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Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.

Having much intellectual power. -- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest." Johnson.

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

Like-minded. [Obs.]

capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder. Abbott.

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall.

equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. Addison.

ie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.

A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.

So as to bind.

The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.

A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson.