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