abowght, abowtyne

& adv. [ABOUT.] About. " Abowght the body."-Torrent of Portugal , p. 9. "And made fyere abowtyne ."-MS. Ashmole, 61, 1. 5. ( Hall i well .) Abp. A contraction for ARCHBISHOP. Ab-ra-ca-dăb-ra, or Ar-as-a-dăb-ra, the Ar-a-ca-lăn of the Jews. 1. A Syrian deity. 2. A magical collocation of letters placed as in the figure below: ABRACADABRA ABRACADABR ABRACADAB ABRACADA ABRACAD ABRACA ABRAC aBRA