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Warlike; military. [R.]

A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.

Entire; total. [Colloq.]

One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]

nd twirled by the fingers. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens.

A noun that has four cases only. Andrews.

A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter- totter, and titter-cum-totter.

See Teeter.

A noun having three cases only.

Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

er to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; toto cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deut. xxxiv. 7.

ies. 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.

Partial or total absence of the skull.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

In collision; entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. Totten.