1  "B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.""epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B."
   2  
   3  Ba (v. i.) To kiss.
   4  
   5  "Baa (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep."
   6  
   7  Baas (pl. ) of Baa
   8  
   9  Baa (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
  10  
  11  Baaing (n.) The bleating of a sheep.
  12  
  13  Baalim (pl. ) of Baal
  14  
  15  Baal (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
  16  
  17  Baal (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.
  18  
  19  Baalism (n.) Worship of Baal; idolatry.
  20  
  21  Baalist (n.) Alt. of Baalite
  22  
  23  Baalite (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
  24  
  25  Baba (n.) A kind of plum cake.
  26  
  27  Babbitt (v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
  28  
  29  "Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction."
  30  
  31  Babbled (imp. & p. p.) of Babble
  32  
  33  Babbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Babble
  34  
  35  Babble (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
  36  
  37  Babble (v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  38  
  39  Babble (v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  40  
  41  "Babble (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones."
  42  
  43  "Babble (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding."
  44  
  45  "Babble (v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret."
  46  
  47  Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
  48  
  49  Babble (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  50  
  51  Babblement (n.) Babble.
  52  
  53  Babbler (n.) An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
  54  
  55  Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
  56  
  57  "Babbler (n.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note."
  58  
  59  Babblery (n.) Babble.
  60  
  61  Babe (n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
  62  
  63  Babe (n.) A doll for children.
  64  
  65  Babehood (n.) Babyhood.
  66  
  67  "Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place."
  68  
  69  "Babel (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages."
  70  
  71  Babery (n.) Finery of a kind to please a child.
  72  
  73  Babian (n.) Alt. of Babion
  74  
  75  Babion (n.) A baboon.
  76  
  77  Babillard (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.
  78  
  79  "Babingtonite (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime."
  80  
  81  Babiroussa (n.) Alt. of Babirussa
  82  
  83  "Babirussa (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved."
  84  
  85  Babish (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
  86  
  87  "Babism (n.) The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements."
  88  
  89  Babist (n.) A believer in Babism.
  90  
  91  "Bablah (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab."
  92  
  93  Baboo (n.) Alt. of Babu
  94  
  95  "Babu (n.) A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire."
  96  
  97  "Baboon (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape."
  98  
  99  Baboonery (n.) Baboonish behavior.
 100  
 101  Baboonish (a.) Like a baboon.
 102  
 103  Babies (pl. ) of Baby
 104  
 105  Baby (n.) An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
 106  
 107  Baby (n.) A small image of an infant; a doll.
 108  
 109  "Baby (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans."
 110  
 111  Babied (imp. & p. p.) of Baby
 112  
 113  Babying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baby
 114  
 115  Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
 116  
 117  Baby farm () A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.
 118  
 119  Baby farmer () One who keeps a baby farm.
 120  
 121  Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.
 122  
 123  Babyhood (n.) The state or period of infancy.
 124  
 125  Babyhouse (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
 126  
 127  Babyish (a.) Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
 128  
 129  Babyism (n.) The state of being a baby.
 130  
 131  Babyism (n.) A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
 132  
 133  "Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor."
 134  
 135  "Babylonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean."
 136  
 137  Babylonian (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
 138  
 139  Babylonian (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
 140  
 141  Babylonic (a.) Alt. of Babylonical
 142  
 143  "Babylonical (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings."
 144  
 145  Babylonical (a.) Tumultuous; disorderly.
 146  
 147  "Babylonish (n.) Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia."
 148  
 149  Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
 150  
 151  Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
 152  
 153  Babylonish (n.) Confused; Babel-like.
 154  
 155  Babyroussa (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa
 156  
 157  Babyrussa (n.) See Babyroussa.
 158  
 159  Babyship (n.) The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
 160  
 161  "Bac (n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope."
 162  
 163  Bac (n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
 164  
 165  "Baccalaureate (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges."
 166  
 167  Baccalaureate (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
 168  
 169  Baccalaureate (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
 170  
 171  Baccara (n.) Alt. of Baccarat
 172  
 173  "Baccarat (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters."
 174  
 175  Baccare (interj.) Alt. of Backare
 176  
 177  "Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess."
 178  
 179  "Baccate (a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits."
 180  
 181  Baccated (a.) Having many berries.
 182  
 183  Baccated (a.) Set or adorned with pearls.
 184  
 185  Bacchanal (a.) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
 186  
 187  Bacchanal (a.) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
 188  
 189  Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
 190  
 191  Bacchanal (n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
 192  
 193  Bacchanal (n.) Drunken revelry; an orgy.
 194  
 195  Bacchanal (n.) A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
 196  
 197  Bacchanalia (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
 198  
 199  Bacchanalia (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.
 200  
 201  Bacchanalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
 202  
 203  Bacchanalian (n.) A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
 204  
 205  Bacchanalianism (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
 206  
 207  Bacchants (pl. ) of Bacchant
 208  
 209  Bacchantes (pl. ) of Bacchant
 210  
 211  Bacchant (n.) A priest of Bacchus.
 212  
 213  Bacchant (n.) A bacchanal; a reveler.
 214  
 215  Bacchant (a.) Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
 216  
 217  Bacchantes (pl. ) of Bacchante
 218  
 219  Bacchante (n.) A priestess of Bacchus.
 220  
 221  Bacchante (n.) A female bacchanal.
 222  
 223  Bacchantic (a.) Bacchanalian.
 224  
 225  Bacchic (a.) Alt. of Bacchical
 226  
 227  "Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication."
 228  
 229  Bacchii (pl. ) of Bacchius
 230  
 231  "Bacchius (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short."
 232  
 233  "Bacchus (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele."
 234  
 235  Bacciferous (a.) Producing berries.
 236  
 237  Bacciform (a.) Having the form of a berry.
 238  
 239  "Baccivorous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds."
 240  
 241  "Bace (n., a., & v.) See Base."
 242  
 243  Bacharach (n.) Alt. of Backarack
 244  
 245  Backarack (n.) A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.
 246  
 247  Bachelor (n.) A man of any age who has not been married.
 248  
 249  Bachelor (n.) An unmarried woman.
 250  
 251  "Bachelor (n.) A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts."
 252  
 253  "Bachelor (n.) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight."
 254  
 255  "Bachelor (n.) In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member."
 256  
 257  "Bachelor (n.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States."
 258  
 259  Bachelordom (n.) The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.
 260  
 261  Bachelorhood (n.) The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.
 262  
 263  "Bachelorism (n.) Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors."
 264  
 265  "Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena)."
 266  
 267  Bachelorship (n.) The state of being a bachelor.
 268  
 269  Bachelry (n.) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
 270  
 271  Bacillar (a.) Shaped like a rod or staff.
 272  
 273  Bacillariae (n. pl.) See Diatom.
 274  
 275  Bacillary (a.) Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.
 276  
 277  Bacilliform (a.) Rod-shaped.
 278  
 279  Bacilli (pl. ) of Bacillus
 280  
 281  "Bacillus (n.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism."
 282  
 283  "Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc."
 284  
 285  "Back (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1."
 286  
 287  "Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster."
 288  
 289  "Back (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge."
 290  
 291  "Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail."
 292  
 293  "Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney."
 294  
 295  "Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village."
 296  
 297  "Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw."
 298  
 299  Back (n.) A support or resource in reserve.
 300  
 301  Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
 302  
 303  "Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage."
 304  
 305  "Back (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing."
 306  
 307  "Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements."
 308  
 309  "Back (a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent."
 310  
 311  "Back (a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action."
 312  
 313  Backed (imp. & p. p.) of Back
 314  
 315  Backing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Back
 316  
 317  Back (v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.
 318  
 319  Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.
 320  
 321  "Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen."
 322  
 323  "Back (v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books."
 324  
 325  Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
 326  
 327  "Back (v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document."
 328  
 329  "Back (v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend."
 330  
 331  "Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse."
 332  
 333  "Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back."
 334  
 335  Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
 336  
 337  Back (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
 338  
 339  "Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back."
 340  
 341  "Back (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it."
 342  
 343  "Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism."
 344  
 345  Back (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.
 346  
 347  Back (adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.
 348  
 349  "Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another."
 350  
 351  Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
 352  
 353  "Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital."
 354  
 355  "Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words."
 356  
 357  "Back (adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent."
 358  
 359  Backarack (n.) See Bacharach.
 360  
 361  Backare (interj.) Same as Baccare.
 362  
 363  Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
 364  
 365  Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
 366  
 367  Backbite (v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.
 368  
 369  Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
 370  
 371  Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.
 372  
 373  Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
 374  
 375  "Backboard (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon."
 376  
 377  "Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc."
 378  
 379  Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
 380  
 381  Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
 382  
 383  "Backbond (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust."
 384  
 385  Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
 386  
 387  "Backbone (n.) Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone."
 388  
 389  Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
 390  
 391  Backboned (a.) Vertebrate.
 392  
 393  "Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse."
 394  
 395  "Back door () A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way."
 396  
 397  "Backdoor (a.) Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues."
 398  
 399  Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
 400  
 401  "Backed (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed."
 402  
 403  "Backer (n.) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest."
 404  
 405  Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
 406  
 407  Backfriend (n.) A secret enemy.
 408  
 409  "Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a ""board"" marked off into twenty-four spaces called ""points"". Each player has fifteen pieces, or ""men"", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables."
 410  
 411  "Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first ""table""."
 412  
 413  "Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front."
 414  
 415  Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
 416  
 417  "Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings."
 418  
 419  "Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight."
 420  
 421  Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
 422  
 423  Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
 424  
 425  Backhand (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
 426  
 427  "Backhanded (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow."
 428  
 429  "Backhanded (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment."
 430  
 431  "Backhanded (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters."
 432  
 433  Backhandedness (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
 434  
 435  Backhander (n.) A backhanded blow.
 436  
 437  Backhouse (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
 438  
 439  "Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward."
 440  
 441  "Backing (n.) That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability."
 442  
 443  Backing (n.) Support or aid given to a person or cause.
 444  
 445  "Backing (n.) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover."
 446  
 447  Backjoint (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
 448  
 449  "Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion."
 450  
 451  Backless (a.) Without a back.
 452  
 453  "Backlog (n.) A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth."
 454  
 455  Backpiece (n.) Alt. of Backplate
 456  
 457  "Backplate (n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back."
 458  
 459  Backrack (n.) Alt. of Backrag
 460  
 461  Backrag (n.) See Bacharach.
 462  
 463  "Backs (n. pl.) Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides."
 464  
 465  Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
 466  
 467  Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
 468  
 469  "Backset (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water."
 470  
 471  "Backset (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring."
 472  
 473  Backsettler (n.) One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
 474  
 475  Backsheesh (n.) Alt. of Backshish
 476  
 477  "Backshish (n.) In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a ""tip""."
 478  
 479  "Backside (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal."
 480  
 481  "Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3."
 482  
 483  Backslid (imp.) of Backslide
 484  
 485  Backslidden (p. p.) of Backslide
 486  
 487  Backslid () of Backslide
 488  
 489  Backsliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Backslide
 490  
 491  Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
 492  
 493  Backslider (n.) One who backslides.
 494  
 495  Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
 496  
 497  Backsliding (n.) The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
 498  
 499  "Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed."
 500  
 501  "Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way."
 502  
 503  Backstairs (a.) Alt. of Backstair
 504  
 505  Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
 506  
 507  "Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast."
 508  
 509  Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
 510  
 511  Backster (n.) A backer.
 512  
 513  "Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end."
 514  
 515  "Backstitch (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam."
 516  
 517  Backstress (n.) A female baker.
 518  
 519  Backsword (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
 520  
 521  "Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick."
 522  
 523  Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
 524  
 525  "Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward."
 526  
 527  "Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward."
 528  
 529  "Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward."
 530  
 531  "Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago."
 532  
 533  Backwards (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
 534  
 535  "Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin."
 536  
 537  "Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards."
 538  
 539  "Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances."
 540  
 541  Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
 542  
 543  "Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child."
 544  
 545  "Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season."
 546  
 547  "Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state."
 548  
 549  Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
 550  
 551  Backward (n.) The state behind or past.
 552  
 553  Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
 554  
 555  "Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango."
 556  
 557  Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
 558  
 559  Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.
 560  
 561  Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.
 562  
 563  Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
 564  
 565  "Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar."
 566  
 567  "Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction."
 568  
 569  "Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer."
 570  
 571  Backwoods (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
 572  
 573  Backwoodsmen (pl. ) of Backwoodsman
 574  
 575  "Backwoodsman (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States."
 576  
 577  Backworm (n.) A disease of hawks. See Filanders.
 578  
 579  "Bacon (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh."
 580  
 581  "Baconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy."
 582  
 583  Bacteria (n.p.) See Bacterium.
 584  
 585  Bacterial (a.) Of or pertaining to bacteria.
 586  
 587  Bactericidal (a.) Destructive of bacteria.
 588  
 589  Bactericide (n.) Same as Germicide.
 590  
 591  "Bacteriological (a.) Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies."
 592  
 593  Bacteriologist (n.) One skilled in bacteriology.
 594  
 595  Bacteriology (n.) The science relating to bacteria.
 596  
 597  "Bacterioscopic (a.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination."
 598  
 599  Bacterioscopist (n.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.
 600  
 601  "Bacterioscopy (n.) The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water."
 602  
 603  Bacteria (pl. ) of Bacterium
 604  
 605  "Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus."
 606  
 607  Bacteroid (a.) Alt. of Bacteroidal
 608  
 609  "Bacteroidal (a.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles."
 610  
 611  Bactrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.
 612  
 613  Bactrian (n.) A native of Bactria.
 614  
 615  Bacule (n.) See Bascule.
 616  
 617  Baculine (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
 618  
 619  "Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite."
 620  
 621  Baculometry (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.
 622  
 623  Bad (imp.) Bade.
 624  
 625  "Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news."
 626  
 627  "Badder () compar. of Bad, a."
 628  
 629  "Badderlocks (n.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware."
 630  
 631  Baddish (a.) Somewhat bad; inferior.
 632  
 633  Bade () A form of the pat tense of Bid.
 634  
 635  "Badge (n.) A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman."
 636  
 637  Badge (n.) Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
 638  
 639  "Badge (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one."
 640  
 641  Badge (v. t.) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
 642  
 643  Badgeless (a.) Having no badge.
 644  
 645  Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
 646  
 647  "Badger (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu."
 648  
 649  "Badger (n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists."
 650  
 651  Badgered (imp. & p. p.) of Badger
 652  
 653  Badgering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Badger
 654  
 655  "Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently."
 656  
 657  Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
 658  
 659  Badgerer (n.) One who badgers.
 660  
 661  Badgerer (n.) A kind of dog used in badger baiting.
 662  
 663  Badgering (n.) The act of one who badgers.
 664  
 665  Badgering (n.) The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.
 666  
 667  "Badger-legged (a.) Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have."
 668  
 669  "Badiaga (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises."
 670  
 671  "Badian (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise."
 672  
 673  "Badigeon (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface."
 674  
 675  Badinage (n.) Playful raillery; banter.
 676  
 677  "Bad lands () Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by ca�ons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands)."
 678  
 679  Badly (adv.) In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
 680  
 681  "Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks."
 682  
 683  "Badminton (n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened."
 684  
 685  Badness (n.) The state of being bad.
 686  
 687  Baenomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods.
 688  
 689  Baenopod (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.
 690  
 691  Baenosome (n.) The thorax of Arthropods.
 692  
 693  Baff (n.) A blow; a stroke.
 694  
 695  Baffled (imp. & p. p.) of Baffle
 696  
 697  Baffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baffle
 698  
 699  "Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight."
 700  
 701  Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
 702  
 703  "Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart."
 704  
 705  Baffle (v. i.) To practice deceit.
 706  
 707  "Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds."
 708  
 709  "Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture."
 710  
 711  "Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check."
 712  
 713  "Baffler (n.) One who, or that which, baffles."
 714  
 715  "Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks."
 716  
 717  Baft (n.) Same as Bafta.
 718  
 719  "Bafta (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export."
 720  
 721  "Bag (n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money."
 722  
 723  "Bag (n.) A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow."
 724  
 725  "Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament."
 726  
 727  Bag (n.) The quantity of game bagged.
 728  
 729  "Bag (n.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee."
 730  
 731  Bagged (imp. & p. p.) of Bag
 732  
 733  Bagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bag
 734  
 735  "Bag (v. t.) To put into a bag; as, to bag hops."
 736  
 737  "Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game."
 738  
 739  Bag (v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
 740  
 741  "Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter."
 742  
 743  Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
 744  
 745  Bag (v. i.) To become pregnant.
 746  
 747  "Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar."
 748  
 749  Bagatelle (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
 750  
 751  "Bagatelle (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player."
 752  
 753  "Baggage (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army."
 754  
 755  "Baggage (n.) The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage."
 756  
 757  Baggage (n.) Purulent matter.
 758  
 759  Baggage (n.) Trashy talk.
 760  
 761  Baggage (n.) A man of bad character.
 762  
 763  Baggage (n.) A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
 764  
 765  "Baggage (n.) A romping, saucy girl."
 766  
 767  Baggage master () One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
 768  
 769  Baggager (n.) One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
 770  
 771  "Baggala (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean."
 772  
 773  "Baggily (adv.) In a loose, baggy way."
 774  
 775  Bagging (n.) Cloth or other material for bags.
 776  
 777  "Bagging (n.) The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag."
 778  
 779  Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
 780  
 781  "Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke."
 782  
 783  "Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks."
 784  
 785  Bagmen (pl. ) of Bagman
 786  
 787  Bagman (n.) A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.
 788  
 789  Bag net () A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
 790  
 791  "Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves."
 792  
 793  Bagnio (n.) A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
 794  
 795  "Bagpipe (n.) A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland."
 796  
 797  Bagpipe (v. t.) To make to look like a bagpipe.
 798  
 799  Bagpiper (n.) One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
 800  
 801  "Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails."
 802  
 803  Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
 804  
 805  Baguet (n.) Alt. of Baguette
 806  
 807  "Baguette (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead."
 808  
 809  Baguette (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
 810  
 811  "Bagwig (n.) A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag."
 812  
 813  "Bagworm (n.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm."
 814  
 815  Bah (interj.) An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.
 816  
 817  "Bahar (n.) A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds."
 818  
 819  Baigne (v. i.) To soak or drench.
 820  
 821  Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
 822  
 823  Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bail
 824  
 825  Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bail
 826  
 827  "Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat."
 828  
 829  "Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat."
 830  
 831  Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
 832  
 833  "Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed."
 834  
 835  "Bail (v./t.) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier."
 836  
 837  Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
 838  
 839  "Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court."
 840  
 841  "Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one."
 842  
 843  "Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable."
 844  
 845  "Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc."
 846  
 847  Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
 848  
 849  Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
 850  
 851  Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
 852  
 853  Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
 854  
 855  Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
 856  
 857  "Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons."
 858  
 859  "Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense."
 860  
 861  "Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods."
 862  
 863  "Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ."
 864  
 865  Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
 866  
 867  "Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust."
 868  
 869  Bailer (n.) See Bailor.
 870  
 871  Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
 872  
 873  "Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit."
 874  
 875  Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
 876  
 877  Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
 878  
 879  "Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester."
 880  
 881  "Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman."
 882  
 883  "Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted."
 884  
 885  "Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc."
 886  
 887  "Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc."
 888  
 889  Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
 890  
 891  Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
 892  
 893  Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
 894  
 895  Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
 896  
 897  Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
 898  
 899  "Bailment (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed."
 900  
 901  Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
 902  
 903  "Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond."
 904  
 905  Bain (n.) A bath; a bagnio.
 906  
 907  Bain-marie (n.) A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
 908  
 909  "Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast."
 910  
 911  Bairn (n.) A child.
 912  
 913  Baisemains (n. pl.) Respects; compliments.
 914  
 915  "Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net."
 916  
 917  Bait (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
 918  
 919  "Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment."
 920  
 921  Bait (v. i.) A light or hasty luncheon.
 922  
 923  Baited (imp. & p. p.) of Bait
 924  
 925  Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bait
 926  
 927  "Bait (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull."
 928  
 929  "Bait (v. t.) To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses."
 930  
 931  "Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook."
 932  
 933  "Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey."
 934  
 935  "Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey."
 936  
 937  Baiter (n.) One who baits; a tormentor.
 938  
 939  Baize (n.) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
 940  
 941  "Bajocco (n.) A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half."
 942  
 943  Baked (imp. & p. p.) of Bake
 944  
 945  Baking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bake
 946  
 947  "Bake (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples."
 948  
 949  "Bake (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground."
 950  
 951  Bake (v. t.) To harden by cold.
 952  
 953  "Bake (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes."
 954  
 955  "Bake (v. i.) To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun."
 956  
 957  "Bake (n.) The process, or result, of baking."
 958  
 959  Bakehouse (v. t.) A house for baking; a bakery.
 960  
 961  Bakemeat (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat
 962  
 963  Baked-meat (n.) A pie; baked food.
 964  
 965  Baken () p. p. of Bake.
 966  
 967  "Baker (v. i.) One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc."
 968  
 969  Baker (v. i.) A portable oven in which baking is done.
 970  
 971  Baker-legged (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
 972  
 973  Bakery (n.) The trade of a baker.
 974  
 975  Bakery (n.) The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.
 976  
 977  "Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold."
 978  
 979  "Baking (n.) The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread."
 980  
 981  Bakingly (adv.) In a hot or baking manner.
 982  
 983  Bakistre (n.) A baker.
 984  
 985  Baksheesh (n.) Alt. of Bakshish
 986  
 987  Bakshish (n.) Same as Backsheesh.
 988  
 989  "Balaam (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking."
 990  
 991  "Balachong (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China."
 992  
 993  "Balaenoidea (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen."
 994  
 995  Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.
 996  
 997  Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
 998  
 999  Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
1000  
1001  Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
1002  
1003  "Balance (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account."
1004  
1005  "Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)."
