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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-bōard', adv. p. 5Within a ship, vessel, or boat. To fall aboard (Naut.), to strike a ship’s side.—Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the mainsail down to the chess-tree. Totten.A-bōard', prep. p. 5On board of; as, to go aboard a ship. 2. Across; athwart. [Obs. and rare.] Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spencer.A-bōd'ance, n. p. 5An omen. [Obs.]A-bōde', pret. p. 5of abide.A-bōde', n. p. 5Stay or continuance in a place for a longer or shorter time. And with her fled away without abode. Spencer. 2. A place of continuance; a dwelling; a habitation. We will come and make our abode with…A-bōde', v. t. p. 5To foreshow. Shak.A-bōde', v. i. p. 5To be an omen. Dryden.A-bōde'ment, n. p. 5An ominous presentiment. “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak.A-bōd'ing, n. p. 5Presentiment; prognostication.Āb'o-lēte, a. p. 5Old; out of use. [Obs.]A-bŏl'ish, v. t. p. 5To put an end to; to terminate; to do away with; hence, to annul or destroy; to make void; to annihilate; as, to abolish laws, contracts, rites, and the like; to abolish slavery. His quick…A-bŏl'ish-a-ble, a. p. 5Capable of being abolished.A-bŏl'ish-er, n. p. 5One who abolishes.A-bŏl'ish-ment, n. p. 5The act of abolishing; abrogation; destruction. Hooker.Ăb'o-lĭ'tion, n. p. 5The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of the slave-trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, rites, customs…Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ism, n. p. 5The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ist, n. p. 5A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially slavery.Ăb'o-lĭ'tion-ize, v. t. p. 5To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.A·bŏl'la, n. p. 5A military robe of thick woolen stuff in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Wm. Smith.A-bō'mā, n. p. 5A large serpent in the marshes of South America. Craig.Ăb'o-mā'sum, n. p. 5[N. Lat. abomasum, abomasus,Ab'o-mā'sus p. 5(Anat.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal.A-bŏm'i-na-ble, a. p. 5Worthy of, or causing, imprecation or abhorrence; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable; odious. All monstrous, all prodigious things, abominable. Milton. 2. Excellent; superior; excessive.…A-bŏm'i-na-ble-ness, n. p. 5The quality or state of being abominable; hatefulness.A-bŏm'i-na-bly, adv. p. 5In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.A-bŏm′i-nāte, v. t. p. 5To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; to abhor; to detest; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn.—To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See HATE.A-bŏm'/i-nā'tion, n. p. 5The act of abominating; extreme hatred; abhorrence; detestation. His new subjects . . . have nothing in so great abomination as those whom they hold for heretics. Swift. 2. That which is abominable…A-bōon’, adv. p. 5Above. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] The lift aboon was still as death. P. J. Bailey. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.A-bōrd', n. p. 5Manner of accosting; address. Chesterfield.A-bòrd', v. t. p. 5To approach; to come to; to accost. [Obs.] Digby.Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, a. p. 5First; original; primitive; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. Their [the Biscayners'] language is accounted aboriginal. Swinburne.Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, n. p. 5An original inhabitant; one of the aborigines.Ăb'o-rig'i-nēs, n. pl. p. 5The first inhabitants of a country.A-bôrse'ment, n. p. 5Abortion. [Obs.]A-bôr'sĭve, a. p. 5Same as ABORTIVE. [Obs.]A-bōrt', v. i. p. 5To miscarry in birth. Herbert.A-bôrt', n. p. 5An abortion. [Obs.] Burton.A-bŏr'tient, a. p. 5(Bot.) Sterile; barren. Ogilvie.A-bōr'tion, n. p. 5The act of miscarrying; the expulsion of an immature product of conception; miscarriage. 2. The immature product of an untimely birth. 3. (Bot.) An imperfect formation, or the non-formation of an…A-bŏr'tive, a. p. 5Brought forth in an immature state; imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; hence, failing, or coming to naught, before it is complete; fruitless; producing nothing. “Thou selfish-marked…A-bŏr'tive, n. p. 5That which is brought forth or born prematurely; an abortion. Shak. 2. (Med.) That which is thought to produce abortion. Dunglison.A-bôr'tive-ly, adv. p. 5In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely.A-bòr'tive-ness, n. p. 5The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or maturity. Ogilvie.A-bŏrt’ment, n. p. 5An untimely birth. [Obs.] Those deserted mineral riches must ever lie buried as lost abortments. Bacon.A-bound', v. i. p. 5[Lat. abūndāre, to overflow, abound, from ab and unda, wave, stream, crowd; Fr. abonder, Pr. abondar; abundar, Sp. abundar, It. abbondare. 1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent. Where sin…A-bout', prep. p. 5On the exterior part or surface of; on every side of; all over or around; in a circle surrounding; round. Bind them about thy neck. Prov. iii. 3. 2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over…A-bout′, adv. p. 6On all sides; around. And all about found desolate. Milton. 2. In circuit; around the outside; following or measuring the exterior surface or edge; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. 3.…A-bout'-slĕdge, n. p. 6The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.A-bôve', prep. p. 6Higher in place. The fowls that fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20. 2. Superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions. I saw in the way a light from…A-bōve', adv. p. 6In a higher place; overhead; in or from heaven; as, the clouds above. Every good gift . . . is from above. Jas. 1. 17. 2. Before in rank or order. “That was said above.” Dryden. 3. Higher in rank or…A-bŏve'-bōard, adv. p. 6Above the board or table; hence, in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. ☞ This expression is said by Johnson to be borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put…A-bôve'-cit'ed, a. p. 6Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.A-bôve'-dĕck, a. p. 6On deck; and hence, without artifice. Smart.A-bôve'-mên'tioned, a. p. 6Mentioned before.A-bôve'-said, a. p. 6Mentioned or recited before.A-bôve'-stâirs, adv. p. 6On the floor above.Ab'ra-ca-dâb'râ, n. p. 6A cabalistic word among the ancients. It was written in successive lines in the form of an inverted triangle, each line being shorter by a letter than the one above, till the last letter A formed the…A-brāde', v. t. p. 6To rub or wear off; to waste by friction. Hale.A-brāde', v. t. p. 6Same as ABRAID. Spenser.Ā'bra-hām'ic, a. p. 6Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrahamic covenant. Mason.