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On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.

a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.

e from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

ginal; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. To abound in, to posses in such abundance as to be characterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets…

In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. Luke ii. 49.

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.

pposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Without gills.

A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds. Dunglison.

Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay.

The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt.