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In the morning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.

One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

ble, 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.

Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore.

To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. Spenser.

or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin.

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amountin…

essive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.

nunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

e of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

hborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). "Have you much money about you" Bulwer.

ch. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi. 13.

A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.