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   A B  A, the name of everal s in different parts of the world, viz. 1. of one in Solagne, in ; 2. of one in ; 3. of three in ; 4. of five in the ; 5. of five in ; 6. of one in.           <section end="Aam" /> <section begin="Aama" /> <section end="Aama" /> <section begin="Aar" /> <section end="Aar" /> <section begin="Aarseo" /> <section end="Aarseo" /> <section begin="Aatter" /> <section end="Aatter" /> <section begin="Ab1" /> <section end="Ab1" /> <section begin="Ab2" /> <section end="Ab2" /> <section begin="NONESUCH" />A B A <section end="NONESUCH" /> <section begin="Abacatuaia" /> <section end="Abacatuaia" /> <section begin="Abacay" /> <section end="Abacay" /> <section begin="Abach" /> <section end="Abach" /> <section begin="Abaciscus" /> <section end="Abaciscus" /> <section begin="Abaco" /> <section end="Abaco" /> <section begin="Abacoa" />ABACOA, the name of one of the Bahama. See. <section end="Abacoa" /> <section begin="Abacot" /> <section end="Abacot" /> <section begin="Abactores" /> <section end="Abactores" /> <section begin="Abactus" /> <section end="Abactus" /> <section begin="Abacus(Table)" />ABACUS, a table trewed over with dut or and, upon which the ancient drew their figures. It alo ignified a cupboard, or buffet. <section end="Abacus(Table)" /> <section begin="Abacus" />ABACUS, in, ignifies the uperior part or member of the capital of a , and erves as a kind of crowning to both. It was originally intended to repreent a quare tile covering a baket. The form of the abacus is not the ame in all orders: in the Tucan, Doric, and Ionic, it is generally quare; but in the Corinthian and Compoite, its four ides are arched inwards, and embellihed in the middle with<section end="Abacus" /> Rh