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Abb'e
(gcide) | Abb'e \Ab"b['e]`\ ([.a]b"b[asl]`), n. [F. abb['e]. See Abbot.]
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of
an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to
every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
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Note: After the 16th century, the name was given, in social
parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the
gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well
known in literary and fashionable life. By further
extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed
secular ecclesiastics generally. --Littr['e].
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flabbergast
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Abb'e
(gcide) | Abb'e \Ab"b['e]`\ ([.a]b"b[asl]`), n. [F. abb['e]. See Abbot.]
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of
an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to
every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
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Note: After the 16th century, the name was given, in social
parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the
gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well
known in literary and fashionable life. By further
extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed
secular ecclesiastics generally. --Littr['e].
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Abbess
(gcide) | Abbess \Ab"bess\ ([a^]b"b[e^]s), n. [OF. abaesse, abeesse, F.
abbesse, L. abbatissa, fem. of abbas, abbatis, abbot. See
Abbot.]
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of
nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the
abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
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Abbey
(gcide) | Abbey \Ab"bey\ ([a^]b"b[y^]), n.; pl. Abbeys (-b[i^]z). [OF.
aba["i]e, abba["i]e, F. abbaye, L. abbatia, fr. abbas abbot.
See Abbot.]
1. A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded
from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also,
the monastic building or buildings.
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Note: The men are called monks, and governed by an abbot; the
women are called nuns, and governed by an abbess.
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2. The church of a monastery.
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Note: In London, the Abbey means Westminster Abbey, and in
Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. The
name is also retained for a private residence on the
site of an abbey; as, Newstead Abbey, the residence of
Lord Byron.
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Syn: Monastery; convent; nunnery; priory; cloister. See
Cloister.
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Abbeys
(gcide) | Abbey \Ab"bey\ ([a^]b"b[y^]), n.; pl. Abbeys (-b[i^]z). [OF.
aba["i]e, abba["i]e, F. abbaye, L. abbatia, fr. abbas abbot.
See Abbot.]
1. A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded
from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also,
the monastic building or buildings.
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Note: The men are called monks, and governed by an abbot; the
women are called nuns, and governed by an abbess.
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2. The church of a monastery.
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Note: In London, the Abbey means Westminster Abbey, and in
Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. The
name is also retained for a private residence on the
site of an abbey; as, Newstead Abbey, the residence of
Lord Byron.
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Syn: Monastery; convent; nunnery; priory; cloister. See
Cloister.
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Beslabber
(gcide) | Beslabber \Be*slab"ber\, v. t.
To beslobber.
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Blabbed
(gcide) | Blab \Blab\ (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blabbed (bl[a^]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan.
blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of
imitative origin. Cf. also Blubber, v.]
To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner;
to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or
discretion; -- sometimes used with out. --Udall.
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And yonder a vile physician blabbing
The case of his patient. --Tennyson.
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Blabber
(gcide) | Blabber \Blab"ber\, n.
one who blabr; a tattler; a telltale.
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blabbermouth
(gcide) | blabbermouth \blabbermouth\ n.
someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn: blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale.
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blabbermouthed
(gcide) | blabbermouthed \blabbermouthed\ adj.
1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn: bigmouthed, blabby, talkative.
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2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn: leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal).
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Bonnyclabber
(gcide) | Bonnyclabber \Bon"ny*clab`ber\ (-kl[a^]b`b[~e]r), n. [Ir.
bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.]
Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; --
sometimes called simply clabber. --B. Jonson.
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clabber
(gcide) | Bonnyclabber \Bon"ny*clab`ber\ (-kl[a^]b`b[~e]r), n. [Ir.
bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.]
Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; --
sometimes called simply clabber. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Clabber \Clab"ber\, n. [See Bonnyclabber]
Milk curdled so as to become thick.
[1913 Webster]Clabber \Clab"ber\, v. i.
To become clabber; to lopper.
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Clabber
(gcide) | Bonnyclabber \Bon"ny*clab`ber\ (-kl[a^]b`b[~e]r), n. [Ir.
bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.]
Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; --
sometimes called simply clabber. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Clabber \Clab"ber\, n. [See Bonnyclabber]
Milk curdled so as to become thick.
[1913 Webster]Clabber \Clab"ber\, v. i.
