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tate that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior.

swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

c.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

ar; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heav…

In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

Growing larger after flowering. Gray.

The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated.

acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as…

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).