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The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.

To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak.

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

A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.

eny, and opposed to biogenesis. I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870.

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.

Produced by spontaneous generation.

The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

Producing miscarriage. -- n.

The immature product of an untimely birth.

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. [R.]

. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison.

Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.

Producing abrasion. Ure.