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Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive
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Text Appearing After Image: obverse. Reverse. Abbey-counter, in the British Museum. al)be7-counter abbey-counter (al>o-kountor), n. [<.ahhci/l+ counter^.i A kind of mcilal, stainpotl withsacred embieins, tlio arms of an abbey, orother device, given to a piit^rim as a token ofhis having visited the shrine; a kind of pil-grims sign (which see, under ;i//;/W;h)- abbey-laird (al)e-lard), u. liahhci/^ (in rcf.to the al)bey of Holyrood) + hiird, |)roprietor. ]In Scothmd, a name humorously applied to aninsolvent debtor w^ho escaped his creditors bytaking refuge within the legal sanctuary for-merly constituted by the precincts of Holy-rood Abbey. abbey-land (abo-land), n. [< abbei/^ + land.lAn estate in laud annexed to an abbey. abbey-lubber (alie-luber), n. liahbcii^ +lubber.1 An old term of contempt for an able-bodied idler who grow sleek and fat upon thecharity of religious houses: also sometimesapplied to monks. This is no huge, overgrown ithhnj-lnhhfr, Drifdtu, Spixnish l-iiar, iii. 3. abbot (abot), H. [&
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