Part 16

<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"li*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., neut. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.</def>

<h1>Abdominoscopy</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom`i*nos"co*py</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abdomen</ets> + Gr. <?/ to examine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.</def>

<h1>Abdominothoracic</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom`i*no*tho*rac"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.</def>

<h1>Abdominous</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom"i*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.</def>

<blockquote>Gorgonius sits, <b>abdominous</b> and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abduce</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*duce"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Abduced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Abducing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abducere</ets> to lead away; <ets>ab + ducere</ets> to lead. See <er>Duke</er>, and cf. <er>Abduct</er>.]</ety> <def>To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If we <b>abduce</b> the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abduct</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*duct"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Abducted</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Abducting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abductus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>abducere</ets>. See <er>Abduce</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.</def>

<h1>Abduction</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*duc"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abductio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abduction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.</def>

<i>Roget.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; <as>as, the <ex>abduction</ex> of a child, the <ex>abduction</ex> of an heiress</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.</def>

<h1>Abductor</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*duc"tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who abducts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; <as>as, the <ex>abductor oculi</ex>, which draws the eye outward</as>.</def>

<h1>Abeam</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*beam"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>beam</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.</def>

<h1>Abear</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*bear"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'beberan</ets>; pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> + <ets>beran</ets> to bear.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bear; to behave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So did the faery knight himself <b>abear</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>