Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ō'nan-ism, n. p. 912The crime of self-pollution; masturbation.Once (wŭns), adv. p. 912At one time; on one occasion, and one only. Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years. Bacon. 2. At one former time; formerly. My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee; But hence…Ŏnçe, n. p. 912(Zoöl.) A digitigrade, carnivorous mammal, of the cat kind; the ounce. See OUNCE.On-cĭd'i-ŭm, n. p. 912(Bot.) A genus of orchideous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. papilio) resembles a butterfly. Baird.On-cŏt'o-my, n. p. 912(Surg.) The opening of an abscess with a cutting instrument, or the removal of a tumor. [Written also onkotomy.] Dunglison.On dit p. 912They say, or it is said; hence, as a noun, a flying report; as, it is a mere on dit.One (wŭn), a. p. 912Being but a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual;—used as a cardinal number. “The dream of Pharaoh is one.” Gen. xli. 25. In this use, it often takes…One, v. t. p. 912To cause to become one; to gather into one. [Obs.]One'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 912(Bot.) An herb of the genus Paris; true-love.One'-hōrse, a. p. 912Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.O-nei'ro-cri'tic, n. p. 912An interpreter of dreams; one who judges what is signified by dreams. Warburton. Addison.O-nei′ro-crit′ic or O-nei′ro-crit′ic-al, a. p. 912Pertaining to the interpretation of dreams, or pretending to judge of future events signified by dreams. “My oneirocritical correspondent.” Addison.O-nei′ro-crit′i-cism, n. p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. “No commendable phantasm in old oneirocriticism.” Browne.O-nei'/ro-erit'ics, n. sing. p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]O-nei'ro-dȳnĭ-a, n. p. 912(Med.) Painful dreams, or disturbed sleep, including nightmare and somnambulism. Dunglison.O-nei'ro-măn'cy, n. p. 912Divination by dreams. “Oneiromancy or prophecy by means of dreams.” De Quincey.Ō'nei-rŏs'co-pist, n. p. 912One who interprets dreams.Ō/neir-ōs'eo-py, n. p. 912The interpretation of dreams.One'li-ness, n. p. 912The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Oneliness, or singularity, is essential to it. Cudworth.Ōne'ly, a. p. 912The same as ONLY. [Obs.] Spencer.One'ment, n. p. 912State of being one, at one, united, or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.One'ness, n. p. 912The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity. Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker.Ŏn'er-a-ry, a. p. 912Fitted or intended for the carriage of burdens; comprising a burden.Ōn'er-ate, v. t. p. 912To load; to burden. [Obs.]Ŏn'er-ā'tion, n. p. 912The act of loading. [Obs.]Ŏn'er-ōŭs, a. p. 912Burdensome; oppressive. “Too onerous a solicitude.” J. Taylor. Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;—opposed to gratuitous.ŏn'er-ōŭs-ly, adv. p. 912In an onerous manner; oppressively.One'-sīd'ed, a. p. 912Having one side only; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. “Such unguarded and one-sided language.” T. Arnold. 2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a…One'-sīd'ed-ness, n. p. 912State of being one-sided.Ōn'ey-er, n. p. 912An accountant of the exchequer. [Obs.] Shak.Ōn'-gō'ing, n. p. 912Act of going forward; procedure; event. The brightest hour in which feeling and fancy ever flung their united radiance over the common on-goings of this our commonplace world, and every-day life.…Ŏn'guent, n. p. 912A corruption of unguent. See UNGUENT.Ŏn'-hāng'er, n. p. 912One who hangs on or follows closely. W. Scott.Ŏn'ion, n. p. 912(Bot.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa); also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food.On'ion-eyed, a. p. 912Having the eyes full of tears, as if by the use of an onion. I am an ass — am onion-eyed. Shak.O-nī'ro-erīt'ic, a. p. 912See ONEIROCRITIC.On-kŏt'o-my, n. p. 912See ONCOTOMY.Ōn'li-ness, n. p. 912The state of being alone. [Obs.]Ŏn'-lōok'er, n. p. 912A looker-on.Ōn'-lōōk'ing, a. p. 913Looking onward or forward; — foreboding.Ōn'ly, a. p. 913One alone; single; as, John was the only man present. 2. Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child. 3. Distinguished above all others…Ōn'ly, adv. p. 913In one manner, or for one purpose alone; solely; singly; merely; barely. I propose my thoughts only as conjectures. Burnet. And, to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden. 2. Above all…Ōn'o-bry'chis, n. p. 913(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the sainfoin.O-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 913Foolish discourse.Ōn'o-mān'cy, n. p. 913Divination by the letters of a name. Destinies were superstitiously, by onomancy, deciphered out of names. Camden.Ōn'o-mănʹtic or Ōn'o-mănʹtic-al, a. p. 913Predicted by names, or the letters composing names.Ōn'o-mās'tic, a. p. 913(Law.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a name; — sometimes applied to the signature of an instrument where the body of it is in the handwriting of another person. Burrill.Ŏn'o-măs'ti-con, n. p. 913A collection of names and terms; an arrangement of topics with their names; a dictionary; a common-place book.Ōn'o-ma-tēch'ny, n. p. 913Prognostication by the letters of a name.Ōn'o-ma-tŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 913One versed in the history of names.ŏn'o-ma-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 913A discourse or treatise on names, or the history of the names of persons.O-nŏm'a-tōpe, n. p. 913A word formed to resemble the sound made by the thing signified.ŏn'o-măt'o-pœ'ĭă, n. p. 913(Gram. & Rhet.) The formation of a word with resemblance in sound to that made by the thing signified; as, to buzz, as bees; to crackle, as burning thorns; the theory that all words had this origin.…ŏn'o-măt'o-pō-ēt'ic, a. p. 913Formed to resemble the sound of the thing signified.Ōn'o-māt'o-py, n. p. 913The same as ONOMATOPŒIA.O-nŏm'o-măn'cy, n. p. 913The same as ONOMANCY.O-nō'mis, n. p. 913(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants found in Europe.Ōn'sēt, n. p. 913A rushing or setting upon; a violent attack; assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army or body of troops upon an enemy or a fort. The shout Of battle now began, and rushing sound Of…Ōn'sĕt, v. t. p. 913To assault; to set upon; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.Ōn'sēt-ting, n. p. 913A rushing upon or assaulting.