1006  
1007  Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.
1008  
1009  "Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September."
1010  
1011  "Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S."
1012  
1013  Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balance
1014  
1015  Balancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balance
1016  
1017  "Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance."
1018  
1019  "Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope."
1020  
1021  "Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize."
1022  
1023  "Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate."
1024  
1025  "Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them."
1026  
1027  "Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account."
1028  
1029  "Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books."
1030  
1031  "Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners."
1032  
1033  "Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail."
1034  
1035  "Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance."
1036  
1037  Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
1038  
1039  "Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back."
1040  
1041  Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.
1042  
1043  Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
1044  
1045  "Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance."
1046  
1047  "Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing."
1048  
1049  "Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship."
1050  
1051  "Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance."
1052  
1053  "Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)."
1054  
1055  Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
1056  
1057  Balaniferous (a.) Bearing or producing acorns.
1058  
1059  Balanite (n.) A fossil balanoid shell.
1060  
1061  "Balanoglossus (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria."
1062  
1063  "Balanoid (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle."
1064  
1065  "Balas ruby () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel."
1066  
1067  "Balaustine (n.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally."
1068  
1069  Balbutiate (v. i.) Alt. of Balbucinate
1070  
1071  Balbucinate (v. i.) To stammer.
1072  
1073  "Balbuties (n.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation."
1074  
1075  Balcon (n.) A balcony.
1076  
1077  Balconied (a.) Having balconies.
1078  
1079  Balconies (pl. ) of Balcony
1080  
1081  "Balcony (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater."
1082  
1083  Balcony (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
1084  
1085  "Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak."
1086  
1087  Bald (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
1088  
1089  Bald (a.) Undisguised.
1090  
1091  Bald (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
1092  
1093  "Bald (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat."
1094  
1095  Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
1096  
1097  Bald (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
1098  
1099  Baldachin (n.) A rich brocade; baudekin.
1100  
1101  "Baldachin (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's."
1102  
1103  "Baldachin (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession."
1104  
1105  "Bald eagle () The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head."
1106  
1107  Balder (n.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.
1108  
1109  "Balderdash (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors."
1110  
1111  Balderdash (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
1112  
1113  "Balderdash (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors."
1114  
1115  "Bald-faced (a.) Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag."
1116  
1117  Baldhead (n.) A person whose head is bald.
1118  
1119  Baldhead (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.
1120  
1121  Baldheaded (a.) Having a bald head.
1122  
1123  Baldly (adv.) Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.
1124  
1125  "Baldness (n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style."
1126  
1127  Baldpate (n.) A baldheaded person.
1128  
1129  Baldpate (n.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana).
1130  
1131  Baldpate (a.) Alt. of Baldpated
1132  
1133  Baldpated (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.
1134  
1135  "Baldrib (n.) A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat."
1136  
1137  "Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt."
1138  
1139  "Baldwin (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple."
1140  
1141  "Bale (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation."
1142  
1143  Baled (imp. & p. p.) of Bale
1144  
1145  Baling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bale
1146  
1147  Bale (v. t.) To make up in a bale.
1148  
1149  "Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade."
1150  
1151  Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
1152  
1153  "Bale (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury."
1154  
1155  "Balearic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia."
1156  
1157  "Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of ""whalebone,"" from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth."
1158  
1159  Balefire (n.) A signal fire; an alarm fire.
1160  
1161  Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
1162  
1163  Baleful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
1164  
1165  Balefully (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously.
1166  
1167  Balefulness (n.) The quality or state of being baleful.
1168  
1169  Balisaur (n.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).
1170  
1171  Balister (n.) A crossbow.
1172  
1173  Balistoid (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.
1174  
1175  "Balistraria (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged."
1176  
1177  Balize (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
1178  
1179  "Balk (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside."
1180  
1181  "Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called ""the balks."""
1182  
1183  Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
1184  
1185  Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
1186  
1187  Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
1188  
1189  "Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball."
1190  
1191  Balked (imp. & p. p.) of Balk
1192  
1193  Balking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balk
1194  
1195  Balk (v. t.) To leave or make balks in.
1196  
1197  Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
1198  
1199  "Balk (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance."
1200  
1201  Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
1202  
1203  "Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation."
1204  
1205  Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
1206  
1207  "Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks."
1208  
1209  "Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring."
1210  
1211  "Balker (n.) One who, or that which balks."
1212  
1213  "Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer."
1214  
1215  Balkingly (adv.) In a manner to balk or frustrate.
1216  
1217  Balkish (a.) Uneven; ridgy.
1218  
1219  "Balky (a.) Apt to balk; as, a balky horse."
1220  
1221  "Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow."
1222  
1223  "Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc."
1224  
1225  "Ball (n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football."
1226  
1227  "Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets."
1228  
1229  "Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball."
1230  
1231  "Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller."
1232  
1233  "Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot."
1234  
1235  "Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus."
1236  
1237  Ball (n.) The globe or earth.
1238  
1239  Balled (imp. & p. p.) of Ball
1240  
1241  Balling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ball
1242  
1243  "Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls."
1244  
1245  Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
1246  
1247  "Ball (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton."
1248  
1249  Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
1250  
1251  "Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas."
1252  
1253  Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
1254  
1255  Ballad (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.
1256  
1257  "Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy."
1258  
1259  Ballader (n.) A writer of ballads.
1260  
1261  Ballad monger () A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.
1262  
1263  Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.
1264  
1265  Ballahoo (n.) Alt. of Ballahou
1266  
1267  "Ballahou (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies."
1268  
1269  Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.
1270  
1271  "Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing."
1272  
1273  Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
1274  
1275  "Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid."
1276  
1277  "Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete."
1278  
1279  "Ballast (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security."
1280  
1281  Ballasted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballast
1282  
1283  Ballasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballast
1284  
1285  "Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold."
1286  
1287  "Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid."
1288  
1289  "Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally."
1290  
1291  Ballastage (n.) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
1292  
1293  Ballasting (n.) That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
1294  
1295  Ballatry (n.) See Balladry.
1296  
1297  "Ballet (n.) An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing."
1298  
1299  Ballet (n.) The company of persons who perform the ballet.
1300  
1301  "Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers."
1302  
1303  "Ballet (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color."
1304  
1305  "Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding."
1306  
1307  Ballist/ (pl. ) of Ballista
1308  
1309  "Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles."
1310  
1311  Ballister (n.) A crossbow.
1312  
1313  "Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine."
1314  
1315  "Ballistic (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile."
1316  
1317  Ballistics (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.
1318  
1319  Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
1320  
1321  "Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation."
1322  
1323  "Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London."
1324  
1325  "Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form."
1326  
1327  Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.
1328  
1329  Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
1330  
1331  Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
1332  
1333  "Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon."
1334  
1335  Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
1336  
1337  "Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon."
1338  
1339  Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
1340  
1341  Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
1342  
1343  "Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish."
1344  
1345  Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
1346  
1347  "Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales."
1348  
1349  Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
1350  
1351  Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.
1352  
1353  Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
1354  
1355  "Ballot (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting."
1356  
1357  Ballot (n.) The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
1358  
1359  "Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district."
1360  
1361  Balloted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballot
1362  
1363  Balloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballot
1364  
1365  "Ballot (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate."
1366  
1367  Ballot (v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to.
1368  
1369  "Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out."
1370  
1371  Ballotation (n.) Voting by ballot.
1372  
1373  Balloter (n.) One who votes by ballot.
1374  
1375  Ballotin (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot box.
1376  
1377  Ballow (n.) A cudgel.
1378  
1379  Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
1380  
1381  Ballroom (n.) A room for balls or dancing.
1382  
1383  Balm (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
1384  
1385  Balm (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
1386  
1387  Balm (n.) Any fragrant ointment.
1388  
1389  Balm (n.) Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
1390  
1391  "Balm (v. i.) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate."
1392  
1393  Balmify (v. t.) To render balmy.
1394  
1395  Balmily (adv.) In a balmy manner.
1396  
1397  "Balmoral (n.) A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress."
1398  
1399  "Balmoral (n.) A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front."
1400  
1401  Balmy (a.) Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
1402  
1403  Balmy (a.) Producing balm.
1404  
1405  Balneal (a.) Of or pertaining to a bath.
1406  
1407  Balneary (n.) A bathing room.
1408  
1409  Balneation (n.) The act of bathing.
1410  
1411  Balneatory (a.) Belonging to a bath.
1412  
1413  Balneography (n.) A description of baths.
1414  
1415  Balneology (n.) A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.
1416  
1417  Balneotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by baths.
1418  
1419  Balotade (n.) See Ballotade.
1420  
1421  "Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America."
1422  
1423  Balsam (n.) A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
1424  
1425  Balsam (n.) A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
1426  
1427  Balsam (n.) An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
1428  
1429  "Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores."
1430  
1431  "Balsam (v. t.) To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic."
1432  
1433  Balsamation (n.) The act of imparting balsamic properties.
1434  
1435  Balsamation (n.) The art or process of embalming.
1436  
1437  Balsamic (a.) Alt. of Balsamical
1438  
1439  "Balsamical (a.) Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative."
1440  
1441  Balsamiferous (a.) Producing balsam.
1442  
1443  "Balsamine (n.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam."
1444  
1445  Balsamous (a.) Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
1446  
1447  Balter (v. t.) To stick together.
1448  
1449  "Baltic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea."
1450  
1451  Baltimore bird () Alt. of Baltimore oriole
1452  
1453  "Baltimore oriole () A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin."
1454  
1455  "Baluster (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade."
1456  
1457  Balustered (a.) Having balusters.
1458  
1459  "Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building."
1460  
1461  Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
1462  
1463  Bam (v. t.) To cheat; to wheedle.
1464  
1465  "Bambino (n.) A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes."
1466  
1467  Bambino (n.) Babe Ruth.
1468  
1469  Bambocciade (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
1470  
1471  "Bamboo (n.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries."
1472  
1473  Bamboo (v. t.) To flog with the bamboo.
1474  
1475  Bamboozled (imp. & p. p.) of Bamboozle
1476  
1477  Bamboozling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bamboozle
1478  
1479  Bamboozle (v. t.) To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
1480  
1481  Bamboozler (n.) A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.
1482  
1483  "Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation."
1484  
1485  "Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army."
1486  
1487  "Ban (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense)."
1488  
1489  "Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription."
1490  
1491  Ban (n.) A curse or anathema.
1492  
1493  "Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes."
1494  
1495  Banned (imp. & p. p.) of Ban
1496  
1497  Banning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ban
1498  
1499  Ban (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.
1500  
1501  Ban (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.
1502  
1503  Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
1504  
1505  "Ban (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia."
1506  
1507  Banal (a.) Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
1508  
1509  Banalities (pl. ) of Banality
1510  
1511  "Banality (n.) Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech."
1512  
1513  "Banana (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa."
1514  
1515  Banat (n.) The territory governed by a ban.
1516  
1517  Banc (n.) Alt. of Bank
1518  
1519  Bancus (n.) Alt. of Bank
1520  
1521  "Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court."
1522  
1523  "Banco (n.) A bank, especially that of Venice."
1524  
1525  "Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter."
1526  
1527  "Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc."
1528  
1529  "Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts."
1530  
1531  Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
1532  
1533  Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
1534  
1535  "Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress."
1536  
1537  "Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it."
1538  
1539  "Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men."
1540  
1541  "Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals."
1542  
1543  "Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants."
1544  
1545  "Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body."
1546  
1547  Band (v. t.) A belt or strap.
1548  
1549  Band (v. t.) A bond
1550  
1551  Band (v. t.) Pledge; security.
1552  
1553  Banded (imp. & p. p.) of Band
1554  
1555  Banding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Band
1556  
1557  Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
1558  
1559  Band (v. t.) To mark with a band.
1560  
1561  "Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy."
1562  
1563  Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
1564  
1565  Band (v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
1566  
1567  Band () imp. of Bind.
1568  
1569  "Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc."
1570  
1571  "Bandage (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature."
1572  
1573  Bandaged (imp. & p. p.) of Bandage
1574  
1575  Bandaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandage
1576  
1577  "Bandage (v. t.) To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes."
1578  
1579  Bandala (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
1580  
1581  Bandanna (n.) Alt. of Bandana
1582  
1583  "Bandana (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form."
1584  
1585  "Bandana (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure."
1586  
1587  "Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc."
1588  
1589  Bandeaux (pl. ) of Bandeau
1590  
1591  Bandeau (n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
1592  
1593  Bandelet (n.) Alt. of Bandlet
1594  
1595  "Bandlet (n.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring."
1596  
1597  Bander (n.) One banded with others.
1598  
1599  Banderole (n.) Alt. of Bandrol
1600  
1601  "Bandrol (n.) A little banner, flag, or streamer."
1602  
1603  Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
1604  
1605  "Bandicoot (n.) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens."
1606  
1607  "Bandicoot (n.) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania."
1608  
1609  Banding plane () A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.
1610  
1611  Bandits (pl. ) of Bandit
1612  
1613  Banditti (pl. ) of Bandit
1614  
1615  Bandit (n.) An outlaw; a brigand.
1616  
1617  Bandle (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length.
1618  
1619  Bandlet (n.) Same as Bandelet.
1620  
1621  Bandmaster (n.) The conductor of a musical band.
1622  
1623  "Bandog (n.) A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up."
1624  
1625  Bandoleer (n.) Alt. of Bandolier
1626  
1627  "Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt."
1628  
1629  Bandolier (n.) One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried.
1630  
1631  Bandoline (n.) A glutinous pomatum for the fair.
1632  
1633  Bandon (n.) Disposal; control; license.
1634  
1635  "Bandore (n.) A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore."
1636  
1637  Bandrol (n.) Same as Banderole.
1638  
1639  "Bandy (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks."
1640  
1641  Bandies (pl. ) of Bandy
1642  
1643  Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
1644  
1645  Bandy (n.) The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
1646  
1647  Bandied (imp. & p. p.) of Bandy
1648  
1649  Bandying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandy
1650  
1651  "Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy."
1652  
1653  Bandy (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
1654  
1655  "Bandy (v. t.) To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate."
1656  
1657  "Bandy (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way."
1658  
1659  "Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg."
1660  
1661  Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.
1662  
1663  "Bane (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality."
1664  
1665  Bane (n.) Destruction; death.
1666  
1667  "Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe."
1668  
1669  "Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot."
1670  
1671  Bane (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin.
1672  
1673  "Baneberry (n.) A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous."
1674  
1675  Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
1676  
1677  Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.
1678  
1679  Banged (imp. & p. p.) of Bang
1680  
1681  Banging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bang
1682  
1683  "Bang (v. t.) To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly."
1684  
1685  "Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it."
1686  
1687  "Bang (v. i.) To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano."
1688  
1689  Bang (n.) A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
1690  
1691  Bang (n.) The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
1692  
1693  "Bang (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair)."
1694  
1695  "Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn."
1696  
1697  Bang (n.) Alt. of Bangue
1698  
1699  Bangue (n.) See Bhang.
1700  
1701  Banging (a.) Huge; great in size.
1702  
1703  Bangle (v. t.) To waste by little and little; to fritter away.
1704  
1705  "Bangle (n.) An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet."
1706  
1707  "Banian (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer."
1708  
1709  "Banian (n.) A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians."
1710  
1711  Banian (n.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.
1712  
1713  Banished (imp. & p. p.) of Banish
1714  
1715  Banishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banish
1716  
1717  "Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power."
1718  
1719  "Banish (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of."
1720  
1721  Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
1722  
1723  Banisher (n.) One who banishes.
1724  
1725  "Banishment (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of being banished."
1726  
1727  "Banister (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands."
1728  
1729  "Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow."
1730  
1731  "Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine."
1732  
1733  "Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow."
1734  
1735  "Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland."
1736  
1737  Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
1738  
1739  "Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level."
1740  
1741  "Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank."
1742  
1743  Banked (imp. & p. p.) of Bank
1744  
1745  Banking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bank
1746  
1747  "Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank."
1748  
1749  "Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand."
1750  
1751  Bank (v. t.) To pass by the banks of.
1752  
1753  "Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars."
1754  
1755  Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
1756  
1757  "Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc."
1758  
1759  Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers.
1760  
1761  "Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ."
1762  
1763  "Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity."
1764  
1765  Bank (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.
1766  
1767  "Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital."
1768  
1769  "Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses."
1770  
1771  "Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw."
1772  
1773  Bank (v. t.) To deposit in a bank.
1774  
1775  Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
1776  
1777  Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
1778  
1779  Bankable (a.) Receivable at a bank.
1780  
1781  "Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note."
1782  
1783  "Bank bill () In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency."
1784  
1785  "Bank book () A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank."
1786  
1787  "Banker (n.) One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc."
1788  
1789  Banker (n.) A money changer.
1790  
1791  "Banker (n.) The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house."
1792  
1793  Banker (n.) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
1794  
1795  Banker (n.) A ditcher; a drain digger.
1796  
1797  Banker (n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
1798  
1799  Bankeress (n.) A female banker.
1800  
1801  Banking (n.) The business of a bank or of a banker.
1802  
1803  "Bank note () A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand."
1804  
1805  "Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2."
1806  
1807  Bank note () A promissory note payable at a bank.
1808  
1809  "Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors."
1810  
1811  "Bankrupt (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person."
1812  
1813  "Bankrupt (n.) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities."
1814  
1815  "Bankrupt (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant."
1816  
1817  "Bankrupt (a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury."
1818  
1819  Bankrupt (a.) Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
1820  
1821  "Bankrupt (a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess)."
1822  
1823  Bankrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Bankrupt
1824  
1825  Bankrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bankrupt
1826  
1827  Bankrupt (v. t.) To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.
1828  
1829  Bankruptcies (pl. ) of Bankruptcy
1830  
1831  Bankruptcy (n.) The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
1832  
1833  Bankruptcy (n.) The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
1834  
1835  Bankruptcy (n.) Complete loss; -- followed by of.
1836  
1837  "Bankside (n.) The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam."
1838  
1839  "Bank-sided (a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided."
1840  
1841  "Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n."
1842  
1843  "Banlieue (n.) The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city."
1844  
1845  "Banner (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle."
1846  
1847  "Banner (n.) A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place."
1848  
1849  "Banner (n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner."
1850  
1851  "Bannered (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners."
1852  
1853  "Banneret (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank."
1854  
1855  "Banneret (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank."
1856  
1857  Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
1858  
1859  Banneret (n.) A small banner.
1860  
1861  Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
1862  
1863  Bannition (n.) The act of expulsion.
1864  
1865  "Bannock (n.) A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England."
1866  
1867  "Banns (n. pl.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place."
1868  
1869  "Banquet (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches."
1870  
1871  Banquet (n.) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.
1872  
1873  Banqueted (imp. & p. p.) of Banquet
1874  
1875  Banqueting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banquet
1876  
1877  Banquet (v. t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
1878  
1879  Banquet (v. i.) To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
1880  
1881  Banquet (v. i.) To partake of a dessert after a feast.
1882  
1883  Banquetter (n.) One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.
1884  
1885  "Banquette (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy."
1886  
1887  Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
1888  
1889  Banshee (n.) Alt. of Banshie
1890  
1891  "Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house."
1892  
1893  "Banstickle (n.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback."
1894  
1895  "Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java."
1896  
1897  Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
1898  
1899  Banteng (n.) The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).
1900  
1901  Bantered (imp. & p. p.) of Banter
1902  
1903  Bantering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banter
1904  
1905  "Banter (v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity."
1906  
1907  "Banter (v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like."
1908  
1909  "Banter (v. t.) To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest."
1910  
1911  Banter (v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.
1912  
1913  Banter (n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
1914  
1915  Banterer (n.) One who banters or rallies.
1916  
1917  "Bantingism (n.) A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London."
1918  
1919  Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
1920  
1921  Banxring (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
1922  
1923  "Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men."
1924  
1925  "Baobab (n.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia."
1926  
1927  Baphomet (n.) An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.
1928  
1929  "Baptism (v. i.) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring."
1930  
1931  "Baptismal (a.) Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows."
1932  
1933  Baptismally (adv.) In a baptismal manner.
1934  
1935  "Baptist (n.) One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ."
1936  
1937  "Baptist (n.) One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist."
1938  
1939  Baptisteries (pl. ) of Baptistry
1940  
1941  -tries (pl. ) of Baptistry
1942  
1943  Baptistery (n.) Alt. of Baptistry
1944  
1945  "Baptistry (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near."
1946  
1947  Baptistry (n.) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.
1948  
1949  Baptistic (a.) Of or for baptism; baptismal.
1950  
1951  Baptistical (a.) Baptistic.
1952  
1953  Baptizable (a.) Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized.
1954  
1955  Baptization (n.) Baptism.
1956  
1957  Baptized (imp. & p. p.) of Baptize
1958  
1959  Baptizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baptize
1960  
1961  Baptize (v. t.) To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
1962  
1963  Baptize (v. t.) To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
1964  
1965  Baptize (v. t.) To sanctify; to consecrate.
1966  
1967  Baptizement (n.) The act of baptizing.
1968  
1969  Baptizer (n.) One who baptizes.
1970  
1971  "Bar (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door."
1972  
1973  "Bar (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap."
1974  
1975  "Bar (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier."
1976  
1977  "Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation."
1978  
1979  "Bar (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons."
1980  
1981  "Bar (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court."
1982  
1983  "Bar (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence."
1984  
1985  Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
1986  
1987  Bar (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
1988  
1989  "Bar (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God."
1990  
1991  "Bar (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept."
1992  
1993  "Bar (n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field."
1994  
1995  "Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color."
1996  
1997  "Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures."
1998  
1999  "Bar (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed."
2000  
2001  "Bar (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole."
2002  
2003  Bar (n.) A drilling or tamping rod.
2004  
2005  Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
2006  
2007  Bar (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
2008  
2009  Bar (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
2010  
2011  Barred (imp. & p. p.) of Bar
2012  
2013  Barring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar
2014  
2015  "Bar (n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate."
