Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ombre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Omber \Om"ber\, Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre,
lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See {Human}.]
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually
played by three persons. --Pope.
When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And,
joined to two, he fails not to make three. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large Mediterranean food fish ({Umbrina cirrhosa}): --
called also {umbra}, and {umbrine}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Umbra \Um"bra\, n.; pl. {Umbr[ae]}. [L., a shadow.]
1. (Astron.)
(a) The conical shadow projected from a planet or
satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within
which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's
disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See
{Penumbra}.
(b) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
(c) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly
called penumbra.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sci[ae]noid food
fishes of the genus {Umbrina}, especially the
Mediterranean species ({U. cirrhosa}), which is highly
esteemed as a market fish; -- called also {ombre}, and
{umbrine}.
{Umbra tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Phytolacca diocia}) of the same
genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is
now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves,
and a somber aspect. The juice of its berries is used for
coloring wine. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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