Part 41

<p><b>4.</b> <def>More than; <as>as, <ex>above</ex> five hundred were present</as>.</def>

<note><i>Above</i> is often used elliptically as an adjective by omitting the word <i>mentioned</i>, <i>quoted</i>, or the like; as, the <i>above</i> observations, the <i>above</i> reference, the <i>above</i> articles. -- <i>Above</i> is also used substantively. "The waters that come down from <i>above</i>."

<i>Josh. iii. 13.</i>

It is also used as the first part of a compound in the sense of <i>before</i>, <i>previously</i>; as, <i>above</i>-cited, <i>above</i>-described, <i>above</i>-mentioned, <i>above</i>-named, <i>above</i>said, <i>above</i>specified, <i>above</i>-written, <i>above</i>-given.</note>

<h1>Aboveboard</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bove"board`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.</def> "Fair and <i>aboveboard</i>."

<i>Burke.</i>

<note>&hand; This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.</note>

<h1>Above-cited</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bove"-cit`ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.</def>

<h1>Abovedeck</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bove"deck`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>On deck; and hence, like <i>aboveboard</i>, without artifice.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<mhw><h1>Above-mentioned, Above-named</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bove"-men`tioned</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*bove"-named`</hw></mhw><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.</def>

<h1>Abovesaid</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bove"said`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mentioned or recited before.</def>

<h1>Abox</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*box"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Braced aback.</def>

<h1>Abracadabra</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab`ra*ca*dab"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. Of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.</def>

<h1>Abradant</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab*ra"dant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.</def>

<h1>Abrade</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab*rade"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abraded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abrading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abradere</ets>, <ets>abrasum</ets>, to scrape off; <ets>ab + radere</ets> to scrape. See <er>Rase</er>, <er>Raze</er>.]</ety> <def>To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; <as>as, to <ex>abrade</ex> rocks</as>.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Abrade</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*brade"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Abraid</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>