2016  
2017  "Bar (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up."
2018  
2019  Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
2020  
2021  Bar (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
2022  
2023  "Barb (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it."
2024  
2025  "Barb (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners."
2026  
2027  "Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen."
2028  
2029  "Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else."
2030  
2031  Barb (n.) A bit for a horse.
2032  
2033  "Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather."
2034  
2035  Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
2036  
2037  Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
2038  
2039  Barbed (imp. & p. p.) of Barb
2040  
2041  Barbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barb
2042  
2043  Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
2044  
2045  Barb (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
2046  
2047  "Barb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc."
2048  
2049  "Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors."
2050  
2051  "Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary."
2052  
2053  "Barb (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1."
2054  
2055  Barbacan (n.) See Barbican.
2056  
2057  Barbacanage (n.) See Barbicanage.
2058  
2059  Barbadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.
2060  
2061  Barbadian (n.) A native of Barbados.
2062  
2063  Barbados (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes
2064  
2065  "Barbadoes (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc."
2066  
2067  Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
2068  
2069  "Barbaresque (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture."
2070  
2071  Barbarian (n.) A foreigner.
2072  
2073  "Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state."
2074  
2075  Barbarian (n.) A person destitute of culture.
2076  
2077  "Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity."
2078  
2079  "Barbarian (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations."
2080  
2081  "Barbaic (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east."
2082  
2083  "Barbaic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement."
2084  
2085  "Barbarism (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness."
2086  
2087  "Barbarism (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage."
2088  
2089  Barbarism (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
2090  
2091  Barbarities (pl. ) of Barbarity
2092  
2093  Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2094  
2095  Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
2096  
2097  Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
2098  
2099  Barbarity (n.) Barbarism; impurity of speech.
2100  
2101  Barbarized (imp. & p. p.) of Barbarize
2102  
2103  Barbarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbarize
2104  
2105  Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.
2106  
2107  Barbarize (v. i.) To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
2108  
2109  Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.
2110  
2111  "Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country."
2112  
2113  Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
2114  
2115  Barbarous (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
2116  
2117  Barbarous (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.
2118  
2119  Barbarously (adv.) In a barbarous manner.
2120  
2121  Barbarousness (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
2122  
2123  "Barbary (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon."
2124  
2125  "Barbastel (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips."
2126  
2127  Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
2128  
2129  Barbated (a.) Having barbed points.
2130  
2131  "Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast."
2132  
2133  "Barbecue (n.) A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole."
2134  
2135  "Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried."
2136  
2137  Barbecued (imp. & p. p.) of Barbecue
2138  
2139  Barbecuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbecue
2140  
2141  Barbecue (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
2142  
2143  "Barbecue (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog."
2144  
2145  Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
2146  
2147  "Barbed (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire."
2148  
2149  Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
2150  
2151  Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
2152  
2153  "Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3."
2154  
2155  "Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point."
2156  
2157  Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
2158  
2159  "Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons."
2160  
2161  Barbered (imp. & p. p.) of Barber
2162  
2163  Barbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barber
2164  
2165  Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
2166  
2167  Barber fish () See Surgeon fish.
2168  
2169  Barbermonger (n.) A fop.
2170  
2171  "Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root."
2172  
2173  "Barbet (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair."
2174  
2175  "Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa."
2176  
2177  Barbet (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.
2178  
2179  "Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet."
2180  
2181  Barbican (n.) Alt. of Barbacan
2182  
2183  "Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own."
2184  
2185  "Barbacan (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy."
2186  
2187  Barbicanage (n.) Alt. of Barbacanage
2188  
2189  Barbacanage (n.) Money paid for the support of a barbican.
2190  
2191  Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
2192  
2193  "Barbiers (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form."
2194  
2195  Barbigerous (a.) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
2196  
2197  Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
2198  
2199  "Barbituric acid () A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea."
2200  
2201  Barble (n.) See Barbel.
2202  
2203  Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
2204  
2205  Barbre (a.) Barbarian.
2206  
2207  Barbule (n.) A very minute barb or beard.
2208  
2209  "Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather."
2210  
2211  Barcarolle (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.
2212  
2213  Barcarolle (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
2214  
2215  Barcon (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
2216  
2217  "Bard (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men."
2218  
2219  "Bard (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon."
2220  
2221  Bard (n.) Alt. of Barde
2222  
2223  "Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]"
2224  
2225  Barde (pl.) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
2226  
2227  Barde (pl.) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
2228  
2229  Bard (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
2230  
2231  Barded (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
2232  
2233  Barded (p.a.) Wearing rich caparisons.
2234  
2235  "Bardic (a.) Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry."
2236  
2237  "Bardish (a.) Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards."
2238  
2239  Bardism (n.) The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
2240  
2241  Bardling (n.) An inferior bard.
2242  
2243  Bardship (n.) The state of being a bard.
2244  
2245  "Bare (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare."
2246  
2247  Bare (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded.
2248  
2249  Bare (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
2250  
2251  Bare (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
2252  
2253  "Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture."
2254  
2255  Bare (a.) Threadbare; much worn.
2256  
2257  "Bare (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority."
2258  
2259  Bare (n.) Surface; body; substance.
2260  
2261  "Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather."
2262  
2263  Bared (imp. & p. p.) of Bare
2264  
2265  Baring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bare
2266  
2267  "Bare (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast."
2268  
2269  "Bare () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v."
2270  
2271  "Bareback (adv.) On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback."
2272  
2273  "Barebacked (a.) Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse."
2274  
2275  Barebone (n.) A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.
2276  
2277  Barefaced (a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.
2278  
2279  Barefaced (a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.
2280  
2281  Barefacedly (adv.) Openly; shamelessly.
2282  
2283  Barefacedness (n.) The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
2284  
2285  Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
2286  
2287  Barefooted (a.) Having the feet bare.
2288  
2289  "Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted."
2290  
2291  Barehanded (n.) Having bare hands.
2292  
2293  Bareheaded (a. & adv.) Alt. of Barehead
2294  
2295  "Barehead (a. & adv.) Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl."
2296  
2297  Barelegged (a.) Having the legs bare.
2298  
2299  Barely (adv.) Without covering; nakedly.
2300  
2301  Barely (adv.) Without concealment or disguise.
2302  
2303  Barely (adv.) Merely; only.
2304  
2305  "Barely (adv.) But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped."
2306  
2307  Barenecked (a.) Having the neck bare.
2308  
2309  Bareness (n.) The state of being bare.
2310  
2311  "Baresark (n.) A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor."
2312  
2313  Barfish (n.) Same as Calico bass.
2314  
2315  Barful (a.) Full of obstructions.
2316  
2317  "Bargain (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration."
2318  
2319  Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
2320  
2321  "Bargain (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain."
2322  
2323  "Bargain (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap."
2324  
2325  "Bargain (n.) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow."
2326  
2327  Bargained (imp. & p. p.) of Bargain
2328  
2329  Bargaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bargain
2330  
2331  "Bargain (v. t.) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another."
2332  
2333  "Bargainee (v. i.) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold."
2334  
2335  Bargainer (n.) One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.
2336  
2337  "Bargainor (n.) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another."
2338  
2339  "Barge (n.) A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated."
2340  
2341  "Barge (n.) A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge."
2342  
2343  Barge (n.) A large boat used by flag officers.
2344  
2345  "Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat."
2346  
2347  Barge (n.) A large omnibus used for excursions.
2348  
2349  Bargeboard (n.) A vergeboard.
2350  
2351  "Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable."
2352  
2353  Bargee (n.) A bargeman.
2354  
2355  "Bargeman (n.) The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge."
2356  
2357  "Bargemastter (n.) The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge."
2358  
2359  Barger (n.) The manager of a barge.
2360  
2361  "Barghest (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune."
2362  
2363  Baria (n.) Baryta.
2364  
2365  "Baric (a.) Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide."
2366  
2367  "Baric (a.) Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer."
2368  
2369  "Barilla (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes."
2370  
2371  "Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes."
2372  
2373  "Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp."
2374  
2375  "Barillet (n.) A little cask, or something resembling one."
2376  
2377  Bar iron () See under Iron.
2378  
2379  "Barite (n.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins."
2380  
2381  Baritone (a. & n.) See Barytone.
2382  
2383  "Barium (n.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta."
2384  
2385  Bard (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2386  
2387  "Bard (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark."
2388  
2389  Barked (imp. & p. p.) of Bark
2390  
2391  Barking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bark
2392  
2393  Bark (v. t.) To strip the bark from; to peel.
2394  
2395  Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
2396  
2397  "Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3."
2398  
2399  "Bark (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut."
2400  
2401  "Bark (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs."
2402  
2403  Bark (v. i.) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
2404  
2405  "Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals."
2406  
2407  Bark (n.) Alt. of Barque
2408  
2409  "Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind."
2410  
2411  "Barque (n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged."
2412  
2413  Barkantine (n.) Same as Barkentine.
2414  
2415  "Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage."
2416  
2417  "Barkbound (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close."
2418  
2419  Barkeeper (n.) One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
2420  
2421  Barken (a.) Made of bark.
2422  
2423  "Barkentine (n.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append."
2424  
2425  "Barker (n.) An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably."
2426  
2427  Barker (n.) One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.
2428  
2429  Barker (n.) A pistol.
2430  
2431  Barker (n.) The spotted redshank.
2432  
2433  Barker (n.) One who strips trees of their bark.
2434  
2435  "Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis."
2436  
2437  Barkery (n.) A tanhouse.
2438  
2439  Barking irons () Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.
2440  
2441  Barking irons () A pair of pistols.
2442  
2443  Barkless (a.) Destitute of bark.
2444  
2445  "Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines."
2446  
2447  "Barky (a.) Covered with, or containing, bark."
2448  
2449  "Barley (n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky."
2450  
2451  Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak
2452  
2453  "Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal."
2454  
2455  Barley-bree (n.) Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
2456  
2457  "Barleycorn (n.) A grain or ""corn"" of barley."
2458  
2459  "Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch."
2460  
2461  "Barm (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast."
2462  
2463  Barm (n.) The lap or bosom.
2464  
2465  "Barmaid (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop."
2466  
2467  "Barmaster (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote."
2468  
2469  Barmcloth (n.) Apron.
2470  
2471  Barmecidal (a.) Unreal; illusory.
2472  
2473  Barmecide (n.) One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.
2474  
2475  "Barmote (n.) A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners."
2476  
2477  Balmy (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
2478  
2479  "Barn (n.) A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables."
2480  
2481  Barn (v. t.) To lay up in a barn.
2482  
2483  Barn (n.) A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
2484  
2485  "Barnabite (n.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas."
2486  
2487  "Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle."
2488  
2489  Barnacle (n.) A bernicle goose.
2490  
2491  "Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him."
2492  
2493  Barnacle (sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
2494  
2495  Barnyard (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.
2496  
2497  Barocco (a.) See Baroque.
2498  
2499  Barograph (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
2500  
2501  "Baroko (n.) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative."
2502  
2503  Barology (n.) The science of weight or gravity.
2504  
2505  Baromacrometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
2506  
2507  "Barometer (n.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent."
2508  
2509  Barometric (a.) Alt. of Barometrical
2510  
2511  "Barometrical (a.) Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations."
2512  
2513  "Barometrically (adv.) By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations."
2514  
2515  Barometrograph (n.) A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.
2516  
2517  Barometry (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
2518  
2519  "Barometz (n.) The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb."
2520  
2521  "Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount."
2522  
2523  "Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife."
2524  
2525  Baronage (n.) The whole body of barons or peers.
2526  
2527  Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.
2528  
2529  Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to a baron.
2530  
2531  "Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts."
2532  
2533  "Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners."
2534  
2535  Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.
2536  
2537  Baronetage (n.) The collective body of baronets.
2538  
2539  Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.
2540  
2541  Baronial (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.
2542  
2543  Baronies (pl. ) of Barony
2544  
2545  "Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron."
2546  
2547  "Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner."
2548  
2549  Baroque (a.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
2550  
2551  "Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes."
2552  
2553  Baroscopic (a.) Alt. of Baroscopical
2554  
2555  "Baroscopical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope."
2556  
2557  "Barouche (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat."
2558  
2559  Barouchet (n.) A kind of light barouche.
2560  
2561  Barpost (n.) A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
2562  
2563  "Barque (n.) Same as 3d Bark, n."
2564  
2565  "Barracan (n.) A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant."
2566  
2567  "Barrack (n.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings."
2568  
2569  "Barrack (n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc."
2570  
2571  "Barrack (v. t.) To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops."
2572  
2573  Barrack (v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks.
2574  
2575  Barraclade (n.) A home-made woolen blanket without nap.
2576  
2577  "Barracoon (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily."
2578  
2579  Barracuda (n.) Alt. of Barracouata
2580  
2581  "Barracouata (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food."
2582  
2583  Barracouata (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
2584  
2585  "Barrage (n.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile."
2586  
2587  Barranca (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
2588  
2589  "Barras (n.) A resin, called also galipot."
2590  
2591  Barrator (v. i.) One guilty of barratry.
2592  
2593  "Barratrous (/) Tainter with, or constituting, barratry."
2594  
2595  Barratry (n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
2596  
2597  "Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo."
2598  
2599  Barratry (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
2600  
2601  Barred owl () A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
2602  
2603  "Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads."
2604  
2605  "Barrel (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds."
2606  
2607  "Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled."
2608  
2609  "Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged."
2610  
2611  Barrel (n.) A jar.
2612  
2613  Barrel (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
2614  
2615  Barreled (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel
2616  
2617  Barrelled () of Barrel
2618  
2619  Barreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barrel
2620  
2621  Barrelling () of Barrel
2622  
2623  Barrel (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
2624  
2625  Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
2626  
2627  "Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun."
2628  
2629  Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
2630  
2631  "Barren (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile."
2632  
2633  Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
2634  
2635  Barren (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.
2636  
2637  Barren (n.) A tract of barren land.
2638  
2639  "Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile."
2640  
2641  Barrenly (adv.) Unfruitfully; unproductively.
2642  
2643  Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
2644  
2645  "Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific."
2646  
2647  "Barret (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics."
2648  
2649  "Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access."
2650  
2651  "Barricade (n.) Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense."
2652  
2653  Barricaded (imp. & p. p.) of Barricade
2654  
2655  Barricading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barricade
2656  
2657  "Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris."
2658  
2659  Barricader (n.) One who constructs barricades.
2660  
2661  Barricado (n. & v. t.) See Barricade.
2662  
2663  "Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy."
2664  
2665  "Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach."
2666  
2667  "Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd."
2668  
2669  Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.
2670  
2671  Barrier (n.) Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
2672  
2673  "Barrigudo (n.) A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail."
2674  
2675  Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
2676  
2677  "Barrister (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney."
2678  
2679  Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
2680  
2681  "Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow."
2682  
2683  "Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain."
2684  
2685  "Barrow (n.) A hog, esp. a male hog castrated."
2686  
2687  Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
2688  
2689  "Barrow (n.) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc."
2690  
2691  "Barrowist (n.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953."
2692  
2693  "Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width."
2694  
2695  Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
2696  
2697  Barry (a.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.
2698  
2699  Barse (n.) The common perch. See 1st Bass.
2700  
2701  Bartender (n.) A barkeeper.
2702  
2703  Bartered (imp. & p. p.) of Barter
2704  
2705  Bartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter
2706  
2707  "Barter (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck."
2708  
2709  "Barter (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor."
2710  
2711  Barter (n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
2712  
2713  Barter (n.) The thing given in exchange.
2714  
2715  Barterer (n.) One who barters.
2716  
2717  Bartery (n.) Barter.
2718  
2719  Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.
2720  
2721  "Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th."
2722  
2723  "Bartizan (n.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway."
2724  
2725  "Bartlett (n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts."
2726  
2727  "Barton (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself."
2728  
2729  Barton (n.) A farmyard.
2730  
2731  Bartram (n.) See Bertram.
2732  
2733  "Barway (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts."
2734  
2735  Barwise (adv.) Horizontally.
2736  
2737  "Barwood (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work."
2738  
2739  "Barycentric (a.) Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus."
2740  
2741  Baryphony (n.) Difficulty of speech.
2742  
2743  Baryta (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.
2744  
2745  "Barytes (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite."
2746  
2747  Barytic (a.) Of or pertaining to baryta.
2748  
2749  "Baryto-calcite (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium."
2750  
2751  Barytone (a.) Alt. of Baritone
2752  
2753  "Baritone (a.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice."
2754  
2755  "Baritone (a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood."
2756  
2757  Barytone (n.) Alt. of Baritone
2758  
2759  "Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other."
2760  
2761  Baritone (n.) A person having a voice of such range.
2762  
2763  "Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused."
2764  
2765  "Baritone (n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood."
2766  
2767  Barytum (n.) The metal barium. See Barium.
2768  
2769  "Basal (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base."
2770  
2771  Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
2772  
2773  "Basalt (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated."
2774  
2775  "Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain."
2776  
2777  "Basaltic (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava."
2778  
2779  Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.
2780  
2781  Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.
2782  
2783  "Basan (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin."
2784  
2785  "Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal."
2786  
2787  Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.
2788  
2789  "Bascinet (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor."
2790  
2791  "Bascule (n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls."
2792  
2793  "Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs."
2794  
2795  Base (a.) Low in place or position.
2796  
2797  Base (a.) Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.
2798  
2799  Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
2800  
2801  "Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals."
2802  
2803  "Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion."
2804  
2805  "Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations."
2806  
2807  Base (a.) Not classical or correct.
2808  
2809  "Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin."
2810  
2811  "Base (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant."
2812  
2813  "Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue."
2814  
2815  Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.
2816  
2817  "Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented."
2818  
2819  "Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration."
2820  
2821  "Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support."
2822  
2823  "Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids."
2824  
2825  Base (n.) The chief ingredient in a compound.
2826  
2827  Base (n.) A substance used as a mordant.
2828  
2829  "Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions."
2830  
2831  Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.
2832  
2833  "Base (n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms."
2834  
2835  "Base (n.) A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base."
2836  
2837  "Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc."
2838  
2839  Base (n.) The smallest kind of cannon.
2840  
2841  Base (n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
2842  
2843  Base (n.) The basal plane of a crystal.
2844  
2845  "Base (n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline."
2846  
2847  Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.
2848  
2849  Base (n.) The housing of a horse.
2850  
2851  "Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower."
2852  
2853  Base (n.) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
2854  
2855  Base (n.) An apron.
2856  
2857  Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
2858  
2859  "Base (n.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles."
2860  
2861  "Base (n.) A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars."
2862  
2863  Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.
2864  
2865  Based (imp. & p. p.) of Base
2866  
2867  Basing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Base
2868  
2869  "Base (n.) To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon."
2870  
2871  "Base (a.) To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower."
2872  
2873  Base (a.) To reduce the value of; to debase.
2874  
2875  "Baseball (n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball."
2876  
2877  Baseball (n.) The ball used in this game.
2878  
2879  "Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard."
2880  
2881  Baseborn (a.) Born out of wedlock.
2882  
2883  Baseborn (a.) Born of low parentage.
2884  
2885  Baseborn (a.) Vile; mean.
2886  
2887  "Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed."
2888  
2889  "Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle."
2890  
2891  "Base-court (n.) An inferior court of law, not of record."
2892  
2893  "Based (a.) Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based."
2894  
2895  "Based (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases."
2896  
2897  "Basedow's disease () A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter."
2898  
2899  "Baselard (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century."
2900  
2901  Baseless (a.) Without a base; having no foundation or support.
2902  
2903  Basely (adv.) In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
2904  
2905  Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.
2906  
2907  "Basement (a.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively."
2908  
2909  Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
2910  
2911  Basenet (n.) See Bascinet.
2912  
2913  Base viol () See Bass viol.
2914  
2915  Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
2916  
2917  "Bashaw (n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha."
2918  
2919  Bashaw (n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
2920  
2921  "Bashaw (n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat."
2922  
2923  Bashful (a.) Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
2924  
2925  "Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression."
2926  
2927  Bashfully (adv.) In a bashful manner.
2928  
2929  Bashfulness (n.) The quality of being bashful.
2930  
2931  Bashi-bazouk (n.) A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
2932  
2933  Bashless (a.) Shameless; unblushing.
2934  
2935  Bashyle (n.) See Basyle.
2936  
2937  "Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc."
2938  
2939  Basic (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
2940  
2941  "Basic (a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt."
2942  
2943  "Basic (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper."
2944  
2945  "Basic (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt."
2946  
2947  Basicerite (n.) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.
2948  
2949  Basicity (n.) The quality or state of being a base.
2950  
2951  "Basicity (n.) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid."
2952  
2953  Basidiospore (n.) A spore borne by a basidium.
2954  
2955  "Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example."
2956  
2957  Basifier (n.) That which converts into a salifiable base.
2958  
2959  "Basifugal (n.) Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth."
2960  
2961  Basify (v. t.) To convert into a salifiable base.
2962  
2963  "Basigynium (n.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore."
2964  
2965  "Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch."
2966  
2967  Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.
2968  
2969  "Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground."
2970  
2971  Basiled (imp. & p. p.) of Basil
2972  
2973  Basiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basil
2974  
2975  Basil (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.
2976  
2977  "Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)."
2978  
2979  Basil (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
2980  
2981  Basilar (n.) Alt. of Basilary
2982  
2983  "Basilary (n.) Relating to, or situated at, the base."
2984  
2985  Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.
2986  
2987  Basilic (n.) Basilica.
2988  
2989  Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilical
2990  
2991  "Basilical (a.) Royal; kingly; also, basilican."
2992  
2993  "Basilical (a.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm."
2994  
2995  Basilicas (pl. ) of Basilica
2996  
2997  Basilic/ (pl. ) of Basilica
2998  
2999  "Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose."
3000  
3001  "Basilica (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached."
3002  
3003  "Basilica (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction."
3004  
3005  "Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century."
