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In a boyish manner; like a boy.

The manners or behavior of a boy.

Boyhood. [Obs.] T. Warton.

See under Law.

also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. [Written also bosa, bozah, bouza.]

One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Encyc. Brit. Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. -- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.…

The state or office of an abbot.

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

An omen; a portending. [Obs.]

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

A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affright us." Shak.

A foreboding. [Obs.]

o annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

Capable of being abolished.

One who abolishes.

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.

A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.