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r sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Gen. xxiii. 2.

Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family J. P. Mahaffy.

cestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.

the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan.

The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zoöl.) See Kahau.

ct. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Gal. iii. 18.

ority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. J. P. Mahaffy.

its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. Gen. xxv. 10.

n which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan.

ribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9. Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne.

r parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

1658). The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back. Macaulay.

To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. "saddle my horse." Shak. Abraham rose up early saddled his ass. Gen. xxii. 3.

loon. We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.] J. P. Mahaffy.

Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. To sham Abram or Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.

is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.

the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother. Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. Gen. xxi. 2.

taking; favorable issue; success. "For common speed." Chaucer. O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. Gen. xxiv. 12.

doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom. iv. 20.