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A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

e's self) up without attempt at self- control ; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly ; -- often in a bad sense. He abandoned himself . . . to his favorite vice. Macaulay.

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.] The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls. Edw. Hall.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.