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O"mer (?), n. [Cf. Homer.]
A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah.
Ex. xvi. 36.

Om`i*let"ic*al (?), a.
Homiletical. [Obs.]

Om"i*nate (?), v. t. & i. [L.
ominatus, p. p. of ominari to presage, fr.
omen.] To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.
[Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Om`i*na"tion (?), n. [L.
ominatio.] The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.]
Fuller.

Om"i*nous (?), a. [L. ominosus,
fr. omen. See Omen.] Of or pertaining to an omen
or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; --
formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly
in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an
ominous dread.

He had a good ominous name to have made a
peace.

In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous.


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