‖n. [ Heb. abīb, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear. ] The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called
n. The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). [ 1913 Webster ]
The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
A judicious abidance by rules. Helps. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
To abide by.
v. t.
[ [ Obs. ], with a personal object. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Thou ] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
‖n. [ L., fir tree. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abies, abietis, a fir tree. ] A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. [ 1913 Webster ]