(non-productive) From. / (non-productive) Away from; outside of.

(physics) A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb.

(historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼.

The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.

Alternative form of A1

(archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards. / (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind. / By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)

(obsolete) An abacus.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.