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Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

Containing abjuration.

sh the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

Pertaining to ablution.

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

Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

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

Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.

a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit." Smollett. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller.

That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. [Obs.] What abridgment have you for this evening What mask What music Shak.

Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.

Pertaining to absence. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.