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10 words match “OMBRE”

OMBRE n.
A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
OMBER; OMBRE n.
me 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.
SOMBER; SOMBRE a. 4 definitions
Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
SOMBERLY; SOMBRELY adv.
In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
SOMBERNESS; SOMBRENESS n.
The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
SOMBRERO n.
A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America. Marryat.
O n.
ak; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. dufe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre. The letter o has several vowel sounds, the principal of which are its long sound, as in bone, its short sound, as in nod, and the sounds heard in the words orb, son, do (feod), and wolf (book). In connection with the other…
REDWITHE n.
A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
SAURY n.
A slender marine fish (Scombresox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
UMBRA n.
erranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine. Umbra tree (Bot.), a tree (Phytolacca diocia) of the same genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves, and a somber aspect. The juice of its b…