3006  
3007  "Basilican (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical."
3008  
3009  Basilicok (n.) The basilisk.
3010  
3011  "Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance."
3012  
3013  "Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice."
3014  
3015  "Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae."
3016  
3017  "Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size."
3018  
3019  "Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses."
3020  
3021  Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
3022  
3023  "Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc."
3024  
3025  "Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay."
3026  
3027  "Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river."
3028  
3029  "Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake."
3030  
3031  "Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields."
3032  
3033  Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.
3034  
3035  Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
3036  
3037  "Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young."
3038  
3039  Basioccipital (n.) The basioccipital bone.
3040  
3041  Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
3042  
3043  Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
3044  
3045  Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
3046  
3047  Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.
3048  
3049  Bases (pl. ) of Basis
3050  
3051  Basis (n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
3052  
3053  "Basis (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue."
3054  
3055  Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
3056  
3057  Basis (n.) The principal component part of a thing.
3058  
3059  "Basisolute (a.) Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves."
3060  
3061  Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal
3062  
3063  "Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult."
3064  
3065  Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.
3066  
3067  Basked (imp. & p. p.) of Bask
3068  
3069  Basking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bask
3070  
3071  Bask (v. t.) To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
3072  
3073  Bask (v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
3074  
3075  "Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven."
3076  
3077  "Basket (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches."
3078  
3079  Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
3080  
3081  Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
3082  
3083  Basket (v. t.) To put into a basket.
3084  
3085  Basketfuls (pl. ) of Basketful
3086  
3087  Basketful (n.) As much as a basket will contain.
3088  
3089  "Basketry (n.) The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively."
3090  
3091  "Basking shark () One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species."
3092  
3093  Basnet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
3094  
3095  "Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails."
3096  
3097  Bason (n.) A basin.
3098  
3099  "Basque (a.) Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language."
3100  
3101  "Basque (n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France."
3102  
3103  Basque (n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.
3104  
3105  "Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques."
3106  
3107  "Basquish (a.) Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque"
3108  
3109  "Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo."
3110  
3111  Bass (pl. ) of Bass
3112  
3113  Basses (pl. ) of Bass
3114  
3115  "Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species."
3116  
3117  Bass (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
3118  
3119  "Bass (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass."
3120  
3121  "Bass (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish."
3122  
3123  "Bass (n.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast."
3124  
3125  Bass (n.) A hassock or thick mat.
3126  
3127  "Bass (a.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone."
3128  
3129  Bass (a.) The lowest part in a musical composition.
3130  
3131  "Bass (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass."
3132  
3133  Bass (a.) Deep or grave in tone.
3134  
3135  Bass (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone.
3136  
3137  Bassa (n.) Alt. of Bassaw
3138  
3139  Bassaw (n.) See Bashaw.
3140  
3141  "Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a."
3142  
3143  "Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice."
3144  
3145  "Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata."
3146  
3147  Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
3148  
3149  Basseted (imp. & p. p.) of Basset
3150  
3151  Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basset
3152  
3153  "Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets."
3154  
3155  "Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves."
3156  
3157  "Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog."
3158  
3159  Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.
3160  
3161  Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.
3162  
3163  "Bass horn () A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone."
3164  
3165  "Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle."
3166  
3167  Bassinet (n.) See Bascinet.
3168  
3169  "Basso (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso."
3170  
3171  Basso (a.) One who sings the lowest part.
3172  
3173  "Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso."
3174  
3175  "Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2."
3176  
3177  "Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc."
3178  
3179  Bassoonist (n.) A performer on the bassoon.
3180  
3181  Basso-rilievo (n.) Alt. of Basso-relievo
3182  
3183  Basso-relievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.
3184  
3185  "Bassorin (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses."
3186  
3187  Bass-relief (n.) Some as Bas-relief.
3188  
3189  "Bass viol () A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello."
3190  
3191  "Basswood (n.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree."
3192  
3193  "Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom."
3194  
3195  "Bast (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2."
3196  
3197  Basta (interj.) Enough; stop.
3198  
3199  "Bastard (n.) A ""natural"" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union."
3200  
3201  "Bastard (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings."
3202  
3203  "Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained."
3204  
3205  Bastard (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
3206  
3207  Bastard (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
3208  
3209  "Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note."
3210  
3211  "Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so."
3212  
3213  "Bastard (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin."
3214  
3215  "Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book."
3216  
3217  Bastard (v. t.) To bastardize.
3218  
3219  Bastardism (n.) The state of being a bastard; bastardy.
3220  
3221  Bastardized (imp. & p. p.) of Bastardize
3222  
3223  Bastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bastardize
3224  
3225  Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
3226  
3227  Bastardize (v. t.) To beget out of wedlock.
3228  
3229  Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
3230  
3231  Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
3232  
3233  Bastardy (n.) The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
3234  
3235  Bastardy (n.) The procreation of a bastard child.
3236  
3237  Basted (imp. & p. p.) of Baste
3238  
3239  Basting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baste
3240  
3241  Baste (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
3242  
3243  "Baste (v. t.) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting."
3244  
3245  "Baste (v. t.) To mark with tar, as sheep."
3246  
3247  "Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly."
3248  
3249  "Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place."
3250  
3251  "Bastile Bastille (n.) ""The Bastille"", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison."
3252  
3253  "Bastinade (n.) See Bastinado, n."
3254  
3255  Bastinade (v. t.) To bastinado.
3256  
3257  Bastinadoes (pl. ) of Bastinado
3258  
3259  Bastinado (n.) A blow with a stick or cudgel.
3260  
3261  "Bastinado (n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet."
3262  
3263  Bastinadoes (imp. & p. p.) of Bastinado
3264  
3265  Bastinadoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bastinado
3266  
3267  "Bastinado (v. t.) To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet."
3268  
3269  "Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin."
3270  
3271  Bastioned (a.) Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
3272  
3273  Basto (n.) The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.
3274  
3275  Baston (n.) A staff or cudgel.
3276  
3277  Baston (n.) See Baton.
3278  
3279  "Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court."
3280  
3281  "Basyle (n.) A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element."
3282  
3283  "Basylous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous."
3284  
3285  "Bat (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc."
3286  
3287  Bat (n.) Shale or bituminous shale.
3288  
3289  Bat (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
3290  
3291  Bat (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.
3292  
3293  Batted (imp. & p. p.) of Bat
3294  
3295  Batting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bat
3296  
3297  Bat (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
3298  
3299  "Bat (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball."
3300  
3301  "Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire."
3302  
3303  Batable (a.) Disputable.
3304  
3305  Batailled (a.) Embattled.
3306  
3307  Batardeau (n.) A cofferdam.
3308  
3309  "Batardeau (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall."
3310  
3311  Batatas (n.) Alt. of Batata
3312  
3313  Batata (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).
3314  
3315  "Batavian (a.) Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion."
3316  
3317  Batavian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
3318  
3319  Batch (v. t.) The quantity of bread baked at one time.
3320  
3321  "Batch (v. t.) A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business."
3322  
3323  Bate (n.) Strife; contention.
3324  
3325  Bated (imp. & p. p.) of Bate
3326  
3327  Bating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bate
3328  
3329  "Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower."
3330  
3331  Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
3332  
3333  Bate (v. t.) To leave out; to except.
3334  
3335  Bate (v. t.) To remove.
3336  
3337  Bate (v. t.) To deprive of.
3338  
3339  Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
3340  
3341  Bate (v. i.) To waste away.
3342  
3343  Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.
3344  
3345  Bate () imp. of Bite.
3346  
3347  Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
3348  
3349  Bate (n.) See 2d Bath.
3350  
3351  Bate (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
3352  
3353  "Bate (v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather."
3354  
3355  Bateaux (pl. ) of Bateau
3356  
3357  "Bateau (n.) A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers."
3358  
3359  "Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath."
3360  
3361  Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.
3362  
3363  Bateless (a.) Not to be abated.
3364  
3365  Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.
3366  
3367  Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)
3368  
3369  Batfowler (n.) One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.
3370  
3371  "Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise."
3372  
3373  Batful (v. i.) Rich; fertile.
3374  
3375  Baths (pl. ) of Bath
3376  
3377  "Bath (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath."
3378  
3379  Bath (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.
3380  
3381  Bath (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
3382  
3383  Bath (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
3384  
3385  "Bath (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body."
3386  
3387  "Bath (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution."
3388  
3389  "Bath (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure."
3390  
3391  "Bath (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects."
3392  
3393  Bathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bathe
3394  
3395  Bathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bathe
3396  
3397  "Bathe (v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath."
3398  
3399  Bathe (v. t.) To lave; to wet.
3400  
3401  Bathe (v. t.) To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
3402  
3403  "Bathe (v. t.) To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor."
3404  
3405  "Bathe (v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed."
3406  
3407  Bathe (v. i.) To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.
3408  
3409  "Bathe (v. i.) To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath."
3410  
3411  Bathe (v. i.) To bask in the sun.
3412  
3413  Bathe (n.) The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.
3414  
3415  Bather (n.) One who bathes.
3416  
3417  Bathetic (a.) Having the character of bathos.
3418  
3419  Bathing (n.) Act of taking a bath or baths.
3420  
3421  Bathmism (n.) See Vital force.
3422  
3423  "Bathometer (n.) An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line."
3424  
3425  Bathorse (n.) A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.
3426  
3427  "Bathos (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax."
3428  
3429  "Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin."
3430  
3431  Bathymetric (a.) Alt. of Bathymetrical
3432  
3433  "Bathymetrical (a.) Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea."
3434  
3435  "Bathymetry (n.) The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea."
3436  
3437  Bating (prep.) With the exception of; excepting.
3438  
3439  "Batiste (n.) Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton."
3440  
3441  "Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff."
3442  
3443  "Batman (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds."
3444  
3445  Batmen (pl. ) of Batman
3446  
3447  Batman (n.) A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
3448  
3449  Batoidei (n. pl.) The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
3450  
3451  "Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances."
3452  
3453  "Baton (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister."
3454  
3455  "Batoon (n.) See Baton, and Baston."
3456  
3457  Bat printing () A mode of printing on glazed ware.
3458  
3459  Batrachia (n. pl.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.
3460  
3461  Batrachian (a.) Pertaining to the Batrachia.
3462  
3463  Batrachian (n.) One of the Batrachia.
3464  
3465  "Batrachoid (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines."
3466  
3467  "Batrachomyomachy (n.) The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship."
3468  
3469  Batrachophagous (a.) Feeding on frogs.
3470  
3471  Batsmen (pl. ) of Batsman
3472  
3473  "Batsman (n.) The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc."
3474  
3475  Bat's-wing (a.) Alt. of Batwing
3476  
3477  "Batwing (a.) Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner."
3478  
3479  Batta (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
3480  
3481  "Batta (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins."
3482  
3483  Battable (a.) Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening.
3484  
3485  Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
3486  
3487  Battailant (n.) A combatant.
3488  
3489  Battailous (n.) Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.
3490  
3491  "Battalia (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action."
3492  
3493  "Battalia (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body."
3494  
3495  Battalion (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
3496  
3497  "Battalion (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle."
3498  
3499  Battalion (v. t.) To form into battalions.
3500  
3501  "Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager."
3502  
3503  "Battel (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively."
3504  
3505  Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
3506  
3507  Battel (v. i.) To make fertile.
3508  
3509  Battel (a.) Fertile; fruitful; productive.
3510  
3511  Batteler (n.) Alt. of Battler
3512  
3513  "Battler (n.) A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge."
3514  
3515  Battened (imp. & p. p.) of Batten
3516  
3517  Battening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batten
3518  
3519  Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
3520  
3521  "Batten (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land."
3522  
3523  Batten (v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
3524  
3525  "Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc."
3526  
3527  Batten (v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens.
3528  
3529  "Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof."
3530  
3531  Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
3532  
3533  Battered (imp. & p. p.) of Batter
3534  
3535  Battering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batter
3536  
3537  "Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart."
3538  
3539  Batter (v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
3540  
3541  "Batter (v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly."
3542  
3543  "Batter (v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery."
3544  
3545  Batter (v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
3546  
3547  Batter (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
3548  
3549  Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
3550  
3551  Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.
3552  
3553  Batter (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
3554  
3555  "Batterer (n.) One who, or that which, batters."
3556  
3557  Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
3558  
3559  "Battering-ram (n.) A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally."
3560  
3561  Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.
3562  
3563  Batteries (pl. ) of Battery
3564  
3565  Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.
3566  
3567  "Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him."
3568  
3569  "Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense."
3570  
3571  Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
3572  
3573  "Battery (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns."
3574  
3575  Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.
3576  
3577  Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.
3578  
3579  "Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc."
3580  
3581  "Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals."
3582  
3583  Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
3584  
3585  Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.
3586  
3587  Batting (n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
3588  
3589  "Batting (n.) Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting."
3590  
3591  "Battle (a.) Fertile. See Battel, a."
3592  
3593  "Battle (v. t.) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat."
3594  
3595  "Battle (v. t.) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life."
3596  
3597  Battle (v. t.) A division of an army; a battalion.
3598  
3599  "Battle (v. t.) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia."
3600  
3601  Battled (imp. & p. p.) of Battle
3602  
3603  Battling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Battle
3604  
3605  "Battle (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories."
3606  
3607  Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.
3608  
3609  Battle-ax (n.) Alt. of Battle-axe
3610  
3611  Battle-axe (n.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
3612  
3613  Battled (p. p.) Embattled.
3614  
3615  "Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock."
3616  
3617  Battledoor (n.) A child's hornbook.
3618  
3619  Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
3620  
3621  "Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches."
3622  
3623  Battlemented (a.) Having battlements.
3624  
3625  Battologist (n.) One who battologizes.
3626  
3627  Battologize (v. t.) To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.
3628  
3629  Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
3630  
3631  "Batton (n.) See Batten, and Baton."
3632  
3633  "Battue (v. t.) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game."
3634  
3635  Battue (v. t.) The game itself.
3636  
3637  Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
3638  
3639  Batture (n.) An elevated river bed or sea bed.
3640  
3641  Battuta (n.) The measuring of time by beating.
3642  
3643  "Batty (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat."
3644  
3645  Batule (n.) A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board.
3646  
3647  Batzen (pl. ) of Batz
3648  
3649  "Batz (n.) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents."
3650  
3651  Baubee (n.) Same as Bawbee.
3652  
3653  "Bauble (n.) A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything."
3654  
3655  Bauble (n.) The fool's club.
3656  
3657  Baubling (a.) See Bawbling.
3658  
3659  "Baudekin (n.) The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad."
3660  
3661  Baudrick (n.) A belt. See Baldric.
3662  
3663  Bauk (n. & v.) Alt. of Baulk
3664  
3665  Baulk (n. & v.) See Balk.
3666  
3667  "Baunscheidtism (n.) A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid."
3668  
3669  Bauxite (n.) Alt. of Beauxite
3670  
3671  "Beauxite (n.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat."
3672  
3673  Bavarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bavaria.
3674  
3675  Bavarian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.
3676  
3677  Bavaroy (n.) A kind of cloak or surtout.
3678  
3679  Bavian (n.) A baboon.
3680  
3681  "Bavin (n.) A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood."
3682  
3683  Bavin (n.) Impure limestone.
3684  
3685  Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.
3686  
3687  Bawble (n.) A trinket. See Bauble.
3688  
3689  Bawbling (a.) Insignificant; contemptible.
3690  
3691  Bawcock (n.) A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment.
3692  
3693  "Bawd (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman."
3694  
3695  Bawd (v. i.) To procure women for lewd purposes.
3696  
3697  Bawdily (adv.) Obscenely; lewdly.
3698  
3699  Bawdiness (n.) Obscenity; lewdness.
3700  
3701  Bawdrick (n.) A belt. See Baldric.
3702  
3703  Bawdry (n.) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
3704  
3705  Bawdry (n.) Illicit intercourse; fornication.
3706  
3707  "Bawdry (n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language."
3708  
3709  Bawdy (a.) Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.
3710  
3711  Bawdy (a.) Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
3712  
3713  Bawdyhouse (n.) A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
3714  
3715  Bawhorse (n.) Same as Bathorse.
3716  
3717  Bawled (imp. & p. p.) of Bawl
3718  
3719  Bawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bawl
3720  
3721  "Bawl (v. i.) To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate."
3722  
3723  "Bawl (v. i.) To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation."
3724  
3725  "Bawl (v. t.) To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does."
3726  
3727  "Bawl (n.) A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry."
3728  
3729  Bawler (n.) One who bawls.
3730  
3731  "Bawn (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure."
3732  
3733  Bawn (n.) A large house.
3734  
3735  Bawrel (n.) A kind of hawk.
3736  
3737  Bawsin (n.) Alt. of Bawson
3738  
3739  Bawson (n.) A badger.
3740  
3741  "Bawson (n.) A large, unwieldy person."
3742  
3743  "Baxter (n.) A baker; originally, a female baker."
3744  
3745  Bay (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
3746  
3747  "Bay (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character."
3748  
3749  "Bay (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc."
3750  
3751  Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
3752  
3753  "Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers."
3754  
3755  "Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks."
3756  
3757  Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
3758  
3759  "Bay (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel."
3760  
3761  "Bay (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel."
3762  
3763  Bay (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
3764  
3765  Bayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bay
3766  
3767  Baying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bay
3768  
3769  "Bay (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game."
3770  
3771  "Bay (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear."
3772  
3773  "Bay (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking."
3774  
3775  "Bay (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible."
3776  
3777  Bay (v. t.) To bathe.
3778  
3779  Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
3780  
3781  "Bay (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back."
3782  
3783  Baya (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).
3784  
3785  Bayad (n.) Alt. of Bayatte
3786  
3787  "Bayatte (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac)."
3788  
3789  Bayadere (n.) A female dancer in the East Indies.
3790  
3791  Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
3792  
3793  "Bayard (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse."
3794  
3795  "Bayard (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow."
3796  
3797  Bayardly (a.) Blind; stupid.
3798  
3799  Bayberry (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
3800  
3801  Bayberry (n.) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
3802  
3803  Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
3804  
3805  Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
3806  
3807  Bayed (a.) Having a bay or bays.
3808  
3809  Bay ice () See under Ice.
3810  
3811  Bay leaf () See under 3d Bay.
3812  
3813  "Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense."
3814  
3815  "Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery."
3816  
3817  Bayoneted (imp. & p. p.) of Bayonet
3818  
3819  Bayoneting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bayonet
3820  
3821  Bayonet (v. t.) To stab with a bayonet.
3822  
3823  Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
3824  
3825  Bayous (pl. ) of Bayou
3826  
3827  "Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind."
3828  
3829  "Bay rum () A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes."
3830  
3831  Bays (n.) Alt. of Bayze
3832  
3833  Bayze (n.) See Baize.
3834  
3835  "Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce."
3836  
3837  Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
3838  
3839  "Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window."
3840  
3841  Bay yarn () Woolen yarn.
3842  
3843  Bazaar (n.) Alt. of Bazar
3844  
3845  "Bazar (n.) In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale."
3846  
3847  "Bazar (n.) A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair."
3848  
3849  "Bazar (n.) A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects."
3850  
3851  "Bdellium (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia."
3852  
3853  "Bdellium (n.) A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa."
3854  
3855  Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.
3856  
3857  Bdellometer (n.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.
3858  
3859  "Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams."
3860  
3861  Was (imp.) of Be
3862  
3863  Been (p. p.) of Be
3864  
3865  Being (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Be
3866  
3867  "Be (v. i.) To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence."
3868  
3869  "Be (v. i.) To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man."
3870  
3871  "Be (v. i.) To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday."
3872  
3873  Be (v. i.) To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
3874  
3875  "Be- () A prefix, originally the same word as by;"
3876  
3877  "Be- () To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir."
3878  
3879  "Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)."
3880  
3881  "Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)."
3882  
3883  Beaches (pl. ) of Beach
3884  
3885  "Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle."
3886  
3887  "Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand."
3888  
3889  Beached (imp. & p. p.) of Beach
3890  
3891  Beaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beach
3892  
3893  "Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship."
3894  
3895  "Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber."
3896  
3897  Beached (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
3898  
3899  "Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached."
3900  
3901  Beachy (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.
3902  
3903  "Beacon (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning."
3904  
3905  "Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners."
3906  
3907  Beacon (n.) A high hill near the shore.
3908  
3909  Beacon (n.) That which gives notice of danger.
3910  
3911  Beaconed (imp. & p. p.) of Beacon
3912  
3913  Beaconing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beacon
3914  
3915  "Beacon (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine."
3916  
3917  Beacon (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
3918  
3919  "Beaconage (n.) Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively."
3920  
3921  Beaconless (a.) Having no beacon.
3922  
3923  Bead (n.) A prayer.
3924  
3925  "Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer."
3926  
3927  Bead (n.) Any small globular body
3928  
3929  Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.
3930  
3931  Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
3932  
3933  "Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim)."
3934  
3935  "Bead (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments."
3936  
3937  "Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc."
3938  
3939  Beaded (imp. & p. p.) of Bead
3940  
3941  Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
3942  
3943  Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
3944  
3945  Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
3946  
3947  Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehouse
3948  
3949  Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
3950  
3951  Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
3952  
3953  "Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky."
3954  
3955  Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
3956  
3957  "Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students."
3958  
3959  "Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc."
3960  
3961  Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
3962  
3963  "Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle."
3964  
3965  "Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters."
3966  
3967  "Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken."
3968  
3969  "Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general."
3970  
3971  -men (pl. ) of Bedesman
3972  
3973  Beadsman (n.) Alt. of Bedesman
3974  
3975  "Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman."
3976  
3977  "Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black."
3978  
3979  -women (pl. ) of Bedeswoman
3980  
3981  Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoman
3982  
3983  Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.
3984  
3985  Beadwork (n.) Ornamental work in beads.
3986  
3987  "Beady (a.) Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening."
3988  
3989  "Beady (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads."
