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

Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.

The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

Brought forth prematurely.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.]

The quality of being abortive.

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.

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

The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.