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Show AB AB houfe, who could have any fhare in the govern ment (the reft confifting of women, children, and fervants), and making other obvious abatements thefe tyrants, if they had been careful to adher together, might have been a majority even of th people collective A 1 have a fifter, abbefs in Terceras fau_lts ;'who fooner fhews mercy than anger ; wh ofl'er? violence to his appetite, in all things endeavouring to fubdue the flefh to the fpirit. This i an excellent abbrewviature of the whole duty of Chriftian Taylor's Guide to Dewotion ‘Who loft her lover on her bridal-lay Dryd. D. Sebafp Conftantia, as foon as the folemnities of her re ception were over, retired with the abbefs into he own apartment Addifon ABBREUVOI'R. [in French, a wateringSawift on the Contefts of Athens and Romes A'BBEY, or AeBY. 2 /. [Lat. abbatia place. Ital. abbeverato, dal verbodevere 2. The ftate of being abated from whence probably firft Assacy L t b b r A b v r c r v l T i i oi a nut al mo wit co e i has Cof wh fee c mo af o re er ig ou word is derived by Menage, not muc ftrongly combined and entangled with earthy par- perfons, whether men or women ; difacquainted with the Teutonic dialeéts ticles. The moft noxious part of oil exhales i tinguifhed from religious houfes of othe rvoafting, to the abatement of near one quarter of it from adbibare for adbibere ; but mor Arbuthnot on Aliments ~ weight denominations by larger privileges. Se probably it comes from the fame roo The fum or quantity taken away by th Aszor with brew. See Brew. Among ma& of abating With eafy roads he came to Leicefter fons, the joint or junéture of two fones The law of works is that law, which require perfeét obedience, without remiffion or abatement {o that, by thatlaw, a man cannot be juft, or jufti fied, without an exact performance of every tittle . Locke 4. The caufe of abating; extenuation As our advantages towards practifing and promoting piety and virtue were greater than thofe o other men ; fo will our excufe belefs, if we negle We cannot plead in abateto make ufe of them ment of our guilt, that we were ignorant of ou duty, under the prepofieflion of ill habits, and th bias of a wrong education Atterbury's Sermons 5. [Inlaw.] The aét of th abatement of the heir int he hath agreed with th fe€ion or paflion of th abator ; as, th the land befor lord. The afthing abated as, abatement of the writ Cowel 6. [With heralds.] An accidental mark which being added to a coat of arms the dignity of it is abafed, by reafon o fome ftain or difhonourable quality o the bearer Di& Apa'TER. 2 /. The agent or caufe b which an abatement is procured ; tha by which any thing is leflened dow 8 s puat Abaters of acrimon or fharpnefs, are exprefie oils of ripe vegetables, and all preparaticns o fuch ; as of almonds, piftachoes, and other nuts Arbuthnot on Diet 7 /. [alaw term. Asa'tor One wh dntrudes into houfes or land, void by th deat of the former pofleflor and ye i pa not entered upon or taken up by hi befe ‘heir A'satups Dis =z /. [oldrecords.] Any thin az'[qy diminithed A'BATURE ) B 7 /. [from abatre French. Thofe {prigs of grafs which are throw down by a ftag in his paffing by. Dic& AgBz. n /. The yarn on a weaver's warp Chambers a term among clothiers A'BBA. n./. [Heb. ax] A Syriac word which fignifies farher A'eBacy.n /. [Lat. abbatia.] The right or privileges of an abbot. See ABBEY According to Felinus, an gbbacy is the dignit itfelf, fince an abbot is a term or word of dignity and not of office; and, therefore, even a fecula perfon, who has the care of fouls, is fometimes in the canon law, alfo ftiled an abbot Ayliffe's Parergon Furis Canonici A'sBEss. o [, [Lat. abbatifja, from whenc the Saxon abuoirye, then probably a4batefs, and by contraction abbeffe in Fr and abbefs, Eng. 'The fuperiour or go Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot ‘With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him Shake[p A'BBEy-LUBBER. 