Defn: The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.
OMBER; OMBRE
Om"ber, Om"bre, n. Etym: [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr.
L. homo. See Human.]
Defn: A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.
OMBRE
Om"bre, n. Etym: [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): — called also umbra, and umbrine.
OMBROMETER
Om*brom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. ombrométre.] (Meteorol.)
Defn: An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
OMEGA
O*me"ga, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Mickle.]
1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
2. The last; the end; hence, death.
"Omega! thou art Lord," they said. Tennyson.
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the
whole. Rev. i. 8.
The alpha and omega of science. Sir J. Herschel.