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or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held. Kent. Burrill. To abate into a freehold. See under Abate.

The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.

Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden. The diapason closing full in man. Dryden. Full in the center of the sacred wood. Addison.

A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika.

A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant]

Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

; to bestow in marriage. -- To give the head. See under Head, n. -- To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party. -- To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies. -- To give line. See under Line. -- To give off, to…

One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

o neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

speech, or manners; grotesque doings. "The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." K. L. Bates.

An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

thenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.

A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.

Burning within. Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser.

Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. South.…

That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

nd the education of Philip. Bacon. My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller.

s of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.