7 /. [See LueBER. A flothful loiterer in a religious houfe under pretence of retirement and aufterity And here the abpefs fhuts the gate on us And will not fuffer us to ferch him out Shakefs Coms of Errors 1. The alphabet; as, he has not learne his a, 4, c 2. 'The little book by which the element of reading are taught This is no Father Dominic, no huge overgrow abbey-lubber5 this is but a diminutive fuckin friar Dryd. Sp. Fr Then comes queftion like an , 4, ¢, book Shakefpeare A'BBOT. #. /. [in the lower Latin abbas fro a father whic fenf wa 70 A'BDICATE ftil patres an abbefle matre Old Saturn; here, with upcaft eyes Beheld his abdicated {kies Nominis officium jure, Paterne, geris.] Th nons Of thefe, fome in England wer mitred, fome not: thofe that were mi tred, were exempted from the jurifdiction of the diocefan, having in themfelves epifcopal authority within thei precinéts, and bejng alfo lords of parlia Neither doth it appear how a prince's abdicatio can make any other fort of vacancy in the throne than would be caufed by his death; fince he cannot abdicate for his children, otherwife than by hi own confent in form to a bill from the two houfes ment The other fort were fubjeét t the diocefan in all {piritual government Coawel See ABBEY Swift on the Sentin nts of a Churc England Nian A'epicaTive [Lat A'Bp1cAaTIVE Dis abbre ABDO'MEN hide. #. /. [Lat fro abds t cavity commonly called th guts liver fpleen bladder and is within lined with a membran called the peritonzum. The lower par is called the hypogaftrium ; the foremof part is divided into the epigaftrium, th right and left hypochondria, and th navel ; 'tis bounded above by the cartilago enfiformis and the diaphragm fideways by the fhort or lower ribs, an 2. To fhorten, to cut fhort Set the length of their days before the flood which were abbreviated after, and contraéted int hundreds and threefcores Brown's Vulgar Erroursy bevi, c. 6 ABBREVIA'TION. 7. / 1. The aét of abbreviating behind by the vertebrz of the loins, th bones of the coxendix, that of the pubes It is covered with {eveand os facrum ral mufcles, from whofe alternate relaxa 2. The means ufed to abbreviate, as cha ra&ers fignifying whole words; word contracted tion and contraction in refpiration digeflion is forwarded, and the due motion of all the parts therein containe Such is the propridty and energy in them all that they never can be changed, but to difadvan. tage, except in the circumftance of wfing abbreviaSwift tions promoted, both for fecretion and expulQuincy fion 7. /. [abbreviateur, Fr. He isa good man, who grieves rather for hi that injures him, than for his own fuffering; wh prays for him that wrongs him, forgiving all hi ftomach Savift One who abbreviates, or abridges adj. [from abds, to hide. lower venter or belly: 1t contains th It is one thing to abbrewiate by contrating, another by cutting off Bacon, Eflay 2.6 The only invention of late years, which hat contributed towards politenefs in difcourfe, is tha of abbreviating or reducing words. of many fyllable ABBREVIA'TOR Di& ‘That which has the power or quality o hiding Di& 1. To fhorten by contraétion of parts without lofs of the main fubftance; toabridge into one, by lopping oft the reft o adj. That which caufes o implies an abdication #. /. The ftate or privileg «. 4 Addilon Aspica'rion. n. [ [abdicatio, Lat.] Th act of abdicating ; refignation; quittin an office by one's own proper aét befor the ufual or ftated expiration chief of a convent, or fellowthip of ca of an abbot 70 ABBRE'VIATE wiare. T an office monaflerii Thus Fortunatus to the abbot Paternus A'sBorsHrir . a.[Lat. abdico. give up right; to refign; tolay dow implied; {o that the abbots were calle a atu rev [ab UR Jf IA RE AB vernefs of a nunnery or monaftery o Lat. women ng ten tho o fak th fo ufe mar 1 They fle 2. A compendium or abridgment Into this apbey, whither we purfued-the m,»,f or the interftice between two fiones to b filled up with mortar Dig A'sBy See ABBEY AEBNC The abdomen confifts of parts containing and con- Wifeman' tained Surgery Aspo'mINaL. } adj.Relating to the abAepo'minous. § domen 72 ABDU'CE. @. a. [Lat. abduco.] T draw to a different part; to withdra A word chiefl one part from another ufed in phyfic or {cience B I |