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About-sledge
() The largest hammer used by smiths.
Above
() In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
Above
() Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
Above
() Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
Above
() In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
Above
() Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
Above
() Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
Above
() More than; as, above five hundred were present.
Aboveboard
() Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
Above-cited
() Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
Abovedeck
() On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.
Above-mentioned
() Alt. of Above-named
Above-named
() Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
Abovesaid
() Mentioned or recited before.
Abox
() Braced aback.
Abracadabra
() 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.
Abradant
() A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.
Abraded
() of Abrade
Abrading
() of Abrade
Abrade
() To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
Abrade
() Same as Abraid.
Abrahamic
() Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
Abrahamitic
() Alt. of ical
Abraham-man
() Alt. of Abram-man
Abram-man
() One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.
Abraid
() To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
Abranchial
() Abranchiate.
Abranchiata
() A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.
Abranchiate
() Without gills.
Abrase
() Rubbed smooth.
Abrasion
() The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
Abrasion
() The substance rubbed off.
Abrasion
() A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
Abrasive
() Producing abrasion.
Abraum
() Alt. of Abraum salts
Abraum salts
() A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Abraxas
() A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
Abray
() See Abraid.
Abreast
() Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, \"Two men could hardly walk abreast.\"
Abreast
() Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
Abreast
() Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
Abreast
() At the same time; simultaneously.
Abregge
() See Abridge.
Abrenounce
() To renounce.
Abrenunciation
() Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
Abreption
() A snatching away.
Abreuvoir
() The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
Abricock
() See Apricot.
Abridged
() of Abridge
Abridging
() of Abridge