3990  
3991  "Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor."
3992  
3993  "Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix."
3994  
3995  Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
3996  
3997  "Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds."
3998  
3999  "Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles."
4000  
4001  "Beak (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera."
4002  
4003  "Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve."
4004  
4005  Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
4006  
4007  "Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land."
4008  
4009  "Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead."
4010  
4011  "Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee."
4012  
4013  Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
4014  
4015  "Beak (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant."
4016  
4017  "Beak (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.)."
4018  
4019  Beak (n.) A magistrate or policeman.
4020  
4021  Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
4022  
4023  Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
4024  
4025  "Beaker (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard."
4026  
4027  "Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat."
4028  
4029  "Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak."
4030  
4031  "Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew."
4032  
4033  "Beakhead (n.) Same as Beak, 3."
4034  
4035  "Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil."
4036  
4037  Bealed (imp. & p. p.) of Beal
4038  
4039  Bealing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Beal
4040  
4041  "Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple."
4042  
4043  Be-all (n.) The whole; all that is to be.
4044  
4045  "Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use."
4046  
4047  Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
4048  
4049  "Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another."
4050  
4051  "Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended."
4052  
4053  "Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches."
4054  
4055  Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.
4056  
4057  "Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam."
4058  
4059  Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
4060  
4061  "Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it."
4062  
4063  "Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam."
4064  
4065  "Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat."
4066  
4067  "Beam (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort."
4068  
4069  Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
4070  
4071  Beamed (imp. & p. p.) of Beam
4072  
4073  Beaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beam
4074  
4075  "Beam (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light."
4076  
4077  Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light.
4078  
4079  "Beambird (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building."
4080  
4081  "Beamed (a.) Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag."
4082  
4083  Beamful (a.) Beamy; radiant.
4084  
4085  Beamily (adv.) In a beaming manner.
4086  
4087  Beaminess (n.) The state of being beamy.
4088  
4089  Beaming (a.) Emitting beams; radiant.
4090  
4091  Beamingly (adv.) In a beaming manner; radiantly.
4092  
4093  Beamless (a.) Not having a beam.
4094  
4095  Beamless (a.) Not emitting light.
4096  
4097  Beamlet (n.) A small beam of light.
4098  
4099  Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
4100  
4101  Beamy (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
4102  
4103  Beamy (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
4104  
4105  "Beamy (a.) Having horns, or antlers."
4106  
4107  "Bean (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs."
4108  
4109  "Bean (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans."
4110  
4111  "Bean caper () A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum."
4112  
4113  "Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)."
4114  
4115  Bore (imp.) of Bear
4116  
4117  Bare () of Bear
4118  
4119  Born (p. p.) of Bear
4120  
4121  Borne () of Bear
4122  
4123  Bearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear
4124  
4125  Bear (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.
4126  
4127  Bear (v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.
4128  
4129  Bear (v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
4130  
4131  "Bear (v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise."
4132  
4133  "Bear (v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription."
4134  
4135  "Bear (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name."
4136  
4137  Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
4138  
4139  Bear (v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
4140  
4141  Bear (v. t.) To gain or win.
4142  
4143  "Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc."
4144  
4145  Bear (v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.
4146  
4147  "Bear (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have."
4148  
4149  "Bear (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change."
4150  
4151  "Bear (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct."
4152  
4153  Bear (v. t.) To behave; to conduct.
4154  
4155  Bear (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.
4156  
4157  "Bear (v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest."
4158  
4159  "Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness."
4160  
4161  "Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden."
4162  
4163  Bear (v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.
4164  
4165  "Bear (v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against."
4166  
4167  "Bear (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear."
4168  
4169  "Bear (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?"
4170  
4171  "Bear (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect."
4172  
4173  "Bear (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E."
4174  
4175  Bear (n.) A bier.
4176  
4177  "Bear (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects."
4178  
4179  "Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear."
4180  
4181  "Bear (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor."
4182  
4183  "Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person."
4184  
4185  Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
4186  
4187  Bear (n.) A portable punching machine.
4188  
4189  Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
4190  
4191  "Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market."
4192  
4193  Bear (n.) Alt. of Bere
4194  
4195  "Bere (n.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare)."
4196  
4197  Bearable (a.) Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.
4198  
4199  "Bearberry (n.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond."
4200  
4201  Bearbind (n.) The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
4202  
4203  "Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults."
4204  
4205  "Beard (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat."
4206  
4207  Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
4208  
4209  "Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes."
4210  
4211  "Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle."
4212  
4213  "Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster."
4214  
4215  "Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies."
4216  
4217  "Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain."
4218  
4219  "Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out."
4220  
4221  "Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle."
4222  
4223  Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
4224  
4225  Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
4226  
4227  Bearded (imp. & p. p.) of Beard
4228  
4229  Bearding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beard
4230  
4231  "Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt."
4232  
4233  Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
4234  
4235  Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
4236  
4237  Bearded (a.) Having a beard.
4238  
4239  Beardie (n.) The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
4240  
4241  Beardless (a.) Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
4242  
4243  "Beardless (a.) Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat."
4244  
4245  Beardlessness (n.) The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
4246  
4247  "Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries."
4248  
4249  Bearer (n.) Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.
4250  
4251  "Bearer (n.) A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant."
4252  
4253  "Bearer (n.) A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer."
4254  
4255  "Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer."
4256  
4257  "Bearer (n.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved."
4258  
4259  Bearherd (n.) A man who tends a bear.
4260  
4261  Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
4262  
4263  Bearing (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
4264  
4265  Bearing (n.) Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
4266  
4267  "Bearing (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection."
4268  
4269  Bearing (n.) Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
4270  
4271  "Bearing (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing."
4272  
4273  "Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall."
4274  
4275  Bearing (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
4276  
4277  "Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports."
4278  
4279  "Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal."
4280  
4281  Bearing (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
4282  
4283  Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
4284  
4285  "Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W."
4286  
4287  Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
4288  
4289  Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
4290  
4291  Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
4292  
4293  Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
4294  
4295  Bearish (a.) Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.
4296  
4297  Bearishness (n.) Behavior like that of a bear.
4298  
4299  Bearn (n.) See Bairn.
4300  
4301  "Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1."
4302  
4303  Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
4304  
4305  "Bear's-ear (n.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf."
4306  
4307  "Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic."
4308  
4309  Bearskin (n.) The skin of a bear.
4310  
4311  "Bearskin (n.) A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats."
4312  
4313  "Bearskin (n.) A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers."
4314  
4315  "Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament."
4316  
4317  Bearward (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.
4318  
4319  "Beast (n.) Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc."
4320  
4321  "Beast (n.) Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden."
4322  
4323  Beast (n.) As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
4324  
4325  "Beast (n.) Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow."
4326  
4327  Beast (n.) A game at cards similar to loo.
4328  
4329  "Beast (n.) A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc."
4330  
4331  Beasthood (n.) State or nature of a beast.
4332  
4333  Beastings (n. pl.) See Biestings.
4334  
4335  Beastlihead (n.) Beastliness.
4336  
4337  Beastlike (a.) Like a beast.
4338  
4339  Beastliness (n.) The state or quality of being beastly.
4340  
4341  "Beastly (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast."
4342  
4343  Beastly (a.) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
4344  
4345  "Beastly (a.) Abominable; as, beastly weather."
4346  
4347  Beat (imp.) of Beat
4348  
4349  Beat (p. p.) of Beat
4350  
4351  Beaten () of Beat
4352  
4353  Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beat
4354  
4355  "Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum."
4356  
4357  Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
4358  
4359  "Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game."
4360  
4361  "Beat (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind."
4362  
4363  "Beat (v. t.) To tread, as a path."
4364  
4365  "Beat (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass."
4366  
4367  Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
4368  
4369  Beat (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
4370  
4371  "Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc."
4372  
4373  Beat (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
4374  
4375  Beat (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
4376  
4377  "Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do."
4378  
4379  Beat (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt.
4380  
4381  "Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse."
4382  
4383  "Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat."
4384  
4385  "Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."
4386  
4387  "Beat (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison."
4388  
4389  Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
4390  
4391  "Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse."
4392  
4393  "Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit."
4394  
4395  "Beat (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament."
4396  
4397  "Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8."
4398  
4399  "Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat."
4400  
4401  Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
4402  
4403  "Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat."
4404  
4405  Beat (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
4406  
4407  Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
4408  
4409  Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
4410  
4411  Beaten (a.) Exhausted; tired out.
4412  
4413  "Beaten (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase."
4414  
4415  Beaten (a.) Tried; practiced.
4416  
4417  "Beater (n.) One who, or that which, beats."
4418  
4419  Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.
4420  
4421  "Beath (v. t.) To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood."
4422  
4423  Beatific (a.) Alt. of Beatifical
4424  
4425  Beatifical (a.) Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.
4426  
4427  Beatificate (v. t.) To beatify.
4428  
4429  "Beatification (n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of ""the blessed,"" or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization."
4430  
4431  Beatified (imp. & p. p.) of Beatify
4432  
4433  Beatifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beatify
4434  
4435  "Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness."
4436  
4437  Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
4438  
4439  "Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of ""the blessed"" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized."
4440  
4441  Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
4442  
4443  "Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart."
4444  
4445  "Beating (n.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n."
4446  
4447  Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
4448  
4449  Beatitude (n.) Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
4450  
4451  "Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues."
4452  
4453  Beatitude (n.) Beatification.
4454  
4455  Beaux (pl. ) of Beau
4456  
4457  Beaus (pl. ) of Beau
4458  
4459  Beau (n.) A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
4460  
4461  "Beau (n.) A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover."
4462  
4463  Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
4464  
4465  "Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet."
4466  
4467  Beaufin (n.) See Biffin.
4468  
4469  "Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model."
4470  
4471  Beauish (n.) Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
4472  
4473  Beau monde () The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.
4474  
4475  Beaupere (n.) A father.
4476  
4477  Beaupere (n.) A companion.
4478  
4479  Beauseant (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
4480  
4481  Beauship (n.) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
4482  
4483  Beauteous (a.) Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.
4484  
4485  Beautied (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.
4486  
4487  "Beautifier (n.) One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful."
4488  
4489  Beautiful (a.) Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
4490  
4491  Beautified (imp. & p. p.) of Beautify
4492  
4493  Beautifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beautify
4494  
4495  Beautify (v. t.) To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
4496  
4497  Beautify (v. i.) To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
4498  
4499  Beautiless (a.) Destitute of beauty.
4500  
4501  Beautie (pl. ) of Beauty
4502  
4503  "Beauty (n.) An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense."
4504  
4505  "Beauty (n.) A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature."
4506  
4507  "Beauty (n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman."
4508  
4509  Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
4510  
4511  Beaux (n.) pl. of Beau.
4512  
4513  Beauxite (n.) See Bauxite.
4514  
4515  "Beaver (n.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor."
4516  
4517  Beaver (n.) The fur of the beaver.
4518  
4519  "Beaver (n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk."
4520  
4521  "Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats."
4522  
4523  "Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink."
4524  
4525  "Beavered (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat."
4526  
4527  "Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing."
4528  
4529  Bebeerine (n.) Alt. of Bebirine
4530  
4531  "Bebirine (n.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine."
4532  
4533  Bebleed (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.
4534  
4535  Beblood (v. t.) Alt. of Bebloody
4536  
4537  Bebloody (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.
4538  
4539  Beblot (v. t.) To blot; to stain.
4540  
4541  "Beblubber (v. t.) To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered."
4542  
4543  Becalmed (imp. & p. p.) of Becalm
4544  
4545  Becalming (n.) of Becalm
4546  
4547  Becalm (v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
4548  
4549  "Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed."
4550  
4551  Became () imp. of Become.
4552  
4553  Becard (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).
4554  
4555  Because (conj.) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
4556  
4557  Because (conj.) In order that; that.
4558  
4559  Beccabunga (n.) See Brooklime.
4560  
4561  Beccaficos (pl. ) of Beccafico
4562  
4563  "Beccafico (n.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc."
4564  
4565  "Bechamel (n.) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream."
4566  
4567  Bechance (adv.) By chance; by accident.
4568  
4569  Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.
4570  
4571  Becharm (v. t.) To charm; to captivate.
4572  
4573  Beche de mer () The trepang.
4574  
4575  "Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough."
4576  
4577  Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
4578  
4579  Beck (n.) See Beak.
4580  
4581  Beck (n.) A small brook.
4582  
4583  Beck (n.) A vat. See Back.
4584  
4585  Becked (imp. & p. p.) of Beck
4586  
4587  Becking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beck
4588  
4589  "Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand."
4590  
4591  "Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to."
4592  
4593  "Beck (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command."
4594  
4595  Becker (n.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.
4596  
4597  "Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope."
4598  
4599  Becket (n.) A spade for digging turf.
4600  
4601  Beckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Beckon
4602  
4603  Beckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beckon
4604  
4605  "Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand."
4606  
4607  Beckon (n.) A sign made without words; a beck.
4608  
4609  Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
4610  
4611  Beclipped (imp. & p. p.) of Beclip
4612  
4613  Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.
4614  
4615  Beclouded (imp. & p. p.) of Becloud
4616  
4617  Beclouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Becloud
4618  
4619  Becloud (v. t.) To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.
4620  
4621  Became (imp.) of Become
4622  
4623  Become (p. p.) of Become
4624  
4625  Becoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Become
4626  
4627  "Become (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character."
4628  
4629  Become (v. i.) To come; to get.
4630  
4631  "Become (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things."
4632  
4633  Becomed (a.) Proper; decorous.
4634  
4635  Becoming (a.) Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
4636  
4637  Becoming (n.) That which is becoming or appropriate.
4638  
4639  Becomingly (adv.) In a becoming manner.
4640  
4641  "Becomingness (n.) The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness."
4642  
4643  Becripple (v. t.) To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.
4644  
4645  Becuna (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.
4646  
4647  Becurl (v. t.) To curl; to adorn with curls.
4648  
4649  "Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs."
4650  
4651  Bed (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
4652  
4653  "Bed (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground."
4654  
4655  "Bed (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals."
4656  
4657  "Bed (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river."
4658  
4659  "Bed (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc."
4660  
4661  "Bed (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed."
4662  
4663  "Bed (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds."
4664  
4665  Bed (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
4666  
4667  Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
4668  
4669  "Bed (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile."
4670  
4671  "Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine."
4672  
4673  "Bed (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad."
4674  
4675  "Bed (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid."
4676  
4677  Bedded (imp. & p. p.) of Bed
4678  
4679  Bedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bed
4680  
4681  Bed (v. t.) To place in a bed.
4682  
4683  Bed (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
4684  
4685  Bed (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
4686  
4687  "Bed (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold."
4688  
4689  "Bed (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock."
4690  
4691  Bed (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
4692  
4693  Bed (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
4694  
4695  Bed (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.
4696  
4697  Bedabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedabble
4698  
4699  Bedabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedabble
4700  
4701  Bedabble (v. t.) To dabble; to sprinkle or wet.
4702  
4703  Bedaff (v. t.) To make a daff or fool of.
4704  
4705  Bedagat (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.
4706  
4707  Bedaggle (v. t.) To daggle.
4708  
4709  Bedashed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedash
4710  
4711  Bedashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedash
4712  
4713  Bedash (v. t.) To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
4714  
4715  Bedaubed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedaub
4716  
4717  Bedaubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedaub
4718  
4719  Bedaub (v. t.) To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
4720  
4721  Bedazzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedazzle
4722  
4723  Bedazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedazzle
4724  
4725  Bedazzle (v. t.) To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.
4726  
4727  "Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix."
4728  
4729  "Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed."
4730  
4731  Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.
4732  
4733  "Bedclothes (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed."
4734  
4735  Bedcord (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
4736  
4737  "Bedded (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds."
4738  
4739  "Bedding (n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter."
4740  
4741  Bedding (n.) The state or position of beds and layers.
4742  
4743  "Bede (v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer."
4744  
4745  Bede (n.) A kind of pickax.
4746  
4747  Bedecked (imp. & p. p.) of Bedeck
4748  
4749  Bedecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedeck
4750  
4751  "Bedeck (v. t.) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace."
4752  
4753  Bedeguar (n.) Alt. of Bedegar
4754  
4755  "Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties."
4756  
4757  Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.
4758  
4759  Bedel (n.) Alt. of Bedell
4760  
4761  Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.
4762  
4763  Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.
4764  
4765  Beden (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.
4766  
4767  Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.
4768  
4769  Bedevilled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedevil
4770  
4771  Bedeviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedevil
4772  
4773  Bedevilling () of Bedevil
4774  
4775  "Bedevil (v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment."
4776  
4777  Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.
4778  
4779  Bedevilment (n.) The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.
4780  
4781  Bedewed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedew
4782  
4783  Bedewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedew
4784  
4785  "Bedew (v. t.) To moisten with dew, or as with dew."
4786  
4787  "Bedewer (n.) One who, or that which, bedews."
4788  
4789  Bedewy (a.) Moist with dew; dewy.
4790  
4791  Bedfellow (n.) One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.
4792  
4793  Bedfere Bedphere (n.) A bedfellow.
4794  
4795  Bedgown (n.) A nightgown.
4796  
4797  Bedight (p. p.) of Bedight
4798  
4799  Bedighted () of Bedight
4800  
4801  Bedight (v. t.) To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn.
4802  
4803  Bedimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedim
4804  
4805  Bedimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedim
4806  
4807  Bedim (v. t.) To make dim; to obscure or darken.
4808  
4809  Bedizen (v. t.) To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
4810  
4811  "Bedizenment (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily."
4812  
4813  Bedkey (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
4814  
4815  Bedlam (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
4816  
4817  Bedlam (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
4818  
4819  Bedlam (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
4820  
4821  "Bedlam (a.) Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse."
4822  
4823  Bedlamite (n.) An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.
4824  
4825  Bedmaker (n.) One who makes beds.
4826  
4827  Bed-molding (n.) Alt. of Bed-moulding
4828  
4829  Bed-moulding (n.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.
4830  
4831  Bedote (v. t.) To cause to dote; to deceive.
4832  
4833  "Bedouin (n.) One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts."
4834  
4835  Bedouin (a.) Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.
4836  
4837  Bedpan (n.) A pan for warming beds.
4838  
4839  "Bedpan (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed."
4840  
4841  Bedphere (n.) See Bedfere.
4842  
4843  Bedpiece (n.) Alt. of Bedplate
4844  
4845  "Bedplate (n.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate."
4846  
4847  Bedpost (n.) One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
4848  
4849  "Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff."
4850  
4851  Bedquilt (n.) A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.
4852  
4853  Bedrabble (v. t.) To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble.
4854  
4855  Bedraggled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedraggle
4856  
4857  Bedraggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedraggle
4858  
4859  "Bedraggle (v. t.) To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc."
4860  
4861  Bedrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Bedrench
4862  
4863  Bedrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedrench
4864  
4865  Bedrench (v. t.) To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak.
4866  
4867  Bedribble (v. t.) To dribble upon.
4868  
4869  Bedrid (v. i.) Alt. of Bedridden
4870  
4871  Bedridden (v. i.) Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.
4872  
4873  Bedright Bedrite (n.) The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.
4874  
4875  Bedrizzle (v. t.) To drizzle upon.
4876  
4877  Bed rock () The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
4878  
4879  Bedroom (n.) A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.
4880  
4881  Bedroom (n.) Room in a bed.
4882  
4883  "Bedrop (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with drops."
4884  
4885  Bedrug (v. t.) To drug abundantly or excessively.
4886  
4887  "Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching."
4888  
4889  Bed screw () A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
4890  
4891  Bedside (n.) The side of a bed.
4892  
4893  Bedsite (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.
4894  
4895  Bedsore (n.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.
4896  
4897  Bedspread (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
4898  
4899  Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaff
4900  
4901  "Bedstaff (n.) ""A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."""
4902  
4903  Bedstead (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.
4904  
4905  Bed steps () Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.
4906  
4907  Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.
4908  
4909  Bedstraw (n.) Straw put into a bed.
4910  
4911  "Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers."
4912  
4913  Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
4914  
4915  "Bedtick (n.) A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed."
4916  
4917  Bedtime (n.) The time to go to bed.
4918  
4919  Beducked (imp. & p. p.) of Beduck
4920  
4921  Beduck (v. t.) To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.
4922  
4923  Beduin (n.) See Bedouin.
4924  
4925  Bedunged (imp. & p. p.) of Bedung
4926  
4927  "Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively."
4928  
4929  "Bedust (v. t.) To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust."
4930  
4931  Bedward (adv.) Towards bed.
4932  
4933  Bedwarfed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedwarf
4934  
4935  Bedwarf (v. t.) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
4936  
4937  Bedyed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedye
4938  
4939  Bedyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedye
4940  
4941  Bedye (v. t.) To dye or stain.
4942  
4943  Bee () p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
4944  
4945  "Bee (n.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee."
4946  
4947  "Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee."
4948  
4949  "Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks."
4950  
4951  "Beebread (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young."
4952  
4953  Beeches (pl. ) of Beech
4954  
4955  Beech (n.) A tree of the genus Fagus.
4956  
4957  "Beechen (a.) Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech."
4958  
4959  Beechnut (n.) The nut of the beech tree.
4960  
4961  Beech tree () The beech.
4962  
4963  Beechy (a.) Of or relating to beeches.
4964  
4965  "Bee-eater (n.) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors."
4966  
4967  Bee-eater (n.) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
4968  
4969  "Beef (n.) An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food."
4970  
4971  "Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food."
4972  
4973  Beef (n.) Applied colloquially to human flesh.
4974  
4975  "Beef (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef."
4976  
4977  "Beefeater (n.) One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person."
4978  
4979  "Beefeater (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England."
4980  
4981  "Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known."
4982  
4983  Beefsteak (n.) A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.
4984  
4985  Beef-witted (n.) Stupid; dull.
4986  
4987  "Beefwood (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland."