To become clabber; to lopper.
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Crabbed
(gcide) | Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]
1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or
moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings,
disposition, or manners.
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Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak.
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2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; --
applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
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3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed
author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer.
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How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.
--Milton.
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4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. --
Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n.
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crabbed crabby cross fussy fussbudgety grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Crabbedly
(gcide) | Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]
1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or
moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings,
disposition, or manners.
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Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak.
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2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; --
applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
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3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed
author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer.
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How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.
--Milton.
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4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. --
Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n.
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Crabbedness
(gcide) | Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]
1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or
moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings,
disposition, or manners.
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Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak.
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2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; --
applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
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3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed
author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer.
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How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.
--Milton.
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4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. --
Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n.
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Crabber
(gcide) | Crabber \Crab"ber\ (kr?b"b?r), n.
One who catches crabs.
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Dabbed
(gcide) | Dab \Dab\ (d[a^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dabbed (d[a^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dabbing.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD.
dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G.
tappen to grope.]
1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist
substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
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A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing
it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp.
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2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or
thrust. "To dab him in the neck." --Sir T. More.
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Dabber
(gcide) | Dabber \Dab"ber\ (d[a^]b"b[~e]r), n.
That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used
by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved
plates with ink.
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Drabbed
(gcide) | Drab \Drab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drabbing.]
To associate with strumpets; to wench. --Beau. & Fl.
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Drabber
(gcide) | Drabber \Drab"ber\, n.
One who associates with drabs; a wencher. --Massinger.
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Drabbet
(gcide) | Drabbet \Drab"bet\, n.
A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
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Flabbergast
(gcide) | Flabbergast \Flab"ber*gast\ (fl[a^]b"b[~e]r*g[a^]st), v. t. [Cf.
Flap, and Aghast.]
To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary
statements. [Jocular] --Beaconsfield.
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Flabbergastation
(gcide) | Flabbergastation \Flab`ber*gas*ta"tion\
(fl[a^]b`b[~e]r*g[a^]s*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] --London Punch.
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Gabber
(gcide) | Gabber \Gab"ber\, n.
1. A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.]
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2. One addicted to idle talk.
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Grabbed
(gcide) | Grab \Grab\ (gr[a^]b), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbed
(gr[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.] [Akin to Sw. grabba
to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.]
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
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Grabber
(gcide) | Grabber \Grab"ber\, n.
One who seizes or grabs.
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Jabber
(gcide) | Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. t.
To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber
French. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Jabber \Jab"ber\, n.
Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance;
gibberish. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter
gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. --Swift.
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Jabbered
(gcide) | Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter
gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. --Swift.
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Jabberer
(gcide) | Jabberer \Jab"ber*er\, n.
One who jabbers.
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Jabbering
(gcide) | Jabber \Jab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Jabbering.] [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter
gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. --Swift.
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Jabberingly
(gcide) | Jabberingly \Jab"ber*ing*ly\, adv.
In a jabbering manner.
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Jabberment
(gcide) | Jabberment \Jab"ber*ment\, n.
Jabber. [R.] --Milton.
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Jabbernowl
(gcide) | Jabbernowl \Jab"ber*nowl`\, n.
Same as Jobbernowl.
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Knabbed
(gcide) | Knab \Knab\ (n[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knabbed (n[a^]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Knabbing.] [See Nab, v. t., and cf.
Knap, v. t.]
1. To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. "Knabbing crusts."
[Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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2. To nab. See Nab, v. t. [Colloq.]
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Nabbed
(gcide) | Nab \Nab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nabbed (n[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Nabbing.] [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]
1. To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.]
--Smollett.
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2. To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit
wtrying to hide in the basement.
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Rabbet
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\ (r[a^]b"b[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbeting.] [F. raboter to
plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter,
aboter. See Abut, and cf. Rebut.]
1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
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2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
[1913 Webster]Rabbet \Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
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1. (Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out
of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended
to receive another member, so as to break or cover the
joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus,
the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a
door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
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2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
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Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together
rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.
Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.
--Moxon.
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rabbet
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\ (r[a^]b"b[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbeting.] [F. raboter to
plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter,
aboter. See Abut, and cf. Rebut.]
