"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.
O*me"goid (?), a. [Omega + - oid.] Having the form of the Greek capital
letter Omega ().
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 plain omelet.
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 action regarded as a foreshowing;
a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name.
Milton.
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, to omen ill of an
enterprise.
The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical
contents.
Sir W. Scott.
O"mened (?), a. Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as,
happy-omened day.
O*men"tal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
O*men"tum (?), n.; pl. Omenta (#). [L.] (Anat.) A free fold of the
peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels,
etc.; an epiploön.
The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a great sac,
which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with
fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser,
or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and liver and contains
the hepatic vessels. The gastrosplenic omentum, or ligament, connects
the stomach and spleen.
O"mer (?), n. [Cf. Homer.] A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See
Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.