adv. [ Pref. a- on, in + board. ]
To fall aboard of,
To haul the tacks aboard,
To keep the land aboard,
To lay (a ship) aboard,
prep.
Nor iron bands aboard
The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bode. ] An omen; a portending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide. ]
And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]
Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]