APage 19
- English Word Abovedeck Definition On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.
- English Word Abovesaid Definition Mentioned or recited before.
- English Word Abox Definition Braced aback.
- English Word Abracadabra Definition A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
- English Word Abradant Definition A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
- English Word Abrade Definition To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
- English Word Abrade Definition Same as Abraid.
- English Word Abraded Definition of Abrade
- English Word Abrading Definition of Abrade
- English Word Abraham-man Definition Alt. of Abram-man
- English Word Abrahamic Definition Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
- English Word Abrahamitic Definition Alt. of ical
- English Word Abraid Definition To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
- English Word Abram-man Definition One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.
- English Word Abranchial Definition Abranchiate.
- English Word Abranchiata Definition A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.
- English Word Abranchiate Definition Without gills.
- English Word Abrase Definition Rubbed smooth.
- English Word Abrasion Definition The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
- English Word Abrasion Definition The substance rubbed off.
- English Word Abrasion Definition A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
- English Word Abrasive Definition Producing abrasion.
- English Word Abraum Definition Alt. of Abraum salts
- English Word Abraum salts Definition A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
- English Word Abraxas Definition A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
- English Word Abray Definition See Abraid.
- English Word Abreast Definition Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
- English Word Abreast Definition Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
- English Word Abreast Definition Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
- English Word Abreast Definition At the same time; simultaneously.