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ABATEMENT

A, [add] In some words a may be a

contraction of at, of, in, to, or an. In some words of Greek origin a initial is a prefix of privative or negative signification, as in anonymous, achromatic, &c. Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, are used in Scripture for the beginning and the end, representative of Christ. In the English phraseology, "A landlord has ten thousand a year;"" the sum amounted to ten pounds a man," a is merely the adjective one; and this mode of expression is idiomatic. hundred in a [one] year; ten pounds to a [one] man.

A

A, used by Shakspeare for he.
AA, or AW, n. Awe. [Scotch.]
A'ARON'S ROD, n. In arch., a rod
with a serpent twined round it. It is
sometimes confounded with caduceus.
A.B. An abbreviation of artium bacca-
laureus, bachelor of arts.
A'BACA, n. The name given in the
Philippines to a species of banana
(Musa textilis) Its fibre is used for
making mats, cloth, and various other
articles.

ABACK',† n [L. abacus.] A flat,
square stone, or a square surface.
ABACULUS, n. [L] A small tile of
glass, marble, or other substance, of
various colours, used in making orna-
mental patterns in mosaic pavements.
AB'AЄUS, n. A rectangular slab of
marble, stone, porcelain, &c., of vari-
ous colours, used for coating the walls
of rooms either in panels or over the
whole surface.

AB'ACUS, n. [add.] A game among
the Romans; so called from its being
played on a board, somewhat in the
manner of chess.
ABAD', n. In the East Indies, an abode;
a residence. It is much used in com-
position; as, Hyderabad, the capital of
Hyder.

ABA'IST, pp. [See ABASE.] Abashed;
ashamed. [Chaucer.]
ABANDONED, pp. or a. [add.] De-
stitute; forlorn.

ABATÁMEN TUM, n. [L.] In law,
an entry by interposition.
ABATE, v. t. [add.] To deprive; to
curtail; as,

She hath abated me of half my train

Shak.

ABBROCHMENT

abating an action or indictment, and of
abating into a freehold. The abate-
ment of a nuisance is the beating down
and removing of it; the abatement of a
civil action or indictment is the beating
down or overthrowing such action or
indictment; and abatement into a free-
hold, is where, upon the death of a
person possessed of freehold lands, an-
other who has no title enters upon
those lands to the prejudice of the
party entitled as heir or devisee. Such
person is said to abate into the freehold
of the heir or devisee.
ABATIS. See ABATTIS.
ABÃ ́TOR, n. [add.] An agent or cause
by which an abatement is procured.
AB'ATTIS, n. [add.] This military work
properly consists of felled trees, with
the softer branches cut off, laid side by
side, with the ends from which the
branches grew turned towards the
enemy, thus forming an obstruction to
his progress, and a breast work for mus-
ketry to fire over. Written also Ab'atis.
AB'ATTISED, pp. Provided with an
abattis.

ABÄTTOIR, n. (äbätwar ́.) [Fr. from
abattre, to knock down.] A public
slaughter-house. [Usually applied only
to large establishments outside of towns.]
ABAW'ED,† pp. [add.] Astonished.
[Chaucer]

ABBACI'NATE, v t. [Ital. ad, to, and
bacino, a basin.] To deprive of sight
by applying a red-hot copper basin
close to the eyes.

ABBACINA'TION, n. A horrid pun-
ishment inflicted in the early ages on
captive princes and persons of high rank
and political influence. [See ABBACI-
NATE.]

AB'BEY LAND, n. An estate in an-
cient tenure annexed to an abbey.
ABBREVIATE,† n. An abridgment.
ABBREVIATE OF ADJUDICA-
TION. In Scots law, an abstract of
adjudication. [See ADJUDICATION.]
ABBREVIATION, n. [add.] In music,
a dash through the stem of a note re-
duces its duration one half.
Thus a
crotchet with one oblique dash be-
comes a quaver, and by an additional
oblique dash it becomes a semi-
quaver, &c.

ABBROCH',† v. t. [T. ab, and Fr.
broche, a spit.] To forestal.

ABATE'MENT, n. [add.] This term is
used in English law in three senses, ABBROCH'MENT,† n. The act of
viz., that of abating a nuisance, of forestalling.

