6. In progress; proceeding; as, a game is on.

On is sometimes used as an exclamation, or a command to move or

proceed, some verb being understood; as, on, comrades; that is, go on,

move on.

On and on, continuously; for a long time together. "Toiling on and on

and on." Longfellow.

||On"a*ger (?), n.; pl. L. Onagri (#), E. Onagers (#). [L. onager,

||onagrus, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a

||sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was

||operated by machinery. Fairholt.

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