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] (Anat.)
The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See
Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

{ Om"ber, Om"bre} (?), n. [F.
hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L.
homo. See Human.] 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.

Om"bre, n. [F., of uncertain origin.]
(Zoöl.) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina
cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and
umbrine.

Om*brom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; rain +
-meter: cf. F. ombrométre.] (Meteorol.)
An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain
gauge.

O*me"ga (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;,
i.e., the great or long o. Cf. Mickle.] 1.
The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See
Alpha.

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

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