Definition of Onet
On"set` (?), n. [On +
set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an
attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an
army. Milton.
The onset and retire
Of both your armies. Shak.
Who on that day the word of onset
gave. Wordsworth.
2. A setting about; a beginning. [Obs.]
Shak.
There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time
the beginnings and onsets of things.
Bacon.
3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament
or as a useful appendage. [Obs.] Johnson.
On"set`, v. t. 1.
To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]
2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.]
Carew.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. --Milton.
The onset and retire Of both your armies. --Shak.
Who on that day the word of onset gave. --Wordsworth
- A setting about; a beginning (Obs.) --Shak.
There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon.
- Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. (Obs.) ----Johnson.
- To assault; to set upon. (Obs.)
- To set about; to begin. (Obs.) --Carew.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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