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The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.

in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6).

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]

The act of abacinating. [R.]

One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.]

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]

The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas.

Hell; the bottomless pit. [Poetic] In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt. Milton.

Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

Obeisance. [Obs.] Jonson.

Ivory black or animal charcoal. Weale.

Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.