The musquash or muskrat of North America, Fiber zibet hic us.-2. [ cap.] [NL.) Same as Fi ber2, 2. Lacépède. and Bolivia to the West Indies and Mex ico. They are epi phytes, usually with leaves, and loose ra cemes of showy yel Oncidium Papilio. lowish flowers. This Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 178. Knights ought be true, and truth is one in all. Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 56. There is but one mind in all these men. Shak ., J. C., ii. 3. 6. The one crime from which his heart recoiled was apos- tacy. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 5t. Single; unmarried. Men may conseille a womman to been oon , But conseillyng is nat com an dement. 6. Certain; some: before the name of a per- son hitherto not mentioned, or unknown to the speaker. As thus used, one often implies social obscurity or insignificance, and thus conveys more or le contempt. He sends from his side one Dillon, a Papist Lord, soon after a che if Rebell, with Letters into Ireland. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xii. 7t. Alone; only: following a pronoun and By so thow be sobre of syght, and of tounge bot he, In ondyng , in handlyng, in alle thy fyue wittes. Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 257. onding2 (on'ding), n. [ onding , v., equiv. to ding on , fall, as rain, etc.: see ding1 , v . i ., i., 3.] A fall of rain or snow; a downpour. [Scotch.] Syne honest luckie does protest That rain we'll hae, Or onding o' some kind at least, Afore 't be day. The Farmer's Ha'. (Jamie son.) "Look out, Jock; what kind o' night is 't?" " Onding o' snaw, father." "They'll perish in the drifts!" Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, viii. on dit (ôn dē). [F., they say: on , one, they, homo , a man; dit ( dicit ) , 3d pers. sing. ind. pres. of dire ( dicere ), say: see diction .] They say; it is said: often used substantively in the sense of 'rumor,' 'report,' 'go ip.' ondoyant (ôn-dwo-yon'), а . [ ppr . of ondoyer , wave, undulate, onde , wave, und a , wave: see ound .] Wavy; having a waved surface or outline. Ondoyant gla . See gla . 2. Being a single (person or thing considered apart from, singled out from, or contrasted with the others, or with another); hence, either (of two), or any single individual (of the whole number); this or that: as, from one side of the room to the other. The Kingdom from one end to the other was in Combus- Baker , Chronicles, p. 47. I satt by mine ane , fleeande the vanytes of the worlde. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 5. [By a peculiar idiom, the adjective one was formerly used before the article the or an , or a pronoun, followed by an ad. jective, often in the superlative (as " one the best prince"), where now the pronoun one , followed by of and a plural noun (partitive genitive), would be used (as "one of the best princes"). Compare the idiom in "good my lord," etc. Lawe is one the best. Gower, Conf. Amant., ii. 70. He is one Shak ., Cymbeline, i. 6. 166. I met a courier, one mine ancient friend. Shak ., T. of A., v. 2. 6.] 'Twere all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me. Shak ., All's Well, i. 1. 98. Now you are to understand, Tartary and Scythia are all Capt. John Smith , True Travels, I. 33. (b) A matter of indifference; of no consequence. Or Somerset or York, all 's one to me. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 3. 105. T. Shepard , Clear Sunshine of the Gospel, p. 4. One day. See day1 . - One or other, be it any single example chosen or any different one; be it who (or what) it may; hence, without exception. [Colloq.] My dear, you are positively, one or other , the most censo- rio us creature in the world. Cibber , Carele Husband, v. One per se, either simple and without parts, or having only parts pa ing continuously into one another, or united by information, as body and soul: opposed to one per ac- cidens. - One with. (a) Of the same nature or stock as; united with. (b) Identical with; the same as.- The one the other (in old writers sometimes run together into the tone. the tother), the first the second (or remaining one). The ton fro the tother was tore for to ken. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3911. abuse the anger and ygnoraunce Sir T. More , Descrip. of Rich. III. He might firste of the tone partie to the destruccion of the tother . II. n. 1. The first whole number, consisting of a single unit; unity.-2. The symbol repre- senting one or unity (1, I, or i). - After onet, af- ter one fashion; alike. You shall find us all alike, much at one , we and our sons. Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 36. His herte hadde compa ioun Of women, for they wepen evere in oon. There are butt fewe his strokes wold abide, So many he onhorsid one be one. We are not to stay all together, but to come by him where he stands, by ones , by twos, and by threes. Shak ., Cor., ii. 3. 47. One for his nob. See nobl. To make one, to form part of a group or a embly; hence, to take part in any action; be of the party. If I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 3. 47. Thou though test that I was altogether such an one as thyself. Ps. 1. 21. Both were young, and one was beautiful. Byron, The Dream, ii. The most frequent constructions of one are-(a) As an- tecedent to a relative pronoun, one who being equivalent to any person who , or to he who, she who, without dis- tinct i on of gender. Named softly as the household name of one whom God hath taken. Mrs. Browning , Cowper's Grave. (b) As a substitute for a noun used shortly before, avoid- ing its repetition: as, here are some apples; will you take one? this portrait is a fine one . (d) It easily pa es, however, from the meaning 'any one' into the collective sense of 'all persons,' 'people general- ly,' and for this can be substituted people , they , we (if the speaker does not except himself from the general state- ment), you (the person addre ed being taken as an ex- ample of others in general), or the impersonal pa ive may be substituted: as, one cannot be too careful ( we cannot, you cannot, they cannot, people cannot be too careful); one knows not when (it is not known when). One is sometimes virtually a substitute for the first person, employed by a speaker who does not wish to put himself prominently for- ward: as, one does not like to say so, but it is only too true; one tries to do one's best. One's self or oneself is the cor- responding reflexive: as, one must not praise one's self . One would think it were Mistre Overdone's own house. Shak., M. for M., iv. 3. 3. One would not, sure, be frightful when one 's dead. Pope , Moral E ays, i. 250. 2. [ cap .] A certain being, namely the Deity; God: the name being avoided from motives of reverence or from reserve. Now, tho' my lamp was lighted late, there's One will let Tennyson, May Queen, Conclusion. Old Eng. Misc . (ed. Morris), p. 83. onet, v . t . [ onen , make one, one , a. Cf. unite.] To make one; unite into a whole; join. Lo, ech thyng that is oned in itselve Is moore strong than whan it is to-scatered, Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 260. The riche folk that embrace den and oneden al hire herte to tres or of this world. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. -one. [L. -õnus , an adj. termination, parallel with- ānus , -ēnus , -ūnus : see- an , -ene , -inel , etc.] In chem ., a termination of hydrocarbons be- longing to the series which has the general for- mula CnH2n-4: as, pentone , C5H6. one-and-thirty (wun'and-ther"ti), n. An an- cient and very favorite game at cards, much resembling vingt-un. Hall i well . In one, in or into a condition of unity; forming or so as to form a unit; in union; together. They cannot, Though they would link their powers in one , Do mischief. Fletcher, Val ent in i an, iv. 1. Much at one. See much.- Old One. See old. - One and onet, one by one; singly. Ful thinne it [the hair) lay, by culpons on and oon. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 679. One by one, by ones, singly; singly in consecutive order. sheet: usually indicated by the symbol IC. See wire -gage. one-earedł (wun'erd), a. [A dial. form of one yeared (?).] One year old; immature. This wine is still one - ear'd , and brisk, though put Out of Italian cask in English butt. Howell , Familiar Letters (1650). ( Nares .) one-er, n. See oner .