abée, n.f., mill-dam.
*abeille, n.f., bee. — bourdon; bumble-bee. — domestique; hive bee. — mère; queen bee. — ouvrière; working bee. Ruche d’—s; bee-hive. Eleveur d’—; bee-master. Essaim d’—s; swarm of bees.
abeillé, -e, adj. & part., covered, ornamented with bees.
abéquer. V. abecquer.
aberration, n.f., aberration; (sciences) alienation. — de réfrangibilité; Newtonian aberration. Cercle d’—; crown of aberration.
abêtir, v.a., to stupefy; to stultify. V. hébéter.
abêter, v.n., s’abêtir, v.r., to grow stupid.
ab hoc et ab hac, adv., at random; confusedly.
abhorrer, v.a., to abhor, detest, loathe.