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One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin. Rev.

metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

A burden; an obligation. Onus probandi ( Etym: [L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof.

Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

Progress; advancement.

Onward.

Any. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The precious stone called onyx. [R.]

An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

Divination by the nails.

Malacopoda.

Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. Onyx marble, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

The act of abacinating. [R.]

Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]

-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Obs.] That he might . . . abandon them from him. Udall. Being all this time abandoned from your bed. Shak.