Part 42

<h1>Abrahamic</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A`bra*ham"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; <as>as, the <ex>Abrachamic</ex> covenant</as>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Abrahamitic, ical</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A`bra*ham*it"ic</hw>, <hw>*ic*al</hw></mhw><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the patriarch Abraham.</def>

<mhw><h1>Abraham-man <i>or</i> Abram-man</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A"bra*ham-man`</hw><tt>(#)</tt> <i>or</i> <hw>A"bram-man`</hw></mhw><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. <i>Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).</i>]</ety> <def> One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.</def>

<i>Nares.</i>

<cs><col>To sham Abraham</col>, <cd>to feign sickness.</cd></cs>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Abraid</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*braid"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>abraiden</ets>, to awake, draw (a sword), AS. <ets>\'bebredgan</ets> to shake, draw; pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, Ger. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>bregdan</ets> to shake, throw. See <er>Braid</er>.]</ety> <def>To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abranchial</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Abranchiate.</def>

<h1>Abranchiata</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/, pl., the gills of fishes.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.</def>

<h1>Abranchiate</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bran"chi*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without gills.</def>

<h1>Abrase</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab*rase"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abrasus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abradere</ets>. See <er>Abrade</er>.]</ety> <def>Rubbed smooth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "An <i>abrase</i> table."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Abrasion</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab*ra"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abrasio</ets>, fr. <ets>abradere</ets>. See <er>Abrade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; <as>as, the <ex>abrasion</ex> of coins</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The substance rubbed off.</def>

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Abrasive</h1> <Xpage=6>