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@@ -505,14 +505,14 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><sn>2.</sn> <def><org>Alcoholics Anonymous</org>.</def> <mark>[Acronym.]</mark><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Aam</hw> <pr>(<add/m <it>or</it> <aum/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>aam</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>ama</ets>; cf. L. <ets>hama</ets> a water bucket, Gr. <?/]</ety> <def>A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36\'ab, at Hamburg 38\'ac.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Aum</asp> and <asp>Awm</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Aam</hw> <pr>(<add/m <it>or</it> <aum/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>aam</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>ama</ets>; cf. L. <ets>hama</ets> a water bucket, Gr. <?/]</ety> <def>A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36\'ab, at Hamburg 38\'ac.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Aum</asp> and <asp>Awm</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>aard"vark`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"v<aum/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., earth-pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edentate mammal, of the genus <gen>Orycteropus</gen> (<spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal <isa>ungulate</isa>, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order <ord>Tubulidentata</ord>.</def> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>Aard-vark</asp>.]</altsp> <br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>aard"vark`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"v<aum/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., earth-pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edentate mammal, of the genus <gen>Orycteropus</gen> (<spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal <isa>ungulate</isa>, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order <ord>Tubulidentata</ord>.</def> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>Aard-vark</asp>.]</altsp> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b>ant bear, anteater, <spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>, oryctere, orycterope</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Aard"-wolf`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"w<oocr/lf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D, earth-wolf]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (<spn>Proteles cristata</spn>, formerly <spn>Proteles Lalandii</spn>), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See <er>Proteles</er>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Aard"-wolf`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"w<oocr/lf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D, earth-wolf]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (<spn>Proteles cristata</spn>, formerly <spn>Proteles Lalandii</spn>), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See <er>Proteles</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Aa*ron"ic</hw> <pr>(<asl/*r<ocr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Aa*ron"ic*al</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.</def><br/
@@ -537,10 +537,10 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Ab-</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>. <ety>[Latin prep., etymologically the same as E. <ets>of</ets>, <ets>off</ets>. See <er>Of</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies <xex>from</xex>, <xex>away</xex> , <xex>separating</xex>, or <xex>departure</xex>, as in <xex>ab</xex>duct, <xex>abs</xex>tract, <xex>abs</xex>cond. See <er>A-</er>(6).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Syriac origin.]</ety> <def>The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.</def> <rj><au>W. Smith.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Syriac origin.]</ety> <def>The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.</def> <rj><au>W. Smith.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab"a*ca</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <def>The Manila-hemp plant (<spn>Musa textilis</spn>); also, its fiber. See <cref>Manila hemp</cref> under <er>Manila</er>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"a*ca</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <def>The Manila-hemp plant (<spn>Musa textilis</spn>); also, its fiber. See <cref>Manila hemp</cref> under <er>Manila</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>A*bac"i*nate</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"<icr/*n<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>abacinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abacinare</ets>; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>bacinus</ets> a basin.]</ety> <def>To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>A*bac`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s`<icr/*n<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of abacinating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab`a*cis"cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*s<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'abaki`skos</grk>, dim of <grk>'a`bax</grk>. See <er>Abacus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab`a*cis"cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*s<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'abaki`skos</grk>, dim of <grk>'a`bax</grk>. See <er>Abacus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ab"a*cist</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*s<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL <ets>abacista</ets>, fr. <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.</def><br/
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Ab*ac"tor</hw> <pr>(-t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>abigere</ets> to drive away; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>agere</ets> to drive.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A*bac"u*lus</hw> <pr>(<adot/b*<acr/k"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abaculi</plw> <pr>(-l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.</def> <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*bac"u*lus</hw> <pr>(<adot/b*<acr/k"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abaculi</plw> <pr>(-l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.</def> <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ab"a*cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; E. <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abacuses</plw> ; L. pl. <plw>Abaci</plw> <pr>(-s<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>abacus</ets>, <ets>abax</ets>, Gr. <grk>'a`bax</grk>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Ab*al`ien*a"tion</hw> <pr>(-<amac/l`y<eit/n*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abalienatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abali\'82nation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab`a*lo"ne</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*l<omac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A univalve mollusk of the genus <gen>Haliotis</gen>. 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><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab`a*lo"ne</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*l<omac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A univalve mollusk of the genus <gen>Haliotis</gen>. 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><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>abampere</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr> <fld>(Electricity)</fld> <def>a unit of electrical current equal to 10 amperes.</def><br/
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>A*ban"don</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abandon</ets>. fr. <ets>abandonner</ets>. See <er>Abandon</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>Abandonment; relinquishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A`ban`don"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<aum/N`d<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <def>A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A`ban`don"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<aum/N`d<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <def>A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>A*ban"doned</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/nd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Forsaken, deserted.</def> \'bdYour <xex>abandoned</xex> streams.\'b8 <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
