n. [ OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape. ]
☞ When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Abeyance. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being in a state of abeyance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of North American spring wildflowers.
n. any orchid of the genus
a. Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The long journey was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyance. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Following the river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
These pipes and these conveyances of our blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
the very Jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. adj. of or pertaining to
n. Want of provisions; &unr_;ack of food. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Law) A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Turk., fr. Ar. iyālah. ] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a
n. [ F.niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk. ] (Zoöl.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. Shak J. H. Walsh [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unfledged, or newly fledged. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies,
His newly budded pinions to assay. Spebser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Eyas + muske the brid. ] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. [ See Illust. of Ship. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. [ Icel. Freyja. ] (Scand. Myth.) The daughter of Njörd, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct.
n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From Lady
☞ They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (Lophophorus Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. caiage, F. guayage. See 1st Key, Quay. ] Wharfage; quayage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. metgeard. See Mete to measure, and Yard stick. ] A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. monnayage coinage. ]
a. Norwegian. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. “Orkneyan skerries.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Purveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. pourvoyance. ]
The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of reconveying. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Survey. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Survey; inspection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ For OE. winyard, AS. wīngeard; influenced by E. vine. See Wine, and Yard an inclosure. ] An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who cultivates a vineyard. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Wesleyanism. ] Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]