4687
|
b |
B is the second letter, and the first articulation, or consonant, in the English, as in the ... |
4688
|
baa |
B'AA, n. The cry or appropriate bleating of sheep.B'AA, v.i. To cry or bleat as sheep. |
4689
|
baal |
BA'AL, n. An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. The word ... |
4690
|
babble |
BAB'BLE, v.i. 1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children.2. To talk idly or ... |
4691
|
babblement |
BAB'BLEMENT, n. Idle talk; senseless prate; unmeaning words. |
4692
|
babbler |
BAB'BLER, n. An idle talker; an irrational prattler; a teller of secrets. |
4693
|
babbling |
BAB'BLING, ppr. Talking idly; telling secrets.2. Uttering a succession of murmuring sounds; as a ... |
4694
|
babe |
BABE, n. [L. pupus,a word of endearment; pupa, little girl; whence pupillus, pupilla, pupil.]An ... |
4695
|
babel |
BA'BEL, n. [Heb.] Confusion; disorder. |
4696
|
babery |
BA'BERY, n. Finery to please a child; any trifling toy for children. |
4697
|
babish |
BA'BISH, a. Like a babe; childish. |
4698
|
babishly |
BA'BISHLY, adv. Childishly. |
4699
|
baboon |
BABOON', n. A monkey of the largest species; a quadruped belonging to the genus Simia, in the ... |
4700
|
baby |
BA'BY, a. Like a young child; pertaining to an infant.BA'BY, n. [See Babe.] An infant or young ... |
4701
|
baby-house |
BA'BY-HOUSE, n. A place for children's dolls and babies. |
4702
|
babyhood |
BA'BYHOOD, n. The state of being a baby. |
4703
|
babylonian |
BABYLO'NIAN |
4704
|
babylonic |
BABYLON'IC |
4705
|
babylonical |
BABYLON'ICAL, a. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as Babylonic garments, carpets or ... |
4706
|
babylonics |
BABYLON'ICS, n.plu. The title of a fragment of the history of the world, ending 267 years before ... |
4707
|
babylonish |
BABYLO'NISH, a. Pertaining to Babylon, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia, or to the ... |
4708
|
babyroussa |
BABYROUS'SA, n. In zoology, the Indian hog, a native of Celebes, and of Buero, but not found on ... |
4709
|
bac |
BAC or BACK, n.1. In navigation, a ferry-boat or praam.2. In brewing, a large flat tub, or ... |
4710
|
bacca |
BAC'CA, n.[L.] In botany, a berry; a fruit which consists of a pulpy pericarp, without valves, ... |
4711
|
baccalaureate |
BACCALAU'REATE, n. [The first part of this word is from the same root as bachelor; or as Bailey ... |
4712
|
baccated |
BAC'CATED, a. [L. baccatus, garnished with pearls, from bacca, a berry.]Set or adorned with pearls; ... |
4713
|
bacchanal |
BAC'CHANAL, |
4714
|
bacchanalian |
BACCHANA'LIAN, n.[from Bacchus, Gr.,the deity of wine and revelling. L. poculum.] One who indulges ... |
4715
|
bacchanals |
BAC'CHANALS, n.plu. Drunken feasts; the revels of bacchanalians. In antiquity, feasts in honor of ... |
4716
|
bacchic |
BAC'CHIC, a. Jovial; drunken; mad with intoxication.2. Relating to Bacchus, the god of wine; as, ... |
4717
|
bacchius |
BAC'CHIUS, n. In ancient poetry, a foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; as in ... |
4718
|
baccifferous |
BACCIF'FEROUS, a.[L.baccifer,of bacca, a berry, and fero, to bear.]That produces berries. [See ... |
4719
|
baccivorous |
BACCIV'OROUS, a.[L. bacca,berry, and voro, to eat.]Eating or subsisting on berries; as baccivorous ... |
4720
|
bachelor |
BACH'ELOR, n.[L.baculus, a stick, that is, a shoot.]1. A young man who has not been married.2. A ... |
4721
|
bachelorship |
BACH'ELORSHIP, n. The state of being a bachelor.2. The state of one who has taken his first ... |
4722
|
back |
BACK, n.1. The upper part of an animal, particularly of a quadruped, whose back is a ridge. In ... |
4723
|
backbite |
BACK'BITE, v.t. [back and bite] To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of the absent. ... |
4724
|
backbiter |
BACK'BITER, n. One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent. |
4725
|
backbiting |
BACK'BITING, n. The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2Cor.xii. |
4726
|
backbitingly |
BACKBI'TINGLY, adv. With secret slander. |
4727
|
backboard |
BACK'BOARD, n. [back and board.] A board placed across the after part of a boat. |
4728
|
backbone |
BACKBO'NE, n. [back and bone.] The bone of the back; or the spine. |
4729
|
backcarry |
BACK'CARRY, n. A having on the back; a term of law. |
4730
|
backdoor |
BACKDOOR, n. [back and door.] A door on the back part of a bulding; a private passage; and ... |
4731
|
backed |
BACK'ED, pp. Mounted; having on the back; supported by aid; seconded; moved backward.BACK'ED, a. ... |
4732
|
backfriend |
BACK'FRIEND, n. [back and friend.] A secret enemy. |
4733
|
backgammon |
BACKGAM'MON, n. A game played by two persons, upon a table, with box and dice. The table is in two ... |
4734
|
background |
BACK'GROUND, n. [back and ground.] Ground in the rear or behind, as opposed to the front.2. A ... |
4735
|
backhanded |
BACK'HANDED,a. [back and hand.] With the hand turned backward; as a backhanded blow.BACK'HANDED, ... |
4736
|
backhouse |
BACK'HOUSE, n.[back and house.] A building behind the main or front building.6 |
4737
|
backing |
BACK'ING, ppr. Mounting; moving back, as a horse; seconding. |
4738
|
backpainting |
BACK'PAINTING, n.[back and paint.] The method of painting mezzotinto prints, pasted on glass of a ... |
4739
|
backpiece |
BACK'PIECE, n.[back and piece.] The piece of armor which covers the back. |
4740
|
backreturn |
BACK'RETURN, n. Repeated return. |
4741
|
backroom |
BACK'ROOM, n.[back and room.] A room behind the front room, or in the back part of the house. |
4742
|
backs |
BACKS, n. Among dealers in leather, the thickest and best tanned hides. |
4743
|
backset |
BACK'SET, a.[back and set.] Set upon in the rear. |
4744
|
backside |
BACK'SIDE, n. [back and side.] The back part of anything; the part behind that which is presented ... |
4745
|
backslide |
BACKSLI'DE, v.i. [back and slide.] To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually from the faith ... |
4746
|
backslider |
BACKSLI'DER, n. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religion. Prov.xiv.2. ... |
4747
|
backsliding |
BACKSLI'DING, n. The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from ... |
4748
|
backstaff |
BACK'STAFF, n. [back and staff, so called from its being used with the observer's back toward the ... |
4749
|
backstairs |
BACK'STAIRS, n.[back and stairs.]Stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs; and ... |
4750
|
backstays |
BACK'STAYS, n. [back and stay.]Long ropes or stays extending from the top-mast heads to both sides ... |
4751
|
backsword |
BACK'SWORD,n. [back and sword.]A sword with one sharp edge. In England, a stick with a basket ... |
4752
|
backward |
BACK'WARD |
4753
|
backwardly |
BACK'WARDLY, adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly; adversely; perversely. |
4754
|
backwardness |
BACK'WARDNESS, n. Unwillingness; reluctance, dilatoriness, or dullness in action.2. A state of ... |
4755
|
backwards |
BACK'WARDS, adv.[back and ward. See Ward.] With the back in advance; as, to move backward. 2. ... |
4756
|
backworm |
BACK'WORM, n.[back and worm.] A small worm, in a thin skin, in the reins of a hawk. [See ... |
4757
|
bacon |
BA'CON, n. ba'kn.Hog's flesh, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. To save one's bacon, ... |
4758
|
bacule |
BAC'ULE, n. In fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made8like a pit-fall, with a ... |
4759
|
baculite |
BAC'ULITE, n.[L.baculus.]A genus of fossil shells, of a straight form, in their cellular structure ... |
4760
|
baculometry |
BACULOM'ETRY, n. [L. baculus, a staff, and Gr. measure.]The act of measuring distance of altitude ... |
4761
|
bad |
BAD, a.[Heb. to perish or destroy]1. Ill; evil; opposed to good; a word of general use, denoting ... |
4762
|
bade |
BAD,BADE, the past tense of bid. [See Bid.] |
4763
|
badge |
BADGE, n.[I know not the affinities of this word, not having found it in any other language. ... |
4764
|
badger |
BADG'ER, n. In law, a person who is licensed to buy corn in one place and sell it in another, ... |
4765
|
badger-legged |
BADG'ER-LEGGED, a. Having legs like a badger. Johnson says having legs of unequal length; but, ... |
4766
|
badiaga |
BADIA'GA, n. A small spunge, common in the North of Europe, the powder of which is used to take ... |
4767
|
badiane |
BAD'IANE |
4768
|
badigeon |
BADIGE'ON, n. A mixture of plaster and free stone, ground together and sifted, used by statuaries ... |
4769
|
badinage |
BAD'INAGE, n. Light or playful discourse. |
4770
|
badly |
BAD'LY, adv. [from bad.] In a bad manner; not well, unskillfully; grievously; unfortunately; ... |
4771
|
badness |
BAD'NESS, n. The state of being bad, evil, vicious or depraved; want of good qualities, natural or ... |
4772
|
baffetas |
BAF'FETAS |
4773
|
baffle |
BAF'FLE, v.t. To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or ... |
4774
|
baffled |
BAF'FLED, pp. Eluded; defeated; confounded. |
4775
|
baffler |
BAF'FLER, n. One that baffles. |
4776
|
baffling |
BAF'FLING, ppr. Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling ... |
4777
|
baftas |
BAF'TAS |
4778
|
bag |
BAG, n.[Norm. bage, a bag, a coffer, bagnes, baggage. This word seems to be from the root of pack, ... |
4779
|
bagatelle |
BAGATELLE, n. bagatel'. A trifle; a thing of no importance. |
4780
|
baggage |
BAG'GAGE, n. [Eng.package.]1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army.2. ... |
4781
|
bagging |
BAG'GING, ppr. Swelling; becoming protuberant.BAG'GING, n. The cloth or materials for bags. ... |
4782
|
bagnio |
BAGNIO, n. ban'yo.[L.balneum.]1. A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating and otherwise ... |
4783
|
bagpipe |
BAG'PIPE, N.[bag and pipe.]A musical wind instrument, used chiefly in Scotland and Ireland. It ... |
4784
|
bagpiper |
BAG'PIPER, n. One who plays on a bag-pipe. |
4785
|
bagre |
BAG'RE, n. A small bearded fish, a species of Silurus, anguilliform, of a silvery hue, without ... |
4786
|
bagreef |
BAG'REEF, n.[bag and reef.] A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy. |
4787
|
baguet |
BAGUET', n. In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal, sometimes carved and ... |
4788
|
bahar |
BAHAR' |
4789
|
baigne |
BAIGNE, v.t. To soak or drench. [Not used.] |
4790
|
baikalite |
BA'IKALITE, n.[From Baikal, a lake in Northern Asia.]A mineral occurring in acicular prisms, ... |
4791
|
bail |
BAIL, v.t.1. To set free, deliver, or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given ... |
4792
|
bailable |
BA'ILABLE, a. That may be set free upon bond with sureties; that may be admitted to bail; used of ... |
4793
|
bailbond |
BA'ILBOND, n. A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's ... |
4794
|
bailed |
BA'ILED, pp. Released from custody on bonds for appearance in court.2. Delivered in trust, to be ... |
4795
|
bailee |
BAILEE',n. The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and ... |
4796
|
bailer |
BA'ILER |
4797
|
bailif |
BA'ILIF, n.[Heb.lord,chief.] In England, an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiffs are either ... |
4798
|
bailiwick |
BA'ILIWICK, n.[bailli, an officer, see bailiff.]The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; ... |
4799
|
bailment |
BA'ILMENT, n. [from bail.]A delivery of goods, in trust, upon a contract, expressed or implied, ... |
4800
|
bailor |
BA'ILOR, n. One who delivers goods to another in trust, for some particular purpose. |
4801
|
bailpiece |
BA'ILPIECE, n. A slip of parchment or paper containing a recognizance of bail above or bail to the ... |
4802
|
bairn |
BAIRN |
4803
|
bait |
BAIT, n.1. Any substance for food, proper to be used or actually used, to catch fish, or other ... |
4804
|
baited |
BA'ITED, pp. Furnished with bait; allured; tempted.2. Fed, or refreshed, on the road.3. Harassed ... |
4805
|
baiting |
BA'ITING, ppr. Furnishing with bait; tempting; alluring.2. Feeding; refreshing at an inn.3. ... |
4806
|
baize |
BAIZE, n. A coarse woolen stuff, with a long nap, sometimes frized on one side, without wale, ... |
4807
|
bake |
BAKE, v.t.141. To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress ... |
4808
|
baked |
BA'KED, pp. Dried and hardened by heat; dressed in heat; as baked meat. |
4809
|
bakehouse |
BA'KEHOUSE, n. [bake and house.] A house or building for baking. |
4810
|
bakemeats |
BA'KEMEATS, n. Meats prepared for food in an oven. Gen.xl. |
4811
|
baken |
BA'KEN, pp. The same as baked, and nearly obsolete. |
4812
|
baker |
BA'KER, n. One whose occupation is to bake bread, biscuit, &c. |
4813
|
baker-foot |
BA'KER-FOOT, n. An ill-shaped or distorted foot. |
4814
|
baker-legged |
BA'KER-LEGGED, a. One who has crooked legs, or legs that bend inward at the knees. |
4815
|
bakery |
BA'KERY, n. The trade of a baker.2. A place occupied with the business of baking bread, &c. |
4816
|
baking |
BA'KING, ppr. Drying and hardening in heat; dressing or cooking in a close place, or in heat. |
4817
|
balan |
BAL'AN, n. A fish of a beautiful yellow, variegated with orange, a species of wrasse, caught on ... |
4818
|
balance |
BAL'ANCE, n. [L.bilanx, bis, twice, and lanz, a dish, the double dish.]1. A pair of scales, for ... |
4819
|
balance-reef |
BAL'ANCE-REEF, n. A reef band that crosses a sail diagonally, used to contract it in a storm. |
4820
|
balanced |
BAL'ANCED, pp. Charged with equal weights; standing on an equipoise, regulated so as to be equal; ... |
4821
|
balancer |
BAL'ANCER,n. The person who weighs, or who uses a balance.2. A member of an insect useful in ... |
4822
|
balancing |
BAL'ANCING, ppr. Charging with equal weights; being in a state of equipoise; bringing to a state ... |
4823
|
balanite |
BAL'ANITE, n. A fossil shell of the genus Balanus. |
4824
|
balas |
BAL'AS, n. A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. Its crystals are ... |
4825
|
balass |
BAL'ASS |
4826
|
balcony |
BAL'CONY, n. In architecture, a frame of wood, iron or stone, in front of a house or other ... |
4827
|
bald |
BALD, a. bauld. 1. Destitute of hair, especially on the top and back of the head.2. Destitute of ... |
4828
|
balda-chin |
BALD'A-CHIN, |
4829
|
baldaquin |
BALD'AQUIN, n. In architecture, a building in form of a canopy, supported by columns, and often ... |
4830
|
balderdash |
BALD'ERDASH, n. Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; anything jumbled together ... |
4831
|
baldlly |
BALDL'LY, adv. Nakedly; meanly; inelegantly; openly. |
4832
|
baldness |
BALD'NESS, n. Want of hair on the top and back of the head; loss of hair; meanness or inelegance ... |
4833
|
baldpate |
BALD'PATE, n. A pate without hair. |
4834
|
baldpated |
BALD'PATED, a. Destitute of hair; shorn of hair. |
4835
|
baldrick |
BALD'RICK, n. [L.balleus, a belt, and rick, rich. See these words.]1. A girdle, or richly ... |
4836
|
bale |
BALE, n.[Heb. to bind, to pledge, and its derivative.]1. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth ... |
4837
|
balearic |
BALEAR'IC, a. [Gr. to throw, because the inhabitants were good slingers.]Pertaining to the isles of ... |
4838
|
baleful |
BA'LEFUL, a.[See Bale.] Woeful; sad; sorrowful; full of grief; producing misery; as, a baleful ... |
4839
|
balefully |
BA'LEFULLY, adv. Sorrowfully; perniciously; in a calamitous manner. |
4840
|
balister |
BALIS'TER, n. [L.balista, from Gr.to throw.] A cross bow. |
4841
|
balize |
BALIZE, n. A sea-mark; a pole raised on a bank. |
4842
|
balk |
BALK, n. bauk.1. A ridge of land, left unplowed, between furrows, or at the end of a field.2. A ... |
4843
|
balked |
BALK'ED, pp. Plowed in ridges between furrows, as in American husbandry.2. Frustrated; ... |
4844
|
balker |
BALK'ER, n. One who balks. In fishery, balkers are persons who stand on rocks and eminences to ... |
4845
|
balking |
BALK'ING, ppr. Plowing in ridges; frustrating. |
4846
|
ball |
BALL, n.[L. pila; A ball may signify a mass from collecting, or it may be that which is driven, ... |
4847
|
ballad |
BAL'LAD, n. A song; originally, a solemn song of praise; but now a meaner kind of popular ... |
4848
|
ballad-maker |
BAL'LAD-MAKER, n. A maker or composer of ballads. |
4849
|
ballad-monger |
BAL'LAD-MONGER, n. [See Monger] A dealer in writing ballads. |
4850
|
ballad-singer |
BAL'LAD-SINGER, n. One whose employment is to sing ballads. |
4851
|
ballad-style |
BAL'LAD-STYLE, n. The air or manner of a ballad. |
4852
|
ballad-tune |
BAL'LAD-TUNE, n. The tune of a ballad. |
4853
|
ballad-writer |
BAL'LAD-WRITER, n. A composer of ballads. |
4854
|
ballader |
BAL'LADER, n. A writer of ballads. |
4855
|
balladry |
BAL'LADRY, n. The subject or style of ballads. |
4856
|
ballarag |
BAL'LARAG, v.t. To bully; to threaten. [Not in use.] |
4857
|
ballast |
BAL'LAST, n.1. Heavy matter, as stone, sand or iron, laid on the bottom of a ship or other vessel, ... |
4858
|
ballasted |
BAL'LASTED, pp. Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force. |
4859
|
ballasting |
BAL'LASTING, ppr. Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady.BAL'LASTING, n. Ballast; that which is ... |
4860
|
ballated |
BAL'LATED, a. Sung in a ballad. [Little used.] |
4861
|
ballatoon |
BALLATOON', n. A heavy luggage boat employed on the rivers about the Caspian Lake. |
4862
|
ballatry |
BAL'LATRY, n. A song; a jig. |
4863
|
ballaustine |
BALLAUS'TINE, n. The wild pomegranate tree. |
4864
|
ballet |
BAL'LET, n.201. A kind of dance; an interlude; a comic dance, consisting of a series of several ... |
4865
|
balliage |
BAL'LIAGE, or more correctly bailage. n.A small duty paid to the city of London by aliens, and even ... |
4866
|
balliards |
BALLIARDS. [See Billiards.] |
4867
|
ballister |
BALLISTER. [See Baluster.] |
4868
|
ballistic |
BALLIS'TIC, a. [L. balista, an engine to throw stones, or shoot darts, from Gr.to throw or shoot.] ... |
4869
|
ballistics |
BALLIS'TICS, n. The science or art of throwing missive weapons, by the use of an engine. The ... |
4870
|
balloen |
BAL'LOEN, n. A state barge of Siam, made of a single piece of timber, very long, and managed with ... |
4871
|
balloon |
BALLOON', n.1. In general, any spherical hollow body.2. In chimistry, a round vessel with a short ... |
4872
|
ballot |
BAL'LOT, n.1. A ball used in voting. Ballots are of different colors; those of one color give an ... |
4873
|
ballot-box |
BAL'LOT-BOX, n. A box for receiving ballots. |
4874
|
ballotade |
BAL'LOTADE |
4875