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ABDOMINOSCOPY

AB'DICANT, n. One who abdicates. ABDICA'TIÓN, n. [add.] This term is now generally applied to the giving up of the kingly office. ABDITOʻRIUM, n. [L.] An abditory, or hiding place, to hide and preserve goods, plate, or money; or a chest in which relics were kept. ABDOM'INAL REGIONS, n. In anat., the abdomen is arbitrarily divided into certain regions. An imaginary line (a a)

Abdorninal Regions.

is drawn transversely from the cartilage of the seventh rib on one side to the corresponding point of the opposite side, and another transverse line (bb) between the anterior superior spines of the ilia. The part above the upper line is called the epigastric region, that between the upper and lower lines, the umbilical region, and that beneath the lower line the hypogastric region. These regions are subdivided by two vertical lines (c c), one being drawn on each side, from the cartilage of the seventh rib to the anterior superior spine of the ilium. The central portion of the epigastric (1) region retains the name of epigastric; the lateral portions (4, 4) are called the right and left hypochondriac regions; the middle part of the umbilical region (2) is still called umbilical, while the parts to the right and left (5, 5) are called lumbar; the hypogastric region is denominated pubic in its central portion (3), and is divided on each side (6, 6) into an iliac and inguinal region.

ABDOMINAʼLES, n. An order of malacopterygious, or soft-finned fishes. [See ABDOMINAL.] ABDOMINOS'¤ÓPY, n. [L. abdomen, and Gr. exori, to view or examine.

ABIT

name

An examination of the abdomen with a view to detect disease. ABDUCT', v. t. To take away surreptitiously, and by force. ABEAM', adv. In naut. lan., on the beam. Guns are said to be pointed abeam, when they are pointed in a line at right angles to the ship's keel. ABECEDA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to, or formed by the letters of the alphabet. Abecedarian psalms, a given in ancient times to those psalms each of whose verses began with a different letter, such letters following one another in alphabetical series. ABEGGE',) v. t. (abeg', abey', abi'.) ABEYE',+ To suffer for.[Chaucer.] ABIE',† [See ABY.] ABERR',† v. i. To wander; to err. ABER RANT, a. [add.] This term is applied in the classification of plants or animals, to those genera and species which deviate most from the type of their natural group.

ABERRATION, n. [add.] Chromatic aberration. In optics, a term employed to denote the imperfection arising from the unequal refrangibility of the rays, composing white light, in consequence of which the image of the object, viewed through a lens, will be surrounded by prismatic colours. Spherical aberration produces distortion, chromatic aberration produces false colour of the object.

-Circle of aberration, the circle of coloured light, observed in experiments with convex lenses, between the point where the violet rays and that where the red rays meet.

ABET', v. t. [add.] To avow an appro-
bation of; as, they abet their forefathers'
crime.
ABETTER, n.
abettor.

One who abets; an

ABET TOR, n. [add.] One who aids or encourages, in a good sense. [Pope.] ABEY'ANCE, n. [add.] In pop. lan., a state of suspension or temporary extinction.

ABOVE STAIRS

ABJUDICATE,† v. t. To give away
ABJUDICA'TION, n. Rejection.
by judgment.
AB'JUGATE,† v. t. [L. abjugo.] To
ABLAQ'UEATE,† v. t. To lay bare,
unyoke.

as the roots of trees.
ABLEEZE', adv. On fire; in a blaze.
A'BLE,† v. t. To enable.
[Scotch.]

The act of send

AB'LEGATE,† v. t. [L. ablego.] To
send abroad.
ABLEGA'TION,† n.
ing abroad.
ABLEP'SIA, n. [L.]
lepsy.

Blindness; ab

Denying; nega

ABLIGA'TION,† n. The act of tying
up forms.
ABLIGURI"TION,† n. [L. abliguri-
tio.] Excess.
ABLU'TION, n. Not the cup given to
the laity, as explained in Dict.; but
the mixture of wine and water with
which the officiating priest rinses out
the chalice, after mass, himself drink-
AB'NEGATIVE, a.
ing the same.
tive. [Rarely used.]
ABNORMAL, a. [add.] In bot., where
the organs of a plant have a greater or
less number of parts than the regular
number, they are said to be abnormal.
Plants, or parts of plants, are also
called abnormal, when they present a
different structure from what a know-
ledge of the allied plants would lead
ABOARD', adv. [add.] To lay aboard,
one to expect.
to board. [Shak.]—To get aboard, to
ABOARD', prep. On board; in; with.
get foul of, as a ship.
[Spenser.]

ABOLETE',† a. [L. abolitus.] Old;
obsolete.

ABOON', prep. or adv. Above. [Scot-
ABUNE', land, Yorkshire, and North
of England.]

ABOORD', adv. [Fr. bord.] From
the bank. [Spenser.]

ABEY ́ANT, a. In law, being in abey-ABORD',† adv. [Fr. bord.] Across;

ance.

ABHOR'RED, pp. [add.] Disgusted;

as,

How abhorred my imagination is. Shak. ABHOR'RING, n. Object or feeling of abhorrence.

ABI DANCE, n. The act of abiding; abode; stay.

cer.]

