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Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.] And which they weren and of what degree. Chaucer.

Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.

besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element…

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

(corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, at…

n in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

He who, or that which, abases.

The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

One who, or that which, abates.

or or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

r that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.…

The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.