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In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

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

The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

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

The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.

Primarily.

The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Abortive. [Obs.] Fuller.

An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.

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.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

Producing miscarriage. -- n.

ure birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. [R.]