Part 6

<hw>A*bai"ser</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ivory black or animal charcoal.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

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<h1>Abaist</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*baist"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p.p.</tt> <def>Abashed; confounded; discomfited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abalienate</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab*al"ien*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abalienatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>abalienare</ets>; <ets>ab + alienus</ets> foreign, alien. See <er>Alien</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To estrange; to withdraw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause alienation of (mind).</def>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<h1>Abalienation</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab*al`ien*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abalienatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abalianation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abalone</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab`a*lo"ne</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A univalve mollusk of the genus <spn>Haliotis</spn>. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.</def>

<h1>Aband</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*band"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <ety>[Contracted from <ets>abandon</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To abandon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> Enforced the kingdom to <b>aband</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To banish; to expel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mir. for Mag.</i>

<h1>Abandon</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*ban"don</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Abandoned</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Abandoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>abandoner</ets>, F.<ets>abandonner</ets>; <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>)+<ets>bandon</ets> permission, authority, LL. <ets>bandum</ets>, <ets>bannum</ets>, public proclamation, interdiction, <ets>bannire</ets> to proclaim, summon: of Germanic origin; cf. Goth. <ets>bandwjan</ets> to show by signs, to designate OHG. <ets>ban</ets>proclamation. The word meant to proclaim, put under a ban, put under control; hence, as in OE., to compel, subject, or to leave in the control of another, and hence, to give up. See <er>Ban</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That he might . . . <b>abandon</b> them from him. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Being all this time <b>abandoned</b> from your bed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.</def>

<blockquote>Hope was overthrown, yet could not be <b>abandoned</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Reflexively : To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control ; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly ; -- often in a bad sense.</def>