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The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Pulverized sugar candy. Crabb.

The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b), and Sadr.

Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth. " A bilious old nabob." Macaulay.

Abominable.

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.

In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

In an actionable manner.

Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge.

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob.

The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

In an amenable manner.

The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines. Milton. Bp. Bull.