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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.

s, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. Bot accoutered like young men. Shak. For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth.

ment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. How gay with all the accouterments of war!

The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

Acute-angled.

arp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Having acute lobes, as some leaves.

The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.

Same as Ajutage.

The office of an adjutant.

commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits),…

A corruption of Agitator.

To add. [Obs.]

A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.