4988  
4989  Beefy (a.) Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
4990  
4991  Beehive (n.) A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
4992  
4993  Beehouse (n.) A house for bees; an apiary.
4994  
4995  Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.
4996  
4997  Beeld (n.) Same as Beild.
4998  
4999  "Bee line () The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line."
5000  
5001  "Beelzebub (n.) The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal."
5002  
5003  Beem (n.) A trumpet.
5004  
5005  Beemaster (n.) One who keeps bees.
5006  
5007  Been () The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
5008  
5009  "Beer (n.) A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor."
5010  
5011  "Beer (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc."
5012  
5013  Beeregar (n.) Sour beer.
5014  
5015  Beerhouse (n.) A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
5016  
5017  Beeriness (n.) Beery condition.
5018  
5019  Beery (a.) Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
5020  
5021  Beestings (n.) Same as Biestings.
5022  
5023  "Beeswax (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed."
5024  
5025  "Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee."
5026  
5027  "Beet (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year."
5028  
5029  "Beet (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar."
5030  
5031  Beete (v. t.) Alt. of Bete
5032  
5033  Bete (v. t.) To mend; to repair.
5034  
5035  Bete (v. t.) To renew or enkindle (a fire).
5036  
5037  "Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc."
5038  
5039  "Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine."
5040  
5041  Beetled (imp. & p. p.) of Beetle
5042  
5043  Beetling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beetle
5044  
5045  Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
5046  
5047  "Beetle (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods."
5048  
5049  "Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera."
5050  
5051  Beetle (v. i.) To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
5052  
5053  Beetle brow () An overhanging brow.
5054  
5055  "Beetle-browed () Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen."
5056  
5057  Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
5058  
5059  "Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover."
5060  
5061  Beetle-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.
5062  
5063  Beetlestock (n.) The handle of a beetle.
5064  
5065  Beet radish () Same as Beetrave.
5066  
5067  Beetrave (n.) The common beet (Beta vulgaris).
5068  
5069  Beeve (n.) A beef; a beef creature.
5070  
5071  "Beeves (n.) plural of Beef, the animal."
5072  
5073  Befell (imp.) of Befall
5074  
5075  Befallen (p. p.) of Befall
5076  
5077  Befalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befall
5078  
5079  Befall (v. t.) To happen to.
5080  
5081  Befall (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen.
5082  
5083  Befitted (imp. & p. p.) of Befit
5084  
5085  Befitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befit
5086  
5087  Befit (v. t.) To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
5088  
5089  Befitting (a.) Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
5090  
5091  Befittingly (adv.) In a befitting manner; suitably.
5092  
5093  Beflatter (v. t.) To flatter excessively.
5094  
5095  "Beflower (v. t.) To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers."
5096  
5097  Befogged (imp. & p. p.) of Befog
5098  
5099  Befogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befog
5100  
5101  Befog (v. t.) To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.
5102  
5103  Befog (v. t.) Hence: To confuse; to mystify.
5104  
5105  Befooled (imp. & p. p.) of Befool
5106  
5107  Befooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befool
5108  
5109  Befool (v. t.) To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
5110  
5111  Befool (v. t.) To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.
5112  
5113  "Before (prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house."
5114  
5115  Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
5116  
5117  "Before (prep.) An advance of; farther onward, in place or time."
5118  
5119  "Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than."
5120  
5121  Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
5122  
5123  Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
5124  
5125  Before (prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
5126  
5127  "Before (adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear."
5128  
5129  Before (adv.) In advance.
5130  
5131  Before (adv.) In time past; previously; already.
5132  
5133  Before (adv.) Earlier; sooner than; until then.
5134  
5135  Beforehand (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
5136  
5137  "Beforehand (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime."
5138  
5139  Beforehand (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
5140  
5141  Beforetime (adv.) Formerly; aforetime.
5142  
5143  Befortune (v. t.) To befall.
5144  
5145  Befouled (imp. & p. p.) of Befoul
5146  
5147  Befouling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befoul
5148  
5149  Befoul (a.) To make foul; to soil.
5150  
5151  Befoul (a.) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
5152  
5153  Befriended (imp. & p. p.) of Befriend
5154  
5155  Befriending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befriend
5156  
5157  "Befriend (v. t.) To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance."
5158  
5159  Befriendment (n.) Act of befriending.
5160  
5161  Befrill (v. t.) To furnish or deck with a frill.
5162  
5163  Befringe (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe.
5164  
5165  Befuddled (imp. & p. p.) of Befuddle
5166  
5167  "Befuddle (v. t.) To becloud and confuse, as with liquor."
5168  
5169  Beg (n.) A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
5170  
5171  Begged (imp. & p. p.) of Beg
5172  
5173  Begging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beg
5174  
5175  Beg (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
5176  
5177  "Beg (v. t.) To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house."
5178  
5179  "Beg (v. t.) To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor."
5180  
5181  Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.
5182  
5183  "Beg (v. t.) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for."
5184  
5185  "Beg (v. i.) To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms."
5186  
5187  Bega (n.) See Bigha.
5188  
5189  Begemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Begem
5190  
5191  Begemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begem
5192  
5193  "Begem (v. t.) To adorn with gems, or as with gems."
5194  
5195  Begot (imp.) of Beget
5196  
5197  Begat () of Beget
5198  
5199  Begot (p. p.) of Beget
5200  
5201  Begotten () of Beget
5202  
5203  Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beget
5204  
5205  "Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father."
5206  
5207  Beget (v. t.) To get (with child.)
5208  
5209  Beget (v. t.) To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
5210  
5211  Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.
5212  
5213  Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.
5214  
5215  "Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner."
5216  
5217  Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.
5218  
5219  Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
5220  
5221  Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
5222  
5223  Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Beggar
5224  
5225  Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beggar
5226  
5227  "Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself."
5228  
5229  Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
5230  
5231  "Beggarhood (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars."
5232  
5233  Beggarism (n.) Beggary.
5234  
5235  Beggarliness (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.
5236  
5237  "Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible."
5238  
5239  Beggarly (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.
5240  
5241  "Beggarly (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar."
5242  
5243  Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
5244  
5245  "Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity."
5246  
5247  Beggary (n.) The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
5248  
5249  Beggary (n.) Beggarly appearance.
5250  
5251  Beggary (a.) Beggarly.
5252  
5253  Beggestere (n.) A beggar.
5254  
5255  Beghard (n.) Alt. of Beguard
5256  
5257  "Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins."
5258  
5259  Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begild
5260  
5261  Begilt () of Begild
5262  
5263  Begild (v. t.) To gild.
5264  
5265  Began (imp. & p. p.) of Begin
5266  
5267  Begun () of Begin
5268  
5269  Beginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begin
5270  
5271  Begin (v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
5272  
5273  "Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start."
5274  
5275  Begin (v. t.) To enter on; to commence.
5276  
5277  Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
5278  
5279  Begin (n.) Beginning.
5280  
5281  Beginner (n.) One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
5282  
5283  "Beginning (n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states."
5284  
5285  Beginning (n.) That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
5286  
5287  Beginning (n.) That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
5288  
5289  Beginning (n.) Enterprise.
5290  
5291  Begirt (imp.) of Begird
5292  
5293  Begirded () of Begird
5294  
5295  Begirt (p. p.) of Begird
5296  
5297  Begirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begird
5298  
5299  Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
5300  
5301  Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.
5302  
5303  Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.
5304  
5305  Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.
5306  
5307  "Beglerbeg (n.) The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier."
5308  
5309  Begnawed (p. p.) of Begnaw
5310  
5311  Begnawn () of Begnaw
5312  
5313  Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
5314  
5315  Begodded (imp. & p. p.) of Begod
5316  
5317  Begod (v. t.) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
5318  
5319  Begone (interj.) Go away; depart; get you gone.
5320  
5321  Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).
5322  
5323  "Begonia (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors."
5324  
5325  Begore (v. t.) To besmear with gore.
5326  
5327  Begot () imp. & p. p. of Beget.
5328  
5329  Begotten () p. p. of Beget.
5330  
5331  "Begrave (v. t.) To bury; also, to engrave."
5332  
5333  Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
5334  
5335  Begrimed (imp. & p. p.) of Begrime
5336  
5337  Begriming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrime
5338  
5339  Begrime (v. t.) To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
5340  
5341  "Begrimer (n.) One who, or that which, begrimes."
5342  
5343  Begrudged (imp. & p. p.) of Begrudge
5344  
5345  Begrudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrudge
5346  
5347  Begrudge (v. t.) To grudge; to envy the possession of.
5348  
5349  Beguiled (imp. & p. p.) of Beguile
5350  
5351  Beguiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beguile
5352  
5353  "Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure."
5354  
5355  "Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil."
5356  
5357  Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
5358  
5359  "Beguilement (n.) The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled."
5360  
5361  "Beguiler (n.) One who, or that which, beguiles."
5362  
5363  Beguiling (a.) Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.
5364  
5365  Beguin (n.) See Beghard.
5366  
5367  Beguinage (n.) A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
5368  
5369  "Beguine (n.) A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows."
5370  
5371  "Begum (n.) In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank."
5372  
5373  Begun () p. p. of Begin.
5374  
5375  Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
5376  
5377  Behappen (v. t.) To happen to.
5378  
5379  Behaved (imp. & p. p.) of Behave
5380  
5381  Behaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behave
5382  
5383  Behave (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
5384  
5385  Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
5386  
5387  "Behave (v. i.) To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill."
5388  
5389  "Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle."
5390  
5391  Beheaded (imp. & p. p.) of Behead
5392  
5393  Beheading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behead
5394  
5395  Behead (v. t.) To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
5396  
5397  Beheadal (n.) Beheading.
5398  
5399  Beheld () imp. & p. p. of Behold.
5400  
5401  "Behemoth (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24."
5402  
5403  Behen (n.) Alt. of Behn
5404  
5405  "Behn (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury."
5406  
5407  "Behn (n.) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata."
5408  
5409  "Behn (n.) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender."
5410  
5411  Behest (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
5412  
5413  Behest (n.) A vow; a promise.
5414  
5415  Behest (v. t.) To vow.
5416  
5417  Behete (v. t.) See Behight.
5418  
5419  Behight (imp.) of Behight
5420  
5421  Behight (p. p.) of Behight
5422  
5423  Behoten () of Behight
5424  
5425  Behight (v.) To promise; to vow.
5426  
5427  Behight (v.) To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
5428  
5429  Behight (v.) To adjudge; to assign by authority.
5430  
5431  "Behight (v.) To mean, or intend."
5432  
5433  Behight (v.) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
5434  
5435  Behight (v.) To call; to name; to address.
5436  
5437  Behight (v.) To command; to order.
5438  
5439  Behight (n.) A vow; a promise.
5440  
5441  "Behind (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill."
5442  
5443  "Behind (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death."
5444  
5445  "Behind (a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement."
5446  
5447  Behind (adv.) At the back part; in the rear.
5448  
5449  "Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind."
5450  
5451  "Behind (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining."
5452  
5453  Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
5454  
5455  "Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind."
5456  
5457  Behind (n.) The backside; the rump.
5458  
5459  Behindhand (adv. & a.) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
5460  
5461  "Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work."
5462  
5463  Behither (prep.) On this side of.
5464  
5465  Beheld (imp. & p. p.) of Behold
5466  
5467  Beholden (p. p.) of Behold
5468  
5469  Beholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behold
5470  
5471  Behold (v. t.) To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
5472  
5473  "Behold (v. i.) To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see."
5474  
5475  Beholden (p. a.) Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
5476  
5477  Beholder (n.) One who beholds; a spectator.
5478  
5479  Beholding (a.) Obliged; beholden.
5480  
5481  "Beholding (n.) The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld."
5482  
5483  Beholdingness (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden.
5484  
5485  Behoof (v. t.) Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
5486  
5487  Behoovable (a.) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
5488  
5489  Behooved (imp. & p. p.) of Behoove
5490  
5491  Behooving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behoove
5492  
5493  "Behoove (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally."
5494  
5495  "Behoove (v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due."
5496  
5497  Behoove (n.) Advantage; behoof.
5498  
5499  Behooveful (a.) Advantageous; useful; profitable.
5500  
5501  "Behove (v.) and derivatives. See Behoove, &c."
5502  
5503  "Behovely (a. & adv.) Useful, or usefully."
5504  
5505  Behowl (v. t.) To howl at.
5506  
5507  Beige (n.) Debeige.
5508  
5509  Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
5510  
5511  Being (p. pr.) Existing.
5512  
5513  "Being (n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence."
5514  
5515  "Being (n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings."
5516  
5517  Being (n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.
5518  
5519  Being (n.) An abode; a cottage.
5520  
5521  Being (adv.) Since; inasmuch as.
5522  
5523  Bejade (v. t.) To jade or tire.
5524  
5525  Bejape (v. t.) To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.
5526  
5527  Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.
5528  
5529  Bejeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bejewel
5530  
5531  Bejewelled () of Bejewel
5532  
5533  Bejeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bejewel
5534  
5535  Bejewelling () of Bejewel
5536  
5537  Bejewel (v. t.) To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.
5538  
5539  Bejumble (v. t.) To jumble together.
5540  
5541  Bekah (n.) Half a shekel.
5542  
5543  Beknave (v. t.) To call knave.
5544  
5545  Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.
5546  
5547  Bel (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal.
5548  
5549  Belabored (imp. & p. p.) of Belabor
5550  
5551  Belaboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belabor
5552  
5553  Belabor (v. t.) To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.
5554  
5555  Belabor (v. t.) To beat soundly; to cudgel.
5556  
5557  Bel-accoyle (n.) A kind or favorable reception or salutation.
5558  
5559  Belaced (imp. & p. p.) of Belace
5560  
5561  "Belace (v. t.) To fasten, as with a lace or cord."
5562  
5563  Belace (v. t.) To cover or adorn with lace.
5564  
5565  Belace (v. t.) To beat with a strap. See Lace.
5566  
5567  Belam (v. t.) To beat or bang.
5568  
5569  Belamour (n.) A lover.
5570  
5571  "Belamour (n.) A flower, but of what kind is unknown."
5572  
5573  Belamy (n.) Good friend; dear friend.
5574  
5575  Belated (imp. & p. p.) of Belate
5576  
5577  Belating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belate
5578  
5579  Belate (v. t.) To retard or make too late.
5580  
5581  Belated (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
5582  
5583  Belaud (v. t.) To laud or praise greatly.
5584  
5585  Belaid (imp. & p. p.) of Belay
5586  
5587  Belayed () of Belay
5588  
5589  Belaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belay
5590  
5591  Belay (v. t.) To lay on or cover; to adorn.
5592  
5593  "Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel."
5594  
5595  Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
5596  
5597  "Belaying pin () A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed."
5598  
5599  Belched (imp. & p. p.) of Belch
5600  
5601  Belching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belch
5602  
5603  Belch (v. i.) To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
5604  
5605  Belch (v. i.) To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
5606  
5607  Belch (v. i.) To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
5608  
5609  Belch (v. i.) To issue with spasmodic force or noise.
5610  
5611  "Belch (n.) The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation."
5612  
5613  Belch (n.) Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
5614  
5615  "Belcher (n.) One who, or that which, belches."
5616  
5617  Beldam (n.) Alt. of Beldame
5618  
5619  Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
5620  
5621  "Beldame (n.) An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag."
5622  
5623  Beleaguered (imp. & p. p.) of Beleaguer
5624  
5625  Beleaguering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beleaguer
5626  
5627  Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
5628  
5629  Beleaguerer (n.) One who beleaguers.
5630  
5631  Beleft (imp. & p. p.) of Beleave
5632  
5633  Beleave (v. t. & i.) To leave or to be left.
5634  
5635  Belectured (imp. & p. p.) of Belecture
5636  
5637  Belecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belecture
5638  
5639  Belecture (v. t.) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
5640  
5641  "Belee (v. t.) To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind."
5642  
5643  "Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages."
5644  
5645  Belepered (imp. & p. p.) of Beleper
5646  
5647  Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.
5648  
5649  Beaux (pl. ) of Bel-esprit
5650  
5651  -esprits (pl. ) of Bel-esprit
5652  
5653  "Bel-esprit (n.) A fine genius, or man of wit."
5654  
5655  Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
5656  
5657  "Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile."
5658  
5659  Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
5660  
5661  Belfry (n.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.
5662  
5663  Belgard (n.) A sweet or loving look.
5664  
5665  Belgian (a.) Of or pertaining to Belgium.
5666  
5667  Belgian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Belgium.
5668  
5669  "Belgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean."
5670  
5671  Belgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
5672  
5673  "Belgravian (a.) Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic."
5674  
5675  Belial (n.) An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.
5676  
5677  Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
5678  
5679  Belied (imp. & p. p.) of Belie
5680  
5681  Belying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belie
5682  
5683  "Belie (n.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood."
5684  
5685  Belie (n.) To give a false representation or account of.
5686  
5687  Belie (n.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
5688  
5689  Belie (n.) To mimic; to counterfeit.
5690  
5691  Belie (n.) To fill with lies.
5692  
5693  "Belief (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses."
5694  
5695  Belief (n.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.
5696  
5697  Belief (n.) The thing believed; the object of belief.
5698  
5699  "Belief (n.) A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed."
5700  
5701  Beliefful (a.) Having belief or faith.
5702  
5703  Believable (a.) Capable of being believed; credible.
5704  
5705  Believed (imp. & p. p.) of Believe
5706  
5707  Believing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Believe
5708  
5709  "Believe (n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine."
5710  
5711  "Believe (v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith."
5712  
5713  Believe (v. i.) To think; to suppose.
5714  
5715  "Believer (n.) One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing."
5716  
5717  "Believer (n.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel."
5718  
5719  "Believer (n.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction."
5720  
5721  Believing (a.) That believes; having belief.
5722  
5723  Belight (v. t.) To illuminate.
5724  
5725  Belike (adv.) It is likely or probably; perhaps.
5726  
5727  Belimed (imp. & p. p.) of Belime
5728  
5729  Belime (v. t.) To besmear or insnare with birdlime.
5730  
5731  Belittled (imp. & p. p.) of Belittle
5732  
5733  Belittling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belittle
5734  
5735  Belittle (v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
5736  
5737  Belive (a.) Forthwith; speedily; quickly.
5738  
5739  Belk (v. t.) To vomit.
5740  
5741  "Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck."
5742  
5743  Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
5744  
5745  "Bell (n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower."
5746  
5747  "Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital."
5748  
5749  Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
5750  
5751  Belled (imp. & p. p.) of Bell
5752  
5753  Belling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bell
5754  
5755  "Bell (v. t.) To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat."
5756  
5757  "Bell (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube."
5758  
5759  "Bell (v. i.) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell."
5760  
5761  Bell (v. t.) To utter by bellowing.
5762  
5763  "Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar."
5764  
5765  "Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade."
5766  
5767  Belladonna (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.
5768  
5769  "Bell animalcule () An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds."
5770  
5771  "Bell bearer () A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax."
5772  
5773  "Bellbird (n.) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero."
5774  
5775  Bellbird (n.) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.
5776  
5777  "Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery."
5778  
5779  "Belle (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady."
5780  
5781  Belled (a.) Hung with a bell or bells.
5782  
5783  Belle-lettrist (n.) One versed in belles-lettres.
5784  
5785  "Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age."
5786  
5787  Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
5788  
5789  Belletristic (a.) Alt. of Belletristical
5790  
5791  "Belletristical (a.) Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres."
5792  
5793  Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.
5794  
5795  Bellflower (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
5796  
5797  "Bellflower (n.) A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple."
5798  
5799  Bellibone (n.) A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
5800  
5801  Bellic (a.) Alt. of Bellical
5802  
5803  Bellical (a.) Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial.
5804  
5805  Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
5806  
5807  Bellicosely (adv.) In a bellicose manner.
5808  
5809  Bellicous (a.) Bellicose.
5810  
5811  "Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied."
5812  
5813  Belligerence (n.) Alt. of Belligerency
5814  
5815  Belligerency (n.) The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
5816  
5817  Belligerent (p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.
5818  
5819  "Belligerent (p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights."
5820  
5821  Belligerent (n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
5822  
5823  Belligerently (adv.) In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
5824  
5825  "Belling (n.) A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time."
5826  
5827  Bellipotent (p. pr.) Mighty in war; armipotent.
5828  
5829  "Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view."
5830  
5831  "Bellman (n.) A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours."
5832  
5833  "Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells."
5834  
5835  "Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun."
5836  
5837  Bellon (n.) Lead colic.
5838  
5839  Bellona (n.) The goddess of war.
5840  
5841  Bellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bellow
5842  
5843  Bellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bellow
5844  
5845  "Bellow (v.) To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull."
5846  
5847  Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
5848  
5849  "Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound."
5850  
5851  Bellow (v. t.) To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.
5852  
5853  "Bellow (n.) A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar."
5854  
5855  "Bellower (n.) One who, or that which, bellows."
5856  
5857  "Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind."
5858  
5859  "Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish."
5860  
5861  "Bell pepper () A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens."
5862  
5863  Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
5864  
5865  "Belluine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal."
5866  
5867  "Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck."
5868  
5869  Bellwether (n.) Hence: A leader.
5870  
5871  Bellwort (n.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
5872  
5873  Bellies (pl. ) of Belly
5874  
5875  "Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen."
5876  
5877  "Belly (n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly."
5878  
5879  Belly (n.) The womb.
5880  
5881  "Belly (n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship."
5882  
5883  "Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back."
5884  
5885  Bellied (imp. & p. p.) of Belly
5886  
5887  Bellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belly
5888  
5889  Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
5890  
5891  "Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge."
5892  
5893  Bellyache (n.) Pain in the bowels; colic.
5894  
5895  Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
5896  
5897  Bellyband (n.) A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
5898  
5899  "Bellyband (n.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail."
