A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
n.
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
n.
The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
v. t.
To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
n.
The act of abacinating.
n.
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
n.
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
adv.
Toward the back or rear; backward.
adv.
Behind; in the rear.
adv.
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
a.
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.
n.
Stealing cattle on a large scale.
n.
One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
n.
A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.
n.
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
n.
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.