Sentence:  Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word "fleas", so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of "addresser" and <WSD>"abhorrer</WSD>"... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A nickname given in the early 17th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. (Early 17th century.)<ref name=SOED/>