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Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from…

Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community. J. S. Mill.

In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay.

The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

Gum arabic.

One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

ingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

ies. -- Accidental point (Persp.), the point in which a right line, drawn from the eye, parallel to a given right line, cuts the perspective plane; so called to distinguish it from the principal point, or point of view, where a line drawn from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets this plane. -- Accide…