Dictionary

"The first three letters of the alphabet used for the whole alphabet." — "A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading." — "The simplest rudiments of any subject; as the A B C of finance."

"In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style without instrumental accompaniment; as a mass a capella i. e. a mass purely vocal." — "A time indication equivalent to alla breve."

"With stronger reason."

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

"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 o

"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

"In the morning; every morning."

"On the sea; at sea; toward the sea."

"On tiptoe; eagerly expecting."

"A Dutch and German measure of liquids varying in different cities being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons at Antwerp 36 1/2 at Hamburg 38 1/4."

"An edentate mammal of the genus Orycteropus somewhat resembling a pig common 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 carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii) of South Africa resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles."

"A rod with one serpent twined around it thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury which has two." — "A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein or hag-taper and the golden-rod."

"Alt. of Aaronical"

"Pertaining to Aaron the first high priest of the Jews."

"A prefix 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."

"of Abacus"

"To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes."

"The act of abacinating."

"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." — "Behind; in the rear." — "Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind." — "An abacus."

"Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal."

"Stealing cattle on a large scale."

"One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves."

"of Abaculus"

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

"A table or tray strewn with sand anciently used for drawing calculating etc." — "A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires or counters in grooves

"of Abacus"

"The rhinoceros."

"The destroyer or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus." — "Hell; the bottomless pit."

"Behind; toward the stern from; as abaft the wheelhouse." — "Toward the stern; aft; as to go abaft."

"Obeisance."

"Ivory black or animal charcoal."

"Abashed; confounded; discomfited."

"To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate." — "To estrange; to withdraw." — "To cause alienation of (mind)."

"The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement."

"A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California clinging closely to the rocks.

"To abandon." — "To banish; to expel."