• ONFAISABLE
adj. unbecoming, unsuitable …1920 Sc.
• ONFALL
n. 1. an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset …c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. the fall of the evening …a1800 Sc.
n. 3. a fall of rain or snow …1808 Sc.
• ONFANG
vb. 1. to receive, to accept …c900 obs.
vb. 2. to undertake …971 obs.
vb. 3. to conceive offspring …a1000 obs.
vb. 4. to take with the mind; to conceive or understand in a particular way …c1200 obs.
• ONFAST
adv. near, close on …c1200 obs.
• ON-FORCED
adj. forced upon one; enforced …1656 obs. rare
• ON FOR ONE’S GREENS
adj. sexually aroused …19C Brit. sl.
• ON FOR YOUNG AND OLD
phr. in a state of general disorder and lack of restraint …20C Aust. sl.
• ONFRACK
adj. not active, not alert …Bk1905 Sc.
• ONFREST
vb. to delay, to put off …c1300 obs. rare
• ONGANG
n. 1. rowdy or unrestrained behaviour, antics …1866 Sc.
n. 2. conduct, behaviour; proceedings …Bk1905 Sc.
• ONGANGIN’
n. rowdy or unrestrained behaviour, antics …1868 Sc.
• ON-GANGINGS
n. conduct, behaviour; proceedings …1898 Sc.
• ON-GATE
n. the road or way to a place …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON-GEAR
n. the stock on a farm; the dwellings and other appurtenances …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON-GETTING
n. 1. welfare, manner of getting on …1886 Sc.
n. 2. getting on, progress …1895 Sc.
• ONGIN
vb. to begin …c1000 obs.
• ONGKUS
adj. 1. of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
adj. 2. good, profitable, pleasant …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• ONGLE
n. 1. c1436 obs. – a fingernail
n. 2. 1484 obs. – a claw
• ONGO
n. 1. the act of going on, movement, progress, advance …1835 Sc.
n. 2. a stir, a fuss, a to-do, a tumult, an uproar …1871 Sc.
vb. to go on, to proceed, to conduct oneself …1710 Sc.
• ONGOING
adj. progressing without intermission, proceeding …1710 Sc.
n. an event, affair, proceeding, conduct, behaviour; generally in plural …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ONGOINGS
n. a stir, fuss, pother, to-do, an uproar; behaviour of an unseemly or obstreperous kind; loose or rowdy conduct …1808 Sc.
• ON-GREE
n. sinfulness …1879 Sc.
• ONHANGER
n. a dependent, a hanger-on …1821 Sc.
• ON HASTE
adv. soon, in the near future, speedily …1716 Sc.
• ON HEAD
adv. headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly, inconsiderately …1565-73 obs.
• ONHEAVE
vb. to lift up, to raise …971 obs.
• ONHEVE
vb. to lift up, to raise …971 obs.
• ONHING
n. patient waiting or expectation; the act of meanly and lazily staying in a place; tedious delay …1866 Sc.
• ON HIS OATS
phr. of a racehorse: racing without the benefit of a stimulant …1994 US sl.
• ON ICE
adj. on the undertaker’s slab …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONIMANCY
n. divination from the fingernails …1653
• ONING
n. 1. an only one; a darling …a1300 obs. rare
n. 2. a making one, uniting, joining in one; union …1340 obs.
• ONION
n. 1. a pearl …1688 obs.
n. 2. a bunion …1785 obs.
n. 3. a seal or the like worn on a watch-chain …1812 thieves’ sl.
• ONIONET
n. a small onion …1820
• ONION-EYED
adj. having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful …1606
• ONION GRASS
n. chives …1948 Amer. dial.
• ONIONHEAD
n. a White person …1965 Amer. dial. Black usage
• ONIONIZED
adj. flavoured with or smelling of onions …1830
• ONION SNOW
n. a light snowfall in the spring, usually after the onions have been set out …1930 Amer. dial.
• ONIROCRIT
n. a judge or interpreter of dreams …a1693 rare
• ONIROCRITIC
n. a judge or interpreter of dreams …a1652
• ONIROCRITICAL
adj. pert. to, practising, or expert in the interpretation of dreams …1588
• ONIROCRITICISM
n. the art of interpreting dreams …1614
• ONIROPOLIST
n. an interpreter of dreams …a1693
• ON IT
adj. lustful, esp. at the immediate time of desire …1916 Amer. dial.
• ON JACK
adj. of the penis: erect …L19 sl.
