Part 65

<hw>A*bus"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].</def>

<h1>Abusion</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>abusion</ets>, <ets>abusioun</ets>, OF. <ets>abusion</ets>, fr. L. <ets>abusio</ets> misuse of words, f. <ets>abuti</ets>. See <er>Abuse</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abusive</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>abusif</ets>, fr. L. <ets>abusivus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.</def>

<blockquote>I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the <b>abusive</b> acceptation thereof. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "The <i>abusive</i> prerogatives of his see."

<i>Hallam.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; <as>as, an <ex>abusive</ex> author; an <ex>abusive</ex> fellow.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.</def> "An <i>abusive</i> lampoon."

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "An <i>abusive</i> treaty."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Reproachful; scurrilous; opprobrious; insolent; insulting; injurious; offensive; reviling.</syn>

<h1>Abusively</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.</def>

<h1>Abusiveness</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.</def>

<blockquote>Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, <b>abusiveness</b>. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abut</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*but"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abutted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abutting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>abouter</ets>, <ets>aboter</ets>; cf. F. <ets>aboutir</ets>, and also <ets>abuter</ets>; <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + OF. <ets>boter</ets>, <ets>buter</ets>, to push: cf. F. <ets>bout</ets> end, and <ets>but</ets> end, purpose.]</ety> <def>To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with <i>on</i>, <i>upon</i>, or <i>against</i>; <as>as, his land <ex>abuts</ex> on the road</as>.</def>

<h1>Abutilon</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"ti*lon</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>aub\'d4t\'c6l\'d4n</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also <altname>Indian mallow</altname>.</def>

<h1>Abutment</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*but"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of abutting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That on or against which a body abuts or presses</def>; as <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut</def>. <i>Gwilt</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(mech.)</fld> <def>A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.</def>

<h1>Abuttal</h1> <Xpage=7>