abstract (3 and 4 are peculiar to S.)
1.
epitome (of
something greater), compendium (of many qualities)
John II. i. 101,
Ant. I. iv. 9
“the abstract of all
faults.”
2.
summary account R3 IV. iv. 28,
Ham. II. ii. 555
“abstracts and brief
chronicles of the time.”
3.
summary proceeding
All'sW. IV. iii. 100
“an abstract of
success,”
Ant. III. vi. 61 (“obstruct”†).
4.
short catalogue or
inventory Wiv. IV. ii. 65.
