This is a simple tri-tip rub recipe straight from a barbeque in Santa Maria..
-ation. suffix forming nouns. 1. indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result Compare-ion, -tion: arbitration; cogitation; hibernation; moderation. [from Latin -ÄtiÅn-, suffix of abstract nouns, from -Ätus-ate 1 + -iÅn-ion].
Noun. 1. omen-a sign of something about to happen; he looked for an omen before going into battle. portent, prognostic, prognostication, presage, prodigy. augury, foretoken, preindication, sign-an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; he hoped it was an augury; it was a sign from God.