n.;
a. [ Cf. F. abdominal. ]
Abdominal ring (Anat.),
‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. ] (Zool.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abdomen + Gr.
a. Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. ] Inhuman. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having much intellectual power. --
a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio. See Abominate. ]
Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
v. t. [ L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari. ] To accuse of a crime. [ Obs. ] --
n.
adj.
a. [ L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen. ] Tapering to a point; pointed;
v. t. To render sharp or keen. [ R. ] “To acuminate even despair.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. “Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., to the man. ] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending -culym. ]
In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory;
a. Adminicular. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
For forms of government let fools contest:
Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Let zephyrs ] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]
Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Administrator. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being administered;
a. [ F., p. pr. of administrer. See Administer. ] Executive; acting; managing affairs. --
v. t. [ L. administratus, p. p. of administrare. ] To administer. [ R. ] Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration. ]
His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Administration with the will annexed,
a. [ L. administrativus: cf. F. administratif. ] Pertaining to administration; administering; executive;
n. [ L. ]
n. The position or office of an administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. ] A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ad + nomen noun. ] (Gram.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. --
(Chem.) Same as Ethiops mineral. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. agminalis; agmen, agminis, a train. ] Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ]
a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger;
n. (Chem.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents. [ 1913 Webster ]
Acid albumin,
Alkali albumin,