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In an abashed manner.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Inability to coördinate muscular actions properly in walking. - - A*ba"sic (#), a.

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.

One who, or that which, abates.

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

Provided with an abatis.

(a) One who abates a nuisance. (b) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone.

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb.

The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour.

Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]

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

See Abb.

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.