ombre (uncountable)
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
ombre (plural ombres)
(archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa
• umbra, umbrine
ombre (plural ombres)
(colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
• brome, omber
Source: Wiktionary
Om"ber, Om"bre, n. Etym: [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.]
Definition: 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.
Om"bre, n. Etym: [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; āa critical readingā; āa critical dissertationā; āa critical analysis of Melvilleās writingsā
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
