Abnodate to About
Abnodate
(Ab"no*date) v. t. [L. abnodatus, p. p. of abnodare; ab + nodus knot.] To clear (tress)
from knots. [R.] Blount.
Abnodation
(Ab`no*da"tion) n. The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb.
Abnormal
(Ab*nor"mal) a. [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL. anormalus for anomalus, Gr. . Confused
with L. abnormis. See Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.] Not conformed to rule or system; deviating
from the type; anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. " Froude.
Abnormality
(Ab`nor*mal"i*ty) n.; pl. Abnormalities
1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.
2. Something abnormal.
Abnormally
(Ab*nor"mal*ly) adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin.
Abnormity
(Ab*nor"mi*ty) n.; pl. Abnormities [LL. abnormitas. See Abnormous.] Departure from
the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs.
Whitney.
Abnormous
(Ab*nor"mous) a. [L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal.] Abnormal; irregular.
Hallam.
A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor.
State Trials.
Aboard
(A*board") adv. [Pref. a- on, in + board.]
1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
2. Alongside; as, close aboard.
Naut.:
To fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of. — To haul the tacks aboard, to set the
courses. — To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. — To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's
own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
Aboard
(A*board"), prep.
1. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
2. Across; athwart. [Obs.]
Nor iron bands aboard
The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
Spenser.
Abodance
(A*bod"ance) n. [See Bode.] An omen; a portending. [Obs.]
Abode
(A*bode") pret. of Abide.
Abode
(A*bode"), n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf.
abode, imp. of abide.]
1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak.
And with her fled away without abode.
Spenser.
