1) a 1,a registry mark given by underwriters (as at lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. inferior grades are indicated by a 2 and a 3.

2) a cappella,"in church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.-a time indication, equivalent to alla breve."

3) aard-vark,"an edentate mammal, of the genus orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of southern africa. it burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue."

4) abaction,stealing cattle on a large scale.

5) abactor,one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

6) abandum,anything forfeited or confiscated.

7) abattoir,"a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc."

8) abdest,purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a mohammedan rite.

9) abdicable,capable of being abdicated.

10) abdicant,abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.-one who abdicates.

11) abdicate,"to surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.-to renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.-to reject; to cast off.-to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.-to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity."

12) abdicated,of abdicate

13) abdicating,of abdicate

14) abdication,"the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority."

15) abdicative,"causing, or implying, abdication."