1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
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2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
[1913 Webster]Rabbet \Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
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1. (Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out
of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended
to receive another member, so as to break or cover the
joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus,
the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a
door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
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2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
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Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together
rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.
Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.
--Moxon.
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Rabbet joint
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
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1. (Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out
of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended
to receive another member, so as to break or cover the
joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus,
the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a
door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
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2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
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Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together
rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.
Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.
--Moxon.
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Rabbet plane
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
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1. (Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out
of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended
to receive another member, so as to break or cover the
joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus,
the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a
door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
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2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
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Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together
rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.
Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.
--Moxon.
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Rabbeted
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\ (r[a^]b"b[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbeting.] [F. raboter to
plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter,
aboter. See Abut, and cf. Rebut.]
1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
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2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
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Rabbeting
(gcide) | Rabbet \Rab"bet\ (r[a^]b"b[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbeting.] [F. raboter to
plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter,
aboter. See Abut, and cf. Rebut.]
1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
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2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
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Scabbed
(gcide) | Scabbed \Scab"bed\ (? or ?), a.
1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
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2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Scab \Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scabbing.]
1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
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2. to take the place of a striking worker.
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Scabbedness
(gcide) | Scabbedness \Scab"bed*ness\, n.
Scabbiness.
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Scrabbed eggs
(gcide) | Scrabbed eggs \Scrab"bed eggs`\ [CF. Scramble.]
A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and
seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. --Halliwell.
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Shabbed
(gcide) | Shab \Shab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shabbing.] [See Scab, 3.]
To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Shabby. [Obs.] --Wood.
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Slabber
(gcide) | Slabber \Slab"ber\, n.
Spittle; saliva; slaver.
[1913 Webster]Slabber \Slab"ber\, n. [See 1st Slab.] (Mach.)
(a) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
(b) A slabbing machine.
[1913 Webster]Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
slaver, and slobber.]
[1913 Webster]Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. t.
1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
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He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his
great tongue. --Arbuthnot.
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2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as
liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.
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The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost
That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.
--Tusser.
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Slabbered
(gcide) | Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
slaver, and slobber.]
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Slabberer
(gcide) | Slabberer \Slab"ber*er\, n.
One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
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Slabbering
(gcide) | Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
Icel. slafra. Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also
slaver, and slobber.]
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Slabbery
(gcide) | Slabbery \Slab"ber*y\, a.
Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
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Stabbed
(gcide) | Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (st[a^]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten,
fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff,
stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a
stub. Cf. Staff.]
1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a
dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
person.
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2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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Stabber
(gcide) | Stabber \Stab"ber\ (st[a^]b"b[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
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2. (Naut.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
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Swabbed
(gcide) | Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swabbing.] [See Swabber, n.]
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after
washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]
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Swabber
(gcide) | Swabber \Swab"ber\, v. t.
To swab. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Swabber \Swab"ber\, n. [D. zwabber; cf.D. zwabberen to swab, G.
schwabbern, Dan. svabre, Sw. svab a swab, svabla to swab.]
1. One who swabs a floor or desk. --Shak.
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2. (Naut.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British
ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship
was kept clean.
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3. Same as Swobber, 2.
[1913 Webster]Swobber \Swob"ber\, n.
1. See Swabber.
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2. pl. Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the
game of whist. [Written also swabber.] --Swift.
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swabber
(gcide) | Swabber \Swab"ber\, v. t.
To swab. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Swabber \Swab"ber\, n. [D. zwabber; cf.D. zwabberen to swab, G.
schwabbern, Dan. svabre, Sw. svab a swab, svabla to swab.]
1. One who swabs a floor or desk. --Shak.
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2. (Naut.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British
ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship
was kept clean.
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3. Same as Swobber, 2.
[1913 Webster]Swobber \Swob"ber\, n.
1. See Swabber.
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2. pl. Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the
game of whist. [Written also swabber.] --Swift.
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tabberer
(gcide) | Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); --
called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie,
barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and {pump
borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
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ABBEY
(bouvier) | ABBEY, abbatia, is a society of religious persons, having an abbot or abbess
to preside over them. Formerly some of the most considerable abbots and
priors in England had seats and votes in the house of lords. The prior of
St. John's of Jerusalem, was styled the first baron of England, in respect
to the lay barons, but he was the last of the spiritual barons.
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