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Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.

Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.

Not sorrowed for; unlamented. Beau. & Fl.

Not to be split with wedges. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Vinnewed.

Moldy; musty. [Written also vinewed.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Vin"newed*ness, n. [Obs.] Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were, vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. F. Beaumont.

Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." Collins.

Having windows or openings. [R.] "Looped and windowed raggedness." Shak.

rms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek artic…

at which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock.

Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles." Gibbon.

on; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. To abound in, to posses in such abundance as to be characterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets…

To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to Ant: concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word. J. S. Mill.

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficie…

o receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.