Abigail

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  abigail \ab"i*gail\, n. [The proper name used as an
     appellative.]
     A lady's waiting-maid. --Pepys.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of


           night curls for sleeping in.             --Leslie.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abigail
     father (i.e., "leader") of the dance, or "of joy." (1.) The
     sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr.
     2:16,17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25).
     
       (2.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district
     of Carmel (1 Sam. 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate
     management at a critical period of her husband's life. She was
     "a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance."
     After Nabal's death she became the wife of David (1 Sam.
     25:14-42), and was his companion in all his future fortunes (1
     Sam. 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam. 2:2). By her David had a son called
     Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3), elsewhere called Daniel (1 Chr. 3:1).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abigail, the father's joy