|
ballotation |
BALLOTA'TION, n. A voting by ballot. [Little used.] |
4876
|
balm |
B'ALM, n. bam.1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkable odoriferous or aromatic.2. Any ... |
4877
|
balmy |
B'ALMY, a. Having the qualities of balm; aromatic.2. Producing balm; as the balmy tree.3. ... |
4878
|
balneal |
BAL'NEAL, a. [L.balneum.] Pertaining to a bath. |
4879
|
balneary |
BAL'NEARY, n. [L.balnearium, from balneum.]A bathing room. |
4880
|
balneation |
BALNEA'TION, n. The act of bathing. |
4881
|
balneatory |
BAL'NEATORY, a. Belonging to a bath or stove. |
4882
|
balotade |
BAL'OTADE, n. In the menage, a leap of pillars, or upon a strait line, so that when his fore feet ... |
4883
|
balsam |
BAL'SAM, n. [L.balsamum.] An oily, aromatic, resinous substance, flowing spontaneously or by ... |
4884
|
balsam-sweating |
BAL'SAM-SWEATING, a. Yielding balsam. |
4885
|
balsamation |
BALSAMA'TION, n. The act of rendering balsamic. |
4886
|
balsami-cal |
BALSAM'I-CAL, a. Having the qualities of balsam; stimulating; unctuous; soft; mitigating; mild. |
4887
|
balsamic |
BALSAM'IC |
4888
|
balsamine |
BAL'SAMINE, n. touch-me-not, or Impatiens, a genus of plants. |
4889
|
baltic |
BALT'IC, n. [From balte, belt, from certain straits or channels, surrounding its isles, called ... |
4890
|
baluster |
BAL'USTER, n. [L. palus; Eng.pole,pale. This is corrupted into bannister, which I have ... |
4891
|
balustered |
BAL'USTERED, a. Having balusters.23 |
4892
|
balustrade |
BAL'USTRADE, n. A row of balusters,joined by a rail, serving as a fence or inclosure, for altars, ... |
4893
|
bam |
BAM or BEAM, as an initial syllable in names of places, signifies wood; implying that the place ... |
4894
|
bamboo |
BAM'BOO, n. A plant of the reed kind, or genus Arundo, growing in the East Indies, and in some ... |
4895
|
bamboozle |
BAMBOO'ZLE, v.t. To confound; to deceiving; to play low tricks. [ A low word.] |
4896
|
bamboozler |
BAMBOO'ZLER, n. A cheat; one who plays low tricks. |
4897
|
ban |
BAN, n.1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory. In ... |
4898
|
banana |
BAN'ANA, n. A species of the genus Musa, or plantain tree, and its fruit. It rises 15 or 20 feet ... |
4899
|
band |
BAND, n.[See Bind and Bend.]1. A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a ... |
4900
|
bandage |
BAND'AGE, n. A fillet, roller, or swath, used in dressing and binding up wounds, restraining ... |
4901
|
bandana |
BANDAN'A, n. A species of silk handkerchief. |
4902
|
bandbox |
BAND'BOX, n. A slight paper box for bands, caps, bonnets, muffs, or other light articles. |
4903
|
banded |
BAND'ED, pp. Bound with a band; united in a band. |
4904
|
bandelet |
BAND'ELET, n. Any little band or flat molding, as that which crowns the Doric architrave. |
4905
|
bander |
BAND'ER, n. One that bands or associates with others. |
4906
|
banderet |
BAND'ERET, n. [from band.] In Swisserland, a general in chief of military forces. |
4907
|
bandian |
BAN'DIAN, n. The seed of a tree in China, which smells like anise seeds; used by the Chinese and ... |
4908
|
bandied |
BAND'IED, pp. Beat or tossed to and fro; agitated; controverted without ceremony. |
4909
|
banding |
BAND'ING, ppr. Binding with a band; uniting in a band or company. |
4910
|
bandit |
BAN'DIT, n.plu. BAN'DITS or BANDIT'TI, An outlaw; also in a general sense, a robber; a highwayman; ... |
4911
|
bandle |
BAN'DLE, n. An Irish measure of two feet in length. |
4912
|
bandlet |
BAND'LET |
4913
|
bandog |
BAN'DOG, n, A large species of dog. |
4914
|
bandoleers |
BANDOLEE'RS, n. A large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left ... |
4915
|
bandon |
BAN'DON, n. Disposal; license. [Not in use.] |
4916
|
bandore |
BAN'DORE, n. A musical stringed instrument, like a lute. |
4917
|
bandrol |
BAND'ROL, n. 1. A little flag or streamer, in form of a guidon, used to be hung on the masts of ... |
4918
|
bandstring |
BAND'STRING, n. A string appendant to a band. |
4919
|
bandy |
BAND'Y, n. [L.pando.] A club for striking a ball at play.BAND'Y, v.t. To beat to and fro, as a ... |
4920
|
bandy-legged |
BAND'Y-LEGGED, a. Having crooked legs. |
4921
|
bandying |
BAND'YING, ppr. Beating, impelling or tossing from one to another; agitating in controversy ... |
4922
|
bane |
BANE, n.[Gr. is to kill; in L. venenum is poison.]Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal ... |
4923
|
baneberry |
BA'NEBERRY, n. A name of the herb christopher, actaea, or aconitum racemosum. |
4924
|
baneful |
BA'NEFUL, a. Poisonous; pernicious; destructive. |
4925
|
banefully |
BA'NEFULLY, adv. Perniciously; destructively. |
4926
|
banefulness |
BA'NEFULNESS, n. Poisonousness; destructiveness. |
4927
|
bang |
BANG, v.t. 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to thump; to cudgel. [A low word.]2. To beat or ... |
4928
|
bangle |
BAN'GLE, v.t. To waste by little and little; to squander carelessly. |
4929
|
banian |
BAN'IAN, n. A man's undress or morning gown, as worn by the Banians in the E. Indies.2. A Gentoo ... |
4930
|
banish |
BAN'ISH, v.t.1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the prince ... |
4931
|
banished |
BAN'ISHED, pp. Compelled to leave one's country; driven away. |
4932
|
banisher |
BAN'ISHER, n. One who compels another to quit his country. |
4933
|
banishing |
BAN'ISHING, ppr. Compelling to quit one's country; driving away. |
4934
|
banishment |
BAN'ISHMENT, n. The act of a prince or government, compelling a citizen to leave his country, ... |
4935
|
bank |
BANK, n. [Bank and bench are radically the same word. The sense is, that which is set, laid or ... |
4936
|
bank-bill |
BANK-BILL |
4937
|
bank-note |
BANK-NOTE, n. A promissory note, issued by a banking company, signed by their President and ... |
4938
|
bank-stock |
BANK-STOCK, n. A share or shares in the capital stock of a bank. |
4939
|
bankable |
BANK'ABLE, a. Receivable at a bank, as bills; or discountable, as notes. [Of recent origin.] |
4940
|
banked |
BANK'ED, pp. Raised in a ridge or mound of earth; inclosed, or fortified with a bank. |
4941
|
banker |
BANK'ER, n. One who keeps a bank; one who trafficks in money, receives and remits money, ... |
4942
|
banking |
BANK'ING, ppr. Raising a mound or bank; inclosing with a bank. When we speak of restraining ... |
4943
|
bankrupt |
BANK'RUPT, n. [Eng.rout,defeat. This may signify bench-broken, or bank-broken; most probably the ... |
4944
|
bankrupt-law |
BANK'RUPT-LAW, n. A law, which, upon a bankrupt's surrendering all his property to commissioners ... |
4945
|
bankrupt-system |
BANKRUPT-SYSTEM, n. A system of laws and legal proceedings in regard to bankrupts and their ... |
4946
|
bankruptcy |
BANK'RUPTCY, n. The state of being a bankrupt, or insolvent; inability to pay all debts.2. The ... |
4947
|
bankrupted |
BANK'RUPTED, pp. Rendered insolvent.29 |
4948
|
bankrupting |
BANK'RUPTING, ppr. Breaking in trade; rendering insolvent. |
4949
|
banner |
BAN'NER, n. [L.pannus.]1. A square flag; a military ensign; the principal standard of a prince or ... |
4950
|
bannered |
BAN'NERED, a. Furnished with or bearing banners. Shield the strong foes, and rake the bannered ... |
4951
|
banneret |
BAN'NERET, n. A knight made in the field. Bannerets formerly constituted an order of knights or ... |
4952
|
bannerol |
BAN'NEROL, [See Bandrol.] |
4953
|
bannock |
BAN'NOCK, n. A cake made of oatmeal or peas-meal, baked on an iron plate over the fire; used in ... |
4954
|
banoy |
BAN'OY, n. A species of hawk, somewhat larger than the English sparrow hawk; the back and wings ... |
4955
|
banquet |
BAN'QUET, n. A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. Esther v. Job xli. Amos vi. |
4956
|
banquet-house |
BAN'QUET-HOUSE, n. A house where entertainments are made. Cant.xxiv. Dan v. |
4957
|
banqueted |
BAN'QUETED, pp. Feasted; richly entertained at the table. |
4958
|
banqueter |
BAN'QUETER, n. A feaster; one who lives deliciously.2. One who makes feasts, or rich ... |
4959
|
banqueting |
BAN'QUETING, ppr. Feasting; entertaining with rich fare.2. Partaking of rich fare.BAN'QUETING, n. ... |
4960
|
banqueting-house |
BAN'QUETING-HOUSE |
4961
|
banqueting-room |
BAN'QUETING-ROOM, n. A saloon, or spacious hall for public entertainments. |
4962
|
banquette |
BANQUETTE or BANQUET, n. banket. In fortification, a little raised way or foot bank, running ... |
4963
|
banshee |
BAN'SHEE or BEN'SHI, n. An Irish fairy. |
4964
|
banstickle |
BAN'STICKLE, n. A small fish, called also stickle-back. This fish falls under the genus ... |
4965
|
banter |
BAN'TER, v.t. [Gr. to mock, or deride.] To play upon in words and in good humor; to rally; to ... |
4966
|
bantered |
BAN'TERED, pp. Rallied; laughed at in good humor. |
4967
|
banterer |
BAN'TERER, n. One who banters, or laughs at with pleasantry. |
4968
|
bantering |
BAN'TERING, ppr. Joking; laughing at with good humor. |
4969
|
bantling |
BANT'LING, n. A young child; an infant. |
4970
|
baptism |
BAP'TISM, n. [Gr. to baptize.]1. The application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ... |
4971
|
baptismal |
BAPTIS'MAL, a. Pertaining to baptist; as a baptismal vow. |
4972
|
baptist |
BAP'TIST, n. One who administers baptism. This appellation is 31appropriately given to John, the ... |
4973
|
baptistery |
BAP'TISTERY, n. [L. baptisterium.] A place where the sacrament of baptism is administered. ... |
4974
|
baptistic |
BAPTIS'TIC |
4975
|
baptistical |
BAPTIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to baptism. |
4976
|
baptize |
BAPTI'ZE, v.t. [See Baptism.] To administer the sacrament of baptism to; to christen. By some ... |
4977
|
baptized |
BAPTI'ZED, pp. Having received baptism; christened. |
4978
|
baptizer |
BAPTI'ZER, n. One who christens, or administers baptism. |
4979
|
baptizing |
BAPTI'ZING, ppr. Administering baptism to; christening. |
4980
|
bar |
B'AR, n. [If these words are the Eng.bar, the sense is a shoot, that which shoots, passes or is ... |
4981
|
barb |
B'ARB, n. [L.barba; This is beard, with a different ending. The sense may be, that which shoots ... |
4982
|
barbadoes-cherry |
BARBA'DOES-CHERRY, n. The Malpighia, a tree growing in the W. Indies, fifteen feet high and ... |
4983
|
barbarian |
BARBA'RIAN, n. [L. barbarus;. The sense is, foreign, wild, fierce.]1. A man in his rude, savage ... |
4984
|
barbaric |
BARBAR'IC, a. [L. barbaricus. See Barbarian. The Romans applied this word to designate things ... |
4985
|
barbarity |
BARBAR'ITY, n. [See Barbarian.] The manners of a barbarian; savageness; cruelty; ferociousness; ... |
4986
|
barbarize |
B'ARBARIZE, v.t. To make barbarous. Hideous changes have barbarized France. |
4987
|
barbarous |
B'ARBAROUS, a. Uncivilized; savage; unlettered; untutored; ignorant; unacquainted with arts; ... |
4988
|
barbarously |
B'ARBAROUSLY, adv. In the manner of a barbarian; ignorantly; without knowledge or arts; contrary ... |
4989
|
barbarousness |
B'ARBAROUSNESS, n. Rudeness or incivility of manners.2. Impurity of language.3. Cruelty; ... |
4990
|
barbary |
B'ARBARY, n. A barbary horse; a barb. |
4991
|
barbastel |
B'ARBASTEL, n. A bat with hairy lips. |
4992
|
barbate |
B'ARBATE |
4993
|
barbated |
B'ARBATED, a. [L. barbatus, from barba. See Barb.]In botany, bearded; also gaping or ringent. ... |
4994
|
barbe |
B'ARBE. In the military art, to fire in barbe, is to fire the cannon over the parapet, instead of ... |
4995
|
barbecue |
B'ARBECUE, n. In the West Indies, a hog roasted whole. It is, with us, used for an ox or perhaps ... |
4996
|
barbed |
B'ARBED, pp. [See Barb.]1. Furnished with armor; as barbed steeds.2. Bearded; jagged with hooks or ... |
4997
|
barbel |
B'ARBEL, n. [L. barba.]1. A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the order of abdominals. The mouth is ... |
4998
|
barber |
B'ARBER, n. One whose occupation is to shave men, or to shave and dress hair.B'ARBER, v.t. To ... |
4999
|
barber-chirurgeon |
B'ARBER-CHIRURGEON, n. One who joins the practice of surgery with that of a barber; a practice now ... |
5000
|
barber-monger |
B'ARBER-MONGER, n. A man who frequents the barber's shop, or prides himself in being dressed by a ... |
5001
|
barberness |
B'ARBERNESS, n. A female barber. [Not used.] |
5002
|
barberry |
B'ARBERRY, n. [L. berberis.]1. A plant of the genus berberis, common in hedges; called in ... |
5003
|
barbet |
B'ARBET, n. A name given by some French writers to a peculiar species of those worms which feed on ... |
5004
|
bard |
B'ARD, n. 1. A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts; one whose occupation was to compose and ... |
5005
|
barded |
B'ARDED, a. In heraldry, a caparisoned. |
5006
|
bardesanists |
BARDES'ANISTS, n. A sect of heretics, who sprung from Bardesanes, of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, in ... |
5007
|
bardic |
B'ARDIC, a. Pertaining to bards, or to their poetry. |
5008
|
bardish |
B'ARDISH, a. Pertaining to bards; written by a bard. |
5009
|
bardism |
B'ARDISM, n. The science of bards; the learning and maxims of bards. |
5010
|
bare |
BARE, a. [This word is from opening, separating, stripping.]1. Naked, without covering; as, the ... |
5011
|
barebone |
BA'REBONE, n. [See Bone.] A very lean person. |
5012
|
bareboned |
BA'REBONED, a. Lean, so that the bones appear, or rather so that the bones show their forms. |
5013
|
bared |
BA'RED, pp. Made bare; made naked. |
5014
|
barefaced |
BA'REFACED, pp. [See Face.]1. With the face uncovered; not masked.2. Undisguised; unreserved; ... |
5015
|
barefacedly |
BA'REFACEDLY, adv. Without disguise or reserve; openly; impudently. |
5016
|
barefacedness |
BA'REFACEDNESS, n. Effrontery; assurance; audaciousness. |
5017
|
barefoot |
BA'REFOOT, a. [See Foot.]With the feet bare; without shoes and stockings. 2 Sam.xv. Isaiah ... |
5018
|
barefooted |
BA'REFOOTED, a. Having the feet bare. |
5019
|
baregnawn |
BA'REGNAWN, a. [See Gnaw.] Eaten bare. |
5020
|
bareheaded |
BA'REHEADED, [See Head.] Having the head uncovered, either from respect or other cause. |
5021
|
bareheadedness |
BAREHEADEDNESS, n. State of being bareheaded. |
5022
|
barelegged |
BA'RELEGGED, a. Having the legs bare. |
5023
|
barely |
BA'RELY, adv. Nakedly; poorly; indigently; without decoration; merely; only; without any thing ... |
5024
|
barenecked |
BA'RENECKED, a. Having the neck uncovered; exposed. |
5025
|
bareness |
BA'RENESS, n. Nakedness; leanness; poverty; indigence; defect of clothes, or the usual covering. |
5026
|
barepicked |
BA'REPICKED, a. Picked to the bone. |
5027
|
bareribbed |
BA'RERIBBED, a. Lean. |
5028
|
bargain |
B'ARGAIN, n. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which ... |
5029
|
bargainee |
BARGAINEE', n. The party in a contract who receives or agrees to receive the property sold. |
5030
|
bargainer |
B'ARGAINER, n. The party in a contract who stipulates to sell and convey property to another. |
5031
|
barge |
B'ARGE, n. barj. [Barge, and bark or barque, a ship, are radically one word.]1. A pleasure boat; a ... |
5032
|
barge-couples |
B'ARGE-COUPLES, n. In architecture, a beam mortised into another, to strengthen the building. |
5033
|
barge-course |
B'ARGE-COURSE, n. In bricklaying, a part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal ... |
5034
|
bargeman |
B'ARGEMAN, n. The man who manages a barge. |
5035
|
bargemaster |
B'ARGEMASTER, n. The proprietor of a barge, conveying goods for hire. |
5036
|
barger |
B'ARGER, n. The manager of a barge. |
5037
|
barilla |
BARIL'LA, n. A plant cultivated in Spain for its ashes, from which the purest kind of mineral ... |
5038
|
baritone |
BAR'ITONE, [See Barytone.] |
5039
|
barium |
BAR'IUM, n. The metallic basis of baryte or baryta, which is an oxyd of barium. |
5040
|
bark |
B'ARK, n. [Probably from stripping, separating.]1. The rind or exterior covering of a tree, ... |
5041
|
bark-bared |
B'ARK-BARED, a. Stripped of the bark. |
5042
|
bark-bound |
B'ARK-BOUND, a. Having the bark too firm or close, as with trees. This disease is cured by ... |
5043
|
bark-galled |
B'ARK-GALLED, a. Having the bark galled, as with thorns. This defect is cured by binding on clay. |
5044
|
barked |
B'ARKED, pp. Stripped of the bark; peeled; also covered with bark. |
5045
|
barker |
B'ARKER, n. One who barks, or clamors unreasonably; one who strips trees of their bark. |
5046
|
barking |
B'ARKING, ppr. Stripping off bark; making the noise of dogs; clamoring; covering with bark. |
5047
|
barky |
B'ARKY, a. Consisting of bark; containing bark. |
5048
|
barley |
B'ARLEY, n. [L. far; Heb. bar,corn.] A species of valuable grain, used especially for making malt, ... |
5049
|
barley-brake |
B'ARLEY-BRAKE, n. A rural play; a trial of swiftness. |
5050
|
barley-broth |
B'ARLEY-BROTH, N. A low word for strong beer. |
5051
|
barley-corn |
B'ARLEY-CORN, n. [See Corn.] A grain of barley;; the third part of an inch in length; hence ... |
5052
|
barley-mow |
B'ARLEY-MOW, n. A mow of barley, or the place where barley is deposited. |
5053
|
barley-sugar |
B'ARLEY-SUGAR, n. Sugar boiled till it is brittle, formerly with a decoction of barley. |
5054
|
barley-water |
B'ARLEY-WATER, n. A decoction of barley, which is reputed soft and lubricating, and much used in ... |
5055
|
barm |
B'ARM, n. [L, fermentum, from ferveo; or beer-rahm, beer cream.]Yeast; the scum rising upon beer, ... |
5056
|
barmy |
B'ARMY, a. Containing barm, or yeast. |
5057
|
barn |
BARN, n.[Eng.born.] A child. [Little used in English.] |
5058
|
barnacle |
B'ARNACLE, n. [L.perna, a shell-fish.]1. A shell which is often found on the bottoms of ships, ... |
5059
|
barolite |
BAR'OLITE, n. [Gr.weight, and a stone.] Carbonate of baryte. Its color is usually a light ... |
5060
|
barom |
BAROM,'ETER, n. [Gr.weight, and measure.]An instrument for measuring the weight or pressure of the ... |
5061
|
barometrical |
BAROMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining or relating to the barometer; made by a barometer; as barometrical ... |
5062
|
barometrically |
BAROMET'RICALLY, adv. By means of a barometer. |
5063
|
baron |
BAR'ON, n. [L.vir, is doubtless the Shemitic, a man, so named from strength.]1. In Great Britain, ... |
5064
|
baronage |
BAR'ONAGE, n. The whole body of barons or peers.2. The dignity of a baron.3. The land which ... |
5065
|
baroness |
BAR'ONESS, n. A baron's wife or lady. |
5066
|
baronet |
