Adjacent Words
On-lookingon-message
on-off switch
on-ramp
on-scene commander
on-screen
on-site
on-station time
on-street
on-target
on-the-job
on-the-scene
on-the-spot
on/off switch
Onager definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ON'AGER, n. [L.] The wild ass.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket]
2: Asiatic wild ass [syn: onager, Equus hemionus]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros, from onos ass + agros field — more at acre Date: 14th century1. an Asian wild ass (Equus hemionus onager syn. E. onager) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang2. [Late Latin, from Latin] a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. 1 a wild ass, esp. Equus hemionus of Central Asia. 2 hist. an ancient military engine for throwing rocks. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk onagros f. onos ass + agrios wild
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Koulan Kou"lan, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.] Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Onager On"a*ger, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. --Fairholt. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.
