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<blockquote><b>Aboon</b> the pass of Bally-Brough. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ceiling fair that rose <b>aboon</b>. <i>J. R. Drake.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aboral</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab*o"ral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets>. + E. <ets>oral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.</def>

<h1>Abord</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bord"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Manner of approaching or accosting; address.</def>

<i>Chesterfield.</i>

<h1>Abord</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bord"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>aborder</ets>, <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>bord</ets> rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See <er>Border</er>, <er>Board</er>.]</ety> <def>To approach; to accost.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Digby.</i>

<h1>Aboriginal</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*rig"i*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Aborigines</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; <as>as, the <ex>aboriginal</ex> tribes of America</as>.</def> "Mantled o'er with <i>aboriginal</i> turf."

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to aborigines; <as>as, a Hindoo of <ex>aboriginal</ex> blood</as>.</def>

<h1>Aboriginal</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*rig"i*nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An animal or a plant native to the region.</def>

<blockquote>It may well be doubted whether this frog is an <b>aboriginal</b> of these islands. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aboriginality</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*rig`i*nal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being aboriginal.</def>

<i>Westm. Rev.</i>

<h1>Aboriginally</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*rig"i*nal*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Primarily.</def>

<h1>Aboriginess</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*rig"i*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Aborigines</ets>; <ets>ab + origo</ets>, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (<ets>ab origine</ets>) inhabited Latium or Italy. See <er>Origin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The original fauna and flora of a geographical area</def>

<h1>Aborsement</h1> <Xpage=5>

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