BAR'ONET, n. A dignity or degree of honor, next below a baron, and above a knight;; having ... |
5067
|
baronial |
BARO'NIAL, a Pertaining to a baron. |
5068
|
barony |
BAR'ONY, n. The lordship, honor, or fee of a baron, whether spiritual or temporal. This lordship ... |
5069
|
baroscope |
BAR'OSCOPE, n. [Gr.weight, and to view.] An instrument to show the weight of the atmosphere; ... |
5070
|
baroscopic |
BAROS'COP'IC, a. Pertaining to or determined by the baroscope. |
5071
|
baroselenite |
BAROSEL'ENITE, n. [Gr.weight, or heavy, and selenite.]A mineral; sulphate of baryte; heavy spar. |
5072
|
barque |
BARQUE, n. A small ship; but appropriately, a ship which carries three masts without a mizen top ... |
5073
|
barra |
BAR'RA, n. In Portugal and Spain, a long measure for cloths. In Valencia, 13 barras make 12 6/7 ... |
5074
|
barracada |
BARRACA'DA, n. A fish, about fifteen inches in length, of a dusky color on the back, and a white ... |
5075
|
barracan |
BAR'RACAN, n. A thick, strong stuff, something like camelot; used for clokes, surtouts,and other ... |
5076
|
barrack |
BAR'RACK, n. A hut or house for soldiers, especially in garrison. In Spain, a hut or cabin for ... |
5077
|
barrack-master |
BAR'RACK-MASTER, n. The officer who superintends the barracks of soldiers. |
5078
|
barracuda |
BARRACU'DA, n. A species of fish of the pike kind, found in the seas about the Bahamas and ... |
5079
|
barrator |
BAR'RATOR, n. [L. ferto; Eng.barter. See Barter.]1. One who frequently excites suits at law; a ... |
5080
|
barratrous |
BARRATROUS, a. Tainted with barratry. |
5081
|
barratrously |
BARRATROUSLY, adv. In a barratrous manner. |
5082
|
barratry |
BAR'RATRY, n. The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.2. In commerce, any ... |
5083
|
barre |
BAR'RE, n. Weights used in the E.Indies. The great bahar, for weighing pepper, cloves, ... |
5084
|
barred |
B'ARRED, pp. Fastened with a bar; hindered; restrained; excluded; forbid; striped; checkered. |
5085
|
barrel |
BAR'REL, n.1. A vessel or cask, of more length than breadth, round and bulging in the middle, made ... |
5086
|
barrel-bellied |
BAR'REL-BELLIED, a. [See Belly.] Having a large belly. |
5087
|
barreled |
BAR'RELED, pp. 1. Put or packed in a barrel.2. In composition, having a barrel or tube; as a ... |
5088
|
barrelling |
BAR'RELLING, ppr. Putting or packing in a barrel. |
5089
|
barren |
BAR'REN, a. [from the same root as bare.]1. Not producing young, or offspring; applied to ... |
5090
|
barrenly |
BAR'RENLY, adv. Unfruitfully. |
5091
|
barrenness |
BAR'RENNESS, adv. The quality of not producing its kind; want of the power of conception; applied ... |
5092
|
barrenwort |
BAR'RENWORT, n. [See Wort.] A plant, constituting the genus Epimedium, of which the alpinum is the ... |
5093
|
barrful |
B'ARRFUL, a. Full of obstructions. |
5094
|
barricade |
BARRICA'DE, n.1. A fortification made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or any thing ... |
5095
|
barricado |
BARRICA'DO. The same as barricade. |
5096
|
barrier |
BAR'RIER. [See bar]1. In fortification, a kind of fence made in a passage or retrenchment, ... |
5097
|
barring |
B'ARRING, ppr. Making fast with a bar; obstructing; excluding; preventing; prohibiting; crossing ... |
5098
|
barrister |
BAR'RISTER, n. [from bar.] A counselor, learned in the laws, qualified and admitted to please at ... |
5099
|
barrow |
BAR'ROW, n.1. A light small carriage. A hand-barrow is a frame covered in the middle with boards, ... |
5100
|
barse |
B'ARSE, n. An English name for the common perch. |
5101
|
barshot |
B'ARSHOT, n. [See Bar and Shoot.] Double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a half ball or ... |
5102
|
barter |
B'ARTER, v.i. [L.vario,vertol Class Br.] To traffick or trade, by exchanging one commodity for ... |
5103
|
bartered |
B'ARTERED,pp. Given in exchange. |
5104
|
barterer |
B'ARTERER, n. One who trafficks by exchange of commodities. |
5105
|
bartering |
B'ARTERING, ppr. Trafficking or trading by an exchange of 46commodities. |
5106
|
bartery |
B'ARTERY, n. Exchange of commodities in trade. [Not used.] |
5107
|
barton |
B'ARTON, n. The demain lands of a manor; the manor itself; and sometimes the out-houses. |
5108
|
bartram |
B'ARTRAM, n. [L. pyrethrum.] A plant; pellitory. |
5109
|
barystrontianite |
BARYSTRON'TIANITE, n. [Gr.heavy and strontian.] A mineral, called also stromnite, from Stromness, ... |
5110
|
baryta |
BARY'TA |
5111
|
baryte |
BAR'YTE, n. [Gr.heavy; weight.] Ponderous earth; so called from its great weight, it being the ... |
5112
|
barytic |
BARY'TIC, a. Pertaining to baryte; formed of baryte, or containing it. |
5113
|
baryto-calcite |
BARYTO-CAL'CITE, n. [baryte and calx. See Cals.]A mixture of carbonate of lime with sulphate of ... |
5114
|
barytone |
BARY'TONE, a. [Gr. heavy, and tone.] Pertaining to or noting a grave deep sound,or male voice. |
5115
|
basal |
BA'SAL, a. Pertaining to the base; constituting the base. |
5116
|
basalt |
BASALT', n. bazalt'. [Pliny informs us that the Egyptians found in Ethiopia, a species of marble, ... |
5117
|
basaltic |
BASALT'IC, a. Pertaining to basalt; formed of or containing basalt. |
5118
|
basaltiform |
BASALT'IFORM, a. In the form of basalt; columnar. |
5119
|
basaltine |
BASALT'INE, n. Basaltic Hornblend; a variety of common hornblend, so called from its being often ... |
5120
|
basanite |
BAS'ANITE, n. [Gr. the trier. Plin.Lib.36. Ca.22. See Basalt.]Lydian stone, or black jasper; a ... |
5121
|
base |
BASE, a.1. Low in place. Obs.2. Mean; vile; worthless; that is, low in value or estimation; used ... |
5122
|
base-born |
BA'SE-BORN, a. [base and born.] Born out of wedlock.2. Born of low parentage.493. Vile; mean. |
5123
|
base-court |
BA'SE-COURT, n. [See Court.]The back yard, opposed to the chief court in front of a house; the ... |
5124
|
base-minded |
BA'SE-MINDED, a. Of a low spirit or mind; mean. |
5125
|
base-mindedness |
BA'SE-MINDEDNESS, n. Meanness of spirit. |
5126
|
base-string |
BA'SE-STRING, n. The lowest note. |
5127
|
base-viol |
BA'SE-VIOL, n. [See Viol.] A musical instrument, used for playing the base or gravest part. |
5128
|
based |
BA'SED, pp. Reduced in value; founded. |
5129
|
baseless |
BA'SELESS, a. Without a base; having no foundation, or support. The baseless fabric of a vision. ... |
5130
|
basely |
BA'SELY, adv. In a base manner; meanly; dishonorable.2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. |
5131
|
basement |
BA'SEMENT, n. In architecture, the ground floor, on which the order or columns which decorate the ... |
5132
|
baseness |
BA'SENESS, n. Meanness; vileness; worthlessness.2. Vileness of metal; the quality of being of ... |
5133
|
basenet |
BA'SENET, n. A helmet. |
5134
|
bash |
BASH, v.i. [Heb.bosh, to be cast down, or confounded. See Abash.]To be ashamed; to be confounded ... |
5135
|
bashaw |
BASHAW', n. [This word is often written most absurdly pasha, both by the English and Americans. ... |
5136
|
bashful |
BASH'FUL, a. [See Bash and Abash.]1. Properly, having a downcast look; hence very modest.2. ... |
5137
|
bashfully |
BASH'FULLY, adv. Very modestly; in a timorous manner. |
5138
|
bashfulness |
BASH'FULNESS, n. Excessive or extreme modesty; a quality of mind often visible in external ... |
5139
|
bashless |
BASH'LESS, a Shameless; unblushing. |
5140
|
basil |
BAS'IL, n. s as z. The slope or angle of a tool or instrument as of a chisel or plane; usually of ... |
5141
|
basil-weed |
BAS'IL-WEED, n. Wild basil, a plant of the genus Clinopodium. |
5142
|
basilar |
BAS'ILAR |
5143
|
basilary |
BAS'ILARY, a. s as z. [See Basilic.]Chief; an anatomical term applied to several bones, and to an ... |
5144
|
basilic |
BAS'ILIC, n. s as z. [L. basilica; Gr. a king.]Anciently, a public hall or court of judicature, ... |
5145
|
basilical |
BASIL'ICAL, a. Belonging to the middle vein of the arm.2. Noting a particular nut, the walnut, ... |
5146
|
basilicon |
BASIL'ICON, n. s as z. [Gr.royal.]An ointment. This name is given to several compositions in ... |
5147
|
basilisk |
BAS'ILISK, n. s as z. [L. basiliscus.]1. A fabulous serpent, called a cockatrice, and said to be ... |
5148
|
basin |
BA'SIN, n. basn.1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other ... |
5149
|
basis |
BA'SIS, n. plu.bases. [L.and Gr.; the same as base, which see.]1. The foundation of any thing; ... |
5150
|
bask |
B'ASK, v.i. [The origin of this word is not obvious.]To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial ... |
5151
|
basked |
B'ASKED, pp. Exposed to warmth, or genial heat. |
5152
|
basket |
B'ASKET, n. 1. A domestic vessel made of twigs, rushes,splinters or other 52flexible things ... |
5153
|
basket-fish |
B'ASKET-FISH, n. A species of sea-star, or star-fish, of the genus Asterias, and otherwise called ... |
5154
|
basket-hilt |
B'ASKET-HILT, n. [See Hilt.] A hilt which covers the hand, and defends it from injury, as of a ... |
5155
|
basket-hilted |
B'ASKET-HILTED, a. Having a hilt of basket-work. |
5156
|
basket-salt |
B'ASKET-SALT, n. Salt made from salt-springs, which is purer, whiter and finer, than common brine ... |
5157
|
basket-woman |
B'ASKET-WOMAN, n. A woman who carries a basket, to and from market. |
5158
|
basking |
B'ASKING, ppr. Exposing or lying exposed to the continued action of heat or genial warmth. |
5159
|
basking-shark |
B'ASKING-SHARK, n. The sun-fish of the Irish; a species of squalus or shark. This fish is from ... |
5160
|
basquish |
B'ASQUISH, a. baskish. Pertaining to the people or language of Biscay. |
5161
|
bass |
B'ASS, n. [It has no plural.] The name of several species of fish. In England, this name is given ... |
5162
|
bass-relief |
BASS-RELIE'F, n. In English, base-relief. [See Lift and Relief.]Sculpture, whose figures do not ... |
5163
|
bass-viol |
BASS-VIOL, n. [See Base-viol] |
5164
|
bassa |
BAS'SA [See Bashaw.] |
5165
|
basset |
BAS'SET, n. A game at cards, said to have been invented at Venice, by a nobleman, who was banished ... |
5166
|
basseting |
BAS'SETING, ppr. Having a direction upwards.BAS'SETING, n. The upward direction of a vein in a ... |
5167
|
basso-concertante |
BASSO-CONCERTANTE, in music, is the base of the little chorus, or that which plays throughout the ... |
5168
|
basso-continuo |
BASSO-CONTINUO, thorough base, which see under base. |
5169
|
basso-relievo |
BASSO-RELIEVO. [See Bass-relief.] |
5170
|
basso-repieno |
BASSO-REPIENO, is the base of the grand chorus, which plays only occasionally, or in particular ... |
5171
|
basso-violino |
BASSO-VIOLINO, is the base of the base-viol. |
5172
|
bassock |
BAS'SOCK, n. The same as bass, a mat. |
5173
|
bassoon |
BASSOON', n. A musical wind instrument, blown with a reed, and furnished with eleven holes, which ... |
5174
|
bassoonist |
BASSOON'IST, n. A performer on the bassoon. |
5175
|
bast |
B'AST, n. A rope or cord, made of the bark of the lime tree, bass-wood or linden; or the bark made ... |
5176
|
bastard |
B'ASTARD, n. A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or ... |
5177
|
bastardism |
B'ASTARDISM, n. The state of a bastard. |
5178
|
bastardize |
B'ASTARDIZE, v.t. To make or prove to be a bastard; to convict of being a bastard; to declare ... |
5179
|
bastardly |
B'ASTARDLY, adv. In the manner of a bastard; spuriously. |
5180
|
bastards |
B'ASTARDS, an appellation given to a faction or troop of bandits, who ravaged Guienne in France in ... |
5181
|
bastardy |
B'ASTARDY, n. A state of being a bastard, or begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, which ... |
5182
|
bastarnic |
BASTARN'IC, a. Pertaining to the Basternae, ancient inhabitants of the Carpathian ... |
5183
|
bastas |
BAS'TAS, n. An India cloth or plain muslin. That of Surat is said to be the best. |
5184
|
baste |
BASTE, v.t. 1. To beat with a stick.2. To drip butter or fat upon meat, as it turns upon the ... |
5185
|
basted |
BASTED, pp. Beat with a stick; moistened with fat or other matter in roasting; sewed together with ... |
5186
|
bastile |
BAS'TILE, n. An old castle in Paris, built between 1369 and 1383, used as a state prison, and ... |
5187
|
bastinade |
BASTINA'DE |
5188
|
bastinado |
BASTINA'DO, n. [See Baste.] A sound beating with a stick or cudgel; the blows given with a stick ... |
5189
|
basting |
BASTING, ppr. Beating with a stick; moistening with dripping; sewing together with long ... |
5190
|
bastion |
BAS'TION, n. bas'chun. A huge mass of earth, usually faced with 56sods, sometimes with brick, or ... |
5191
|
basto |
BAS'TO, n. The ace of clubs at quadrille. |
5192
|
baston |
BAS'TON, or BATOON', n. In architecture, a round molding in the base of a column; called also a ... |
5193
|
bat |
BAT, n. 1. A heavy stick or club; a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the ... |
5194
|
batable |
BA'TABLE, a. [See Bate and Debate.] Disputable. The land between England and Scotland, which, ... |
5195
|
batatas |
BATA'TAS, n. A species of tick or mite, found on the potatoes of Surinam. Also the Peruvian name ... |
5196
|
batavian |
BATA'VIAN, a. [from Batavi, the people who inhabited the isle.]Pertaining to the isle of Betaw in ... |
5197
|
batch |
BATCH, n. [from bake.]1. The quantity of bread baked at one time; a baking of bread.2. Any ... |
5198
|
bate |
BATE, n. [It is probably from the root of beat. See Debate.]Strife; contention; retained in ... |
5199
|
bate-breeding |
BATE-BREEDING, a. Breeding strife. [Not used.] |
5200
|
bateau |
BATEAU, n. batto'. [L. batillum.] A light boat, long in proportion to its breadth, and wider in ... |
5201
|
bateful |
BA'TEFUL, a. Contentious; given to strife; exciting contention. |
5202
|
bateless |
BA'TELESS, a. Not to be abated. |
5203
|
batement |
BA'TEMENT, n. Abatement; deduction; diminution. [Bate, with its derivatives, is, I believe, ... |
5204
|
batenists |
BAT'ENITES, BAT'ENISTS, or BATE'NIANS, n. A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the ... |
5205
|
batenites |
BAT'ENITES, BAT'ENISTS, or BATE'NIANS, n. A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the ... |
5206
|
batfowler |
BAT'FOWLER, n. One who practices,or is pleased with bat-fowling. |
5207
|
batfowling |
BAT'FOWLING, n. A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating ... |
5208
|
batful |
BAT'FUL, a. [See Batten.] Rich, fertile, as land. [Not in use.] |
5209
|
bath |
B'ATH, n. 1. A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge ... |
5210
|
bath-room |
B'ATH-ROOM, n. An apartment for bathing. |
5211
|
bathe |
BATHE, v.t.1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs ... |
5212
|
bathed |
BA'THED, pp. Washed as in a bath; moistened with a liquid; bedewed. |
5213
|
bather |
BA'THER, n. One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a liquid to himself ... |
5214
|
bathing |
BA'THING, ppr. Washing by immersion, or by applying a liquid; moistening; fomenting.BA'THING, n. ... |
5215
|
bathing-tub |
BA'THING-TUB, n. A vessel for bathing, usually made either of wood or tin. In the Royal Library at ... |
5216
|
bathos |
BA'THOS, n. The art of sinking in poetry. |
5217
|
bating |
BA'TING, ppr. [from bate.] Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting. Children have few ideas, ... |
5218
|
batinist |
BAT'INIST. [See Batenites.] |
5219
|
batist |
BAT'IST, n. A fine linen cloth made in Flanders and Picardy, of three different kinds or ... |
5220
|
batlet |
BAT'LET, n. [from bat.] A small bat, or square piece of wood with a handle, for beating linen ... |
5221
|
batman |
BAT'MAN, n. A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16 lbs.6 ox. 15 dr. ... |
5222
|
baton |
BATOON' or BAT'ON, n. A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors. |
5223
|
batoon |
BATOON' or BAT'ON, n. A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors. |
5224
|
batrachite |
BAT'RACHITE, n. [Gr.a frog.] A fossil or stone in color resembling a frog. |
5225
|
batrachomyomachy |
BAT'RACHOMYOM'ACHY, n. [Gr.a frog, a mouse, and a battle.]The battle between the frogs and mice; a ... |
5226
|
batracian |
BATRA'CIAN, a. [Gr.a frog.] Pertaining to frogs; an epithet designating an order of animals, ... |
5227
|
battable |
BAT'TABLE, a. Capable of cultivation. [Not in use.] |
5228
|
battailant |
BAT'TAILANT, n. [See Battle.] A combatant. [Not used.] |
5229
|
battailous |
BAT'TAILOUS, a. [See Battle.] Warlike; having the form or appearance of an army arrayed for ... |
5230
|
battalia |
BATTAL'IA, n. [See Battle.]1. The order of battle; troops arrayed in their proper ... |
5231
|
battalion |
BATTAL'ION, n. [See Battle.] A body of infantry, consisting of from 500 to 800 men; so called ... |
5232
|
battalioned |
BATTAL'IONED, a. Formed into battalions. |
5233
|
battel |
BAT'TEL, n. [See Battle.] In law, wager of battle, a species of trial for the decision of causes ... |
5234
|
batteler |
BAT'TELER |
5235
|
battement |
BAT'TEMENT, n. A beating; striking;; impulse. [Not in use.] |
5236
|
batten |
BAT'TEN, v.t. bat'n. [See Fat.]1. To fatten; to make fat; to make plump by plenteous feeding.2. ... |
5237
|
batter |
BAT'TER, v.t. [L. batuo, to beat. See Beat.]1. To beat with successive blows; to beat with ... |
5238
|
battered |
BAT'TERED, pp. Beaten; bruised, broken, impaired by beating or wearing. |
5239
|
batterer |
BAT'TERER, n. One who batters or beats. |
5240
|
battering |
BAT'TERING, ppr. Beating; dashing against; bruising or demolishing by beating. |
5241
|
battering-ram |
BAT'TERING-RAM, n. In antiquity, a military engine used to beat down the walls of besieged places. ... |
5242
|
battery |
BAT'TERY, n. [See Beat.]1. The act of battering, or beating.2. The instrument of battering.3. ... |
5243
|
batting |
BAT'TING, n. The management of a bat play. |
5244
|
battish |
BAT'TISH, a. [from bat, an animal.] Resembling a bat; as a battish humor. |
5245
|
battle |
BAT'TLE, n. [See Beat.] Owen supposes the Welsh batel, to be from tel, tight, stretched, compact, ... |
5246
|
battle-array |
BATTLE-ARRA'Y, n. [battle and array.] Array or order of battle; the disposition of forces ... |
5247
|
battle-ax |
BAT'TLE-AX |
5248
|
battle-axe |
BAT'TLE-AXE, n. An ax anciently used as a weapon of war. It has been used till of late years by ... |
5249
|
battle-door |
BAT'TLE-DOOR, n. bat'tl-dore. An instrument of play,with a handle and a flat board or palm, used ... |
5250
|
battlement |
BAT'TLEMENT, n. [This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification.] A wall ... |
