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719 words match “ABB”

HURLBONE n.
A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.
HUTCH n.
coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
HYP n.
An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural. [Colloq.] Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps. Swift.
IBIDEM adv.
In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
IDEM pron.
The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
IDEOGRAM n.
A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -,
IDIOT n.
spised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. C. Blount.
IDYLLIC a.
Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.
ILL-NATURED a.
Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
ILL-TEMPERED a.
Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
IMP n.
t spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie.
INCASTELLED a.
Hoofbound. Crabb.
INERRABLE a.
Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. "Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne. "Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.
INHABITANT n.
is place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. Abp. Abbot.
INSPECTION n.
on of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury. Abbott.
INTERNATIONAL n.
The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.
INTERVENE v.
not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter. Abbott.
IPECAC n.
An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
IRREVERENT a.
rent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
JACKASS n.
uare-rigged; a barkentine. -- Jackass deer (Zoöl.), the koba. -- Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zoöl.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n. -- Jackass penguin (Zoöl.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (S. demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope;…
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