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a city in SW Iran, on the Shatt-al-Arab: oil refineries. Historical Examples Dirty your face and you might walk about Abadan without attracting notice. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Donald Maxwell Abadan is on an island and the pipe line crosses the water from the mainland. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Donald Maxwell On the eastern side […]
- Abaddon
. a place of destruction; the depths of hell. Historical Examples He is termed Abaddon, the angel of the bottomless pit—the prince of darkness. Ophiolatreia Anonymous After that, they settled down to planning the Battle of Abaddon. Space Viking Henry Beam Piper But we have this safeguard against such visits, that we never represented ourselves […]
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- Abaft
to the rear of; aft of: the fife rail abaft the mainmast. in the direction of the stern; astern; aft. Historical Examples The sounds seem as if they are coming from the right now abaft the beam, if anything. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. Percy F. Westerman The sound came from abaft his beam and his disquietude […]