5251
|
battlemented |
BAT'TLEMENTED, a. Secured by battlements. |
5252
|
battler |
BAT'TLER , n. A student at Oxford. |
5253
|
battling |
BAT'TLING, n. Conflict. |
5254
|
battologist |
BATTOL'OGIST,n. [See Battology.] One that repeats the same thing in speaking or writing. [Little ... |
5255
|
battologize |
BATTOL'OGIZE, v.t. To repeat needlessly the same thing. [Little used.] |
5256
|
battology |
BATTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. from Barros, a garrulous person, and discourse.]A needless repetition of woods ... |
5257
|
batton |
BAT'TON, n. [from bat.] In commerce, pieces of wood or deal for flooring, or other purposes. |
5258
|
battory |
BAT'TORY, n. Among the Hans-Towns, a factory or magazine which the merchants have in foreign ... |
5259
|
battulate |
BAT'TULATE, v.t. To interdict commerce. [A word used by the Levant company.] |
5260
|
battulation |
BATTULA'TION,n. A prohibition of commerce. |
5261
|
batty |
BAT'TY, a. [from bat, an animal.] Belonging to a bat. |
5262
|
batz |
BATZ, n. A small copper coin with a mixture of silver,current in some parts of Germany and ... |
5263
|
baubee |
BAUBEE', n. In Scotland the North of England, a half penny. |
5264
|
bauge |
BAUGE, n. A drugget manufactured in Burgundy, with thread spun thick, and of coarse wool. |
5265
|
baulk |
BAULK [See Balk.] |
5266
|
bavaroy |
BAV'AROY, n. A king of cloke or surtout. |
5267
|
bavin |
BAV'IN, n. A stick like those bound up in faggots; a piece of waste wood. In war, brush, faggots. |
5268
|
bawble |
BAW'BLE, n. [ According to Spelman, baubella are gems or jewels.]A trifling piece of finery; a ... |
5269
|
bawbling |
BAWB'LING, a. Trifling; contemptible. |
5270
|
bawcock |
BAW'COCK, n. A fine fellow. |
5271
|
bawd |
BAWD,n. [Gr.,a procurer or procuress.]A procurer or procuress. A person who keeps a house of ... |
5272
|
bawdily |
BAWD'ILY, adv. Obscenely; lewdly. |
5273
|
bawdiness |
BAWD'INESS, n. Obscenity; lewdness. |
5274
|
bawdrick |
BAWD'RICK, n. [See Baldrick.] A belt. |
5275
|
bawdry |
BAWD'RY, n. [See Bawd.] The abominable practice of procuring women for the gratification of ... |
5276
|
bawdy |
BAWD'Y, a. Obscene; filthy, unchaste; applied to language. |
5277
|
bawdy-house |
BAWD'Y-HOUSE, a. A house of lewdness and prostitution. |
5278
|
bawl |
BAWL, v.i. [L. balo, to bleat; Heb. the blast of a trumpet;to weep, to wail. These all coincide ... |
5279
|
bawled |
BAWL'ED, pp. Proclaimed by outcry. |
5280
|
bawler |
BAWLER, n. One who bawls. |
5281
|
bawling |
BAWL'ING, ppr. Crying aloud.BAWL'ING,n. The act of crying with a loud sound. |
5282
|
bawn |
BAWN, n. An inclosure with mud or stone walls for keeping cattle; a fortification. [Not used.] |
5283
|
bawrel |
BAW'REL, n. A kind of hawk. |
5284
|
bawsin |
BAW'SIN, n. A badger. |
5285
|
baxterian |
BAXTE'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Baxter, a celebrated English divine; as the Baxterian scheme. |
5286
|
bay |
BAY, a. [L.badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the ... |
5287
|
bay-salt |
BAY-SALT, is salt which crystallizes or receives its consistence from the heat of the sun or action ... |
5288
|
bay-window |
BAY-WINDOW, n. A window jutting out from the wall, as in shops. |
5289
|
bay-yarn |
BAY-YARN, n. A denomination sometimes used promiscuously with woolen yard. |
5290
|
bayard |
BA'YARD, n. [bay and ard, kind.]1. A bay horse.2. An unmannerly beholder. |
5291
|
bayardly |
BA'YARDLY, a. Blind; stupid. |
5292
|
bayed |
BA'YED, a. Having bays, as a building. |
5293
|
bayonet |
BA'YONET, n. A short pointed instrument of iron or broad dagger, formerly with a handle fitted to ... |
5294
|
bays |
BAYS, or BAYZE. [See Baize.] |
5295
|
baza |
BAZ'A , n. A long, fine spun cotton from Jerusalem, whence it is called Jerusalem cotton. |
5296
|
bazar |
BAZ'AR,n. Among the Turks and Persians, an exchange, market-place, or place where goods are ... |
5297
|
bazat |
BAZ'AT |
5298
|
bbarbacan |
B'BARBACAN, n. 1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle, consisting of an ... |
5299
|
bbarbarism |
B'BARBARISM, n. [L. Barbarisums. See Barbarian.]1. An offense against purity of style or ... |
5300
|
bdellium |
BDEL'LIUM, n. [ Bochard and Parkhurst translate it, pearl. Gen.2. But it is doubtful whether the ... |
5301
|
be |
BE, v.i. substantive, ppr.being; pp.been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to ... |
5302
|
beach |
BEACH, n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand. ... |
5303
|
beached |
BE'ACHED, a. Exposed to the wares; washed by the tide and waves. |
5304
|
beachy |
BE'ACHY, a. Having a beach or beaches. |
5305
|
beacon |
BE'ACON, n. beekn.1. A signal erected on a long pole, upon an eminence, consisting of a pitch ... |
5306
|
beaconage |
BE'ACONAGE, n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon. |
5307
|
bead |
BEAD, n. 1. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn about the neck, for ... |
5308
|
bead-maker |
BE'AD-MAKER,n. One who makes beads. In French, paternostrier is one who makes, strings, and sells ... |
5309
|
bead-proof |
BE'AD-PROOF, a. Spirit is bead-proof, when, after being shaken, a crown of bubbles will stand, for ... |
5310
|
bead-roll |
BE'AD-ROLL, n. Among Catholics, a list or catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls, they ... |
5311
|
bead-tree |
BE'AD-TREE, n. The azederach, a species of Melia, a native of the Indies, growing about 20 feet ... |
5312
|
beadle |
BE'ADLE, n. 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites persons to appear and ... |
5313
|
beadleship |
BE'ADLESHIP, n. The office of a beadle. |
5314
|
beads-man |
BE'ADS-MAN, n. A man employed in praying, generally in praying for another. |
5315
|
beads-woman |
BE'ADS-WOMAN, n. A praying woman; a woman who resides in an alms-house. |
5316
|
beagle |
BE'AGLE, n. [Gr. a pygmy.]A small hound, or hunting dog. Beagles are of different sorts; as the ... |
5317
|
beak |
BEAK, n. [Eng. peak,pike, &c. The sense is, a shoot, or a point, from thrusting; and this word is ... |
5318
|
beaked |
BE'AKED, a. Having a beak; ending in a point, like a beak. |
5319
|
beaker |
BE'AKER, n. A cup or glass. |
5320
|
beakiron |
BE'AKIRON, n. A bickern; an iron tool, ending in a point,used by blacksmiths. |
5321
|
beal |
BEAL, n. [See Boil] A pimple; a whelk; a small inflammatory tumor, a pustule.BEAL v.i. To gather ... |
5322
|
beam |
BEAM, n. [We see by the Gothic, that the word belongs to Class Bg. It properly signifies the ... |
5323
|
beam-bird |
BE'AM-BIRD, n. In Yorkshire, England, the petty chaps, a species of Motacilla; called in ... |
5324
|
beam-tree |
BE'AM-TREE, n. A species of wild service.The Crataegus Aria. |
5325
|
beaming |
BE'AMING, ppr. Emitting rays of light or beams.BE'AMING, n. Radiation; the emission or darting of ... |
5326
|
beamless |
BE'AMLESS, a. Emitting no rays of light. |
5327
|
beamy |
BE'AMY, a. Emitting rays of light; radiant; shining.1. Resembling a beam in size and weight; ... |
5328
|
bean |
BEAN, n. A name given to several kinds of pulse, or leguminous seeds, and the plants producing ... |
5329
|
bean-caper |
BE'AN-CAPER, n. A plant, a species of zygophyllum, a native of warm climates. |
5330
|
bean-cod |
BE'AN-COD, n. A small fishing vessel or pilot boat, used in the rivers of Portugal. It is sharp ... |
5331
|
bean-fed |
BE'AN-FED, a. Fed with beans. |
5332
|
bean-fly |
BE'AN-FLY, n. A beautiful fly, of a pale purple color,found on bean flowers, produced from a maggot ... |
5333
|
bean-goose |
BE'AN-GOOSE, n. A species of Anas; a migratory bird, which arrives in England in autumn, and ... |
5334
|
bear |
BEAR, v.t. pret.bore; pp. born,borne. [L. fero, pario, porto. The primary sense is to throw out, ... |
5335
|
bear-baiting |
BEAR-BAITING, n. The sport of baiting bears with dogs. |
5336
|
bear-berry |
BEAR-BERRY, n. A plant, a species of Arbutus. |
5337
|
bear-bind |
BEAR-BIND, n. A species of bind weed, or Convolvulus. |
5338
|
bear-cloth |
BEAR-CLOTH |
5339
|
bear-fly |
BEAR-FLY, An insect. |
5340
|
bear-garden |
BEAR-GARDEN, n. A place where bears are kept for diversion.BEAR-GARDEN, a. Rude; turbulent; as ... |
5341
|
bear-whelp |
BEAR-WHELP, n. The whelp of a bear. |
5342
|
beard |
BEARD, n. berd. [L.barba.] 1. The hair that grows on the chin,lips and adjacent parts of the ... |
5343
|
bearded |
BEARD'ED, a. berd'ed. Having a beard, as a man. Having parallel hairs or tufts of hair, as the ... |
5344
|
bearding |
BEARD'ING, ppr. berd'ing. Taking by the beard; opposing to the face. |
5345
|
beardless |
BEARD'LESS, a. berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not ... |
5346
|
beardlessness |
BEARD'LESSNESS, n. The state or quality of being destitute of beard. |
5347
|
bearer |
BEARER, n. [See Bear.] One who bears, sustains, or carries; a carrier, especially of a corpse to ... |
5348
|
bearherd |
BEARHERD, n. [bear and herd.] A man that tends bears. |
5349
|
bearing |
BEARING, ppr. Supporting; carrying; producing. |
5350
|
bearing-cloth |
BEARING-CLOTH, N. A cloth in which a new born child is covered when carried to church to be ... |
5351
|
bearish |
BEARISH, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear. |
5352
|
bearlike |
BEARLIKE, a. Resembling a bear. |
5353
|
bearn |
BEARN,n. a. A child. In Scotland, bairn. |
5354
|
bears-breech |
BEAR'S-BREECH, n. Brank-ursine or Acanthus, a genus of plants. |
5355
|
bearward |
BEARWARD, n. A keeper of bears. |
5356
|
beast |
BEAST, n. [L. bestia. See Boisterous.]1. Any four footed animal, which may be used for labor, ... |
5357
|
beastish |
BEASTISH, a. Like a beast; brutal. |
5358
|
beastlike |
BE'ASTLIKE, a. Like a beast; brutal. |
5359
|
beastliness |
BE'ASTLINESS, n. [from beastly.] Brutality; coarseness, vulgarity; filthiness; a practice contrary ... |
5360
|
beastly |
BE'ASTLY, a. Like a beast; brutal; coarse; filthy; contrary to the nature and dignity of man.1. ... |
5361
|
beat |
BEAT, v.t. pret. beat; pp. beat, beaten. [L. batuo. See Abate.]1. To strike repeatedly; to lay on ... |
5362
|
beaten |
BE'ATEN, pp. Struck; dashed against; pressed or laid down; hammered; pounded; vanquished; make ... |
5363
|
beater |
BE'ATER, n. One who beats, or strikes; one whose occupation is to hammer metals.1. An instrument ... |
5364
|
beater-up |
BE'ATER-UP, n. One who beats for game; a sportsman's term. |
5365
|
beath |
BEATH, v.t. To bathe. [Not in use.] |
5366
|
beatific |
BEATIF'IC |
5367
|
beatifical |
BEATIF'ICAL, a. [L. beatus, blessed, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make. See Beatify.]That has ... |
5368
|
beatifically |
BEATIF'ICALLY, adv. In such a manner as to complete happiness. |
5369
|
beatification |
BEATIFICA'TION, n. In the Romish church, an act of the Pope by which he declares a person ... |
5370
|
beatify |
BEAT'IFY, v.t. [L. beatus, happy, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make.]1. To make happy; to ... |
5371
|
beating |
BE'ATING, ppr. Laying on blows; striking; dashing against; conquering; pounding; sailing against ... |
5372
|
beatitude |
BEAT'ITUDE, n. [L. beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify.]1. Blessedness; felicity of the ... |
5373
|
beau |
BEAU, n. bo. plu. beaux, boze.[L. bellus.]A man of dress; a fine, gay man; one whose great care is ... |
5374
|
beau-monde |
BEAU-MONDE, n. bomond'. The fashionable world; people of fashion and gaiety. |
5375
|
beauish |
BEAUISH, a. bo'ish. Like a beau; foppish; fine. |
5376
|
beauteous |
BEAU'TEOUS, a. bu'teous. [See Beauty.] Very fair; elegant in form; pleasing to the sight; ... |
5377
|
beauteously |
BEAU'TEOUSLY, adv. bu'teously. In a beauteous manner; in a manner pleasing to the sight; ... |
5378
|
beauteousness |
BEAU'TEOUSNESS, n. bu'teousness. The state or quality of being beauteous; beauty. |
5379
|
beautifier |
BEAU'TIFIER, n. bu'tifier. He or that which makes beautiful. |
5380
|
beautiful |
BEAU'TIFUL, a. bu'tiful. [beauty and full.]1. Elegant in form, fair,having the form that pleases ... |
5381
|
beautifully |
BEAU'TIFULLY, adv. bu'tifully. In a beautiful manner. |
5382
|
beautifulness |
BEAU'TIFULNESS, n. bu'tifulness. Elegance of form; beauty; the quality of being beautiful. |
5383
|
beautify |
BEAU'TIFY, v.t. bu'tify. [beauty and L. facio.]To make or render beautiful; to adorn; to deck; to ... |
5384
|
beauty |
BEAU'TY, n. bu'ty.1. An assemblage of graces, or an assemblage of properties in the form of the ... |
5385
|
beauty-spot |
BEAU'TY-SPOT, n. bu'ty-spot. A patch; a foil, a spot placed on the face to heighten beauty. |
5386
|
beauty-waning |
BEAU'TY-WANING, a. Declining in beauty. |
5387
|
beaver |
BE'AVER, n. [L.fiber.]1. An amphibious quadruped, of the genus Castor. It has short ears, a ... |
5388
|
beavered |
BE'AVERED, a. Covered with or wearing a beaver. |
5389
|
bebleed |
BEBLEE'D, v.t [be and bleed.] To make bloody. Obs. |
5390
|
beblood |
BEBLOOD' |
5391
|
bebloody |
BEBLOOD'Y, v.t. [be and blood.] To make bloody. Obs. |
5392
|
beblot |
BEBLOT', v.t. [be and blot.] To blot; to stain. Obs. |
5393
|
beblubbered |
BEBLUB'BERED, a. [be and blubber.] Foul or swelled with weeping. |
5394
|
becabunga |
BECABUN'GA, n. Brooklime speedwell; veronica becabunga; a plant common in ditches and shallow ... |
5395
|
becafi-co |
BECAFI-CO, n. [See Beak.] A fig-pecker; a bird like a nightingale which feeds on figs and grapes. |
5396
|
becalm |
BECALM, v.t. becam. [be calm. See Calm.]1. To still; to make quiet; to appease; to stop, or ... |
5397
|
becalmed |
BECALMED, pp. becamed. Quieted; appeased.1. a. Hindered from motion or progress by a calm; as a ... |
5398
|
becalming |
BECALMING, ppr. becaming. Appeasing; keeping from motion or progress. BECALMING, n. becaming. A ... |
5399
|
became |
BECA'ME, pret. of become [See Become.] |
5400
|
because |
BECAUSE, becauz' a compound word. [ See By and Cause.]By cause, or by the cause; on this account; ... |
5401
|
bechance |
BECH'ANCE, v.i. [be, by, and chance.] To befall; to happen to. |
5402
|
becharm |
BECH'ARM, v.t. [be and charm.] To charm; to captivate. |
5403
|
bechic |
BE'CHIC, n. [Gr.a cough.] A medicine for relieving coughs, synonymous with pectoral, which is now ... |
5404
|
beck |
BECK, n. A small brook. Gray. Heb. a brook or rivulet; in the sense of flowing, as tears, ... |
5405
|
becked |
BECK'ED, pp. Called or notified by a nod. |
5406
|
becket |
BECK'ET, n. A thing used in ships to confine loose ropes, tackles or spars; as a large hook, a ... |
5407
|
becking |
BECK'ING, ppr. Nodding significantly; directing by a nod. |
5408
|
beckon |
BECK'ON, v.t. bek'n. [See Beck.]To make a sign to another, by nodding, winking, or a motion of the ... |
5409
|
beckoned |
BECK'ONED, pp. Having a sign made to. |
5410
|
beckoning |
BECK'ONING, ppr. Making a significant sign, as a hint. |
5411
|
beclip |
BECLIP', v.t. To embrace. [Not in use.] |
5412
|
becloud |
BECLOUD', v.t. [See Cloud.] To cloud; to obscure; to dim. |
5413
|
become |
BECOME, v.i. becum'. pret. became, pp. become.1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into ... |
5414
|
becoming |
BECOM'ING,ppr., but used rarely or never except as an adjective. Fit; suitable; congruous; proper; ... |
5415
|
becomingly |
BECOM'INGLY, adv. After a becoming or proper manner. |
5416
|
becomingness |
BECOM'INGNESS, n. Fitness, congruity; propriety; decency; gracefulness arising from fitness. |
5417
|
becripple |
BECRIP'PLE, v.t. [See Cripple.] To make lame; to cripple [Little used.] |
5418
|
becurl |
BECURL', v.t. To curl. [Not used.] |
5419
|
bed |
BED, n. [The sense is a lay or spread, from laying or setting.]1. A place or an article of ... |
5420
|
bed-clothes |
BED'-CLOTHES, n. plu. [bed and clothes.]Blankets, or coverlets, &c.,for beds. |
5421
|
bed-hangings |
BED-HANGINGS, n. Curtains. |
5422
|
bedabble |
BEDAB'BLE, v.t. [be and dabble.] To wet; to sprinkle Bedabbled with the dew. |
5423
|
bedabbled |
BEDAB'BLED, pp. Wet; sprinkled. |
5424
|
bedabbling |
BEDAB'BLING, ppr. Wetting; sprinkling. |
5425
|
bedaff |
BEDAFF', v.t. To make a fool of. [Not in use.] |
5426
|
bedaggle |
BEDAG'GLE, v.t. [be and daggle.] To soil, as clothes, by drawing the ends in the mud, or ... |
5427
|
bedaggled |
BEDAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the mud in walking; bespattering. |
5428
|
bedare |
BEDA'RE, v.t. [be and dare.] To dare; to defy. [Not used.] |
5429
|
bedark |
BEDARK', v.t. [be and dark.] To darken. [Not used.] |
5430
|
bedash |
BEDASH', v.t. [be and dash.] To wet, by throwing water, or other liquor upon; to bespatter, with ... |
5431
|
bedashed |
BEDASH'ED, pp. Bespattered with water or other liquid. |
5432
|
bedashing |
BEDASH'ING, ppr. Bespattering; dashing water upon, or other liquid. |
5433
|
bedaub |
BEDAUB', v.t. [be and daub.] To daub over; to besmear with viscous, slimy matter; to soil with any ... |
5434
|
bedaubed |
BEDAUB'ED, pp. Daubed over; besmeared. |
5435
|
bedaubing |
BEDAUB'ING, ppr. Daubing over; besmearing. |
5436
|
bedazzle |
BEDAZ'ZLE, v.t. [be and dazzle.] To confound the sight by too strong a light; to make dim by ... |
5437
|
bedazzled |
BEDAZ'ZLED, pp. Having the sight confounded by too strong a light. |
5438
|
bedazzling |
BEDAZ'ZLING, ppr. Confounding or making dim by a too brilliant luster. |
5439
|
bedchamber |
BED'CHAMBER, n. [bed and chamber.] An apartment or chamber intended or appropriated for a bed, or ... |
5440
|
bedded |
BED'DED, pp. Laid in a bed; inclosed as in a bed. |
5441
|
bedder |
BED'DER |
5442
|
bedding |
BED'DING, ppr. Laying in a bed; inclosing as in a bed.BED'DING, n. A bed and its furniture; a bed; ... |
5443
|
bedeck |
BEDECK', v.t. [be and deck.] To deck; to adorn; to grace. |
5444
|
bedecked |
BEDECK'ED, pp. Adorned; ornamented. |
5445
|
bedecking |
BEDECK'ING, ppr. Adorning; decking. |
5446
|
bedehouse |
BE'DEHOUSE, n. Formerly, a hospital or alms house, where the poor prayed for their founders and ... |
5447
|
bedel |
BE'DEL, n. An officer in the universities of England. [A peculiar orthography of beadle.] |
5448
|
bedelry |
BE'DELRY, n. The extent of a bedel's office. |
5449
|
bedetter |
BEDET'TER, n. [from bed.] The nether stone of an oil mill. |
5450
|
bedew |
BEDEW', v.t. [be and dew.] To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; ... |
5451
|
bedewed |
BEDEW'ED, pp. Moistened, as if with dew; gently moistened. |
5452
|
bedewer |
