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cially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very gr…

is it some abuse, and no such thing Shak. Abuse of distress (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer.

or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

icle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz.

An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. Wordsworth.

Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

An animal having feet that are not apparent.

Animal fat; lard.

Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zoöl.), a soft boneless fin. -- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5.