abectness.html - adv.
1 on a line at right angles to a ship's or an aircraft's length.
2 (foll. by of) opposite the middle of (a ship etc.). [A(2) + BEAM]

abectness.html - adv.
archaic in bed. [OE (as A(2), BED)]

abectness.html - n.
the white poplar, Populus alba. [Du. abeel f. OF abel, aubel ult. f. L albus white]

abectness.html - n.
1 an animal of a Scottish breed of hornless black beef cattle.
2 this breed. [Aberdeen in Scotland, Angus Scottish county]

abectness.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

of Aberdeen.

--n.

a native or citizen of Aberdeen. [med.L Aberdonia]

abectness.html - adj.
1 esp. Biol. diverging from the normal type.
2 departing from an accepted standard.

aberrance n. aberrancy n. [L aberrare aberrant- (as AB-, errare stray)]