BEDEW'ER, n. That which bedews. |
5453
|
bedewing |
BEDEW'ING, ppr. Moistening gently, as with dew; wetting. |
5454
|
bedewy |
BEDEW'Y, a. Moist with dew. [Little used.] |
5455
|
bedfellow |
BED'FELLOW, n. [bed and fellow.] One who lies in the same bed. |
5456
|
bedight |
BEDI'GHT, v.t. bedi'te. [be and dight.] To adorn; to dress; set off with ornaments. [Little ... |
5457
|
bedighted |
BEDI'GHTED, pp. Adorned; set off with ornaments. |
5458
|
bedighting |
BEDI'GHTING, ppr. Adorning. |
5459
|
bedim |
BEDIM', v.t. [be and dim.] To make dim; to obscure or darken. |
5460
|
bedimmed |
BEDIM'MED, pp. Made dim; obscured. |
5461
|
bedimming |
BEDIM'MING, ppr. Making dim; obscuring; darkening. |
5462
|
bedizen |
BEDIZ'EN, v.t. bediz'n. [be and dizen.] To adorn; to deck; a low word. |
5463
|
bedizened |
BEDIZ'ENED, pp. Bedecked; adorned. |
5464
|
bedizening |
BEDIZ'ENING, ppr. Adorning. |
5465
|
bedlam |
BED'LAM, n. [Corrupted from Bethlehem, the name of a religious house in London, afterward converted ... |
5466
|
bedlamite |
BED'LAMITE, n. An inhabitant of a madhouse, a madman. |
5467
|
bedmaker |
BED'MAKER, n. [bed and maker.] One whose occupation is to make beds, as a college or university. |
5468
|
bedmate |
BED'MATE, n. [bed and mate.] A bedfellow. |
5469
|
bedote |
BEDO'TE, v.t. [be and dote.] To make to dote. [Not in use.] |
5470
|
bedpost |
BED'POST, n. [bed and post.] The post of a bedstead. |
5471
|
bedpresser |
BED'PRESSER, n. [bed and press.] A lazy fellow; one who loves his bed. |
5472
|
bedraggle |
BEDRAG'GLE, v.t. [be and draggle.] To soil, as garments which are suffered, in walking, to reach ... |
5473
|
bedraggled |
BEDRAG'GLED, pp. Soiled by reaching the dirt, in walking. |
5474
|
bedraggling |
BEDRAG'GLING, ppr. Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud. |
5475
|
bedrenched |
BEDRENCH'ED, pp. Drenched; soaked. |
5476
|
bedrenching |
BEDRENCH'ING, ppr. Soaked; drenching. |
5477
|
bedrid |
BED'RID |
5478
|
bedridden |
BED'RIDDEN, a. [bed and ride.] Confined to the bed, by age or infirmity. |
5479
|
bedrite |
BED'RITE, n. [bed and rite.] The privilege of the marriage bed. |
5480
|
bedroom |
BED'ROOM, n. [bed and room.] A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.1. ... |
5481
|
bedrop |
BEDROP' v.t. [be and drop.] To sprinkle, as with drops. |
5482
|
bedropped |
BEDROP'PED, pp. Sprinkled as with drops; speckled; variegated with spots. |
5483
|
bedside |
BED'SIDE, n. The side of the bed. |
5484
|
bedstaff |
BED'STAFF, n. [bed and staff.] A wooden pin anciently inserted on the sides of bedsteads, to keep ... |
5485
|
bedstead |
BED'STEAD, n. bed'sted. [bed and stead.] A frame for supporting a bed. |
5486
|
bedstraw |
BED'STRAW, n. [bed and straw.] Straw laid under a bed to make it soft; also the name of a plant, ... |
5487
|
bedswerver |
BED'SWERVER, n. [bed and swerve.] One that swerves from his bed; that is one who is false and ... |
5488
|
bedtime |
BED'TIME, n. [bed and time.] The time to go to rest; the usual hour of going to bed. |
5489
|
beduck |
BEDUCK', v.t. [be and duck.] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. |
5490
|
bedust |
BEDUST', v.t. [be and dust.] To sprinkle, soil or cover with dust. |
5491
|
bedward |
BED'WARD, adv. [bed and ward.] Toward bed. |
5492
|
bedwarf |
BEDWARF', v.t. [be and dwarf.] To make little; to stunt or hinder growth. |
5493
|
bedwork |
BED'WORK, n. [bed and work.] Work done in bed, without toil of the hands or with ease. |
5494
|
bedye |
BEDY'E, v.t. [be and dye.] To dye; to stain. |
5495
|
bedyed |
BEDY'ED, pp. Dyed; stained. |
5496
|
bee |
BEE, n. An insect of the genus Apis. [See Apis.] The species are numerous, of which the honey-bee ... |
5497
|
bee-bread |
BEE'-BREAD, n. [bee and bread.] The pollen of flowers collected by bees, as food for their young. ... |
5498
|
bee-eater |
BEE'-EATER,n. [bee and eat.] A bird that feeds on bees. There are several species included in the ... |
5499
|
bee-flower |
BEE'-FLOWER, n. [bee and flower.] A plant; a species of Ophrys or twyblade, whose flowers ... |
5500
|
beech |
BEECH, n. [Gr. payos; L. fagus.] A tree arranged by Linne under the genus fagus, with the ... |
5501
|
beech-coal |
BEE'CH-COAL, n. [beech and coal.] Charcoal from beech wood. |
5502
|
beech-oil |
BEE'CH-OIL, n. [beech and oil.] Oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech-tree. It is ... |
5503
|
beech-tree |
BEE'CH-TREE, n. [beech and tree.] The beech. |
5504
|
beechen |
BEE'CHEN, a. bee'chn. Consisting of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech; as a ... |
5505
|
beechmast |
BEE'CHMAST, n. The fruit or nuts of the beech. |
5506
|
beef |
BEEF, n. [L. bos,bovis; Gr.Bous.]1. An animal of the bovine genus,whether ox, bull or cow; but ... |
5507
|
beef-eater |
BEE'F-EATER, n. [beef and eat.] One that eats beef.1. A yeoman of the guards, in England.2. The ... |
5508
|
beef-steak |
BEE'F-STEAK, n. [beef and steak.] A steak of slice of beef for broiling. |
5509
|
beef-witted |
BEE'F-WITTED, a.[beef and wit.] Dull in intellects; stupid; heavy-headed. |
5510
|
beeld |
BEELD, n. Protection; refuge. [Not in use.] |
5511
|
been |
BEEN, Part.perf. of be; pronounced bin. In old authors, it is also the present tense plural of ... |
5512
|
beer |
BEER, n. 1. A spirituous liquor made from any farinaceous grain; but generally from barley, which ... |
5513
|
beer-barrel |
BEE'R-BARREL, n. A barrel for holding beer. |
5514
|
beer-house |
BEE'R-HOUSE, n. A house where malt liquors are sold; an ale house. |
5515
|
beestings |
BEESTINGS, [See Biestings.] |
5516
|
beet |
BEET, n. [L. beta.] A plant of the genus Beta. The species cultivated in gardens are the cicla ... |
5517
|
beet-radish |
BEE'T-RADISH, n. A kind of beet, used for salad. |
5518
|
beet-rave |
BEET-RAVE |
5519
|
beetle |
BEE'TLE, n.1. A heavy mallet or wooden hammer,used to drive wedges, beat pavements, &c.; called ... |
5520
|
beetle-brow |
BEE'TLE-BROW, n. [beetle and brow.] A prominent brow. |
5521
|
beetle-browed |
BEE'TLE-BROWED, a. Having prominent brows. |
5522
|
beetle-head |
BEE'TLE-HEAD, n. [beetle and head.] A stupid fellow. |
5523
|
beetle-headed |
BEE'TLE-HEADED, a Having a head like a beetle; dull; stupid. |
5524
|
beetle-stock |
BEE'TLE-STOCK, n. [beetle and stock.] The handle of a beetle. |
5525
|
beetling |
BEE'TLING, ppr. Jutting; being prominent; standing out from the main body. |
5526
|
beeves |
BEEVES, n. plu. of beef. Cattle; quadrupeds of the bovine genus, called in England, black cattle. |
5527
|
befall |
BEFALL', v.t. pret. befell; part. befallen. To happen to; to occur to; as, let me know the worst ... |
5528
|
befalling |
BEFALL'ING,ppr. Happening to; occurring to; coming to pass. |
5529
|
befell |
BEFELL', pret. of befall. |
5530
|
befit |
BEFIT', v.t. [be and fit.] To suit; to be suitable to; to become. That name best befits ... |
5531
|
befitting |
BEFIT'TING, ppr. or a. Suiting; becoming. |
5532
|
befoam |
BEFOAM, v.t. [be and foam.] To cover with foam. [Little used.] |
5533
|
befool |
BEFOOL', v.t. [be and fool.] To fool; to infatuate; to delude or lead into error. Men ... |
5534
|
befooled |
BEFOOL'ED, pp. Fooled; deceived; led into error. |
5535
|
befooling |
BEFOOL'ING, ppr. Fooling; making a fool of; deceiving; infatuating. |
5536
|
before |
BEFO'RE, prep. [be and fore, that is by fore, near the fore part.]1. In front; on the side with ... |
5537
|
before-time |
BEFO'RE-TIME, adv. [before and time.] Formerly; of old time. 1 Sam.9. Josh 20. |
5538
|
beforehand |
BEFO'REHAND, adv. [before and hand.] In a state of anticipation or preoccupation; often followed ... |
5539
|
befortune |
BEFOR'TUNE, v.t. [be and fortune.] To happen to; to betide. |
5540
|
befoul |
BEFOUL', v.t. To make foul; to soil. |
5541
|
befriend |
BEFRIEND, v.t. befrend'. [be and friend.] To favor; to act as a friend to; to countenance,aid or ... |
5542
|
befriended |
BEFRIEND'ED, pp. Favored; countenanced. |
5543
|
befriending |
BEFRIEND'ING, ppr. Favoring; assisting as a friend; showing kindness to. |
5544
|
befringe |
BEFRINGE, v.t. befrinj'. [be and fringe.] To furnish with a fringe; to adorn as with fringe. |
5545
|
befringed |
BEFRING'ED, pp. Adorned as with a fringe. |
5546
|
beg |
BEG , n. In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or country; more particularly, the lord of ... |
5547
|
beget |
BEGET', v.t. pret. begot, begat; pp. begot, begotten. 1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to ... |
5548
|
begetter |
BEGET'TER, n. One who begets or procreates; a father. |
5549
|
beggable |
BEG'GABLE, a. That may be begged. |
5550
|
beggar |
BEG'GAR, n. [See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for ... |
5551
|
beggar-maid |
BEG'GAR-MAID,n. A maid that is a beggar. |
5552
|
beggar-man |
BEG'GAR-MAN, n. A man that is a beggar. |
5553
|
beggar-woman |
BEG'GAR-WOMAN, n. A female beggar. |
5554
|
beggared |
BEG'GARED, pp. Reduced to extreme poverty. |
5555
|
beggaring |
BEG'GARING, ppr. Reducing to indigence or a state of beggary. |
5556
|
beggarliness |
BEG'GARLINESS, n. The state of being beggarly; meanness; extreme poverty. |
5557
|
beggarly |
BEG'GARLY, a. Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent. |
5558
|
beggary |
BEG'GARY, n. A state of extreme indigence. |
5559
|
begged |
BEG'GED, pp. Entreated; supplicated; asked in charity. |
5560
|
begging |
BEG'GING, ppr. Asking alms; supplicating; assuming without proof.BEG'GING, n. The act of ... |
5561
|
beghards |
BEGHARDS' |
5562
|
begilt |
BEGILT', a. Gilded. |
5563
|
begin |
BEGIN', v.i. pret. began; pp. begun. [L.genero,gigno; Heb.to make ready, to adapt,prepare, ... |
5564
|
beginner |
BEGIN'NER, n. The person who begins; he that gives an original; the agent who is the cause; an ... |
5565
|
beginning |
BEGIN'NING, ppr. First entering upon; commencing; giving rise or original; taking rise or ... |
5566
|
beginningless |
BEGIN'NINGLESS, a. That hath no beginning. [A bad word and not used.] |
5567
|
begird |
BEGIRD, v.t. begurd. pret.begirt, begirded; pp. begirt. [be and gird.]1. To bind with a band or ... |
5568
|
begirded |
BEGIRD'ED |
5569
|
begirding |
BEGIRD'ING, ppr. Binding with a girdle; surrounding; besieging. |
5570
|
begirt |
BEGIRT, pp. Bound with a girdle; surrounded; inclosed; besieged. |
5571
|
beglerbeg |
BEG'LERBEG, n. [See Beg.] The governor of a province in the Turkis empire, next in dignity to the ... |
5572
|
begnaw |
BEGNAW', v.t. benaw'. To bite or gnaw, to eat away; to corrode; to nibble. |
5573
|
begone |
BEGONE. Go away; depart. These two words have been improperly united. Be retains the sense of a ... |
5574
|
begored |
BEGO'RED, a. [be and gore.] Besmeared with gore. |
5575
|
begot |
BEGOT', BEGOT'TEN, pp. of get. Procreated; generated. |
5576
|
begotten |
BEGOT', BEGOT'TEN, pp. of get. Procreated; generated. |
5577
|
begrave |
BEGRA'VE, v.t. To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Not used.] |
5578
|
begrease |
BEGRE'ASE, v.t. s as z. [be and grease.] To soil or daub with grease, or other oily matter. |
5579
|
begrime |
BEGRI'ME, v.t. [be and grime.] To soil with dirt deep-impressed, so that the natural hue cannot ... |
5580
|
begrimed |
BEGRI'MED, pp. Deeply soiled. |
5581
|
begrudge |
BEGRUDGE, v.t. begrudj'. [See Grudge.] To grudge; to envy the possession of. |
5582
|
beguards |
BEGUARDS', n. A religious order of St. Francis in Flanders, established at Antwerp in 1228, and so ... |
5583
|
beguile |
BEGUI'LE, v.t. begi'le. [be and guile.] To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft. ... |
5584
|
beguiled |
BEGUI'LED, pp. Deluded; imposed on; misled by craft; eluded by stratagem; passed pleasingly. |
5585
|
beguiler |
BEGUI'LER, n. He or that which beguiles or deceives. |
5586
|
beguiling |
BEGUI'LING, ppr. Deluding; deceiving by craft; eluding by artifice, amusing. |
5587
|
beguilty |
BEGUIL'TY, v.t. To render guilty. A barbarous word.] |
5588
|
beguin |
BE'GUIN, n. The beguins are a congregation of nuns in Flanders, so called from their founder, or ... |
5589
|
begun |
BEGUN', pp. or begin. Commenced; originated. |
5590
|
behalf |
BEHALF, n. behaf. [See Behoof.]1. Favor; advantage; convenience, profit; support, defense, ... |
5591
|
behappen |
BEHAP'PEN, v.i. [be and happen.] To happen to. |
5592
|
behave |
BEHA'VE, v.t.1. To restrain; to govern; to subdue. He did behave his anger e'er 'twas spent.This ... |
5593
|
behaved |
BEHA'VED, pp. Conducted. |
5594
|
behaving |
BEHA'VING, ppr. Carrying; conducting. |
5595
|
behavior |
BEHA'VIOR, n. behavyur. [See Behave.]Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; ... |
5596
|
behead |
BEHEAD', v.t. behed'. [be and head.]To cut off the head; to sever the head from the body, with a ... |
5597
|
beheaded |
BEHEAD'ED, pp. behed'ed. Having the head cut off. |
5598
|
beheading |
BEHEAD'ING, ppr. behed'ing. Severing the head from the body.BEHEAD'ING,n. behed'ing. The act of ... |
5599
|
beheld |
BEHELD', pret. and pp. of behold, which see. |
5600
|
behemoth |
BE'HEMOTH, n.]Heb. a beast or brute; from an Arabic vert, which signifies, to shut, to lie hid, to ... |
5601
|
behen |
BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, n. A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish ... |
5602
|
behest |
BEHEST', n. Command; precept; mandate.[Antiquated, except in poetry.] |
5603
|
behight |
BEHI'GHT, v.t. behite; pret. behot. To promise; to entrust; to call, or name; to command; to ... |
5604
|
behind |
BEHIND, prep.1. At the back of another; as, to ride behind a horseman.2. On the back part, at any ... |
5605
|
behindhand |
BEHINDHAND, a. [behind and hand.] In arrear; in an exhausted state; in a state in which rent or ... |
5606
|
behold |
BEHO'LD, v.t. pret. and pp. beheld' [L.observo, from servo, to keep.]1. To fix the eyes upon; to ... |
5607
|
beholden |
BEHO'LDEN, pp. or a. beholdn. [The participle of behold, to keep, guard, or bind. See ... |
5608
|
beholder |
BEHO'LDER, n. One who beholds; a spectator; one who looks upon, or sees. |
5609
|
beholding |
BEHO'LDING, ppr. Fixing the eyes upon; looking on; seeing.1. Fixing the attention; regarding with ... |
5610
|
beholdingness |
BEHO'LDINGNESS, n. The state of being obliged. [An error, and not in use.] |
5611
|
behoney |
BEHON'EY, v.t. To sweeten with honey. |
5612
|
behoof |
BEHOOF', n. 1. Radically, need, necessity; whence, by an easy analogy, the word came to signify ... |
5613
|
behoovable |
BEHOOV'ABLE, a. Needful; profitable. |
5614
|
behoove |
BEHOOVE, v.t. behoof'. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to ... |
5615
|
behooveful |
BEHOOVEFUL, a. behoov'ful. Needful; useful; profitable; advantageous. |
5616
|
behoovefully |
BEHOOVEFULLY, adv. behoov'fully. Usefully, profitably. |
5617
|
behot |
BEHOT', pret. of behight. |
5618
|
behove |
BEHOVE, and its derivatives. [See Behoove.] |
5619
|
behowl |
BEHOWL', v.i. [be and howl.] To howl at. [Not used.] |
5620
|
being |
BE'ING, ppr. [See Be.] Existing in a certain state. Man, being in honor, abideth not. ... |
5621
|
bejade |
BEJA'DE, v.t. [be and jade.] To tire. [Not used.] |
5622
|
bejape |
BEJA'PE, v.t. To laugh at; to deceive. [Not used.] |
5623
|
beken |
BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, n. A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish ... |
5624
|
bekiss |
BEKISS', v.t. [be and kiss.] To kiss or salute. [Not in use.] |
5625
|
beknave |
BEKNA'VE, v.t. [be and knave.] To call knave. [Not used.] |
5626
|
beknow |
BEKNO'W, v.t. [be and know.] To acknowledge. [Not used.] |
5627
|
belabor |
BELA'BOR, v.t. [perhaps from be and labor; but in Russ. bulava is a club.] To beat soundly; to ... |
5628
|
belace |
BELA'CE, v.t. [be and lace.] To fasten, as with a lace or cord.1. To beat; to whip. |
5629
|
belaced |
BELA'CED, a. Adorned with lace. |
5630
|
belamour |
BEL'AMOUR, n. A gallant; a consort. [Not used.] |
5631
|
belamy |
BEL'AMY, n. A good friend; an intimate. [Not used.] |
5632
|
belate |
BELA'TE, v.t. [be and late.] To retard or make too late. [Not used.] |
5633
|
belated |
BELA'TED, a. [be and lated.] Benighted; abroad late at night.1. Too late for the hour appointed ... |
5634
|
belatedness |
BELA'TEDNESS, n. A being too late. |
5635
|
belave |
BELA'VE, v.t. [be and lave.] To wash. [Not used.] |
5636
|
belawgive |
BELAW'GIVE, v.t. To give a law to. [Barbarous and not used.] |
5637
|
belay |
BELA'Y, v.t. [This word is composed of be and lay, to lay to, lay by, or close. See Beleaguer.]1. ... |
5638
|
belayed |
BELA'YED,pp. Obstructed; ambushed; made fast. |
5639
|
belaying |
BELA'YING,ppr. Blocking up; laying an ambush; making fast. |
5640
|
belch |
BELCH, v.t.[Eng. bulge,bilge, bulk.]1. To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence.2. ... |
5641
|
belched |
BELCH'ED, pp. Ejected from the stomach, or from a hollow place. |
5642
|
belching |
BELCH'ING, ppr. Ejecting from the stomach or any deep hollow place.BELCH'ING, n. Eructation. |
5643
|
beldam |
BEL'DAM, n.1. An old woman. Spenser seems to have used the word in its true sense for good ... |
5644
|
beleaguer |
BELE'AGUER, v.t. belee'ger. To besiege; to block up; to surround with an army, so as to preclude ... |
5645
|
beleaguered |
BELE'AGUERED, pp. Besieged. |
5646
|
beleaguerer |
BELE'AGUERER, n. One who besieges. |
5647
|
beleaguring |
BELE'AGURING, ppr. Besieging; blocking up. |
5648
|
beleave |
BELE'AVE, v.t. [be and leave.] To leave. [Not used.] |
5649
|
belee |
BELEE', v.t. [be and lee.] To place on the lee, or in a position unfavorable to the wind. [Not ... |
5650
|
belemnite |
BELEM'NITE, n. [Gr.a dart,or arrow, from the root of pello, to throw.]Arrow-head, or finger stone; ... |
5651
|
beleper |
BELEP'ER, v.t. To infect with leprosy. [Not used.] |
5652
|
belfry |
BEL'FRY, n. [L. belfredus.]1. Among military writers of the middle age, a tower erected by ... |
5653
|
belgard |
BELGARD', n. A soft look or glance. [Not used.] |
5654
|
belgian |
BEL'GIAN, a. [See Belgic.] Belonging to Belgica,or the Netherlands.BEL'GIAN, n. A native of ... |
5655
|
belgic |
BEL'GIC, a. [L.belgicus, from Belgae, the inhabitants of the Netherlands and the country bordering ... |
5656
|
belial |
BE'LIAL, n. As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a ... |
5657
|
belibel |
BELI'BEL, v.t. [be and libel.] To libel or traduce. [Not used.] |
5658
|
belie |
BELI'E, v.t. [be and lie. See Lie.]1. To give the lie to; to show to be false; to charge with ... |
