Webster's Dictionary 1913

811

Om

‖Om (?), interj. & n. [Also Aum, Um.] [Skr. ōm.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, — orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of ass...

812

Omagra

‖Om″a‐gra (?), n.(Med.) Gout in the shoulder.

813

Omahas

O″ma‐has″ (?), n. pl.; sing. Omaha (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation i...

814

Omander wood

O‐man″der wood′ (?). (Bot.) The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

815

Omasum

‖O‐ma″sum (?), n.(Anat.) The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

816

Omber

{ Om″ber, Om″bre} (?), n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.] A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Po...

817

Ombre (2)

Om″bre, n.(Zoöl.) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): — called also umbra, and umbrine.

818

Ombrometer

Om‐brom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � rain + -meter: cf. F. ombrométre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

819

Omega

O‐me″ga (ō‐mē″gȧ or ō″mē̍‐gȧ; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ὠ̑ μέγα, i.e., the great or long o. Cf. Mickle.] 1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.2. The last; the end; h...

820

Omegoid

O‐me″goid (?), a. [Omega + -oid.] Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (Ω).

821

Omelet

Om″e‐let (?), n. [F. omelette, OF. amelette, alumete, alumelle, perh. fr. L. lamella. Cf. Lamella.] Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan; as, a p...

822

Omen

O″men (?), n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.] An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or act...

823

Omen (2)

O″men, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Omened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Omening.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, ...

824

Omened

O″mened (?), a. Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

825

Omental

O‐men″tal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

826

Omentum

O‐men″tum (?), n.; pl.Omenta (#). (Anat.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploön.☞ The great, or gastrocolic,...

827

Omer

O″mer (?), n. [Cf. Homer.] A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.

828

Omicron

O‐mi″cron (?), n. [Written also omikron.] [NL., fr. Gr. Ο ο. See Micro-.] Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

829

Omiletical

Om′i‐let″ic‐al (?), a. Homiletical.

830

Ominate

Om″i‐nate (?), v. t. & i. [L. ominatus, p. p. of ominari to presage, fr. omen.] To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. Dr. H. More.

831

Omination

Om′i‐na″tion (?), n. [L. ominatio.] The act of ominating; presaging. Fuller.

832

Ominous

Om″i‐nous (?), a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; — formerly used both in a fav...

833

Omissible

O‐mis″si‐ble (?), a. Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

834

Omission

O‐mis″sion (?), n. [L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See Omit.] 1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.The most natural division of...

835

Omissive

O‐mis″sive (?), a. [See Omit.] Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. — O‐mis″sive‐ly, adv.

836

Omit

O‐mit″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Omitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Omitting.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.] 1. To let go; to leave...

837

Omittance

O‐mit″tance (?), n. The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect. Shak.