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er, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abp. Abbot.

ns were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. Abp. Abbot.

d person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor. Bouvier. Burrill. Abbott.

n for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port. Abbot. Surveyor general.

r children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot.

Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot (1663).

The laity; secular people. [Obs.] Abp. Abbot.

the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.

They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. Abr. Abbot.

nduced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.

Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity. Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.

m. Shak. They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. Abp. Abbot.

isdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott. -- Vice chamberlain, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] -- Vice chancellor. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties…

han the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. Abp. Abbot.

or an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. Abbott. -- Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d.