5900  
5901  Bellybound (a.) Costive; constipated.
5902  
5903  Bellycheat (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person.
5904  
5905  Bellycheer (n.) Good cheer; viands.
5906  
5907  Bellycheer (v. i.) To revel; to feast.
5908  
5909  Bellyful (n.) As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.
5910  
5911  Belly-god (n.) One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
5912  
5913  Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
5914  
5915  Belocked (imp. & p. p.) of Belock
5916  
5917  "Belock (v. t.) To lock, or fasten as with a lock."
5918  
5919  "Belomancy (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future."
5920  
5921  Belonged (imp. & p. p.) of Belong
5922  
5923  Belonging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belong
5924  
5925  "Belong (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain."
5926  
5927  "Belong (v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service."
5928  
5929  Belong (v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
5930  
5931  Belong (v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
5932  
5933  "Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town."
5934  
5935  Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
5936  
5937  "Belonging (n.) That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects."
5938  
5939  Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
5940  
5941  Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.
5942  
5943  Belonite (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
5944  
5945  "Belooche Beloochee (a.) Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants."
5946  
5947  Belooche Beloochee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.
5948  
5949  Belord (v. t.) To act the lord over.
5950  
5951  "Belord (v. t.) To address by the title of ""lord""."
5952  
5953  Beloved (imp. & p. p.) of Belove
5954  
5955  Belove (v. t.) To love.
5956  
5957  Beloved (p. p. & a.) Greatly loved; dear to the heart.
5958  
5959  Beloved (n.) One greatly loved.
5960  
5961  "Below (prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee."
5962  
5963  "Below (prep.) Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality."
5964  
5965  Below (prep.) Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
5966  
5967  "Below (adv.) In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath."
5968  
5969  "Below (adv.) On the earth, as opposed to the heavens."
5970  
5971  "Below (adv.) In hell, or the regions of the dead."
5972  
5973  "Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below."
5974  
5975  Below (adv.) In some part or page following.
5976  
5977  Belowt (v. t.) To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to.
5978  
5979  "Belsire (n.) A grandfather, or ancestor."
5980  
5981  "Belswagger (n.) A lewd man; also, a bully."
5982  
5983  "Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt."
5984  
5985  Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
5986  
5987  "Belt (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand."
5988  
5989  "Belt (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt."
5990  
5991  "Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds."
5992  
5993  "Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea."
5994  
5995  Belt (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
5996  
5997  "Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other."
5998  
5999  "Belt (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges."
6000  
6001  Belted (imp. & p. p.) of Belt
6002  
6003  Belting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belt
6004  
6005  "Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround."
6006  
6007  "Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep."
6008  
6009  Beltane (n.) The first day of May (Old Style).
6010  
6011  "Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland."
6012  
6013  "Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl."
6014  
6015  "Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk."
6016  
6017  "Belted (a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt."
6018  
6019  Beltein (n.) Alt. of Beltin
6020  
6021  Beltin (n.) See Beltane.
6022  
6023  "Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively."
6024  
6025  Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
6026  
6027  Beluted (imp. & p. p.) of Belute
6028  
6029  Beluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belute
6030  
6031  "Belute (v. t.) To bespatter, as with mud."
6032  
6033  "Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect."
6034  
6035  Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.
6036  
6037  Bema (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
6038  
6039  Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
6040  
6041  Bema (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
6042  
6043  Bemad (v. t.) To make mad.
6044  
6045  Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.
6046  
6047  Bemask (v. t.) To mask; to conceal.
6048  
6049  Bemaster (v. t.) To master thoroughly.
6050  
6051  Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.
6052  
6053  Bemaze (v. t.) To bewilder.
6054  
6055  Bemean (v. t.) To make mean; to lower.
6056  
6057  Bemet (imp. & p. p.) of Bemeet
6058  
6059  Bemeeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemeet
6060  
6061  Bemeet (v. t.) To meet.
6062  
6063  Bemete (v. t.) To mete.
6064  
6065  Bemingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix.
6066  
6067  Bemired (imp. & p. p.) of Bemire
6068  
6069  Bemiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemire
6070  
6071  "Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt."
6072  
6073  Bemist (v. t.) To envelop in mist.
6074  
6075  Bemoaned (imp. & p. p.) of Bemoan
6076  
6077  Bemoaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemoan
6078  
6079  Bemoan (v. t.) To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.
6080  
6081  Bemoaner (n.) One who bemoans.
6082  
6083  Bemock (v. t.) To mock; to ridicule.
6084  
6085  Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
6086  
6087  Bemol (n.) The sign /; the same as B flat.
6088  
6089  Bemonster (v. t.) To make monstrous or like a monster.
6090  
6091  Bemourn (v. t.) To mourn over.
6092  
6093  Bemuddle (v. t.) To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.
6094  
6095  Bemuffle (v. t.) To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.
6096  
6097  "Bemuse (v. t.) To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor."
6098  
6099  Ben () Alt. of Ben nut
6100  
6101  "Ben nut () The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa."
6102  
6103  Ben (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.
6104  
6105  "Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment."
6106  
6107  Ben () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.
6108  
6109  Benamed (p. p.) of Bename
6110  
6111  Benempt () of Bename
6112  
6113  Bename (v. t.) To promise; to name.
6114  
6115  Benches (pl. ) of Bench
6116  
6117  "Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length."
6118  
6119  "Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench."
6120  
6121  Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
6122  
6123  "Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench."
6124  
6125  Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
6126  
6127  "Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river."
6128  
6129  Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Bench
6130  
6131  Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bench
6132  
6133  Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches.
6134  
6135  Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
6136  
6137  Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
6138  
6139  Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
6140  
6141  Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.
6142  
6143  Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.
6144  
6145  Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
6146  
6147  "Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant."
6148  
6149  Bended (imp. & p. p.) of Bend
6150  
6151  Bent () of Bend
6152  
6153  Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend
6154  
6155  "Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee."
6156  
6157  Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
6158  
6159  Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
6160  
6161  Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
6162  
6163  "Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor."
6164  
6165  Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
6166  
6167  Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.
6168  
6169  Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.
6170  
6171  "Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission."
6172  
6173  "Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road."
6174  
6175  Bend (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
6176  
6177  "Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post."
6178  
6179  Bend (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
6180  
6181  "Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind."
6182  
6183  Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
6184  
6185  Bend (n.) A band.
6186  
6187  "Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base."
6188  
6189  Bendable (a.) Capable of being bent.
6190  
6191  "Bender (n.) One who, or that which, bends."
6192  
6193  Bender (n.) An instrument used for bending.
6194  
6195  Bender (n.) A drunken spree.
6196  
6197  Bender (n.) A sixpence.
6198  
6199  Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
6200  
6201  "Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend."
6202  
6203  Bendwise (adv.) Diagonally.
6204  
6205  Bendy (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
6206  
6207  Bene (n.) See Benne.
6208  
6209  Bene (n.) A prayer; boon.
6210  
6211  Bene (n.) Alt. of Ben
6212  
6213  Ben (n.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).
6214  
6215  Beneaped (a.) See Neaped.
6216  
6217  "Beneath (prep.) Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of."
6218  
6219  "Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens."
6220  
6221  "Beneath (prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming."
6222  
6223  Beneath (adv.) In a lower place; underneath.
6224  
6225  "Beneath (adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath."
6226  
6227  Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
6228  
6229  Benedicite (n.) An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.
6230  
6231  Benedict (n.) Alt. of Benedick
6232  
6233  "Benedick (n.) A married man, or a man newly married."
6234  
6235  Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
6236  
6237  "Benedictine (a.) Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet."
6238  
6239  "Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846."
6240  
6241  Benediction (n.) The act of blessing.
6242  
6243  "Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness."
6244  
6245  "Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction."
6246  
6247  "Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop."
6248  
6249  "Benediction (n.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God."
6250  
6251  Benedictional (n.) A book of benedictions.
6252  
6253  Benedictionary (n.) A collected series of benedictions.
6254  
6255  Benedictive (a.) Tending to bless.
6256  
6257  "Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer."
6258  
6259  Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
6260  
6261  Benedight (a.) Blessed.
6262  
6263  Benefaction (n.) The act of conferring a benefit.
6264  
6265  Benefaction (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
6266  
6267  Benefactor (n.) One who confers a benefit or benefits.
6268  
6269  Benefactress (n.) A woman who confers a benefit.
6270  
6271  Benefic (a.) Favorable; beneficent.
6272  
6273  Benefice (n.) A favor or benefit.
6274  
6275  Benefice (n.) An estate in lands; a fief.
6276  
6277  "Benefice (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson."
6278  
6279  Beneficed (imp. & p. p.) of Benefice
6280  
6281  Benefice (v. t.) To endow with a benefice.
6282  
6283  Beneficed (a.) Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.
6284  
6285  Beneficeless (a.) Having no benefice.
6286  
6287  "Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness."
6288  
6289  Beneficent (a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
6290  
6291  Beneficential (a.) Relating to beneficence.
6292  
6293  Beneficently (adv.) In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
6294  
6295  Beneficial (a.) Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
6296  
6297  "Beneficial (a.) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate."
6298  
6299  Beneficial (a.) King.
6300  
6301  Beneficially (adv.) In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
6302  
6303  Beneficialness (n.) The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
6304  
6305  "Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession."
6306  
6307  "Beneficiary (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts."
6308  
6309  Beneficiaries (pl. ) of Beneficiary
6310  
6311  "Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds."
6312  
6313  Beneficiary (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.
6314  
6315  Beneficiate (v. t.) To reduce (ores).
6316  
6317  Beneficient (a.) Beneficent.
6318  
6319  Benefit (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
6320  
6321  "Benefit (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit."
6322  
6323  "Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use."
6324  
6325  Benefit (n.) Beneficence; liberality.
6326  
6327  Benefit (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
6328  
6329  Benefited (imp. & p. p.) of Benefit
6330  
6331  Benefitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benefit
6332  
6333  Benefit (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
6334  
6335  "Benefit (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change."
6336  
6337  "Benefiter (n.) One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit."
6338  
6339  "Beneme (v. t.) To deprive (of), or take away (from)."
6340  
6341  Benempt (p. p.) Promised; vowed.
6342  
6343  Benempt (p. p.) Named; styled.
6344  
6345  Bene placito () At or during pleasure.
6346  
6347  Bene placito () At pleasure; ad libitum.
6348  
6349  Benetted (imp. & p. p.) of Benet
6350  
6351  Benet (v. t.) To catch in a net; to insnare.
6352  
6353  "Benevolence (n.) The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness."
6354  
6355  Benevolence (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
6356  
6357  "Benevolence (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity."
6358  
6359  "Benevolent (a.) Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable."
6360  
6361  Benevolous (a.) Kind; benevolent.
6362  
6363  "Bengal (n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc."
6364  
6365  "Bengal (n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal."
6366  
6367  "Bengal (n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes."
6368  
6369  Bengalee (n.) Alt. of Bengali
6370  
6371  Bengali (n.) The language spoken in Bengal.
6372  
6373  Bengalese (a.) Of or pertaining to Bengal.
6374  
6375  Bengalese (n. sing. & pl) A native or natives of Bengal.
6376  
6377  Bengola (n.) A Bengal light.
6378  
6379  Benighted (imp. & p. p.) of Benight
6380  
6381  Benighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benight
6382  
6383  Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
6384  
6385  "Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task."
6386  
6387  "Benight (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light."
6388  
6389  Benightment (n.) The condition of being benighted.
6390  
6391  Benign (a.) Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
6392  
6393  "Benign (a.) Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome."
6394  
6395  "Benign (a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease."
6396  
6397  Benignancy (n.) Benignant quality; kindliness.
6398  
6399  Benignant (a.) Kind; gracious; favorable.
6400  
6401  Benignity (n.) The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.
6402  
6403  Benignity (n.) Mildness; gentleness.
6404  
6405  Benignity (n.) Salubrity; wholesome quality.
6406  
6407  Benignly (adv.) In a benign manner.
6408  
6409  Benim (v. t.) To take away.
6410  
6411  Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
6412  
6413  Benitier (n.) A holy-water stoup.
6414  
6415  Benjamin (n.) See Benzoin.
6416  
6417  Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.
6418  
6419  Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
6420  
6421  "Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy."
6422  
6423  "Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc."
6424  
6425  Benshee (n.) See Banshee.
6426  
6427  Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.
6428  
6429  "Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever."
6430  
6431  "Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief."
6432  
6433  "Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow."
6434  
6435  "Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill."
6436  
6437  Bent (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
6438  
6439  Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
6440  
6441  Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
6442  
6443  Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
6444  
6445  "Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass."
6446  
6447  "Bent (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America."
6448  
6449  Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
6450  
6451  "Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass."
6452  
6453  Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.
6454  
6455  Benthamic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.
6456  
6457  "Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions."
6458  
6459  Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.
6460  
6461  "Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe."
6462  
6463  "Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields."
6464  
6465  Benty (a.) Resembling bent.
6466  
6467  Benumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Benumb
6468  
6469  Benumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benumb
6470  
6471  "Benumb (a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold."
6472  
6473  "Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind."
6474  
6475  "Benumbment (n.) Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor."
6476  
6477  "Benzal (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination."
6478  
6479  "Benzamide (n.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds."
6480  
6481  "Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum."
6482  
6483  "Benzile (n.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical."
6484  
6485  "Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc."
6486  
6487  Benzine (n.) Same as Benzene.
6488  
6489  Benzoate (n.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
6490  
6491  "Benzoic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin."
6492  
6493  "Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume."
6494  
6495  "Benzoin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources."
6496  
6497  Benzoin (n.) The spicebush (Lindera benzoin).
6498  
6499  "Benzoinated (a.) Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard."
6500  
6501  Benzole (n.) Alt. of Benzol
6502  
6503  "Benzol (n.) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene."
6504  
6505  Benzoline (n.) Same as Benzole.
6506  
6507  Benzoline (n.) Same as Amarine.
6508  
6509  "Benzoyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds."
6510  
6511  "Benzyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively."
6512  
6513  "Bepaint (v. t.) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint."
6514  
6515  Bepelt (v. t.) To pelt roundly.
6516  
6517  Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinch
6518  
6519  "Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches."
6520  
6521  Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaster
6522  
6523  Beplastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beplaster
6524  
6525  Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
6526  
6527  Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
6528  
6529  Bepommeled (imp. & p. p.) of Bepommel
6530  
6531  Bepommeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bepommel
6532  
6533  "Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing."
6534  
6535  Bepowder (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
6536  
6537  Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
6538  
6539  Beprose (v. t.) To reduce to prose.
6540  
6541  Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.
6542  
6543  Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.
6544  
6545  Bequeathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bequeath
6546  
6547  Bequeathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bequeath
6548  
6549  Bequeath (v. t.) To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
6550  
6551  Bequeath (v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.
6552  
6553  Bequeath (v. t.) To give; to offer; to commit.
6554  
6555  Bequeathable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed.
6556  
6557  Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
6558  
6559  "Bequeathment (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest."
6560  
6561  "Bequest (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B."
6562  
6563  "Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift."
6564  
6565  "Bequest (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy."
6566  
6567  Bequethen () old p. p. of Bequeath.
6568  
6569  Bequote (v. t.) To quote constantly or with great frequency.
6570  
6571  Berained (imp. & p. p.) of Berain
6572  
6573  Beraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berain
6574  
6575  Berain (v. t.) To rain upon; to wet with rain.
6576  
6577  Berated (imp. & p. p.) of Berate
6578  
6579  Berating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berate
6580  
6581  Berate (v. t.) To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
6582  
6583  Berattle (v. t.) To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.
6584  
6585  Beray (v. t.) To make foul; to soil; to defile.
6586  
6587  Berbe (n.) An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.
6588  
6589  "Berber (n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people."
6590  
6591  "Berberine (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants."
6592  
6593  Berberry (n.) See Barberry.
6594  
6595  Berdash (n.) A kind of neckcloth.
6596  
6597  Bere (v. t.) To pierce.
6598  
6599  "Bere (n.) See Bear, barley."
6600  
6601  Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereave
6602  
6603  Bereft () of Bereave
6604  
6605  Bereaving. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bereave
6606  
6607  Bereave (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
6608  
6609  Bereave (v. t.) To take away from.
6610  
6611  Bereave (v. t.) To take away.
6612  
6613  "Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death."
6614  
6615  Bereaver (n.) One who bereaves.
6616  
6617  Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
6618  
6619  Beretta (n.) Same as Berretta.
6620  
6621  "Berg (n.) A large mass or hill, as of ice."
6622  
6623  "Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit."
6624  
6625  "Bergamot (n.) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata)."
6626  
6627  Bergamot (n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
6628  
6629  Bergamot (n.) A variety of pear.
6630  
6631  Bergamot (n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
6632  
6633  "Bergamot (n.) A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit."
6634  
6635  Bergander (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
6636  
6637  Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.
6638  
6639  Bergh (n.) A hill.
6640  
6641  Bergmaster (n.) See Barmaster.
6642  
6643  "Bergmeal (n.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite."
6644  
6645  Bergmote (n.) See Barmote.
6646  
6647  "Bergomask (n.) A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness."
6648  
6649  Bergylt (n.) The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.
6650  
6651  Berhymed (imp. & p. p.) of Berhyme
6652  
6653  Berhyming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berhyme
6654  
6655  Berhyme (v. t.) To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
6656  
6657  "Beriberi (n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy."
6658  
6659  Berime (v. t.) To berhyme.
6660  
6661  "Berkeleian (a.) Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy."
6662  
6663  "Berlin (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin."
6664  
6665  Berlin (n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
6666  
6667  Berm (n.) Alt. of Berme
6668  
6669  Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
6670  
6671  "Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank."
6672  
6673  "Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass."
6674  
6675  Bernacle (n.) See Barnacle.
6676  
6677  "Berna fly () A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury."
6678  
6679  "Bernardine (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks."
6680  
6681  Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
6682  
6683  "Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants."
6684  
6685  Bernese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Bern.
6686  
6687  Bernicle (n.) A bernicle goose.
6688  
6689  Bernouse (n.) Same as Burnoose.
6690  
6691  Berob (v. t.) To rob; to plunder.
6692  
6693  "Beroe (n.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora."
6694  
6695  "Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green."
6696  
6697  "Berried (a.) Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub."
6698  
6699  Berries (pl. ) of Berry
6700  
6701  "Berry (n.) Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc."
6702  
6703  "Berry (n.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry."
6704  
6705  Berry (n.) The coffee bean.
6706  
6707  Berry (n.) One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
6708  
6709  Berried (imp. & p. p.) of Berry
6710  
6711  Berrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berry
6712  
6713  Berry (v. i.) To bear or produce berries.
6714  
6715  Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.
6716  
6717  "Berrying (n.) A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild."
6718  
6719  Berserk (n.) Alt. of Berserker
6720  
6721  "Berserker (n.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds."
6722  
6723  "Berserker (n.) One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker."
6724  
6725  Berstle (n.) See Bristle.
6726  
6727  Berth (n.) Convenient sea room.
6728  
6729  Berth (n.) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
6730  
6731  "Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf."
6732  
6733  Berth (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
6734  
6735  "Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in."
6736  
6737  Berthed (imp. & p. p.) of Berth
6738  
6739  Berthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berth
6740  
6741  "Berth (v. t.) To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide."
6742  
6743  "Berth (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company."
6744  
6745  Bertha (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
6746  
6747  Berthage (n.) A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
6748  
6749  "Berthierite (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color."
6750  
6751  "Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake."
6752  
6753  Bertram (n.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
6754  
6755  "Berycoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes."
6756  
6757  "Beryl (n.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium."
6758  
6759  Berylline (a.) Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.
6760  
6761  Beryllium (n.) A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.
6762  
6763  Berylloid (n.) A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.
6764  
6765  Besaiel (n.) Alt. of Besayle
6766  
6767  Besaile (n.) Alt. of Besayle
6768  
6769  Besayle (n.) A great-grandfather.
6770  
6771  "Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished."
6772  
6773  Besaint (v. t.) To make a saint of.
6774  
6775  Besant (n.) See Bezant.
6776  
6777  Bes-antler (n.) Same as Bez-antler.
6778  
6779  Bescatter (v. t.) To scatter over.
6780  
6781  Bescatter (v. t.) To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew.
6782  
6783  Bescorn (v. t.) To treat with scorn.
6784  
6785  Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
6786  
6787  Bescrawl (v. t.) To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.
6788  
6789  "Bescreen (v. t.) To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal."
6790  
6791  Bescribble (v. t.) To scribble over.
6792  
6793  Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescummer
6794  
6795  Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.
6796  
6797  Besee (v. t. & i.) To see; to look; to mind.
6798  
6799  Besought (imp. & p. p.) of Beseech
6800  
6801  Beseeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseech
6802  
6803  Beseech (v. t.) To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
6804  
6805  Beseech (n.) Solicitation; supplication.
6806  
6807  Beseecher (n.) One who beseeches.
6808  
6809  "Beseeching (a.) Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look."
6810  
6811  Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.
6812  
6813  Beseek (v. t.) To beseech.
6814  
6815  Beseemed (imp. & p. p.) of Beseem
6816  
6817  Beseeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseem
6818  
6819  "Beseem (v. t.) Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit."
6820  
6821  Beseem (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
6822  
6823  Beseeming (n.) Appearance; look; garb.
6824  
6825  Beseeming (n.) Comeliness.
6826  
6827  Beseeming (a.) Becoming; suitable.
6828  
6829  Beseemly (a.) Fit; suitable; becoming.
6830  
6831  Beseen (a.) Seen; appearing.
6832  
6833  Beseen (a.) Decked or adorned; clad.
6834  
6835  Beseen (a.) Accomplished; versed.
6836  
6837  Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Beset
6838  
6839  Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beset
6840  
6841  Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
6842  
6843  Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
6844  
6845  "Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc."
6846  
6847  Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
6848  
6849  "Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin."
6850  
6851  "Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets."
6852  
6853  "Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin."
