[ See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8 ]
n. same as abortionist. [ PJC ]
v. t. [ OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See Broach. ] To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + broach. ]
Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + broad. ]
The fox roams far abroad. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be abroad.
n.
a. Capable of being abrogated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abrogatus, p. p. ] Abrogated; abolished. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abrogatio, fr. abrogare: cf. F. abrogation. ] The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending or designed to abrogate;
n. One who repeals by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + brood. ] In the act of brooding. [ Obs. ] Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. a- + brook, v. ] To brook; to endure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine +
a. [ Gr. &unr_; spine + &unr_; wing. ]
a. [ NL., acarus a mite + -oid. ] (Zool.) Shaped like or resembling a mite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Accelerate + -graph. ] (Mil.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Accelerate + -meter. ] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; à (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook). ]
They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. Stubbs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. accrochement. ] An encroachment; usurpation. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ (a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux. ] (Bot.)
a. Same as Acerose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. α priv. +
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. (Med.) of or pertaining to achondroplasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Gr.
Achromatic lens (Opt.),
Achromatic prism.
Achromatic telescope, or
microscope
adv. In an achromatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Achromatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Biol.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. W. Flemming. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
v.
n. [ Cf. F. achromatisme. ] The state or quality of being achromatic;
n. [ Cf. F. achromatisation. ] The act or process of achromatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Gr.
a. [ See Ahromatic. ] Lacking, or deficient in, color;
a. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; color. ] Free from color; colorless;
a. See Acronyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless + E. dextrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ L. acidus sour + -ferous. ] Containing or yielding an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Iron Metal.) That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to
n. [ Gr. &unr_; undistinguishable;