Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A partial alienation of reason. “Occasional aberrations of intellect.” Lingard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation; mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a tree of N India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern US as a shade tree.
Syn. -- chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saber fish, or
Sabre fish (Zool.), the cutlass fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Heb. xi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. --
Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. “Horribly tabernacular.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]