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n an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. -- Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated "O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen," and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.…

Gout in the shoulder.

A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.

A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

The last; the end; hence, death. "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.

Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (

Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan; as, a plain omelet.

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.

Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploön.

A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.

Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Homiletical. [Obs.]

To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] Fuller.