5659
|
belied |
BELI'ED,pp. Falsely represented either by word or obvious evidence and indication; counterfeited; ... |
5660
|
belief |
BELIE'F, n. 1. A persuasion of the truth, or an assent of mind to the truth of a declaration, ... |
5661
|
believabale |
BELIE'VABALE, a. That may be believed; credible. |
5662
|
believe |
BELIE'VE, v.t. To credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth ... |
5663
|
believed |
BELIE'VED, pp. Credited; assented to, as true. |
5664
|
believer |
BELIE'VER, n. One who believes; one who gives credit to other evidence than that of personal ... |
5665
|
believing |
BELIE'VING, ppr. Giving credit to testimony or to other evidence than personal knowledge. |
5666
|
believingly |
BELIE'VINGLY, adv. In a believing manner. |
5667
|
belike |
BELI'KE, adv. [be and like.] Probably; likely; perhaps. [Nearly antiquated.] |
5668
|
belikely |
BELI'KELY, adv. Probably. [Not used.] |
5669
|
belive |
BELI'VE, adv. [See Live.] Speedily; quickly. |
5670
|
bell |
BELL, n. 1. A vessel or hollow body,used for making sounds. Its constituent parts are a barrel ... |
5671
|
bell-flower |
BELL'-FLOWER, n. [bell and flower.] A genus of plants, so named from the shape of the corol or ... |
5672
|
bell-metal |
BELL'-METAL, n. [bell and metal] A mixture of copper and tin, in the proportion of about ten parts ... |
5673
|
bell-shaped |
BELL'-SHAPED, a. [bell and shape.] Having the form of a bell. |
5674
|
bell-wether |
BELL'-WETHER, n. [bell and wether.] A wether or sheep which leads the flock, with a bell on his ... |
5675
|
belladonna |
BEL'LADONNA, n. A plant, a species of Atropa, or deadly nightshade. |
5676
|
bellatrix |
BEL'LATRIX, n. [L.] A ruddy, glittering star of the second magnitude, in the left shoulder of ... |
5677
|
belle |
BELLE, n. bel. [L.bellus.] A young lady. In popular use, a lady of superior beauty and much ... |
5678
|
belled |
BELL'ED, a. Hung with bells. |
5679
|
belles-letters |
BELLES-LETTERS, n. plu. bel' letter, or anglicized, bell-letters. Polite literature; a word of ... |
5680
|
belligerent |
BELLIG'ERENT, a. [L. belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to ... |
5681
|
belligerous |
BELLIG'EROUS, a. The same as belligerent. [Not used.] |
5682
|
belling |
BELL'ING, n. The noise of a roe in rutting time; a huntsman's term.1. Growing or forming like a ... |
5683
|
bellipotent |
BELLIP'OTENT, a. [L. bellum, war, and potens,powerful, bellipotens.]Powerful or mighty in war. ... |
5684
|
bellique |
BELLIQUE, a. bellee'k. War-like. [Not used.] |
5685
|
belllibone |
BELL'LIBONE, n. A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness. [Not in use.] |
5686
|
bellon |
BEL'LON, n. A disease, attended with languor and intolerable griping of the bowels, common in ... |
5687
|
bellona |
BELLO'NA, n. [from L. bellum,war.] The goddess of war. |
5688
|
bellow |
BEL'LOW, v.i. [L.balo.] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull; to make a loud outcry; to ... |
5689
|
bellowing |
BEL'LOWING, ppr. Making a loud hollow sound, as a bull, or as the roaring of billows.BEL'LOWING, n. ... |
5690
|
bellows |
BEL'LOWS, n. sing.and plu.[L.bulga] An instrument, utensil or machine for blowing fire, either in ... |
5691
|
bellows-fish |
BEL'LOWS-FISH, n. The trumpet-fish, about four inches long, with a long snout; whence its name. |
5692
|
belluine |
BEL'LUINE, a. [L. belluinus, brom bellua, a beast.] Beastly; pertaining to or like a beast; ... |
5693
|
belly |
BEL'LY, n. 1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the thighs, containing ... |
5694
|
belly-ache |
BEL'LY-ACHE,n. [belly and ache.] Pain in the bowels; the colic. |
5695
|
belly-band |
BEL'LY-BAND, n. A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth. |
5696
|
belly-bound |
BEL'LY-BOUND, a. Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly. |
5697
|
belly-cheer |
BEL'LY-CHEER, n. Good cheer, [Not used.] |
5698
|
belly-fretting |
BEL'LY-FRETTING, n. The chafing of a horse's belly, with a fore girt.1. A violent pain in a ... |
5699
|
belly-god |
BEL'LY-GOD, n. [belly and god.] A glutton; one who makes a god of his belly; that is, whose great ... |
5700
|
belly-pinched |
BEL'LY-PINCHED, a. [See Pinch.] Starved; pinched with hunger. |
5701
|
belly-slave |
BEL'LY-SLAVE, n. A slave to the appetite. |
5702
|
belly-timber |
BEL'LY-TIMBER, n. [See Timber.[ Food; that which supports the belly. |
5703
|
belly-worm |
BEL'LY-WORM, n. [See Worm.] A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach. |
5704
|
bellyful |
BEL'LYFUL, n. [belly and full.] As much as fills the belly, or satisfies the appetite. In ... |
5705
|
bellying |
BEL'LYING, ppr. Enlarging capacity; swelling out,like the belly. |
5706
|
belock |
BELOCK', v.t. To lock or fasten as with a lock. |
5707
|
belomancy |
BEL'OMANCY, n. [Gr.an arrow, and divination.]A kind of divination, practiced by the ancient ... |
5708
|
belone |
BELO'NE, n. [Gr. a needle.] The gar, garfish,or sea-needle, a species of Esox. It grows to the ... |
5709
|
belong |
BELONG', v.i.1. To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to ... |
5710
|
belonging |
BELONG'ING, ppr. Pertaining; appertaining; being the property of; being a quality of; being the ... |
5711
|
beloved |
BELOV'ED, ppr. [be and loved, from love. Belove, as a verb, is not used.] Loved; greatly loved; ... |
5712
|
below |
BELOW, prep. [be and low] Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the ... |
5713
|
belowt |
BELOWT', v.t. [See Lowt.] To treat with contemptuous language. [Not in use.] |
5714
|
belswagger |
BEL'SWAGGER, n. A lewd man. |
5715
|
belt |
BELT, n. [L.balteus.] 1. A girdle; a band,usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is ... |
5716
|
beluga |
BELU'GA, n. A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus, from 12 to 18 feet in length. The ... |
5717
|
belvidere |
BEL'VIDERE,n. [L.bellus,fine and video, to see.]1. A plant, a species of chenopodium, goosefoot or ... |
5718
|
belye |
BELYE. [See Belie.] |
5719
|
bema |
BE'MA, n. A chancel. [Not in use.]1. In ancient Greece, a state or kind of pulpit, on which ... |
5720
|
bemangle |
BEMAN'GLE, v.t. [be and mangle.] To mangle; to tear asunder. [Little used.] |
5721
|
bemask |
BEM'ASK, v.t. [be and mask.] To mask; to conceal. |
5722
|
bemaze |
BEMA'ZE, v.t. To bewilder. [See Maze.] [Little used.] |
5723
|
bemete |
BEME'TE, v.t. [be and mete.] To measure. [Not in use.] |
5724
|
bemingle |
BEMIN'GLE, v.t. [be and mingle.] To mingle; to mix. [Little used.] |
5725
|
bemire |
BEMI'RE, v.t. [be and mire.] To drag or incumber in the mire; to soil by passing through mud or ... |
5726
|
bemist |
BEMIST', v.t. [be and mist.] To cover or involve in mist. [Not used.] |
5727
|
bemoan |
BEMOAN, v.t. [be and moan.] To lament; to bewail; to express sorrow for; as, to bemoan the loss of ... |
5728
|
bemoanable |
BEMOANABLE, a. That may be lamented. [Not used.] |
5729
|
bemoaned |
BEMOANED, pp. Lamented; bewailed. |
5730
|
bemoaner |
BEMOANER, n. One who laments. |
5731
|
bemoaning |
BEMOANING, ppr. Lamenting; bewailing. |
5732
|
bemock |
BEMOCK', v.t. [be and mock.] To treat with mockery. [Little used.]BEMOCK', v.i. To laugh at. |
5733
|
bemoil |
BEMOIL', v.t. [be and moil.] To bedraggle; to bemire; to soil or incumber with mire and dirt. [Not ... |
5734
|
bemol |
BEMOL, n. In music,a half note. |
5735
|
bemonster |
BEMON'STER, v.t. [be and monster.] To make monstrous. [Not in use.] |
5736
|
bemourn |
BEMOURN, v.t. To weep or mourn over. [Little used.] |
5737
|
bemused |
BEMU'SED, a. [be and muse.] Overcome with musing; dreaming; a word of contempt. |
5738
|
ben |
BEN or BEN'-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an ... |
5739
|
bench |
BENCH, n.1. A long seat,usually of board or plank, differing from a stool in its greater length.2. ... |
5740
|
bencher |
BENCH'ER, n. In England, the benchers in the inns of court, are the senior members of the society ... |
5741
|
bend |
BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked]1. To strain, ... |
5742
|
bendable |
BEND'ABLE, a. That may be bent or incurvated. |
5743
|
bended |
BEND'ED |
5744
|
bender |
BEND'ER, n. The person who bends,or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things. |
5745
|
bending |
BEND'ING, ppr. Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or ... |
5746
|
bendlet |
BEND'LET, n. In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield. |
5747
|
bendy |
BEND'Y, n. In heraldry, the field divided into four, six or more parts, diagonally, and varying in ... |
5748
|
bene |
BENE, n. ben'y. The popular name of the sesamum orientale, called in the West Indies vangloe, an ... |
5749
|
beneaped |
BENE'APED, a. [be and neap.] Among seamen, a ship is beneaped, when the water does not flow high ... |
5750
|
beneath |
BENE'ATH, prep.1. Under; lower in place, with something directly over or on, as to place a cushion ... |
5751
|
benedict |
BEN'EDICT, a. [L. benedictus.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [ Not in use.] |
5752
|
benedictine |
BENEDIC'TINE, a. Pertaining to the order or monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. |
5753
|
benedictines |
BENEDIC'TINES, n. An order of monks, who profess to follow the rules of St. Benedict; an order of ... |
5754
|
benediction |
BENEDIC'TION, n. [L. benedictio, from bene, well, and dictio, speaking. See Boon and Diction.]1. ... |
5755
|
benefaction |
BENEFAC'TION, n. [L.benefacio, of bene, well, and facio, to make or do.]1. The act of conferring a ... |
5756
|
benefactor |
BENEFAC'TOR, n. He who confers a benefit, especially one who makes charitable contributions either ... |
5757
|
benefactress |
BENEFAC'TRESS, n. A female who confers a benefit. |
5758
|
benefice |
BEN'EFICE, n. [L. beneficium.]1. Literally, a benefit, advantage or kindness. But in present ... |
5759
|
beneficed |
BEN'EFICED, a. Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. |
5760
|
beneficeless |
BEN'EFICELESS, a. Having no benefice. [Not used.] |
5761
|
beneficence |
BENEF'ICENCE, n. [L.beneficentia, from the participle of benefacio.] The practice of doing good; ... |
5762
|
beneficent |
BENEF'ICENT, a. Doing good; performing acts of kindness and charity. It differs from benign, as ... |
5763
|
beneficently |
BENEF'ICENTLY, adv. In a beneficent manner. |
5764
|
beneficial |
BENEFI'CIAL, a. Advantageous; conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; contributing to a ... |
5765
|
beneficially |
BENEFI'CIALLY, adv. Advantageously; profitably; helpfully. |
5766
|
beneficialness |
BENEFI'CIALNESS, n. Usefulness; profitableness. |
5767
|
beneficiary |
BENEFI'CIARY, a. [L.beneficiarius. See Benefaction.]Holding some office or valuable possession, ... |
5768
|
beneficiency |
BENEFI'CIENCY, n. Kindness or favor bestowed. |
5769
|
beneficient |
BENEFI'CIENT, a. Doing good. |
5770
|
benefit |
BEN'EFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.]1. An act of kindness; a favor ... |
5771
|
benefited |
BEN'EFITED, pp. Profited; having received benefit. |
5772
|
benefiting |
BEN'EFITING, ppr. Doing good to; profiting; gaining advantage. |
5773
|
beneme |
BENE'ME, v.t. To name. [Not in use.]1. To promise; to give. [Not in use.] |
5774
|
benempne |
BENEMP'NE, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] |
5775
|
beneplaciture |
BENEPLAC'ITURE, n. [L.beneplacitum, bene, well, and placitum, from placeo, to please.]Will; choice. ... |
5776
|
benet |
BENET', v.t. [be and net.] To catch in a net; to ensnare. [Not used.] |
5777
|
benevolence |
BENEV'OLENCE, n. [L. benevolentia, of bene, well and volo, to will or wish. See Will.]1. The ... |
5778
|
benevolent |
BENEV'OLENT, a. [L. benevolens, of bene and volo.]Having a disposition to do good; possessing love ... |
5779
|
benevolently |
BENEV'OLENTLY, adv. In a kind manner; with good will. |
5780
|
bengal |
BENGAL', n. A thin stuff made of silk and hair, for women's apparel, so called from Bengal in the ... |
5781
|
bengalee |
BENGALEE', n. The language or dialect spoken in Bengal. |
5782
|
bengalese |
BENGALE'SE, n. sing. and plu. A native or the natives of Bengal. As.Res.7.171. |
5783
|
benight |
BENI'GHT, v.t. [be and night.] To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night. The ... |
5784
|
benighted |
BENI'GHTED, pp. Involved in darkness, physical or moral; overtaken by the night. |
5785
|
benign |
BENI'GN, a. beni'ne. [L.benignus, from the same root, as bonus, bene, ancient L. benus, Eng. ... |
5786
|
benignant |
BENIG'NANT, a. Kind; gracious; favorable. |
5787
|
benignity |
BENIG'NITY, n. Goodness of disposition or heart; kindness of nature; graciousness.1. Actual ... |
5788
|
benignly |
BENI'GNLY, adv. beni'nely. Favorably;; kindly; graciously. |
5789
|
benison |
BEN'ISON, n. s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.] |
5790
|
benjamin |
BEN'JAMIN, n. A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to ... |
5791
|
bennet |
BEN'NET, n. The herb bennet, or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum.BEN'NET FISH, n. ... |
5792
|
bent |
BENT, pp. Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued. |
5793
|
benting-time |
BENT'ING-TIME, n. The time when pigeons feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
5794
|
benum |
BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', v.t.1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot ... |
5795
|
benummed |
BENUM'MED, pp. Rendered torpid; deprived of sensation; stupified. |
5796
|
benumming |
BENUM'MING, ppr. Depriving of sensation; stupifying. |
5797
|
benzoate |
BEN'ZOATE,n. [See Benzoin.] A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable ... |
5798
|
benzoic |
BENZO'IC, a. Pertaining to benzoin. Benzoic acid, or flowers of Benzoin, is a peculiar vegetable ... |
5799
|
benzoin |
BENZOIN' |
5800
|
bepaint |
BEPA'INT, v.t. [be and paint.] To paint; to cover with paint. [Little used.] |
5801
|
bepale |
BEPA'LE, v.t. [be and pale.] To make pale. [Not in use.] |
5802
|
bepinch |
BEPINCH', v.t. [be and pinch.] To mark with pinches. |
5803
|
bepinched |
BEPINCH'ED |
5804
|
bepincht |
BEPINCHT' , pp. Marked with pinches. |
5805
|
bepowder |
BEPOW'DER, v.t. [be and powder.] To powder; to sprinkle or cover with powder. |
5806
|
bepraise |
BEPRA'ISE, v.t. [be and praise.] To praise greatly or extravagantly. |
5807
|
bepurple |
BEPUR'PLE, v.t. [be and purple.] To tinge or dye with a purple color. |
5808
|
bequeath |
BEQUE'ATH, v.t. [Eng.quoth.] To give or leave by will; to devise some species of property by ... |
5809
|
bequeathed |
BEQUE'ATHED, pp. Given or left by will. |
5810
|
bequeathing |
BEQUE'ATHING, ppr. Giving or devising by testament. |
5811
|
bequeathment |
BEQUE'ATHMENT, n. The act of bequeathing; a bequest. |
5812
|
bequest |
BEQUEST', n. Something left by will; a legacy. |
5813
|
berain |
BERA'IN, v.t. To rain upon. [Not in use.] |
5814
|
berate |
BERA'TE, v.t. [be and rate.] To chide vehemently; to scold. |
5815
|
berattle |
BERAT'TLE, v.t. [be and rattle.] To fill with rattling sounds or noise. |
5816
|
beray |
BERA'Y, v.t. To make foul; to soil. [Not in use.] |
5817
|
berberry |
BER'BERRY, n. [L.berberis.] [See Barberry.] |
5818
|
bere |
BERE, n. The name of a species of barley in Scotland. |
5819
|
bereave |
BERE'AVE, v.t. pret.bereaved, bereft: pp.bereaved, bereft.1. To deprive; to strip; to make ... |
5820
|
bereaved |
BERE'AVED, pp. Deprived; stripped and left destitute. |
5821
|
bereavement |
BERE'AVEMENT, n. Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death. |
5822
|
bereaving |
BERE'AVING, ppr. Stripping bare; depriving. |
5823
|
bereft |
BEREFT', pp. of bereave. Deprived; made destitute. |
5824
|
berengarianism |
BERENGA'RIANISM, n. The opinions or doctrines of Berengarius, archdeacon of St.Mary at Anjou, and ... |
5825
|
berg |
BERG, n. A borough; a town that sends burgesses to Parliament; a castle. [See Burg.] |
5826
|
bergamot |
BERG'AMOT,n. 1. A species of pear.2. A species of citron, at first casually produced by an ... |
5827
|
bergander |
BERG'ANDER, n. [berg, a cliff] A burrow duck; a duck that breeds in holes under cliffs. |
5828
|
bergeret |
BER'GERET, n. A song. [Not used.] |
5829
|
bergmanite |
BERG'MANITE, n. [from Bergman, the mineralogist.] A mineral classed with scapolite, in the family ... |
5830
|
bergmaster |
BERG'MASTER, n. The bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners. |
5831
|
bergmote |
BERG'MOTE, n. A court held on a hill in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between ... |
5832
|
berhyme |
BERHY'ME, v.t. [be and rhyme.] To mention in rhyme or verse; used in contempt. |
5833
|
berlin |
BER'LIN, n. A vehicle of the chariot kind, supposed to have this name from berlin, the chief city ... |
5834
|
berluccio |
BERLUC'CIO, n. A small bird, somewhat like the yellow hammer, but less and more slender. |
5835
|
berme |
BERME, n. In fortification, a space of ground of three, four or five feet in width, left between ... |
5836
|
bernacle |
BER'NACLE, [See Barnacle.] |
5837
|
bernardine |
BER'NARDINE, a. Pertaining to St. Bernard, and the monks of the order. |
5838
|
bernardins |
BER'NARDINS, n. An order of monks, founded by Robert, abbot of Moleme, and reformed by St. ... |
5839
|
berob |
BEROB', v.t. [be and rob.] To rob. [Not in use.] |
5840
|
beroe |
BER'OE, n. A marine animal of an oval or spherical form, nearly an inch in diameter, and divided ... |
5841
|
berried |
BER'RIED, a. Furnished with berries. |
5842
|
berry |
BER'RY, n. 1. A succulent or pulpy fruit, containing naked seeds. Or in more technical language, ... |
5843
|
berry-bearing |
BER'RY-BEARING, a. Producing berries. |
5844
|
bert |
BERT [Eng.bright.] [See bright.] |
5845
|
berth |
BERTH, n. [from the root of bear.]1. A station in which a ship rides at anchor, comprehending the ... |
5846
|
bertram |
BER'TRAM, n. [L.pyrethrum, said to be from fire, from its acrid quality.]Bastard pellitory, a ... |
5847
|
beryl |
BER'YL,n. [L.beryllus; Eng.brilliant.]A mineral, considered by Cleaveland as a subspecies of ... |
5848
|
beryl-crystal |
BER'YL-CRYSTAL, n. A species of imperfect crystal, of a very pure, clear, and equal texture. It ... |
5849
|
berylline |
BER'YLLINE, a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green. |
5850
|
besaint |
BESA'INT, v.t. [be and saint.] To make a saint. [Not in use.] |
5851
|
besayle |