@@ -727,13 +727,13 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Careless freedom or ease; abandon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A*ban"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything forfeited or confiscated.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*ban"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything forfeited or confiscated.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ab"a*net</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*n<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Abnet</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A*ban"ga</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/<nsm/"g<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.]</ety> <def>A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*ban"ga</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/<nsm/"g<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.]</ety> <def>A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ab`an*na"tion</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<acr/n*n<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <hw>Ab`an*nition</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<acr/n*n<icr/sh"<ucr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>abannatio</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + LL. <ets>bannire</ets> to banish.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>Banishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/
@@ -798,10 +798,10 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
<p><hw>A*bash"ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82bahissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A*ba"si*a</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"zh<icr/*<adot/; -z<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <grk>'a-</grk> not + <grk>ba`sis</grk> a step.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to co\'94rdinate muscular actions properly in walking.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*ba"sic</wf> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*ba"si*a</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"zh<icr/*<adot/; -z<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <grk>'a-</grk> not + <grk>ba`sis</grk> a step.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to co\'94rdinate muscular actions properly in walking.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*ba"sic</wf> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
-<p><mhw>{ <hw>A*bas"si</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/)</pr>, <hw>A*bas"sis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. & Per. <ets>ab\'bes\'c6</ets>, belonging to Abas (a king of Persia).]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>A*bas"si</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>A*bas"sis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. & Per. <ets>ab\'bes\'c6</ets>, belonging to Abas (a king of Persia).]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>A*bat"a*ble</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/t"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being abated; <as>as, an <ex>abatable</ex> writ or nuisance</as>.</def><br/
@@ -888,13 +888,13 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
<p><hw>A*ba"tor</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/t"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who abates a nuisance.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.</def> <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A`bat`toir"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/t`tw<aum/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abattoirs</plw> <pr>(-tw<aum/rz")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A`bat`toir"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/t`tw<aum/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abattoirs</plw> <pr>(-tw<aum/rz")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ab"a*ture</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abatture</ets>, fr. <ets>abattre</ets>. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.</def> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>A`bat`voix"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/`vw<aum/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down + <ets>voix</ets> voice.]</ety> <def>The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A`bat`voix"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/`vw<aum/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down + <ets>voix</ets> voice.]</ety> <def>The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ab*awed"</hw> <pr>(<acr/b*<add/d")</pr>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <ety>[Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. <ets>abaubir</ets> to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>balbus</ets> stammering.]</ety> <def>Astonished; abashed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
<p><hw>Ab*bat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(<acr/b*b<acr/t"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abbatial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab"b\'82`</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"b<asl/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abb\'82</ets>. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>The French word answering to the English <xex>abbot</xex>, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"b\'82`</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"b<asl/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abb\'82</ets>. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>The French word answering to the English <xex>abbot</xex>, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><note><hand/ After the 16th century, the name was given, in social parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well known in literary and fashionable life. By further extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed secular ecclesiastics generally.</note> <rj><au>Littr\'82.</au></rj><br/
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
<p><cs><col><b>A B C book</b></col>, <cd>a primer.</cd> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ab"dal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>bad\'c6l</ets>, pl. <ets>abd\'bel</ets>, a substitute, a good, religious man, saint, fr. <ets>badala</ets> to change, substitute.]</ety> <def>A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"dal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>bad\'c6l</ets>, pl. <ets>abd\'bel</ets>, a substitute, a good, religious man, saint, fr. <ets>badala</ets> to change, substitute.]</ety> <def>A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ab*de"ri*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Abdera</ets>, a town in Thrace, of which place Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, was a native.]</ety> <def>Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.</def><br/
@@ -1118,10 +1118,10 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
<p><hw>Ab*dom"i*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>E. pl. <plw>Abdominals</plw>, L. pl. <plw>Abdominales</plw>.</plu> <def>A fish of the group Abdominales.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab*dom`i*na"les</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., masc. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"les</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., masc. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab*dom`i*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ab*dom`i*nos"co*py</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abdomen</ets> + Gr. <?/ to examine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.</def><br/
