5. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. [Obs.] "An abusive treaty." Bacon.
Syn. — Reproachful; scurrilous; opprobrious; insolent; insulting; injurious; offensive; reviling.
ABUSIVELY
A*bu"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
ABUSIVENESS
A*bu"sive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence
to the person.
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness,
filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.
ABUT
A*but", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abutting.] Etym:
[OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) +
OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.]
Defn: To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; — with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
ABUTILON
A*bu"ti*lon, n. Etym: [Ar. aubutilun.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; — called also Indian mallow.