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Definition of Oncomes
1. oncome [n] - See also: oncome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncomes
Literary usage of Oncomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"... including oncomes 33 pair polished kitchen chimney jambs each 18"X6" and 4'0"
long 33 polished lintels each 12"X10" and 4'0" long, hewn on both ends, ..."
2. The Bride of Lammermoor: And, A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott (1878)
"This woman had acquired a considerable reputation among the ignorant by the
pretended cures which she performed, especially in oncomes, as the Scotch call ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1875)
"... is generally hidden—the '°" ' recesses by the frame which fits into them, and
the remainder by linings. 1 Sc. for "gatherings"—Incomes or oncomes. ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland, Geological Society of Dublin (1889)
"... 80s. per 1000; chamfered paving-bricks, 65s. to 70s. per 1000; vent- linings ;
oncomes; wall-, cope-, and ridge-tiles, horse-mangers ..."
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