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Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T. Randolph.

An abstract term. The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety." J. S. Mill.

Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

aving the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.

ns of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so…

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.

tions, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Eternal; everlasting. "Æonian hills." Tennyson.

ed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.