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The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall. Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton.

Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

s, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.

Object of abhorrence. Isa. lxvi. 24.

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Kitto.

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Tennyson.

A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.

Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc.

A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys. Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie.

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli…

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis. I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogen…

Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.

Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.