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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

State of abutting.

The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. Spelman.

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.

ABYSS n. 3 definitions

deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants,…

ABYSSINIAN a. 3 definitions

Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. Abyssinian gold, an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. Ure.

ACACIA n. 3 definitions

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

A member of an academy, university, or college.

ACADEMIC n. 2 definitions

One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume.

ACADEMIC; ACADEMICAL a. 2 definitions

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.

ACADEMY n. 5 definitions

s), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.

ACADIAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. -- n.