AB
Ab, n. Etym: [Of Syriac origin.]
Defn: The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.
ABACA
Ab"a*ca, n. Etym: [The native name.]
Defn: The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See
Manila hemp under Manila.
ABACINATE A*bac"i*nate, v.t. Etym: [LL. abacinatus, p.p. of abacinare; ab off + bacinus a basin.]
Defn: To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]
ABACINATION
A*bac`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act of abacinating. [R.]
ABACISCUS
Ab`a*cis"cus, n. Etym: [Gr.Abacus.] (Arch.)
Defn: One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.