Part 33

<def> On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Alongside; <as>as, close <ex>aboard</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><fld>Naut.</fld>: <col>To fall aboard of</col>, <cd>to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.</cd> -- <col>To haul the tacks aboard</col>, <cd>to set the courses.</cd> -- <col>To keep the land aboard</col>, <cd>to hug the shore.</cd> -- <col>To lay (a ship) aboard</col>, <cd>to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aboard</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*board"</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>On board of; <as>as, to go <ex>aboard</ex> a ship</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Across; athwart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Nor iron bands <b>aboard</b> The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abodance</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bod"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bode</er>.]</ety> <def>An omen; a portending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abode</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bode"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>pret.</tt> <def>of <er>Abide</er>.</def>

<h1>Abode</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bode"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>abad</ets>, <ets>abood</ets>, fr. <ets>abiden</ets> to abide. See <er>Abide</er>. For the change of vowel, cf. <ets>abode</ets>, imp. of <ets>abide</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of waiting; delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>And with her fled away without <b>abode</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.</def>

<blockquote>He waxeth at your <b>abode</b> here. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.</def>

<blockquote>Come, let me lead you to our poor <b>abode</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abode</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bode"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bode</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>An omen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true <b>abodes</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*bode"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bode; to foreshow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>A*bode"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be ominous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>