Part 43

<hw>Ab*ra"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing abrasion.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<mhw><h1>Abraum or Abraum salts</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*braum"</hw> or <hw>A*braum" salts</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ger., fr. <ets>abr\'84umen</ets> to remove.]</ety> <def>A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.</def>

<h1>Abraxas</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*brax"as</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters \'3ca\'3e, \'3cb\'3e, \'3cr\'3e, \'3ca\'3e, \'3cx\'3e, \'3ca\'3e, \'3cs\'3e, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.]</ety> <def>A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.</def>

<h1>Abray</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*bray"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt> <ety>[A false form from the preterit <ets>abraid</ets>, <ets>abrayde</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Abraid</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Abreast</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*breast"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>breast</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Side by side, with breasts in a line; <as>as, "Two men could hardly walk <ex>abreast</ex></as>."</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with <i>of</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; <as>as, to keep <ex>abreast</ex> of [or with] the present state of science</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>At the same time; simultaneously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Abreast</b> therewith began a convocation. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abregge</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A*breg"ge</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Abridge</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abrenounce</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab`re*nounce"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abrenuntiare</ets>; <ets>ab + renuntiare</ets>. See <er>Renounce</er>.]</ety> <def>To renounce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "They <i>abrenounce</i> and cast them off."

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Abrenunciation</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab`re*nun`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>abrenuntiatio</ets>. See <er>Abrenounce</er>.]</ety> <def>Absolute renunciation or repudiation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An <b>abrenunciation</b> of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abreption</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>Ab*rep"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abreptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abripere</ets> to snatch away; <ets>ab + rapere</ets> to snatch.]</ety> <def>A snatching away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abreuvoir</h1> <Xpage=6>

<hw>A`breu`voir"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a watering place.]</ety> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.</def>