oncome

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, rare) To arrive; come to; come on.
  2. Noun.  Advent, arrival, approach; onset.
  3. Noun.  The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
  4. Noun.  The setting about of an action; development; progress.
  5. Noun.  An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
  6. Noun.  (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.
  7. Noun.  (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
  8. Noun.  (context, of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.

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