• ON JAWBONE
adv. on credit …1862 Amer. dial.
• ONKA
n. a finger …20C Aust. rhyming sl. (Onkaparinga – the propriety name of a blanket)
• ONKAPARINGA
n. a finger ..2C Aust. rhyming sl. (Onkaparinga – the propriety name of a blanket)
• ONKED
adj. uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient …1783 Eng. dial.
• ONKENNABLE
adj. unknowable, incalculable …1818 Sc.
• ONKENNED
adj. unknown, unseen, unobserved …1866 Sc.
• ONKENT
adj. unknown, unseen, unobserved …1866 Sc.
n. a stranger …1809 Sc.
• ONKISS
adj. of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• ONKUS
adj. unpleasant, disagreeable; deplorable; bad …1918 Aust. sl.
• ONLAY
n. 1. a surfeit …1866 Sc.
n. 2. a heavy fall of snow or rain …1881 Sc.
n. 3. settled weather of a particular kind, generally bad, as of wind from one direction …1908 Sc.
vb. to lay on …a1300 obs.
• ON-LAYAN
n. the act of beating severely …Bk1905 Sc.
• ONLAYING
n. the act of laying on blows; a severe beating …1866 Sc.
• ONLEPIHEDE
n. singleness, singularity …1340 obs.
• ONLEPILICHE
adv. only, solely …c1250 obs.
• ONLEPY
adj. 1. only, sole, single …c900 obs.
adj. 2. solitary; single, unmarried …c900 obs.
adv. only, solely, simply …c1315 obs.
• ONLIEST
adj. 1. most extraordinary; oddest …1873 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. only …1885 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. best, most approved …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON LIFE
adj. alive, living …1768 Sc.
• ON-LIG
n. a burden, a heavy imposition or responsibility …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONLIGHT
vb. 1. to shed light upon; to lighten, to enlighten, to illuminate …c888 obs.
vb. 2. to cause to shine …a1300 obs.
vb. 3. to alight; to dismount from a horse or carriage …1825 Eng. dial.
• ONLIHEDE
n. 1. solitude, solitariness …1382 obs.
n. 2. oneness, unity …c1440 obs.
• ONLINESS
n. 1. the fact or condition of being alone; solitariness, solitude …c1340 obs.
n. 2. the fact or character of being the only one of its kind; singleness, singularity, uniqueness …1633 rare
• ON-LOUPING
n. the act of mounting a horse …1792 Sc.
• ONLY
adj. 1. one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. extraordinary, odd …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. singularly, uniquely, specially, pre-eminently …c1000 obs.
• ONLY FOR LAUGHS
adj. as a joke; for the fun of it …c1950 colloq.
• ONLY GOOD
adj. mediocre …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONLYIN
adj. 1. of persons: apt to foist one’s company or one’s concerns on to others …1964 Sc.
adj. 2. of wind: onshore, blowing in from sea …1964 Sc.
• ONLY INTERESTED IN ONE THING
phr. only interested in sex (usually said as a warning about males) …20C sl.
• ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN THE FLORIN
adj. said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
• ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN TWO BOB
adj. said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
• ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN TWO SHILLINGS
adj. said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
• THE ONLY STICK LEFT IN ONE’S HEDGE
n. one’s only resource …1644
• ONLY SUCKERS BEEF
phr. a Chicago catchphrase to affirm a guiding principle of that city, that losers should not complain …1982 US sl.
• ON MACE
adj. on credit …1893 Brit. sl.
• ONMARK
n. a troublesome or refractory person or animal …Bk1905 Sc.
• ON-MARROW
n. a sharer in a joint concern, a partner …Bk1905 Sc.
• ONMOST
adv. almost …1849 Eng. dial.
• ON MY DAVY
phr. on my oath, on my honour …L18 sl.
• ON MY HONOUR AS A ROCKET RANGER
phr. a humorous oath or pledge …1954 US
• ON MY LIFE!
int. an affirmation of absolute truth in the face of an audience’s scepticism …19C
• ON MY SAMMY SAY-SO
phr. on my word of honour …18C
• ON MY SKIN
phr. a profound oath of honour by White prisoners; implies absolute honesty …1989 US sl.
• ON-NETHERWARD
prep. in the bottom of …c1200 obs. rare
• ON NETTLES
adj. fidgety, uneasy, excited; in a restless, impatient condition; anxious, in suspense …1892
• ONNISH
adj. slightly drunk …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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