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[Etymology doubtful; cf. Scot. oam = steam, vapor.] Mellow, as land. ( Provincial. ) õn, prep ., adv . & interj . [A. S. on ; cogn. with Dut. aan; Icel. 4; Dan. an; Sw. & (prep.), an (adv.); Goth. ana; Ger. an; Gr. ana ; Ru . na; ana . In is a weakened form of on . ( Skeat .)] IMG:content-0284.png:[blocks in formation] from Gr. omphalos = the navel, and aner (gen it. andros )=a man, under which name Dr. Patrick Browne first described it.] Bot.: A genus of Euphorbiaceæ, tribe Acalyphese. Omphalea diandra is the Cob-nut, or Hog-nut, of Jamaica. The seeds, after the embryo has been extracted to diminish their cathartic effect, are eaten. The white juice of O. triandra , which grows in Guiana, turns black in drying, and is used for ink. IMG:content-0285.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0286.png:[blocks in formation] "I charge thee on thy duty." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , i. 1. tinct by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and by him named E. hemippus , but the two forms " seem to be very nearly akin." ( Sclater .) 7. At the peril of; as, On thy life, speak not. 8. Denoting invocation or imprecation; as, A ger, onagrus.] [ONAGER.] curse on him! IMG:content-0287.png:[blocks in formation] Bot . ( pl .): Lindley's name for the Onagracese. ō-nan-ism, s. [From Onan (Gen. xxxviii. 9); ments made by the oncometer. Zool.: Callithrix discolor , sometimes called the Ventriloquist Monkey. It is from Para and the Brazils, and is nocturnal. once (as wŭns), *ones, *on is, *oones, *oonys, adv. [A. S. ánes , originally the gen it. sing. masc. and neut. of an=one.] 1. One time; on or at one time or occasion only. "He died unto sin once ." -Romans vi. 10. 2. On a certain occasion; at one time. "The little Love-God lying once asleep." Shakesp.: Sonnet 154. 3. At one time; formerly, in past time. "I no more can see what once I was." 4. At some future time; some time or other. "I hope to see London once ere I die."- Shakesp .: Henry IV., Pt. II., v. 3. 5. Used with the force of as soon as; espec., with if and when. "Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once ." Shakesp.: Macbeth , iii. 4. (3) Suddenly, precipitately; not gradually or by "Night came on, not by degrees prepar'd But all at once." 2. Once is used substantively with this and that ; as, this once, that once=this or that one occasion. 3. Once and again : Repeatedly; more than once. 4. Once in a way (properly, once and away ): Once and no more; on rare occasions; only occa- sionally. 5. Once in a while : Occasionally. on-chus, s. [Gr. ongkos =a barb.] Palæont .: A genus of fo il placoid fishes, known only by its spines, unle some minute scales also belong to it. Onchus tenuis tri at us occurs in the Bone-bed of the Ludlow rocks at the top of the Silurian. toon-cot-o-my, s . [Gr. ongkos =a tumor, and tome=a cutting.] Surg .: The opening of a tumor with a lancet or other cutting instrument. *onde, s. [A. S. and a, onda= breath.] 1. Breath. (Gower: C. A. , v.) 2. Malice, rage, fury. ( Romaunt of the Rose.) A fall of rain or snow. ( Scotch .) ""What sort of night is it?' ' Onding o's naw, father."— Scott: Heart of Mid - Lothian , ch. viii. 3. Single in kind, common; the same. " One plague was on you all."-1 Samuel vi. 4. 4. Denoting a contrast, or expre ing one particular thing as opposed to another. "Ask from the one side of heaven unto the other whether there hath been any such thing as this." - Deuterotomy iv. 32. 5. Some; said of a single person or thing indefinitely. "I will marry one day." Shakesp. Comedy of Errors, ii. 1. Frequently used in combination with any or some. "When any one heareth the word of the kingdom and understand eth it not, then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart." -Matthew xiii. 19. B. As pronoun: 1. A single person. 2911 o-neïr-o-crite, s. [ONEIROCRITIC.] An interpreter of dreams; an oneirocritic. o-neïr-o-crit-ic, a. & 8. [Gr. one i rok rit i kos. from oneiros, one iron =a dream, and krino =to judge, to discern.] A. As adj .: Having or pretending to have the power of interpreting dreams, or of foretelling future events from dreams. B. As subst.: One who interprets or pretends to interpret dreams. "Having surveyed all ranks and profe ions, I do not find in any quarter of the town an oneirocritic , or an interpreter of dreams."- Add is on : Spectator , No. 505.