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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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.
  2. On ditp. 912They say, or it is said; hence, as a noun, a flying report; as, it is a mere on dit.
  3. 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…
  4. One, v. t.p. 912To cause to become one; to gather into one. [Obs.]
  5. One'-bĕr'ry, n.p. 912(Bot.) An herb of the genus Paris; true-love.
  6. One'-hōrse, a.p. 912Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
  7. O-nei'ro-cri'tic, n.p. 912An interpreter of dreams; one who judges what is signified by dreams. Warburton. Addison.
  8. 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.
  9. O-nei′ro-crit′i-cism, n.p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. “No commendable phantasm in old oneirocriticism.” Browne.
  10. O-nei'/ro-erit'ics, n. sing.p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  11. O-nei'ro-dȳnĭ-a, n.p. 912(Med.) Painful dreams, or disturbed sleep, including nightmare and somnambulism. Dunglison.
  12. O-nei'ro-măn'cy, n.p. 912Divination by dreams. “Oneiromancy or prophecy by means of dreams.” De Quincey.
  13. Ō'nei-rŏs'co-pist, n.p. 912One who interprets dreams.
  14. Ō/neir-ōs'eo-py, n.p. 912The interpretation of dreams.
  15. One'li-ness, n.p. 912The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Oneliness, or singularity, is essential to it. Cudworth.
  16. Ōne'ly, a.p. 912The same as ONLY. [Obs.] Spencer.
  17. One'ment, n.p. 912State of being one, at one, united, or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  18. One'ness, n.p. 912The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity. Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker.
  19. Ŏn'er-a-ry, a.p. 912Fitted or intended for the carriage of burdens; comprising a burden.
  20. Ōn'er-ate, v. t.p. 912To load; to burden. [Obs.]
  21. Ŏn'er-ā'tion, n.p. 912The act of loading. [Obs.]
  22. 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.
  23. ŏn'er-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 912In an onerous manner; oppressively.
  24. 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…
  25. One'-sīd'ed-ness, n.p. 912State of being one-sided.
  26. Ōn'ey-er, n.p. 912An accountant of the exchequer. [Obs.] Shak.
  27. 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.…
  28. Ŏn'guent, n.p. 912A corruption of unguent. See UNGUENT.
  29. Ŏn'-hāng'er, n.p. 912One who hangs on or follows closely. W. Scott.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. O-nī'ro-erīt'ic, a.p. 912See ONEIROCRITIC.
  33. On-kŏt'o-my, n.p. 912See ONCOTOMY.
  34. Ōn'li-ness, n.p. 912The state of being alone. [Obs.]
  35. Ŏn'-lōok'er, n.p. 912A looker-on.
  36. Ōn'-lōōk'ing, a.p. 913Looking onward or forward; — foreboding.
  37. 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…
  38. 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…
  39. Ōn'o-bry'chis, n.p. 913(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the sainfoin.
  40. O-nŏl'o-gy, n.p. 913Foolish discourse.
  41. Ōn'o-mān'cy, n.p. 913Divination by the letters of a name. Destinies were superstitiously, by onomancy, deciphered out of names. Camden.
  42. Ōn'o-mănʹtic or Ōn'o-mănʹtic-al, a.p. 913Predicted by names, or the letters composing names.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. Ōn'o-ma-tēch'ny, n.p. 913Prognostication by the letters of a name.
  46. Ōn'o-ma-tŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 913One versed in the history of names.
  47. ŏn'o-ma-tŏl'o-gy, n.p. 913A discourse or treatise on names, or the history of the names of persons.
  48. O-nŏm'a-tōpe, n.p. 913A word formed to resemble the sound made by the thing signified.
  49. 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.…
  50. ŏn'o-măt'o-pō-ēt'ic, a.p. 913Formed to resemble the sound of the thing signified.
  51. Ōn'o-māt'o-py, n.p. 913The same as ONOMATOPŒIA.
  52. O-nŏm'o-măn'cy, n.p. 913The same as ONOMANCY.
  53. O-nō'mis, n.p. 913(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants found in Europe.
  54. 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…
  55. Ōn'sĕt, v. t.p. 913To assault; to set upon; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.
  56. Ōn'sēt-ting, n.p. 913A rushing upon or assaulting.
  57. Ōn'slaught, n.p. 913Attack; onset; aggression; assault. “By storm and onslaught to proceed.” Hudibras.
  58. ŏn’stĕad, n.p. 913A single farm-house. [Prov. Engl.] Grose.
  59. Ōn’to, prep.p. 913On the top of; upon; on. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.] Mrs. Stowe.
  60. Ŏn-to-lŏg'ic or Ŏn-to-lŏg'ic-al, a.p. 913Pertaining to the science of being in general, and its essential attributes and relations, and also to the argument for the being of God from the necessities of thought or of being. Ontological…