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Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
of Abuse
Full of abuse; abusive.
One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].
of Abuse
Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
State of abutting.
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.