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_Wyntown._
Lat. _habil-is_, Fr. _habile_, C. B. _abl_, Teut. _abel_, id.
ABIL, _adv._ Perhaps.
V. ~Able~.
ABYLL, _adj._ Liable, apt.
V. ~Abil~.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
ABITIS, _s. pl._ Obits, service for the dead.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Lat. _obit-us_, death; also, office for the dead.
ABLACH, _s._ A dwarf, an expression of contempt, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rrefs._
Gael. _abhach_, id.
ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, _adv._ Perhaps, peradventure, S. _Yeable-sea_, id.
_Montgomery._
A. S. _abal_, Isl. and Su. G. _afl_, strength, properly that of the body; _afl-as_, to be _able_.
ABLINS, _adv._
V. ~Able~.
ABOWYNE, ABONE, ABOW, _prep._ Above, S. Yorks. Westmorel.
_Barbour._
A. S. _abufan_, id. The radical term is evidently _ufan_, supra.
_To_ ABREDE, _v. a._ To publish, to spread abroad.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _abraed-an_, propalare.
_To_ ABREDE, _v. n._ To start, to fly to a side. Chauc. _abraide_, id.
_Henrysone._
ABREID, ABRADE, ABREAD, _adv._ Abroad, at large, S.
_Burel._
A. S. _abred-an_, extendere, or Isl. _a braut_, forth, in via.
ABSTINENCE, _s._ A truce, cessation of arms.
_Spotswood._
Fr. id. L. B. _abstinentia_.
AB-THANE, ABTHANE, _s._
V. ~Thane~.
ABULYEIT, ABULYEID, ABILYEIT, _part. pa._
1. Drest, apparelled.
_Douglas._
2. Equipped for the field of battle.
_Acts Ja. II._
Fr. _habill-er_, to clothe.
ABULIEMENT, _s._ Dress, habit; Fr. _habiliment_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
