purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil..rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.Physical ill treatment; injury.A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as,..language; virulent condemnation; reviling.Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the..of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.A collection or digest of laws; a code.A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus)

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  1. 1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
  2. 2. Physical ill treatment; injury.
  3. 3. A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
  4. 4. Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
  5. 5. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
  6. 6. A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.
  7. 7. A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
  8. 8. The hollow of the external ear.
  9. 9. Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
  10. 10. The channel of a river.
  11. 11. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
  12. 12. A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
  13. 13. One who breeds gamecocks.
  14. 14. A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.
  15. 15. A collection or digest of laws; a code.
  16. 16. A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.
  17. 17. The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
  18. 18. Aware; wary.
  19. 19. An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.