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The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi…

c aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.

Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne.

orror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall. Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton.

esting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.

To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.

Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.

as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.

osed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Without gills.

Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.

To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes an…

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

One who repeals by authority.

recipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.