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Abacus harmonicus (Mus.),
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.
prop. n.
‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. (Biol.) Produced by spontaneous generation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Diminishing;
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + blush. ] Blushing; ruddy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal. ] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a fetus which has been aborted; same as abortion{ 2 }. [ PJC ]
adj.
a. [ LL. absentaneus. See absent ] Pertaining to absence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. absonus; ab + sonus sound. ] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [ Obs. ] “Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink. ]
Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Obtained from plants by distillation. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F. abstrus. See Threat. ]
The eternal eye whose sight discerns
Abstrusest thoughts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Profound and abstruse topics. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an abstruse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abstrusio. See Abstruse. ] The act of thrusting away. [ R. ] Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be abused. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Abuse. [ Obs. ] Whately (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See Abuse, v. t. ]
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Abuse of distress (Law),
v. t.
This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of abuse; abusive. [ R. ] “Abuseful names.” Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abuses [ in the various senses of the verb ]. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. abusion, abusioun, OF. abusion, fr. L. abusio misuse of words, f. abuti. See Abuse, v. t. ] Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. abusif, fr. L. abusivus. ]
I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground,
Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine +
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; spine + &unr_; wing. ]
a. (Zool.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. [ 1913 Webster ]
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