BESA'YLE, n. A great grandfather.If the abatement happened on the death of one's grandfather or ... |
5852
|
bescatter |
BESCAT'TER, v.t. [be and scatter.] To scatter over. [Not used.] |
5853
|
bescorn |
BESCORN', v.t. [be and scorn.] To treat with scorn; to mock at. [Not used.] |
5854
|
bescratch |
BESCRATCH', v.t. [be and scratch.] To scratch; to tear with the nails. [Not in use.] |
5855
|
bescrawl |
BESCRAWL', v.t. [be and scrawl.] To scrawl; to scribble over. |
5856
|
bescreen |
BESCREE'N, v.t. [be and screen.] To cover with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. |
5857
|
bescreened |
BESCREE'NED, pp. Covered; sheltered; concealed. |
5858
|
bescribble |
BESCRIB'BLE, v.t. To scribble over. |
5859
|
bescumber |
BESCUM'BER, v.t. [from cumber.] To encumber. [Not legitimate nor used.] |
5860
|
besee |
BESEE', v.i. [be and see.] To look; to mind. [Not in use.] |
5861
|
beseech |
BESEE'CH, v.t. pret. and pp.besought.To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to ask or pray with ... |
5862
|
beseecher |
BESEE'CHER,n. One who beseeches. |
5863
|
beseeching |
BESEE'CHING, ppr. Entreating. |
5864
|
beseek |
BESEE'K, v.t. to beseech. [Not used.] |
5865
|
beseem |
BESEE'M, v.t. [be and seem.] To become; to be fit for, or worthy of; to be decent for. What form ... |
5866
|
beseeming |
BESEE'MING, ppr. or a. Becoming; fit; worthy of.BESEE'MING, n. Comeliness. |
5867
|
beseemly |
BESEE'MLY, A. Becoming; fit; suitable. |
5868
|
beseen |
BESEE'N, a. Adapted; adjusted. [Not used.] |
5869
|
beset |
BESET', v.t. pret. and pp. beset. 1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are ... |
5870
|
besetting |
BESET'TING, ppr. Surrounding; besieging; waylaying.BESET'TING, a. Habitually attending, or ... |
5871
|
beshine |
BESHI'NE, v.t. To shine upon. [Not used.] |
5872
|
beshrew |
BESHREW', v.t. [be and shrew.] To wish a curse to; to execrate.1. To happen ill to. [Not in use.] |
5873
|
beshut |
BESHUT', v.t. To shut up. [Not used.] |
5874
|
beside |
BESI'DE, prep. [be and side, by the side.]1. At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down ... |
5875
|
besidery |
BESID'ERY, n. A species of pear. |
5876
|
besides |
BESI'DES, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from. And there was a famine in the land, ... |
5877
|
besiege |
BESIE'GE, v.t. [be and siege.]1. To lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset, or surround with armed ... |
5878
|
besieged |
BESIE'GED, pp. Surrounded or beset with hostile troops. |
5879
|
besieger |
BESIE'GER, n. One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege. |
5880
|
besieging |
BESIE'GING,, ppr. Laying siege; surrounding with armed forces. |
5881
|
besit |
BESIT', v.t. [be and sit.] To suit; to become. [Not used.] |
5882
|
beslave |
BESLA'VE, v.t. To subjugate; to enslave. [Not used.] |
5883
|
beslime |
BESLI'ME, v.t. To daub with slime;; to soil. [Not used.] |
5884
|
beslubber |
BESLUB'BER, v.t. [be and slubber,slabber.] To soil or smear with spittle, or any thing running ... |
5885
|
besmear |
BESME'AR, v.t. [be and smear.] To bedaub; to overspread with any viscous, glutinous matter, or ... |
5886
|
besmeared |
BESME'ARED, pp. Bedaubed; overspread with any thing soft, viscous,or adhesive; soiled. |
5887
|
besmearer |
BESME'ARER, n. One that besmears. |
5888
|
besmearing |
BESME'ARING, ppr. Bedaubing; soiling. |
5889
|
besmirch |
BESMIRCH', v.t. [be and smirch.] To soil; to foul; to discolor. [Little used.] |
5890
|
besmoke |
BESMO'KE, v.t. [be and smoke.] To foul with smoke; to harden or dry in smoke. [Little used.] |
5891
|
besmoked |
BESMO'KED, pp. Fouled or soiled with smoke; dried in smoke. |
5892
|
besmut |
BESMUT', v.t. [be and smut.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot. |
5893
|
besmutted |
BESMUT'TED, pp. Blackened with smut or soot. |
5894
|
besnow |
BESNOW, v.t. [be and snow.] To scatter like snow. [Little used.] |
5895
|
besnowed |
BESNOWED, a. or pp. [be and snow.] Covered or sprinkled with snow, or with white blossoms. |
5896
|
besnuff |
BESNUFF', v.t. To befoul with snuff. |
5897
|
besnuffed |
BESNUFF'ED, pp. Foul with snuff. |
5898
|
besom |
BE'SOM, n. s as z. A broom; a brush of twigs for sweeping. I will sweep it with the besom of ... |
5899
|
besort |
BESORT', v.t. [be and sort.] To suit; to fit; to become.BESORT', n. Company; attendance; train. |
5900
|
besot |
BESOT'v.t. [be and sot.] To make sottish; to infatuate; to stupify; to make dull or senseless.1. ... |
5901
|
besotted |
BESOT'TED, pp. Made sottish or stupid. Besotted on, infatuated with foolish affection. |
5902
|
besottedly |
BESOT'TEDLY, adv. In a foolish manner. |
5903
|
besottedness |
BESOT'TEDNESS, n. Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation. |
5904
|
besotting |
BESOT'TING, ppr. Infatuating; making sottish or foolish. |
5905
|
besought |
BESOUGHT', besaut'. pp. of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty. |
5906
|
bespangle |
BESPAN'GLE, v.t. [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something ... |
5907
|
bespangled |
BESPAN'GLED, pp. Adorned with spangles or something shining. |
5908
|
bespangling |
BESPAN'GLING, ppr. Adorning with spangles or glittering objects. |
5909
|
bespatter |
BESPAT'TER, v.t. [be and spatter.] To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and ... |
5910
|
bespattered |
BESPAT'TERED, pp. Spattered over; soiled with dirt and water; aspersed; calumniated. |
5911
|
bespattering |
BESPAT'TERING, ppr. Spattering with water; soiling with dirt and water; aspersing. |
5912
|
bespawl |
BESPAWL', v.t. [be and spawl.] To soil or make foul with spittle. |
5913
|
bespeaak |
BESPEA'AK, v.t. pret. bespoke; pp. bespoke, bespoken. [be and speak.]1. To speak for beforehand; to ... |
5914
|
bespeaker |
BESPE'AKER, n. One who bespeaks. |
5915
|
bespeaking |
BESPE'AKING, ppr. Speaking for or ordering beforehand; foreboding; addressing; showing; ... |
5916
|
bespeckle |
BESPECK'LE, v.t. [be and speckle.] To mark with speckles or spots. |
5917
|
bespice |
BESPI'CE, v.t. [be and spice.] To season with spices. |
5918
|
bespirit |
BESPIRIT' |
5919
|
bespit |
BESPIT', v.t. pret. bespit; pp. bespit, bespitten. [be and spit.] To daub or soil with spittle. |
5920
|
bespoke |
BESPO'KE, pret. and pp. of bespeak. |
5921
|
bespot |
BESPOT', v.t. [be and spot.] To mark with spots. |
5922
|
bespotted |
BESPOT'TED, pp. Marked with spots. |
5923
|
bespotting |
BESPOT'TING, ppr. Marking with spots. |
5924
|
bespread |
BESPREAD', v.t. bespred'. pret. and pp. bespread. [be and spread.] To spread over; to cover over; ... |
5925
|
bespringkle |
BESPRINGK'LE, v.t. [be and sprinkle.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over; as, to besprinkle with ... |
5926
|
besprinkled |
BESPRINK'LED, pp. Sprinkled over. |
5927
|
besprinkler |
BESPRINK'LER, n. One that sprinkles over. |
5928
|
besprinkling |
BESPRINK'LING, ppr. Sprinkling over. |
5929
|
bespurt |
BESPURT', v.t. To spurt out,or over; to throw out in a stream or streams. [Not used.] |
5930
|
best |
BEST, a. superlative. [Eng.but;] Literally, most advanced, Hence,1. Most good; having good ... |
5931
|
best-tempered |
BEST-TEM'PERED, a. Having the most kind or mild temper. |
5932
|
bestain |
BESTA'IN, v.t. [be and stain.] To mark with stains; to discolor, either the whole surface of a ... |
5933
|
bestead |
BESTEAD', v.t. bested' pret.and pp. bested. [be and stead.] To profit. How little you ... |
5934
|
bestial |
BES'TIAL, a. [from beast.]1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts. 2. Having the ... |
5935
|
bestiality |
BESTIAL'ITY, n. The quality of beasts; the state or manners of man which resemble those of ... |
5936
|
bestialize |
BES'TIALIZE, v.t. To make like a beast. |
5937
|
bestially |
BES'TIALLY, adv. Brutally; in a manner below humanity. |
5938
|
bestick |
BESTICK', v.t. pret. and pp. bestuck. [be and stick.]To stick over, as with sharp points; to mark, ... |
5939
|
bestir |
BESTIR', v.t. bestur' [be and stir.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and ... |
5940
|
bestirred |
BESTIR'RED, pp. Roused into vigorous action; quickened in action. |
5941
|
bestirring |
BESTIR'RING,ppr. Moving briskly; putting into vigorous action. |
5942
|
bestness |
BEST'NESS, n. The state of being best. [Not used.] |
5943
|
bestor |
BESTOR, v.t. [be and stow, a place. See Stow. Literally, to set or place.]1. To give; to confer; ... |
5944
|
bestorm |
BESTORM', v.i. [be and storm.] To storm; to rage. [Not used.] |
5945
|
bestowal |
BESTOWAL, n. A conferring; disposal. [Little used. |
5946
|
bestowed |
BESTOWED, ppr. Given gratuitously; conferred; laid out; applied; deposited for safe-keeping. |
5947
|
bestower |
BESTOWER, n. One who bestows; a giver; a disposer. |
5948
|
bestowing |
BESTOWING, ppr. Conferring gratuitously; laying out; applying; depositing in store. |
5949
|
bestowment |
BESTOWMENT, n. The act of giving gratuitously; a conferring. God the father had committed the ... |
5950
|
bestraddle |
BESTRAD'DLE, v.t. To bestride. [See Straddle.] |
5951
|
bestraught |
BESTRAUGHT', a. Distracted; mad. [Not used.] |
5952
|
bestrew |
BESTREW', v.t. pret. bestrewed; pp. bestrewed, bestrown. [be and strew.] To scatter over; to ... |
5953
|
bestrewed |
BESTREW'ED, pp. of bestrew. |
5954
|
bestride |
BESTRI'DE, v.t. pret.bestrid; pp. bestrid, bestridden. [be and stride.]1. To stride over; to ... |
5955
|
bestriding |
BESTRI'DING, ppr. Extending the legs over any thing, so as to include it between them. |
5956
|
bestrown |
BESTROWN, pp. of bestrew. Sprinkle over. |
5957
|
bestuck |
BESTUCK', pp. of bestick. Pierced in various places with sharp points. |
5958
|
bestud |
BESTUD', v.t. [be and stud.] To set with studs; to adorn with bosses; as, to bestud with stars. |
5959
|
bestudded |
BESTUD'DED,pp. Adorned with studs. |
5960
|
bestudding |
BESTUD'DING, ppr. Setting with studs; adorning as with bosses. |
5961
|
beswike |
BESWIKE, v.t. beswik'. To allure. [Not used.] |
5962
|
bet |
BET, n. A wager; that which is laid, staked or pledges in a contest, to be won, either by the ... |
5963
|
betake |
BETA'KE, v.t. pret. betook; pp. betaken. [be and take.]1. To take to; to have recourse to; to ... |
5964
|
betaken |
BETA'KEN, part of betake. |
5965
|
betaking |
BETA'KING, ppr. Having recourse to; applying; resorting. |
5966
|
betaught |
BETAUGHT', pret. of betake. [Not used.] |
5967
|
beteem |
BETEE'M, v.t. [be and teem.] To bring forth; to produce; to shed; to bestow. [Not used.] |
5968
|
betel |
BE'TEL |
5969
|
bethink |
BETHINK', v.t. pret. and pp.bethought. [be and think.]To call to mind; to recall or bring to ... |
5970
|
bethlehem |
BETH'LEHEM, n. [Heb. the house of food or bread.]1. A town or village in Judea, about six miles ... |
5971
|
bethlemite |
BETH'LEMITE, n. An inhabitant of Bethlehem; a lunatic.1. In church history, the Bethlemites were ... |
5972
|
bethought |
BETHOUGHT', bethaut;, pret. and pp. of bethink. |
5973
|
bethrall |
BETHRALL', v.t. [be and thrall.] To enslave; to reduce to bondage; to bring into subjection. ... |
5974
|
bethump |
BETHUMP', v.t. [be and thump.] To beat soundly. [Little used.] |
5975
|
betide |
BETI'DE, v.t. pret. betid, or betided; pp.betid. [be and tide.]To happen; to befall; to come to; ... |
5976
|
betime |
BETI'ME |
5977
|
betimes |
BETI'MES, adv. [be and time, that is, by the time.]1. Seasonably; in good season or time; before ... |
5978
|
betle |
BE'TLE, n. A species of pepper, the leaves of which are chewed by the inhabitants of the East ... |
5979
|
betoken |
BETO'KEN, v.t. beto'kn. [be and token.]1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs. ... |
5980
|
betokened |
BETO'KENED, pp. Foreshown; previously indicated. |
5981
|
betokening |
BETO'KENING, ppr. Indicating by previous signs. |
5982
|
betony |
BET'ONY, n. [L. betonica.] A genus of plants of several species. The purple or wood betony grows ... |
5983
|
betook |
BETOOK', pret. of betake. |
5984
|
betorn |
BETO'RN, a. Torn in pieces. |
5985
|
betoss |
BETOSS', v.t. [be and toss.] To toss; to agitate; to disturb; to put in violent motion. |
5986
|
betrap |
BETRAP', v.t. [from trap.] To entrap; to ensnare. [Not used.] |
5987
|
betray |
BETRA'Y, v.t. [L.traho.]1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in ... |
5988
|
betrayed |
BETRA'YED, pp. Delivered up in breach of trust; violated by unfaithfulness; exposed by breach of ... |
5989
|
betrayer |
BETRA'YER, n. One who betrays; a traitor. |
5990
|
betraying |
BETRA'YING, ppr. Delivering up treacherously; violating confidence; disclosing contrary to ... |
5991
|
betrim |
BETRIM', v.t. [be and trim.] To deck; to dress; to adorn; to grace; to embellish; to beautify; to ... |
5992
|
betrimmed |
BETRIM'MED, pp. Adorned; decorated. |
5993
|
betrimming |
BETRIM'MING,ppr. Decking; adorning; embellishing. |
5994
|
betroth |
BETROTH', v.t. [be and troth, truth, faith. See Truth, and Troth.]1. To contract to any one, in ... |
5995
|
betrothed |
BETROTH'ED, pp. Contracted for future marriage. |
5996
|
betrothing |
BETROTH'ING, ppr. Contracting to any one, in order to a future marriage, as the father or ... |
5997
|
betrothment |
BETROTH'MENT, n. A mutual promise or contract between two parties, for a future marriage between ... |
5998
|
betrust |
BETRUST', v.t. [be and trust.] To entrust; to commit to another in confidence of fidelity; to ... |
5999
|
betrusted |
BETRUST'ED, pp. Entrusted; confided; committed in trust. |
6000
|
betrusting |
BETRUST'ING, ppr. Entrusting; committing in trust. |
6001
|
betrustment |
BETRUST'MENT, n. The act of entrusting; the thing entrusted. |
6002
|
betso |
BET'SO, n. The smallest Venetian coin. |
6003
|
better |
BET'TER, a comp. of bet. See Best.]1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; ... |
6004
|
bettered |
BET'TERED, pp. Improved; meliorated; made better. |
6005
|
bettering |
BET'TERING, ppr. Making better; improving. |
6006
|
bettering-house |
BETTERING-HOUSE, n. A house for the reformation of offenders. |
6007
|
bettor |
BET'TOR, n. [from bet.] One who bets or lays a wager. |
6008
|
betty |
BET'TY, n. [Supposed to be a cant word from the name of a maid; but qu. is it not from the root of ... |
6009
|
betumbled |
BETUM'BLED, a. [be and tumble.] Rolled about; tumbled; disordered. |
6010
|
between |
BETWEE'N, prep. 1. In the intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between ... |
6011
|
betwixt |
BETWIXT', prep.1. Between; in the space that separates two persons or things; as, betwixt two ... |
6012
|
bevel |
BEV'EL, n.Among masons, carpenters,joiners, &c., an instrument, or kind of square, one leg of which ... |
6013
|
beveled |
BEV'ELED, pp. Formed to a bevel angle. |
6014
|
beveling |
BEV'ELING, ppr. Forming to a bevel angle.BEV'ELING, a. Curving; bending from a right ... |
6015
|
bevelment |
BEV'ELMENT, n. In mineralogy, bevelment supposes the removal of two contiguous segments from the ... |
6016
|
bever |
BEV'ER, n. A collation or small repast between meals. [Not used.]BEV'ER, v.i. To take a small ... |
6017
|
beverage |
BEV'ERAGE, n. [L.bibo;] Drink; liquor for drinking. It is generally used of a mixed liquor. ... |
6018
|
bevile |
BEV'ILE, n. [See Bevel.] In heraldry, a thing broken or opening, like a carpenter's bevel. |
6019
|
bevy |
BEV'Y, n. [I know not the origin or affinities of this word. The etymologies I have seen are not ... |
6020
|
bewail |
BEWA'IL, v.t. [be and wail.] To bemoan; to lament; to express sorrow for. It expresses deep ... |
6021
|
bewailable |
BEWA'ILABLE, a. That may be lamented. |
6022
|
bewailed |
BEWA'ILED, pp. Lamented; bemoaned. |
6023
|
bewailer |
BEWAILER, n. One who laments. |
6024
|
bewailing |
BEWA'ILING, ppr. Lamenting; bemoaning; expressing grief for.BEWA'ILING, n. Lamentation. |
6025
|
bewake |
BEWA'KE, v.t. [be and wake.] To keep awake. [Not used.] |
6026
|
beware |
BEWA'RE, v.i.1. Literally, to restrain or guard one's self from. Hence, to regard with caution; ... |
6027
|
beweep |
BEWEE'P, v.t. [be and weep.] To weep over; to bedew with tears. [Little used.]BEWEE'P, v.i. To ... |
6028
|
bewept |
BEWEPT', pp. Wept over; bedewed with tears. [Little used.] |
6029
|
bewet |
BEWET', v.t. [be and wet.] To wet; to moisten. [Not used.] |
6030
|
bewilder |
BEWIL'DER, v.t. To lead into perplexity or confusion; to lose in pathless places; to confound for ... |
6031
|
bewildered |
BEWIL'DERED, pp. Lost in mazes; perplexed with disorder, confusion, or intricacy. |
6032
|
bewildering |
BEWIL'DERING, ppr. Losing in a pathless place; perplexing with confusion or intricacy. |
6033
|
bewinter |
BEWIN'TER, v.t. To make like winter. [Not used.] |
6034
|
bewitch |
BEWITCH', v.t. [be and witch.] To fascinate; to gain an ascendancy over by charms or incantation; ... |
6035
|
bewitched |
BEWITCH'ED, pp. Fascinated; charmed. |
6036
|
bewitcher |
BEWITCH'ER, n. One that bewitches or fascinates. |
6037
|
bewitchery |
BEWITCH'ERY, n. Fascination; charm;; resistless power of anything that pleases. |
6038
|
bewitchful |
BEWITCH'FUL, a. Alluring; fascinating. |
6039
|
bewitching |
BEWITCH'ING, ppr. Fascinating; charming.BEWITCH'ING, a. That has power to bewitch or fascinate; ... |
6040
|
bewitchingly |
BEWITCH'INGLY, adv. In a fascinating manner. |
6041
|
bewitchment |
BEWITCH'MENT, n. Fascination; power of charming. |
6042
|
bewondered |
BEWON'DERED, a. [be and wonder.] Amazed. [Not used.] |
6043
|
bewrap |
BEWRAP', v.t. berap'. [be and wrap.] To wrap up. |
6044
|
bewray |
BEWRA'Y, v.t. beray. To disclose perfidiously; to betray; to show or make visible.Thy speech ... |
6045
|
bewrayed |
BEWRA'YED, pp. Disclosed; indicated; betrayed; exposed to view. |
6046
|
bewrayer |
BEWRA'YER, n. A divulger of secrets; a discoverer. |
6047
|
bewraying |
BEWRA'YING, ppr. Disclosing; making known or visible. |
6048
|
bewreck |
BEWRECK', v.t. bereck'. [be and wreck.] To ruin; to destroy. [Not used.] |
6049
|
bewrought |
BEWROUGHT', a. beraut' [be and work.] Worked. [Not used.] |
6050
|
bey |
BEY, n. In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or particular district of country; also,in ... |
6051
|
beyond |
BEYOND', prep.1. On the further side of; on the side most distant, at any indefinite distance from ... |
6052
|
bezan |
BEZ'AN, n. A cotton cloth from Bengal, white or striped. |
6053
|
bezant |
BEZ'ANT, n. A gold coin of Byzantium. [See Byzant.] |
6054
|
bezantler |
