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p. p. of Strow.

a. & p. p. from Throw, v. Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or…

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone. He hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long. Shak.

Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.

Of a color between white and brown. Pegge.

s a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

Abatement. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

lling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

t. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne.

The white polar (Populus alba). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning.

To wander; to stray. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

bs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

resy. Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.

The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.

emptory. [R.] The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. Mrs. Browning.

To resolve or explain. [Obs.] "We shall not absolve the doubt." Sir T. Browne.

To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

s for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequentl…