On"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; name + -mancy. Cf. Nomancy.] Divination by
the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] Camden.
{ On`o*man"tic (?), On`o*man"tic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
onomancy. [R.]
On`o*mas"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, from &?; to name, &?; name.] (Law)
Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's
handwriting. Burrill.
On`o*mas"ti*con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (sc.&?;), fr. &?;. See
Onomastic.] A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a
collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius
Pollux about A.D.180.
On"o*ma*tech`ny (?), n. [Gr. &?; + &?; art.] Prognostication by the
letters of a name.
On`o*ma*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in the history of names. Southey.
On`o*ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?; + -logy.] The science of names
or of their classification.
O*nom"a*tope (?), n. [See Onomatopœia.] An imitative word; an
onomatopoetic word.
On`o*mat`o*pœ"ia (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?;, &?;, a name + &?; to
make.] (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a
figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound
of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss
of a goose; the crackle of fire.
It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words,
especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds.
On`o*mat`o*pœ"ic (?), a. Onomatopoetic. Whitney.
On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to onomatopœia;
characterized by onomatopœia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or
word. Earle.
On`o*mat"o*py (?), n. Onomatopœia.
O*nom"o*man`cy (?), n. See Onomancy.
On`on*da"gas (?), n. pl.; sing. Onondaga (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of
Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New
York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
On"rush` (?), n. A rushing onward.
On"set` (?), n. [On + set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an
assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton.
The onset and retire Of both your armies.
Shak.
Who on that day the word of onset gave.
Wordsworth.