Aboral
(Ab*o"ral) a. [L. ab. + E. oral.] (Zoöl.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
Abord
(||A*bord") n. [F.] Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.
Abord
(A*bord") v. t. [F. aborder, à (L. ad) + bord rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board.]
To approach; to accost. [Obs.] Digby.
Aboriginal
(Ab`o*rig"i*nal) a. [See Aborigines.]
1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal
turf." Wordsworth.
2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
Aboriginal
(Ab`o*rig"i*nal), n.
1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
2. An animal or a plant native to the region.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
Darwin.
Aboriginality
(Ab`o*rig`i*nal"i*ty) n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.
Aboriginally
(Ab`o*rig"i*nal*ly) adv. Primarily.
Aborigines
(Ab`o*rig"i*nes) n. pl. [L. Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium,
those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin.]
1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area
Aborsement
(A*borse"ment) n. Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Aborsive
(A*bor"sive) a. Abortive. [Obs.] Fuller.
Abort
(A*bort") v. i. [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.]
1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. (Biol.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink
away wholly; to become sterile.
Abort
(A*bort"), n. [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.]
1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.
Aborted
(A*bort"ed), a.
1. Brought forth prematurely.
2. (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early
stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.
Owen.