@@ -1371,10 +1371,10 @@ Who rashly thus exposed his wealth?</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>A*bey"ant</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being in a state of abeyance.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>, <xex>Austria</xex>, <xex>Prussia</xex>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>, <xex>Austria</xex>, <xex>Prussia</xex>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab"hal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"hal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ab*hom"i*na*ble</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abominable.</def> <note>[A false orthography anciently used; <xex>h</xex> was foisted into various words; hence <xex>abholish</xex>, for <xex>abolish</xex>, etc.]</note><br/
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ I spurn <qex>abhorrent</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Clover.</qau></rj><br/
<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Object of abhorrence.</def> <rj><au>Isa. lxvi. 24.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>A"bib</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ab\'c6b</ets>, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]</ety> <def>The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called <altname>Nisan</altname>.</def> <rj><au>Kitto.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A"bib</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ab\'c6b</ets>, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]</ety> <def>The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called <altname>Nisan</altname>.</def> <rj><au>Kitto.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>A*bid"ance</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (<xex>with</xex>).</def><br/
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ I spurn <qex>abhorrent</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Clover.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>A*bid"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Permanently.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>A"bi*es</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fir tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A"bi*es</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fir tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ab"i*e*tene</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abies</ets>, <ets>abietis</ets>, a fir tree.]</ety> <def>A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (<spn>Pinus sabiniana</spn>) of California.</def><br/
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown<br/
<p><cs><col><b>ablative absolute</b></col>, <cd>a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, <xex>Tarquinio regnante</xex>, Pythagoras venit, <it>i. e.</it>, Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.</cd></cs><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab"laut</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ger., off-sound; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>laut</ets> sound.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, <xex>get</xex>, <xex>gat</xex>, <xex>got</xex>; <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>song</xex>; <xex>hang</xex>, <xex>hung</xex>.</def> <rj><au>Earle.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"laut</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ger., off-sound; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>laut</ets> sound.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, <xex>get</xex>, <xex>gat</xex>, <xex>got</xex>; <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>song</xex>; <xex>hang</xex>, <xex>hung</xex>.</def> <rj><au>Earle.</au></rj><br/
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@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown<br/
<p><hw>Ab"ne*ga`tor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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-<p><hw>Ab"net</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"net</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ab"no*date</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abnodatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abnodare</ets>; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>nodus</ets> knot.]</ety> <def>To clear (tress) from knots.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/
@@ -2036,10 +2036,10 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><hw>Ab`o*li`tion*ize</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>A*bo"ma</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American serpent (<spn>Boa aboma</spn>).</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*bo"ma</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American serpent (<spn>Boa aboma</spn>).</def><br/
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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ab`o*ma"sum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ab`o*ma"sus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>omasum</ets> (a Celtic word).]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach <xex>omasum</xex>. See <er>Ruminantia</er>.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Ab`o*ma"sum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>Ab`o*ma"sus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>omasum</ets> (a Celtic word).]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach <xex>omasum</xex>. See <er>Ruminantia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>A*bom"i*na*ble</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abominable</ets>. L. <ets>abominalis</ets>. See <er>Abominate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.</def><br/
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><hw>Ab*o"ral</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets>. + E. <ets>oral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Manner of approaching or accosting; address.</def> <rj><au>Chesterfield.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Manner of approaching or accosting; address.</def> <rj><au>Chesterfield.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>aborder</ets>, <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>bord</ets> rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See <er>Border</er>, <er>Board</er>.]</ety> <def>To approach; to accost.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Digby.</au></rj><br/
@@ -2407,7 +2407,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><hw>A*box"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Braced aback.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>A"bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., a bay, valley, fissure.]</ety> <def>A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a ca\'a4on.</def> <mark>[Southwestern U. S.]</mark><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A"bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., a bay, valley, fissure.]</ety> <def>A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a ca\'a4on.</def> <mark>[Southwestern U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><hw>Ab`ra*ca*dab"ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. Of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.</def><br/
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><hw>A*bran"chi*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Abranchiate.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>A*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> 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><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>A*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> 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><br/
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<p><hw>A*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without gills.</def><br/
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><mhw><hw>A*braum"</hw> <it>or</it> <hw>A*braum" salts</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <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><br/
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-<p><hw>A*brax"as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters <alpha/, <beta/, <rho/, <alpha/, <xi/, <alpha/, <sigma/, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify th