APage 28
- 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.