The need of some central building, against which these additions may abut, will be felt.
"The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church"
A. Hamilton Thompson
The living and perfect parts terminate abruptly, and abut on the submerged portions, in the same manner as on the sides of an ordinary passage through the reef.
"Coral-Reefs"
Darwin, Charles
The Rue Berthier is a long, narrow, ill-paved and ill-lighted street, composed of low and irregular houses, which abut on the line of fortifications at the back, and are therefore absolutely inaccessible save from the front.
"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel"
Baroness Orczy