oncome
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Is oncome a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends No
What is the meaning of oncome?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, rare) To arrive; come to; come on.Examples: "This said, and shaking his long dark spear, then forward he hurl'd it Into the fullround buckler of Priamides Alexander; Right thro' his glittering shield oncame the redoubtable warspear, On still advanced, throughpiercing his breastplate's various-art-work [...]"; "A trip from you. Taken. . . . Then time oncame [...]"intransitiverare
noun (English)
1. (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.Examples: "This woman had acquired a considerable reputation among the ignorant by the pretended cures which she performed, especially in oncomes, as the Scotch call them, or mysterious diseases, which baffle the regular physician."dialectal
2. (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.dialectal
3. (of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
Definition source: Wiktionary