adv. [ Pref. a- + beam. ] (Naut.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. āberan; pref. ā- + beran to bear. ] 1. To bear; to behave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put up with; to endure. [ Prov. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet. ] 1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abecedarian psalms,
hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- in, on + bed. ] 1. In bed, or on the bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not to be abed after midnight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To childbed (in the phrase “brought abed, ” that is, delivered of a child). Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Aby. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. abeel (abeel-boom), OF. abel, aubel, fr. a dim. of L. albus white. ] The white poplar (Populus alba). [ 1913 Webster ]

Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]