6854  
6855  Beshone (imp. & p. p.) of Beshine
6856  
6857  Beshining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beshine
6858  
6859  Beshine (v. t.) To shine upon; to illumine.
6860  
6861  Beshow (n.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.
6862  
6863  Beshrew (v. t.) To curse; to execrate.
6864  
6865  "Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen."
6866  
6867  Beshut (v. t.) To shut up or out.
6868  
6869  Beside (n.) At the side of; on one side of.
6870  
6871  Beside (n.) Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.
6872  
6873  Beside (n.) Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.
6874  
6875  Besides (adv.) Alt. of Beside
6876  
6877  Beside (adv.) On one side.
6878  
6879  "Beside (adv.) More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition."
6880  
6881  "Besides (prep.) Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside."
6882  
6883  Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besiege
6884  
6885  Besieging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besiege
6886  
6887  "Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset."
6888  
6889  "Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged."
6890  
6891  Besieger (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.
6892  
6893  Besieging (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.
6894  
6895  Besit (v. t.) To suit; to fit; to become.
6896  
6897  Beslabber (v. t.) To beslobber.
6898  
6899  Beslave (v. t.) To enslave.
6900  
6901  Beslavered (imp. & p. p.) of Beslaver
6902  
6903  Beslavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beslaver
6904  
6905  Beslaver (v. t.) To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
6906  
6907  Beslime (v. t.) To daub with slime; to soil.
6908  
6909  "Beslobber (v. t.) To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise."
6910  
6911  Beslubber (v. t.) To beslobber.
6912  
6913  Besmeared (imp. & p. p.) of Besmear
6914  
6915  Besmearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmear
6916  
6917  "Besmear (v. t.) To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil."
6918  
6919  Besmearer (n.) One that besmears.
6920  
6921  Besmirched (imp. & p. p.) of Besmirch
6922  
6923  Besmirching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmirch
6924  
6925  Besmirch (v. t.) To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.
6926  
6927  Besmoke (v. t.) To foul with smoke.
6928  
6929  Besmoke (v. t.) To harden or dry in smoke.
6930  
6931  Besmutted (imp. & p. p.) of Besmut
6932  
6933  Besmutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmut
6934  
6935  Besmut (v. t.) To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
6936  
6937  Besnowed (imp. & p. p.) of Besnow
6938  
6939  "Besnow (v. t.) To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes."
6940  
6941  "Besnow (v. t.) To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow."
6942  
6943  Besnuff (v. t.) To befoul with snuff.
6944  
6945  Besogne (n.) A worthless fellow; a bezonian.
6946  
6947  Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
6948  
6949  Besomed (imp. & p. p.) of Besom
6950  
6951  "Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom."
6952  
6953  Besomer (n.) One who uses a besom.
6954  
6955  "Besort (v. t.) To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become."
6956  
6957  Besort (n.) Befitting associates or attendants.
6958  
6959  Besotted (imp. & p. p.) of Besot
6960  
6961  Besotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besot
6962  
6963  Besot (v. t.) To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
6964  
6965  "Besotted (a.) Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied."
6966  
6967  Besottingly (adv.) In a besotting manner.
6968  
6969  Besought () p. p. of Beseech.
6970  
6971  Bespangled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespangle
6972  
6973  Bespangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespangle
6974  
6975  Bespangle (v. t.) To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.
6976  
6977  Bespattered (imp. & p. p.) of Bespatter
6978  
6979  Bespattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespatter
6980  
6981  "Bespatter (v. t.) To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains."
6982  
6983  Bespatter (v. t.) To asperse with calumny or reproach.
6984  
6985  "Bespawl (v. t.) To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle."
6986  
6987  Bespoke (imp.) of Bespeak
6988  
6989  Bespake () of Bespeak
6990  
6991  Bespoke (p. p.) of Bespeak
6992  
6993  Bespoken () of Bespeak
6994  
6995  Bespeaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeak
6996  
6997  "Bespeak (v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor."
6998  
6999  Bespeak (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
7000  
7001  Bespeak (v. t.) To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
7002  
7003  Bespeak (v. t.) To speak to; to address.
7004  
7005  Bespeak (v. i.) To speak.
7006  
7007  "Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)"
7008  
7009  Bespeaker (n.) One who bespeaks.
7010  
7011  Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckle
7012  
7013  Bespeckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckle
7014  
7015  Bespeckle (v. t.) To mark with speckles or spots.
7016  
7017  Bespew (v. t.) To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.
7018  
7019  "Bespice (v. t.) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug."
7020  
7021  Bespirt (v. t.) Same as Bespurt.
7022  
7023  Bespit (imp.) of Bespit
7024  
7025  Bespit (p. p.) of Bespit
7026  
7027  Bespitten () of Bespit
7028  
7029  Bespitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespit
7030  
7031  Bespit (v. t.) To daub or soil with spittle.
7032  
7033  Bespoke () imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.
7034  
7035  Bespotted (imp. & p. p.) of Bespot
7036  
7037  Bespotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespot
7038  
7039  "Bespot (v. t.) To mark with spots, or as with spots."
7040  
7041  Bespread (imp. & p. p.) of Bespread
7042  
7043  Bespreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespread
7044  
7045  Bespread (v. t.) To spread or cover over.
7046  
7047  Besprent (p. p.) Sprinkled over; strewed.
7048  
7049  Besprinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Besprinkle
7050  
7051  Besprinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besprinkle
7052  
7053  Besprinkle (v. t.) To sprinkle over; to scatter over.
7054  
7055  "Besprinkler (n.) One who, or that which, besprinkles."
7056  
7057  Besprinkling (n.) The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.
7058  
7059  Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
7060  
7061  "Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process."
7062  
7063  "Best (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities."
7064  
7065  "Best (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject."
7066  
7067  "Best (a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week."
7068  
7069  "Best (n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability."
7070  
7071  Best (superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
7072  
7073  "Best (superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety."
7074  
7075  "Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself."
7076  
7077  Best (v. t.) To get the better of.
7078  
7079  Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.
7080  
7081  Bestain (v. t.) To stain.
7082  
7083  Bestarred (imp. & p. p.) of Bestar
7084  
7085  "Bestar (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud."
7086  
7087  Bestead (imp. & p. p.) of Bestead
7088  
7089  Bested () of Bestead
7090  
7091  Bestad () of Bestead
7092  
7093  Besteaded () of Bestead
7094  
7095  Bestead (v. t.) To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place.
7096  
7097  Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.
7098  
7099  Bestead (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.
7100  
7101  "Bestial (a.) Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts."
7102  
7103  Bestial (a.) Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.
7104  
7105  "Bestial (n.) A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial."
7106  
7107  Bestiality (n.) The state or quality of being bestial.
7108  
7109  Bestiality (n.) Unnatural connection with a beast.
7110  
7111  Bestialized (imp. & p. p.) of Bestialize
7112  
7113  Bestializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestialize
7114  
7115  "Bestialize (v. t.) To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize."
7116  
7117  Bestially (adv.) In a bestial manner.
7118  
7119  Bestuck (imp. & p. p.) of Bestick
7120  
7121  Besticking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestick
7122  
7123  "Bestick (v. t.) To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce."
7124  
7125  Bestill (v. t.) To make still.
7126  
7127  Bestirred (imp. & p. p.) of Bestir
7128  
7129  Bestirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestir
7130  
7131  Bestir (v. t.) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.
7132  
7133  Bestorm (v. i. & t.) To storm.
7134  
7135  Bestowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bestow
7136  
7137  Bestowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestow
7138  
7139  Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
7140  
7141  "Bestow (v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation."
7142  
7143  "Bestow (v. t.) To expend, as money."
7144  
7145  Bestow (v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
7146  
7147  Bestow (v. t.) To give in marriage.
7148  
7149  Bestow (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
7150  
7151  Bestowal (n.) The act of bestowing; disposal.
7152  
7153  Bestower (n.) One that bestows.
7154  
7155  Bestowment (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
7156  
7157  Bestowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed.
7158  
7159  Bestraddle (v. t.) To bestride.
7160  
7161  Bestraught (a.) Out of one's senses; distracted; mad.
7162  
7163  Bestreak (v. t.) To streak.
7164  
7165  Bestrewed (imp.) of Bestrew
7166  
7167  Bestrewed (p. p.) of Bestrew
7168  
7169  Bestrown () of Bestrew
7170  
7171  Bestrewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestrew
7172  
7173  Bestrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.
7174  
7175  Bestrode (imp.) of Bestride
7176  
7177  Bestrid () of Bestride
7178  
7179  Bestridden (p. p.) of Bestride
7180  
7181  Bestrid () of Bestride
7182  
7183  Bestrode () of Bestride
7184  
7185  Bestriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestride
7186  
7187  "Bestride (v. t.) To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over"
7188  
7189  "Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold."
7190  
7191  Bestrode () imp. & p. p. of Bestride.
7192  
7193  Bestrown () p. p. of Bestrew.
7194  
7195  Bestuck () imp. & p. p. Bestick.
7196  
7197  Bestudded (imp. & p. p.) of Bestud
7198  
7199  Bestudding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestud
7200  
7201  "Bestud (v. t.) To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars."
7202  
7203  Beswike (v. t.) To lure; to cheat.
7204  
7205  "Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager."
7206  
7207  Bet (imp. & p. p.) of Bet
7208  
7209  Betted () of Bet
7210  
7211  Betting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet
7212  
7213  Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
7214  
7215  Bet () imp. & p. p. of Beat.
7216  
7217  Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
7218  
7219  "Betaine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste."
7220  
7221  Betook (imp.) of Betake
7222  
7223  Betaken (p. p.) of Betake
7224  
7225  Betaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betake
7226  
7227  Betake (v. t.) To take or seize.
7228  
7229  Betake (v. t.) To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
7230  
7231  Betake (v. t.) To commend or intrust to; to commit to.
7232  
7233  Betaught (a.) Delivered; committed in trust.
7234  
7235  Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.
7236  
7237  "Beteela (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc."
7238  
7239  Beteem (a.) To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
7240  
7241  Beteem (a.) To allow; to permit; to suffer.
7242  
7243  "Betel (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves."
7244  
7245  "Betelguese (n.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion."
7246  
7247  "Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime."
7248  
7249  Bete noire () Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
7250  
7251  "Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian."
7252  
7253  Bethel (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
7254  
7255  Bethel (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
7256  
7257  Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.
7258  
7259  Bethought (imp. & p. p.) of Bethink
7260  
7261  Bethinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethink
7262  
7263  "Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought."
7264  
7265  Bethink (v. i.) To think; to recollect; to consider.
7266  
7267  Bethlehem (n.) A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
7268  
7269  "Bethlehem (n.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made."
7270  
7271  Bethlehemite (n.) Alt. of Bethlemite
7272  
7273  Bethlemite (n.) An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
7274  
7275  Bethlemite (n.) An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.
7276  
7277  Bethlemite (n.) One of an extinct English order of monks.
7278  
7279  Bethought () imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
7280  
7281  Bethrall (v. t.) To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall.
7282  
7283  Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
7284  
7285  Bethumped (imp. & p. p.) of Bethump
7286  
7287  Bethumpt () of Bethump
7288  
7289  Bethumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethump
7290  
7291  Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.
7292  
7293  Betided (imp. & p. p.) of Betide
7294  
7295  Betid (Obs) of Betide
7296  
7297  Betiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betide
7298  
7299  "Betide (v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer."
7300  
7301  Betide (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
7302  
7303  Betime (adv.) Alt. of Betimes
7304  
7305  Betimes (adv.) In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
7306  
7307  Betimes (adv.) In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.
7308  
7309  Betitle (v. t.) To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle.
7310  
7311  Betokened (imp. & p. p.) of Betoken
7312  
7313  Betokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betoken
7314  
7315  Betoken (v. t.) To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
7316  
7317  "Betoken (v. t.) To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm."
7318  
7319  "Beton (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion."
7320  
7321  Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
7322  
7323  Betonies (pl. ) of Betony
7324  
7325  Betony (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).
7326  
7327  Betook () imp. of Betake.
7328  
7329  Betorn (a.) Torn in pieces; tattered.
7330  
7331  Betossed (imp. & p. p.) of Betoss
7332  
7333  Betoss (v. t.) To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.
7334  
7335  Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betrap
7336  
7337  "Betrap (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent."
7338  
7339  Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.
7340  
7341  Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betray
7342  
7343  Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betray
7344  
7345  "Betray (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city."
7346  
7347  "Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause."
7348  
7349  "Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known."
7350  
7351  "Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally."
7352  
7353  Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
7354  
7355  "Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon."
7356  
7357  "Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed."
7358  
7359  Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.
7360  
7361  "Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays."
7362  
7363  Betrayment (n.) Betrayal.
7364  
7365  Betrimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Betrim
7366  
7367  Betrimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betrim
7368  
7369  "Betrim (v. t.) To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim."
7370  
7371  Betrothed (imp. & p. p.) of Betroth
7372  
7373  Betrothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betroth
7374  
7375  Betroth (v. t.) To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
7376  
7377  Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
7378  
7379  "Betroth (v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration."
7380  
7381  "Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance."
7382  
7383  "Betrothment (n.) The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal."
7384  
7385  Betrust (v. t.) To trust or intrust.
7386  
7387  "Betrustment (n.) The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted."
7388  
7389  Betso (n.) A small brass Venetian coin.
7390  
7391  "Better (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air."
7392  
7393  "Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect."
7394  
7395  Better (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.
7396  
7397  "Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better."
7398  
7399  "Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject."
7400  
7401  "Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy."
7402  
7403  "Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural."
7404  
7405  "Better (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits."
7406  
7407  Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.
7408  
7409  "Better (compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another."
7410  
7411  "Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better."
7412  
7413  Bettered (imp. & p. p.) of Better
7414  
7415  Bettering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better
7416  
7417  Better (a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
7418  
7419  "Better (a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise."
7420  
7421  Better (a.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
7422  
7423  Better (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
7424  
7425  Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.
7426  
7427  Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
7428  
7429  Betterment (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
7430  
7431  Betterment (n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
7432  
7433  Bettermost (a.) Best.
7434  
7435  Betterness (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.
7436  
7437  Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
7438  
7439  "Bettong (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo."
7440  
7441  Bettor (n.) One who bets; a better.
7442  
7443  Betty (n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
7444  
7445  "Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters."
7446  
7447  "Betty (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask."
7448  
7449  "Betulin (n.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor."
7450  
7451  Betumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Betumble
7452  
7453  Betumble (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to tumble.
7454  
7455  Betutored (imp. & p. p.) of Betutor
7456  
7457  Betutor (v. t.) To tutor; to instruct.
7458  
7459  "Between (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia."
7460  
7461  Between (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
7462  
7463  Between (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
7464  
7465  "Between (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion."
7466  
7467  "Between (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations."
7468  
7469  "Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock."
7470  
7471  Between (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.
7472  
7473  Betwixt (prep.) In the space which separates; between.
7474  
7475  Betwixt (prep.) From one to another of; mutually affecting.
7476  
7477  "Beurre (n.) A beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre d'Anjou; Beurre Clairgeau."
7478  
7479  "Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber."
7480  
7481  "Bevel (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square."
7482  
7483  Bevel (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
7484  
7485  Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
7486  
7487  Beveled (imp. & p. p.) of Bevel
7488  
7489  Bevelled () of Bevel
7490  
7491  Beveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bevel
7492  
7493  Bevelling () of Bevel
7494  
7495  Bevel (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
7496  
7497  "Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90�, as a surface; to slant."
7498  
7499  Beveled (a.) Alt. of Bevelled
7500  
7501  "Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table."
7502  
7503  "Bevelled (a.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid."
7504  
7505  "Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet."
7506  
7507  "Bevelment (n.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes."
7508  
7509  Bever (n.) A light repast between meals; a lunch.
7510  
7511  Bevered (imp. & p. p.) of Bever
7512  
7513  Bever (v. i.) To take a light repast between meals.
7514  
7515  "Beverage (v. t.) Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage."
7516  
7517  "Beverage (v. t.) Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink."
7518  
7519  "Beverage (v. t.) A treat, or drink money."
7520  
7521  Bevile (n.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.
7522  
7523  Beviled (a.) Alt. of Bevilled
7524  
7525  Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
7526  
7527  Bevies (pl. ) of Bevy
7528  
7529  "Bevy (n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies."
7530  
7531  "Bevy (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes."
7532  
7533  Bewailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewail
7534  
7535  Bewailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewail
7536  
7537  "Bewail (v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over."
7538  
7539  Bewail (v. i.) To express grief; to lament.
7540  
7541  "Bewailable (a.) Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable."
7542  
7543  Bewailer (n.) One who bewails or laments.
7544  
7545  Bewailing (a.) Wailing over; lamenting.
7546  
7547  Bewailment (n.) The act of bewailing.
7548  
7549  Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.
7550  
7551  Beware (v. i.) To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
7552  
7553  Beware (v. i.) To have a special regard; to heed.
7554  
7555  Beware (v. t.) To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
7556  
7557  Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
7558  
7559  Bewept (imp. & p. p.) of Beweep
7560  
7561  Beweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beweep
7562  
7563  Beweep (v. t.) To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.
7564  
7565  Beweep (v. i.) To weep.
7566  
7567  Bewet (imp. & p. p.) of Bewet
7568  
7569  Bewetted () of Bewet
7570  
7571  Bewet (v. t.) To wet or moisten.
7572  
7573  Bewhore (v. t.) To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of.
7574  
7575  Bewhore (v. t.) To pronounce or characterize as a whore.
7576  
7577  Bewigged (imp. & p. p.) of Bewig
7578  
7579  Bewig (v. t.) To cover (the head) with a wig.
7580  
7581  Bewildered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewilder
7582  
7583  Bewildering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewilder
7584  
7585  "Bewilder (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly."
7586  
7587  "Bewildered (a.) Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind."
7588  
7589  Bewilderedness (n.) The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.
7590  
7591  "Bewildering (a.) Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties."
7592  
7593  Bewilderment (n.) The state of being bewildered.
7594  
7595  Bewilderment (n.) A bewildering tangle or confusion.
7596  
7597  Bewinter (v. t.) To make wintry.
7598  
7599  Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
7600  
7601  Bewitched (imp. & p. p.) of Bewitch
7602  
7603  Bewitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewitch
7604  
7605  Bewitch (v. t.) To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
7606  
7607  Bewitch (v. t.) To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
7608  
7609  Bewitchedness (n.) The state of being bewitched.
7610  
7611  Bewitcher (n.) One who bewitches.
7612  
7613  Bewitchery (n.) The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.
7614  
7615  Bewitching (a.) Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.
7616  
7617  "Bewitchment (n.) The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched."
7618  
7619  Bewitchment (n.) The power of bewitching or charming.
7620  
7621  Bewondered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewonder
7622  
7623  Bewonder (v. t.) To fill with wonder.
7624  
7625  Bewonder (v. t.) To wonder at; to admire.
7626  
7627  Bewrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Bewrap
7628  
7629  Bewrap (v. t.) To wrap up; to cover.
7630  
7631  Bewray (v. t.) To soil. See Beray.
7632  
7633  Bewrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewray
7634  
7635  Bewraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewray
7636  
7637  Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
7638  
7639  "Bewrayer (n.) One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer."
7640  
7641  Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
7642  
7643  Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
7644  
7645  Bewreke (v. t.) To wreak; to avenge.
7646  
7647  Bewrought (a.) Embroidered.
7648  
7649  "Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis."
7650  
7651  Beylic (n.) The territory ruled by a bey.
7652  
7653  "Beyond (prep.) On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than."
7654  
7655  Beyond (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached; before.
7656  
7657  "Beyond (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength."
7658  
7659  "Beyond (prep.) In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind."
7660  
7661  Beyond (adv.) Further away; at a distance; yonder.
7662  
7663  "Bezant (n.) A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants."
7664  
7665  "Bezant (n.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant."
7666  
7667  "Bezant (n.) A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another."
7668  
7669  Bez-antler (n.) The second branch of a stag's horn.
7670  
7671  "Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set."
7672  
7673  "Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points."
7674  
7675  "Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea."
7676  
7677  "Bezoardic (a.) Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar."
7678  
7679  Bezoardic (n.) A medicine containing bezoar.
7680  
7681  Bezoartic (a.) Alt. of Bezoartical
7682  
7683  "Bezoartical (a.) Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing."
7684  
7685  Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
7686  
7687  Bezzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bezzle
7688  
7689  Bezzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bezzle
7690  
7691  Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.
7692  
7693  Bezzle (v. i.) To drink to excess; to revel.
7694  
7695  "Bhang (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh."
7696  
7697  "Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus."
7698  
7699  "Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc."
7700  
7701  "Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably."
7702  
7703  Biacid (a.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.
7704  
7705  Biacuminate (a.) Having points in two directions.
7706  
7707  Biangular (a.) Having two angles or corners.
7708  
7709  Biangulate (a.) Alt. of Biangulated
7710  
7711  Biangulated (a.) Biangular.
7712  
7713  Biangulous (a.) Biangular.
7714  
7715  Biantheriferous (a.) Having two anthers.
7716  
7717  "Biarticulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints."
7718  
7719  Biases (pl. ) of Bias
7720  
7721  "Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line."
7722  
7723  "Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination."
7724  
7725  Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
7726  
7727  "Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias."
7728  
7729  Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
7730  
7731  "Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth."
7732  
7733  "Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias."
7734  
7735  Biased (imp. & p. p.) of Bias
7736  
7737  Biasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bias
7738  
7739  Bias (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
7740  
7741  "Biauriculate (a.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles."
7742  
7743  "Biauriculate (a.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf."
7744  
7745  Biaxal (a.) Alt. of Biaxial
7746  
7747  "Biaxial (a.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization."
7748  
7749  "Bib (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes."
7750  
7751  "Bib (n.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout."
7752  
7753  Bib (n.) A bibcock.
7754  
7755  Bib (v. t.) Alt. of Bibbe
7756  
7757  Bibbe (v. t.) T