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Abductor
n.
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A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
Abeam
adv.
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On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
Abear
v. t.
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To bear; to behave.
Abear
v. t.
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To put up with; to endure.
Abearance
n.
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Behavior.
Abearing
n.
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Behavior.
Abecedarian
n.
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One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
Abecedarian
a.
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Alt. of Abecedary
Abecedary
a.
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Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abecedary
n.
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A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Abed
adv.
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In bed, or on the bed.
Abed
adv.
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To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).
Abegge
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Same as Aby.
Abele
n.
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The white poplar (Populus alba).
Abelian
n.
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Alt. of Abelonian
Abelite
n.
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Alt. of Abelonian
Abelonian
n.
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One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.
Abelmosk
n.
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An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
Aber-de-vine
n.
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The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.
Aberr
v. i.
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To wander; to stray.
Aberrance
n.
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Alt. of Aberrancy
Aberrancy
n.
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State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Aberrant
a.
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Wandering; straying from the right way.
Aberration
n.
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The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
Aberration
n.
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A partial alienation of reason.
Aberration
n.
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A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
Aberration
n.
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The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
Aberration
n.
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The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
Aberration
n.
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The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
Aberrational
a.
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Characterized by aberration.