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- 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.
- English Word Abregge Definition See Abridge.
- English Word Abrenounce Definition To renounce.
- English Word Abrenunciation Definition Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
- English Word Abreption Definition A snatching away.
- English Word Abreuvoir Definition The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
- English Word Abricock Definition See Apricot.
- English Word Abridge Definition To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
- English Word Abridge Definition To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- English Word Abridge Definition To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
- English Word Abridged Definition of Abridge