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In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin.

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

Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.

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.

An omen; a portending. [Obs.]

of Abide.

A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affright us." Shak.

A foreboding. [Obs.]

to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

Capable of being abolished.

One who abolishes.

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.

A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

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

A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.