Onopordon (onopordon)

[NL. (Linnæus, 1753), IMG:content-1722.png:[blocks in formation] Ascham, quoted in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 125. There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon, Delays (ed. 1887). 3. An attack of any kind: as, the impetuous onset of grief.-4. Something set on or added by way of ornament. Syn. 1. Attack, Charge, On set, A ault, Onslaught. Attack is the general word; the rest are arranged according to the degree of violence implied. Charge is a military word: as, "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Onset generally applies to a collective movement; a ault and onslaught may indicate the act of many or of one. An onslaught is rough and sudden, without method or persistence.