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In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

In the act of brooding. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

To brook; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.

An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak.

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.

Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

Colorless; achromatic.

Crookedly. [R.] Udall.

One of the Actinozoa.

To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors. Shak. I took him in adoors. Vicar's Virgil (1630).

On foot. We 'll walk afoot a while. Shak.

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.

See Alcoholometry.

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

portive impositions are practiced. The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).