Abortion. …

(a) Born prematurely or dead; (b) as noun: a child born prematurely or dead, a stillbirth; also fig.; (c) one who is born deformed, a monster. …

(a) A great number of things, a great quantity; plenty, a sufficiency; also, an excess; -- often with in or of; (b) aboundaunce of water, an overflow, a flood. …

(a) A higher place; from (fro) above, from heaven; also, from the sky; (b) the upper part of the body or of a bodily organ. …

(a) A reduction or lessening in amount; a shortening in space or time; (b) a condensed version, an epitome. …

Censure, upbraiding. …

?A disease of hawks. …

Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum). …

Broth. …

(a) Removal by cutting off or away; (b) removal (by means of a laxative); (c) loss (of the power of speech). …

A cutting instrument; prob. scissors. …

(a) The state of being away from a place, absence; in his absence, etc.; (b) in absence, absent; (c) the fact of being lacking or missing, lack, non-existence. …

(a) Not in a particular place, not present, absent; -- often with fro, from; (b) of things, qualities, etc.: absent, lacking, non-existent. …

A precious stone, reputed to hold heat for 7 days. …

Wormwood; fig. bitterness sorrow. …

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). …

(a) Forgiveness of sin as pronounced by a priest or by authority of the Church, remission; esp., the sacrament of penance; (b) a document granting remission of sins, an indulgence; (c) the act of……

One who is abstemious, one who practices self-denial. …

Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property. …

Surg. A cleansing medicine; a preparation, externally applied, which removes pus and other impurities from wounds or sores. …