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A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).

Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

Banishment. [Obs.] Bailey.

To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. To abate into a freehold, To abate in lands (Law), to enter into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, and before the heir takes possession. See Abatement, 4.

Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey.

Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.

To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey.

To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey.

To wean. [R.] Bailey.

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.

To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.

Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt. proved an abortiori.

Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. "An abortive enterprise." Prescott.

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.

Wrested away. [Obs.] Bailey.

To unbind. [Obs.] Bailey.