onager (onajer)

[L., also onagrus, Onager ( Equus hemippus). onager, inhabiting the steppes of central Asia. See dziggetai.-2. A war-engine for throwing stones, used in in Euroth middag 1700), On a graceæ (on-a-grā sē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Lindley, 1845), of showy colors. The more euphonious form, Onagra ceæ, employed by Lindley, is still much in use. See cut under Enothera. IMG:content-1707.png:[blocks in formation] 4110 Dangers are no more light, if once they seem light. Bacon, Delays. Who this heir is he does not once tell us. Locke, Civil Government. 6. Without delay; immediately: often merely expletive: expletive: as, John, come here once. [Local, Pennsylvania.] -7t. Once for all. That is once , mother. Dryden, Maiden Queen, iv. 1. All at once, not gradually; suddenly; precipitately.-At (a) At one and same time; simultaneously:: as, they all rose at once . When followed by another clause be ginning with and , at once is equivalent to both : as, at once a soldier and a poet; the performance is fitted at once to instruct and to delight. No more the youth shall join his consort's side, At once a virgin, and at once a bride! Pope , Iliad, xi. 314. Macaulay, Lord with the multitude. He wished to be at once a favourite at Court and popular (b) Immediately; forthwith; without delay. I have resolved, therefore, to fix you at once in a noble independence. Every once in a while. See every1. - For once, on one occasion; once only; exceptionally: often with the sense of 'at last': as, you have succeeded for once. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. Put the absurd impo ible case for once. Browning , Ring and Book, I. 149. Once and again. See again . - Once for all, for one time only, and never again; at this one time and for all time. You must excuse me, sir, if I tell you, once for all , that in this point I cannot obey you. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. Once in a way, once and no more; on one particular oc- casion; on rare occasions. [Colloq.] IMG:content-1708.png:[blocks in formation] onde ers of butterfly form borne singly at the end of long stalks. O. alti imum is said to produce a raceme 13 feet long, with as many as 2,000 flowers. O. Sprucei has the name of armadillo's-tail, on account of its long round leaves, characteristic of one section of the genus. O. Carthaginense is named spread-eagle orchid.