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AbbreviateAbbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abbreviated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Abbreviate
Abbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] ``The abbreviate
form.' --Earle.
2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
than the ordinary type.
Abbreviate
Abbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
AbbreviatedAbbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abbreviated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Abbreviated
Abbreviated Ab*bre"vi*a`ted, a.
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
AbbreviatingAbbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abbreviated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Abbreviatory
Abbreviatory Ab*bre"vi*a*to*ry, a.
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
Abbreviature
Abbreviature Ab*bre"vi*a*ture, n.
1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.]
2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty
of a Christian. --Jer. Taylor.
AbreactionAbreaction Ab`re*ac"tion, n. [Pref. ab- + reaction, after G.
Abreagirung.] (Psychotherapy)
See Catharsis, below. AbreggeAbregge A*breg"ge, v. t.
See Abridge. [Obs.] AbrenounceAbrenounce Ab`re*nounce", v. t. [L. abrenuntiare; ab +
renuntiare. See Renounce.]
To renounce. [Obs.] ``They abrenounce and cast them off.'
--Latimer. AbrenunciationAbrenunciation Ab`re*nun`ci*a"tion, n. [LL. abrenuntiatio. See
Abrenounce.]
Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.]
An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had
professed, and still believed. --Fuller. Abreption
Abreption Ab*rep"tion, n. [L. abreptus, p. p. of abripere to
snatch away; ab + rapere to snatch.]
A snatching away. [Obs.]
Abreuvoir
Abreuvoir A`breu`voir", n. [F., a watering place.] (Masonry)
The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with
mortar. --Gwilt.
Alhambresque
Alhambraic Al`ham*bra"ic, Alhambresque Al`ham*bresque" (?;
277), a.
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the
ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually
fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
Alla breve
Alla breve Al`la bre"ve [It., according to the breve.] (Old
Church Music)
With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster
like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in
the time signature by ?.
Ambreate
Ambreate Am"bre*ate, n. (Chem.)
A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base
or positive radical.
Ambreic
Ambreic Am*bre"ic, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid
produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
B brevicauda Duck mole. See under Duck.
Golden mole. See Chrysochlore.
Mole cricket (Zo["o]l.), an orthopterous insect of the
genus Gryllotalpa, which excavates subterranean
galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those
of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots
of plants. The common European species (Gryllotalpa
vulgaris), and the American (G. borealis), are the best
known.
Mole rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and
several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and
habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary.
Mole shrew (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp.
B. brevicauda.
Water mole, the duck mole. Barbre
Barbre Bar"bre (b[aum]r"b[~e]r), a.
Barbarian. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Barilla de cobreBarilla Ba*ril"la (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.)
(a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
and for bleaching purposes.
(b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
plant, or kelp. --Ure.
Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
Barilla de cobre. Barleybreak
Barleybrake Bar"ley*brake` Barleybreak
Bar"ley*break`(b[aum]r"l[y^]*br[=a]k`), n.
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of
barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to
catch others who run from a goal.
Barley-breeBarley-bree Bar"ley-bree` (-br[=e]`), n. [Lit. barley broth.
See Brew.]
Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.]
--Burns. Beebread
Beebread Bee"bread`, n.
A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of
honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers,
which is collected by bees as food for their young.
belly sweetbreadSweetbread Sweet"bread`, n.
1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being
called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly
sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the
calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and
Thymus.
2. (Anat.) The pancreas. Bluebreast
Bluebreast Blue"breast`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.
bogue breamBogue Bogue, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See Boce. Bone brecciaBreccia Brec"cia, n. [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone,
fr. F. br[`e]che; of German origin. See Breach.] (Geol.)
A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same
mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement,
and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually
fragmentary.
Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins. bonebreakerLammergeir Lam"mer*geir, Lammergeier Lam"mer*gei`er, n. [G.
l["a]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l["a]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A very large vulture (Gypa["e]tus barbatus), which inhabits
the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.
When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It
is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty
yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head
and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on
small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying
tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping
them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore
called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be
the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture
and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]
