To ABANDON … to forſake utterly, to caſt off; to give up ones ſelf wholly to any prevailing Paſſion or Vice.

In addition to this there are, within the borders of the United States, thousands of good locations for the apiarist — forest, prairie, swamp, and mountain regions — where agriculture has not yet gained a foothold, either because of remoteness from markets or the uninviting character of soil or climate.

Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it; upon whose authority, for many following lusters, it was much debased and quite out of request […].

They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.