is, in general, applied to whatever comes before its legitimate time, or to any design which miscarries.

ABORTIVE Corn, a distemper of corn mentioned by M. Tillet, and suspected to be occasioned by insects. It appears long before harvest, and may be known by a deformity of the stalk, the leaves, the ear, and even the grain.

ABORTIVE Vellum, is made of the skin of an abortive calf.