Part 66

<hw>A*but"tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<h1>Abutter</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*but"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; <as>as, the <ex>abutters</ex> on a street or a river</as>.</def>

<h1>Abuzz</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*buzz"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>buzz</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a buzz; buzzing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Aby, Abye</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw><hw>A*by"</hw>, <hw>A*bye"</hw><hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abought</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'bebycgan</ets> to pay for; pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, Ger. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>bycgan</ets> to buy. See <er>Buy</er>, and cf. <er>Abide</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lest to thy peril thou <b>aby</b> it dear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To endure; to abide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But nought that wanteth rest can long <b>aby</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abysm</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bysm"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>abisme</ets>; F. <ets>abime</ets>, LL. <ets>abyssimus</ets>, a superl. of L. <ets>abyssus</ets>; Gr. <?/. See <er>Abyss</er>.]</ety> <def>An abyss; a gulf.</def> "The <i>abysm</i> of hell."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Abysmal</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bys"mal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.</def>

<blockquote>Geology gives one the same <b>abysmal</b> extent of time that astronomy does of space. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abysmally</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bys"mal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>To a fathomless depth; profoundly.</def> "<i>Abysmally</i> ignorant."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Abyss</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*byss"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abyssus</ets> a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. <?/ bottomless; <?/ priv. + <?/ depth, bottom.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.</def>

<blockquote>Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost <b>abyss</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The throne is darkness, in the <b>abyss</b> of light. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>abysses</b> of metaphysical theology. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In unfathomable <b>abysses</b> of disgrace. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>