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Abuna :: Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church..

Mocha :: Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain..

Byssolite :: Byssolite (n.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk..

Grivet :: Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota..

Profound :: Profound (n.) An abyss.

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit..

Musa :: Musa (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain..

Byssi :: Byssi (pl. ) of Byssu.

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,.

Abyssal :: Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable..

Pit :: Pit (n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades..

Jaal Goat :: "Jaal goat () A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and jaela..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

Doom Palm :: Doom palm () A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia..

Abysmal :: Abysmal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound..

Amharic :: Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

Beard :: Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle..

Heteromyaria :: Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus..

Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

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