Part 11

<h1>Abature</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab"a*ture</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>abatture</ets>, fr. <ets>abattre</ets>. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Abatvoix</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A`bat`voix"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down + <ets>voix</ets> voice.]</ety> <def>The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.</def>

<h1>Abawed</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab*awed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p.p.</tt> <ety>[Perh. p.p. of a verb fr. OF. <ets>abaubir</ets> to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. <ets>ad + balbus</ets> stammering.]</ety> <def>Astonished; abashed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abaxial, Abaxile</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw><hw>Ab*ax"i*al</hw> (#), <hw>Ab*ax"ile</hw> (#),<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>axis</ets> axle.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Away from the axis or central line; eccentric</def>.

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Abay</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*bay"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>abay</ets> barking.]</ety> <def>Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See <er>Bay</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abb</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Abb</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'beweb</ets>, <ets>\'beb</ets>; pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>web</ets>. See <er>Web</er>.]</ety> <def>Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, <i>abb wool</i> is wool for the <i>abb</i>.</def>

<h1>Abba</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab"ba</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Syriac <ets>abb\'be</ets> father. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.</def>

<h1>Abbacy</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab"ba*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Abbacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>abbatia</ets>, fr. <ets>abbas</ets>, <ets>abbatis</ets>, abbot. See <er>Abbey</er>.]</ety> <def>The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.</def>

<h1>Abbatial</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab*ba"tial</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>abbatialis</ets> : cf. F. <ets>abbatial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to an abbey; <as>as, <ex>abbatial</ex> rights</as>.</def>

<h1>Abbatical</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab*bat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abbatial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abb\'82</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab"b\'82`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>abb\'82</ets>. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>The French word answering to the English <i>abbot</i>, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.</def>

<note>\'b5 After the 16th century, the name was given, in social parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well known in literary and fashionable life. By further extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed secular ecclesiastics generally.</note>

<i>Littr\'82.</i>

<h1>Abbess</h1> <Xpage=2>