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other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.

Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.

bsolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.

eral things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.

An idealist. Emerson.

strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

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

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

ad acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.

Gradually accelerating the movement.