[Chau

ABID'DEN,† pp. of Abide.
ABID'EN,†
AB'IES, n. [add.] To this genus (which
includes the sections, or sub-genera,
called Tsuga, Abies, Picea, Larix, and
Cedrus), belong the silver fir (A. picea),
the great Californian fir (A. grandis),
the balm of Gilead fir (A. balsamifera),
the large-bracted fir (A. nobilis), the
hemlock spruce fir (A. canadensis),
sacred Mexican fir (A. religiosa), Nor-
way spruce fir (A. ercelsa), Oriental
fir (A. orientalis), white spruce fir (4.
alba), Douglas' fir (A. Douglasii), com-
mon larch (A. larix), cedar of Lebanon
(A. cedrus), &c.
ABIETIC ACID, n. An acid dis-
covered in the resin of trees of the
genus Abies.

AB'IETINE, n. A resinous substance
obtained from the Strasburg turpen-
tine.
ABIGAIL, n.
[Colloq.]

A waiting woman.

ABILIMENT,† n. Ability.

ABORTIENT, a. [L. aborticus.] In
from shore to shore. [Spenser.]
bot., sterile; barren.
ABORTION, n. [add.] In bot., the
non-formation of a part which, theo-
retically, should be present; an incom-
ABORTIVE, a. [add.] In med., pro-
plete formation.
ducing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
This term is applied to parts of plants
imperfectly formed; as, an abortive sta-
men, whose filament has no anther, or
its anther no pollen; or to such as do
not arrive at perfect maturity; as an
ABORTIVE, n. [add.]
ovule unimpregnated.
which causes abortion.

Something

ABOTE',† pp. [from abate.] Dejected;
cast down. [Chaucer.]
ABOU-HAN NES, n. The name given
by the Arabs to the true Egyptian
ibis; the Numenius ibis (Cuv.) [See
ABOUGHT',† pp. (abawt'.) [from
IBIS.]
abegge.] Endured; atoned for; paid
dearly for. [Chaucer.]
ABOUT EN, prep. About. [Chaucer.]
ABOVE-BOARD, a. Open; frank;
ABOVE'-DECK, a. Upon deck; with-
without concealment. [Colloq.]
out artifice.

ABOVE ONE'S BEND. Out of one's
power; beyond reach.
colloquialism.]
[American

ABIT, v. i. third person sing. of Abide. ABOVE STAIRS, n. On the floor

Abideth. [Chaucer.]

above.

ABRAID',† ABRAIDE',† v. t. [Sax. abredian.] To Awaked. [Spenser.] ABRAIDE',† pp. rouse; to awake. [Chaucer.] ABRA'MIS, n. A genus of fresh-water malacopterygian fishes, belonging to the family Cyprinidæ, and containing the common bream (Abramis brama). There are two other British species, but they are rare; these are the white bream or bream-flat (A. blicca), and the ABRAN CHIAN, n. Pomeranian bream (A. buggenhagii). One of the

Abranchia.

ABRA'SION, n. [add.] In mech., the
effect of two rubbing surfaces when the
wear between them is sensibly great;
the use of lubrication is to prevent
ABRAX'AS, n.
abrasion and diminish friction.
A genus of lepidop-
terous insects, containing the well-
known black currant moth (Abraxas
grossulariata).

ABRAY',† v. i. [Sax.] To awake.
[Spenser.]

ABRAYD',† v. t. Same as ABRAIDE,
ABREDE',† adv. Abroad. [Chaucer.]
which see in this Supplement. [Spen-
ABRIDGE, v. t. [add.]
ser.]
In law, to
make a declaration or count shorter by
subtracting or severing some of the
substance therefrom.

ABROACH'MENT,† n. ABROCHE,† v. t. [Fr.] To tap; to forestalling the market. ABROCO'MA, n. [Gr. &os, delicate, set abroach. [Chaucer.] and zun, hair. A genus of small rodent animals, natives of South America, remarkable for the fineness of their fur. [It is more properly spelled, and is often written, Habrocoma.] ABROGATE,†a. Annulled; abolished. AB'ROGABLE, a. That may be abrogated. ABRO'MA, n. [Gr. a neg. and Sun, food.] A genus of plants, nat. order Byttneriaceæ. A. augusta is a native of ABROTANOID, n. the East Indies, and A. fastuosa of New South Wales.

A species of coral belonging to the genus Madre pora. It is one of the reef corals of the East Indies.

AB'RUS, n. [Gr. 8, elegant.] A genus of leguminous plants. A. precatorius, or wild liquorice, is a West Indian evergreen climber. Its polished and parti-coloured seeds, called jumble beads, were formerly strung and employed as beads for rosaries, necklaces, &c. Its roots are used in the West Indies as liquorice is with us.

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