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office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide. The mind umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.

A subordinate agent.

The benefice of a vicar.

A curtain of light and translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French casement window or a glazed door.

Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water. [Eng.]

The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.

To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.…

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 of curiosities. Addison.

l or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.] Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.

To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.

ch as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. Carlyle.

uality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.

Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.

s. [Obs.] What you would work me to, I have some aim. Shak. To cry aim (Archery), to encourage. [Obs.] Shak.

A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.

To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak.

lace or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. J. Philips. Different species alternating with each other. Kirwan.