4. Above all others; particularly. [Obs.]

His most only elected mistress.

Marston.

On"ly, conj. Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically

with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or

consideration.

He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his

low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the

city.

Sir W. Scott.

On`o*ce"rin (?), n. [NL. Ononis, the generic name of the plant + L.

cera wax.] (Chem.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from

the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

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