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v. i. [ L. aberrare. See Aberrate. ] To wander; to stray. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. the state or condition of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Syn. -- aberrance, aberration, deviance [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. 1. an aberrant state or condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of aberrare. See Aberr. ] 1. Wandering; straying from the right way. [ 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 ]

v. i. [ L. aberratus, p. pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err. ] To go astray; to diverge. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration. See Aberrate. ] 1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. “The aberration of youth.” Hall. “Aberrations from theory.” Burke. [ 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 ]

a. Characterized by aberration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. aberuncare, for aberruncare. See Averruncate. ] To weed out. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A weeding machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. orig. for baboonery. Cf. Baboon, and also Babe. ] Finery of a kind to please a child. [ Obs. ] “Painted babery.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of insects consisting of giant cockroaches.
Syn. -- genus Blaberus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) See Blaeberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. cabar. ] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. an evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans.
Syn. -- China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

n. (Zool.) The water rat. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. feabe, theabe, thape. ] (Bot.) A gooseberry. [ Prov. Eng. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gabardine. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin. ] A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler. ] A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.F.gabare, Arm. kobar, gobar. ] A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Haberdasher. ] To deal in small wares. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares. ] 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread. [ Obs. ] [ 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 ]

n. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. abberdaan, labberdaan; or a French form, cf. OF. habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, cf. F. Labourd, adj. Labourdin. The l was misunderstood as the French article. ] A cod salted and dried. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk. ] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } pos>n. [ So called from Lochaber, in Scotland. ] A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved. ] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ }, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sabered r Sabred p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring ] [ Cf. F. sabrer. ] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ }, n. (Zool.) The curlew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scrabble. ] (Zool.) (a) The Manx shearwater. (b) The black guillemot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Same as Tabor. Nahum ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Tabard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern. ] 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. [ 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 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tabernacled p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling ] To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle. [ 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 ]