BEZANT'LER, n. [from antler.] The branch of a deer's horn, next above the brow antler. |
6055
|
bezel |
BEZ'EL, n. The upper part of the collet of a ring, which encompasses and fastens the stone. |
6056
|
bezoar |
BE'ZOAR, n. 1. An antidote; a general name for certain animal substances supposed to be ... |
6057
|
bezoardic |
BEZOAR'DIC, a. Pertaining to or compounded of bezoar.BEZOAR'DIC, n. A medicine compounded with ... |
6058
|
bezola |
BEZ'OLA, n. A fish of the truttaceous kind, of a dusky blue color, nearly of the size of a ... |
6059
|
bezzle |
BEZ'ZLE, v.t. To waste in riot. [Not used.] [See Embezzle.] |
6060
|
bhuchampac |
BHUCHAMP'AC, n. A beautiful plant of India, known in Linne's system, under the name of Koempferia ... |
6061
|
bia |
BI'A, n. In commerce, a small shell called a cowry, much valued in the East Indies. |
6062
|
biangulate |
BIAN'GULATE |
6063
|
biangulated |
BIAN'GULATED |
6064
|
biangulous |
BIAN'GULOUS , a. [L.bis, twice, and angulus, an angle.]Having two angles or corners. [Little ... |
6065
|
biarmian |
BIARM'IAN, a. Noting a race of Finns in Perme, in the north of Europe, on the Dvina, and about the ... |
6066
|
bias |
BI'AS, n. 1. A weight on the side of a bowl which turns it from a straight line.2. A leaning of ... |
6067
|
bias-drawing |
BI'AS-DRAWING, n. Partiality. [Not used.] |
6068
|
biased |
BI'ASED, pp. Inclined from a right line; warped; prejudiced. |
6069
|
biasing |
BI'ASING, ppr. Giving a bias, particular direction or propensity; warping; prejudicing. |
6070
|
bib |
BIB, n. A small piece of linen or other cloth worn by children over the breast.1. A fish about a ... |
6071
|
bibacious |
BIBA'CIOUS, a. [L. bibax. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking; disposed to imbibe. |
6072
|
bibacity |
BIBAC'ITY, n. The quality of drinking much. [Not used.] |
6073
|
bibber |
BIB'BER, n. A tippler; a man given to drinking; chiefly used in composition, as winebibber. |
6074
|
bibble-babble |
BIB'BLE-BABBLE, n. Idle talk; prating to no purpose. [A low word, and not used.] |
6075
|
bibio |
BIB'IO, n. A name of the wine fly, a small insect found in empty wine casks. |
6076
|
bible |
BI'BLE, n. [Gr. a book.] |
6077
|
bibler |
BIB'LER, n. [See Bib.] A tipler; a great drinker. |
6078
|
biblical |
BIB'LICAL, a. Pertaining to the Bible, or to the sacred writings; as biblical criticism. |
6079
|
bibliographer |
BIBLIOG'RAPHER, n. [Gr. a book.] One who composes or compiles the history of books; one skilled ... |
6080
|
bibliographic |
BIBLIOGRAPH'IC |
6081
|
bibliographical |
BIBLIOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the history of books. |
6082
|
bibliography |
BIBLIOG'RAPHY, n. A history or description of books; the perusal of books, and manuscripts, with ... |
6083
|
bibliolite |
BIB'LIOLITE, n. [Gr. a book, and a stone; called also phytobiblia and lithobiblia.]Bookstone; a ... |
6084
|
bibliomancy |
BIBLIOM'ANCY, n. [Gr.a book, and divination.]A kind of divination, performed by means of the ... |
6085
|
bibliomania |
BIBLIOMA'NIA, n. [Gr.book, and madness.] Book-madness; a rage for possessing rare and curious ... |
6086
|
bibliomaniac |
BIBLIOMA'NIAC, n. One who has a rage for books. |
6087
|
bibliopolist |
BIBLIOP'OLIST, n. [Gr. book, and to sell.] A Bookseller. |
6088
|
bibliothecal |
BIBLIOTH'ECAL, a. [L. bibliotheca, a library.]Belonging to a library. |
6089
|
bibliothecary |
BIBLIOTH'ECARY, n. A librarian. |
6090
|
bibliotheke |
BIBLIOTHE'KE, n. A library. |
6091
|
biblist |
BIB'LIST, n. [from bible.] With the Romanists, one who makes the scriptures the sole rule of ... |
6092
|
bibracteate |
BIBRAC'TEATE, a. Double bracteate. |
6093
|
bibulous |
BIB'ULOUS, a. [L. bibulus, from bibo, to drink.]Spungy; that has the quality of imbibing fluids or ... |
6094
|
bicapsular |
BICAP'SULAR, a. [L. bis,double, and capsula, a little chest, from capsa, a chest. See ... |
6095
|
bicarbonate |
BIC'ARBONATE, n. Supercarbonate; a carbonate containing two primes of carbonic acid. |
6096
|
bicauda |
BICAU'DA, n. A fish of the sword-fish kind, about five feet in length; its back and sides of a ... |
6097
|
bice |
BICE or BISE, n. Among painters, a blue color prepared from the lapis armenus, Armenican ... |
6098
|
bicipital |
BICIP'ITAL |
6099
|
bicipitous |
BICIP'ITOUS, a. [L. biceps, of bis, twice,and caput, head.]Having two heads. Applied to the ... |
6100
|
bicker |
BICK'ER, v.i.1. To skirmish; to fight off and on; that is, to make repeated attacks. [But in this ... |
6101
|
bickerer |
BICK'ERER, n. One who bickers, or engages in a petty quarrel. |
6102
|
bickering |
BICK'ERING, ppr. Quarreling; contending; quivering. |
6103
|
bickerment |
BICK'ERMENT, n. Contention. [Not used.] |
6104
|
bickern |
BICK'ERN, n. An iron ending in a beak or point. |
6105
|
bicorn |
BI'CORN, n. [L. bis, twice, and cornu, a horn, bicornis.]A plant whose anthers have the appearance ... |
6106
|
bicornous |
BICORN'OUS, a. Having two horns. |
6107
|
bid |
BID, v.t. pret. bid, or bade; pp. bid, bidden. [L. peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to ... |
6108
|
bidale |
BID'ALE, n. [bid and ale.] In England, an invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's ... |
6109
|
bidder |
BID'DER, n. One who offers a price.Bidders at the auction of popularity. |
6110
|
bidding |
BID'DING, ppr. Inviting; offering; commanding.BID'DING, n. Invitation; command; order; a ... |
6111
|
bide |
BIDE, v.i. To dwell; to inhabit.1. To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. ... |
6112
|
bidens |
BI'DENS, n. A plant, bur marigold. |
6113
|
bidental |
BIDENT'AL, a. [L.bidens, of bis,twice,and dens, a tooth.] Having two teeth. |
6114
|
bidet |
BIDET', n. A small horse, formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. |
6115
|
biding |
BI'DING, ppr. Dwelling; continuing; remaining. [See Abiding.]BI'DING, n. Residence; habitation. |
6116
|
bidon |
BID'ON, n. A measure of liquids, of about five quarts, wine measure, used by seamen. |
6117
|
biennial |
BIEN'NIAL, a. [L. biennis, of bis,twice, and annus, a year.]1. Continuing for two years and then ... |
6118
|
biennially |
BIEN'NIALLY, adv. Once in two years; at the return of two years. |
6119
|
bier |
BIER, n. [L. feretrum, from fero. See Bear.]A carriage or frame of wood for conveying dead human ... |
6120
|
bier-balk |
BIE'R-BALK,n. The church road for burials. [Not used in America.] |
6121
|
biestings |
BIE'STINGS, n. plu. The first milk given by a cow after calving. |
6122
|
bifarious |
BIFA'RIOUS, a. [L. bifarius; bis and fero, or Teutonic, faran, to go.]Two-fold. In botany, pointing ... |
6123
|
bifariously |
BIFA'RIOUSLY, adv. In a bifarious manner. A stem or branch is bifariously hairy, when the hairs ... |
6124
|
biferous |
BIF'EROUS, a. [L. bifer, biferus; of bis, twice, and fero, to bear.]Bearing fruit twice a year, as ... |
6125
|
bifid |
BIF'ID |
6126
|
bifidate |
BIF'IDATE, a. [L. bifidus, bifidatus, of bis, twice, and findo, fidi, to split or cleave. See ... |
6127
|
biflorous |
BIF'LOROUS, a. [L. bis,twice, and floreo.] Bearing two flowers. |
6128
|
bifold |
BI'FOLD, a. [L.bis, twice, and fold.] Two-fold; double; of two kinds, degrees, &c. |
6129
|
biform |
BI'FORM, a. [L. biformis, of bis, twice, and forma, form.]Having two forms, bodies or shapes. |
6130
|
biformed |
BI'FORMED, a. Compounded of two forms. |
6131
|
biformity |
BIFORM'ITY, n. A double form. |
6132
|
bifurcate |
BI'FURCATE |
6133
|
bifurcated |
BI'FURCATED, a. [L. bifurcus, of bis, twice, and furca, a fork.]Forked; divided into two branches. |
6134
|
bifurcation |
BIFURCA'TION, n. A forking, or division into two branches. |
6135
|
big |
BIG, a.1. Bulky; protuberant; pregnant, applied to females. Big, in the sense of pregnant, is ... |
6136
|
bigam |
BIG'AM, n. A bigamist. [Not used.] |
6137
|
bigamist |
BIG'AMIST, n. [See Bigamy.] One who has committed bigamy, or had two wives at one. |
6138
|
bigamy |
BIG'AMY, n. [L.bis,twice, and Gr. to marry, marriage.]The crime of having two wives at once. But ... |
6139
|
bigbellied |
BIG'BELLIED, a. Having a great belly; advanced in pregnancy. |
6140
|
bigboned |
BIGBO'NED, a. Having large bones. |
6141
|
bigcorned |
BIG'CORNED, a. Having large grains. |
6142
|
bigeminate |
BIGEM'INATE, a. [L.bis, twice, and geminus, double.]Twin-forked; used of a decompound leaf having ... |
6143
|
biggel |
BIG'GEL, n. A quadruped of the East Indies, somewhat like a rane or rein-deer, but its head ... |
6144
|
biggin |
BIG'GIN, n.1. A child's cap, or something worn about the head.2. A building. |
6145
|
bight |
BIGHT, n.1. A bend, or small bay between two points of land.2. The double part of a rope when ... |
6146
|
bigly |
BIG'LY, adv. [from big.] In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily. |
6147
|
bignamed |
BIG'NAMED, a. Having a great or famous name. |
6148
|
bigness |
BIG'NESS, n. Bulk; size; largeness; dimensions. It is used of any object,animate or inanimate, ... |
6149
|
bigot |
BIG'OT, n. 1. A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious ... |
6150
|
bigoted |
BIG'OTED, a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion, practice or ritual; ... |
6151
|
bigotedly |
BIG'OTEDLY, adv. In the manner of a bigot; pertinaciously. |
6152
|
bigotry |
BIG'OTRY, n. Obstinate or blind attachment to a particular creed, or to certain tenets; ... |
6153
|
bigsounding |
BIG'SOUNDING, a. Having a pompous sound. |
6154
|
bigswoln |
BIG'SWOLN, a. [big and swoln. See Swell.]Swelled to a large size; turgid; greatly swelled; ready ... |
6155
|
biguddered |
BIG'UDDERED, a. [big and udder.]Having large udders, or udders swelled with milk. |
6156
|
bihydroguret |
BIHYDROG'URET, n. A double hydroguret, or with two atoms of hydrogen. |
6157
|
bijugous |
BIJU'GOUS, a. [L. bis, twice, and jugum, a yoke, a pair.]Having two pairs of leaflets; used of ... |
6158
|
bilabiate |
BILA'BIATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and labium, a lip.]Having two lips, as the corols of flowers. |
6159
|
bilamellate |
BILAM'ELLATE, a. [L. bis, twice, and lamella, a plate.]Having the form of a flatted sphere, ... |
6160
|
bilander |
BI'LANDER, n. A small merchant vessel with two masts, distinguished from other vessels of two ... |
6161
|
bilateral |
BILAT'ERAL, a. [L. bis and latus,side.] Having two sides. |
6162
|
bilberry |
BIL'BERRY, n. The name of a shrub and its fruit; a species of Vaccinium or whortle-berry. The ... |
6163
|
bilbo |
BIL'BO, n. [from Bilboa, in Spain.]A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa in Spain, ... |
6164
|
bilboes |
BIL'BOES, n. plu. On board of ships, long bars or bolts of iron with shackles sliding on them, and ... |
6165
|
bild |
BILD, v.t. pret. bilded, bilt; pp.id.To construct; to erect; to set up and finish; as, to bild a ... |
6166
|
bildstein |
BILD'STEIN, n. Agalmatolite, or figure-stone. A massive mineral, with sometimes a slaty ... |
6167
|
bile |
BILE, n. [L. bilis.] A yellow bitter liquor, separated from the blood in the liver, collected in ... |
6168
|
bileduct |
BI'LEDUCT, n. [bile and L. ductus, a conduit.]A vessel or canal to convey bile. |
6169
|
bilestone |
BI'LESTONE, n. [bile and stone.] A concretion of viscid.bile. |
6170
|
bilge |
BILGE, n. [A different orthography of bulge, and belly, a protuberance.]1. The protuberant part ... |
6171
|
bilge-pump |
BILGE-PUMP, n. A burr-pump; a pump to draw the bilge-water from a ship. |
6172
|
bilge-water |
BILGE-WATER, n. Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom. |
6173
|
bilged |
BILG'ED, pp. or a. Having a fracture in the bilge. This participle is often used, as if the verb ... |
6174
|
biliary |
BIL'IARY, n. Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom.BIL'IARY, a. [from L. ... |
6175
|
bilingsgate |
BIL'INGSGATE, n. [from a place of this name in London frequented by low people who use foul ... |
6176
|
bilinguous |
BILIN'GUOUS, a. [L. bis, and lingua, tongue.]Having two tongues, or speaking two languages. |
6177
|
bilious |
BIL'IOUS, a. [L. biliosus, from bilis, the bile.]Pertaining to bile; consisting or partaking of ... |
6178
|
biliteral |
BILIT'ERAL, a. [L. bis, twice, and litera, letter.]Consisting of two letters; as a biliteral root ... |
6179
|
bilk |
BILK, v.t. To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by non-fulfillment of engagement; ... |
6180
|
bilked |
BILK'ED, pp. Disappointed; deceived; defrauded. |
6181
|
bilking |
BILK'ING, ppr. Frustrating; defrauding. |
6182
|
bill |
BILL, n.1. The beak of a fowl.2. An instrument used by plumbers, basket makers and gardeners, ... |
6183
|
billard |
BILL'ARD, n. A bastard or imperfect capon; also a fish of the cod kind. |
6184
|
billet |
BILL'ET, n. [dim. of bill;] A small paper or note in writing, used for various purposes; ... |
6185
|
billet-doux |
BILLET-DOUX, bil'le-doo. A love billet. |
6186
|
billeting |
BILL'ETING, ppr. Quartering, as soldiers in private houses. |
6187
|
billiard |
BILL'IARD, a bil'yard. Pertaining to the game of billiards. |
6188
|
billiards |
BILL'IARDS, n. plu. bil'yards.A game played on a rectangular table, covered with a green cloth, ... |
6189
|
billion |
BILL'ION, n. bil'yun. [bis and million.]A million of millions; as many millions as there are units ... |
6190
|
billow |
BIL'LOW, n. A great wave or surge of the sea, occasioned usually by violent wind. It can hardly ... |
6191
|
billow-beaten |
BIL'LOW-BEATEN, a. Tossed by billows. |
6192
|
billowing |
BIL'LOWING, ppr. Swelled into a large waves or surges. |
6193
|
billowy |
BIL'LOWY, a. Swelling, or swelled into large waves; wavy; full of billows, or surges. |
6194
|
bilobate |
BILO'BATE, a. [L. bis,twice. See Lobe.] Divided into two lobes; as a bilobate leaf. |
6195
|
bilobed |
BILO'BED |
6196
|
bilocular |
BILOC'ULAR, a. [L. bis, twice, and loculus, from locus, a place.]Divided into two cells, or ... |
6197
|
bilva |
BIL'VA, n. The Hindu name of a plant, the Crataeva Marmelos of Linne. |
6198
|
bimanous |
BIMA'NOUS, a. [bis and manus.] Having two hands. Man is bimanous. |
6199
|
bimbow |
BIM'BOW, a. Crooked; arched; bent; as a kimbo handle.To set the arms a kimbo, is to set the hands ... |
6200
|
bimedial |
BIME'DIAL, a. [L. bis,twice,and medial.] In mathematics, if two medial lines, A B and B C, ... |
6201
|
bin |
BIN, n. A wooden box or chest used as a repository of corn or other commodities. |
6202
|
binacle |
BIN'ACLE, n. [Formerly bittacle.] A wooden case or box in which the compass and lights are kept ... |
6203
|
binary |
BI'NARY, a. [L. binus, two and two.]Binary arithmetic, the invention of Leibnitz, is that in which ... |
6204
|
binate |
BI'NATE, a. [L. biinus. See Binary.] Being double or in couples; growing in pairs. A binate leaf ... |
6205
|
bind |
BIND, v.t.1. To tie together,or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as ... |
6206
|
bind-weed |
BI'ND-WEED, n. A genus of plants, called Convolvulus, comprehending many species, as the white, the ... |
6207
|
binder |
BI'NDER, n. A person who binds; one whose occupation is to bind books; also, one who binds ... |
6208
|
bindery |
BI'NDERY, n. A place where books are bound. |
6209
|
binding |
BI'NDING, ppr. Fastening with a band; confining; restraining; covering or wrapping; obliging by a ... |
6210
|
bing |
BING, n. In alum works, a heap of alum thrown together in order to drain. |
6211
|
binocle |
BIN'OCLE, n. [binus, double, and oculus, and eye.]A dioptric telescope,fitted with two tubes ... |
6212
|
binocular |
BINOC'ULAR, a. [See Binocle.] Having two eyes; also, having two apertures or tubes, so joined that ... |
6213
|
binomial |
BINO'MIAL, a. [L. bis, twice, and nomen, name.]In algebra, a root consisting of two members ... |
6214
|
binominous |
BINOM'INOUS, a. [L. bis,twice,and nomen, name.]Having two names. |
6215
|
binotonous |
BINOT'ONOUS, a. [bis and note.] Consisting of two notes; as a binotonous cry. |
6216
|
biographer |
BIOG'RAPHER, n. [See Biography.] One who writes an account of history of the life and actions of ... |
6217
|
biographic |
BIOGRAPH'IC |
6218
|
biographical |
BIOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to biography, or the history of the life of a person; containing ... |
6219
|
biography |
BIOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr.life, and to write.]The history of the life and character of a particular ... |
6220
|
biotina |
BIOTINA, n. [from Biot, a French naturalist.]A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral, whose primitive ... |
6221
|
biparous |
BIP'AROUS, a. [L. bis,twice, and pario, to bear.]Bringing forth two at a birth. |
6222
|
bipartible |
BIPART'IBLE |
6223
|
bipartient |
BIPAR'TIENT, [L. bis, twice,and partio, partiens, to divide.] Dividing into two parts. |
6224
|
bipartile |
BIP'ARTILE , a. [L. bis,twice, and partio, to divide.]That may be divided in two parts. |
6225
|
bipartite |
BIP'ARTITE, a. [L. bis, twice,and partitus, divided.] 1. Having two correspondent parts, as a ... |
6226
|
bipartition |
BIPARTI'TION, n. The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts. |
6227
|
biped |
BI'PED, n. [L. bipes, of bis,twice, and pes, pedis, a foot.]An animal having two feet, as man. |
6228
|
bipedal |
BIP'EDAL, a. Having two feet, or the length of two feet. |
6229
|
bipennate |
BIPEN'NATE,a. [L. bis, and penna, a wing or feather.] Having two wings.1. In botany, having ... |
6230
|
bipennatifid |
BIPEN'NATIFID, a. [L. bis, twice, pinna, a wing or feather, and findo, to ... |
6231
|
bipetalous |
BIPET'ALOUS, a. [L. bis, twice, and Gr. a leaf.]Consisting of two flower leaves; having two petals. |
6232
|
bipinnatifid |
BIPIN'NATIFID |
6233
|
biquadrate |
BIQUAD'RATE, n. [L. bis, twice, and quadratus, squared.]In mathematics the fourth power, arising ... |
6234
|
biquadratic |
BIQUADRAT'IC, n. The same as biquadrate.BIQUADRAT'IC, a. Pertaining to the biquadratic or fourth ... |
6235
|
biquintile |
BIQUIN'TILE, n. [L. bis, twice, and quintus, fifth.]An aspect of the planets, when they are ... |
6236
|
biradiate |
BIRA'DIATE |
6237
|
biradiated |
BIRA'DIATED, a. [L. bis, twice, and radiatus, set with rays.]Having two rays; as a biradiate fin. |
6238
|
birch |
BIRCH, n. burch. A genus of trees, the Betula, of which there are several species; as the white or ... |
6239
|
birchen |
BIRCH'EN, a. Made of birch; consisting of birch. |
6240
|
bird |
BIRD, n. burd.1. Properly, a chicken, the young of fowls, and hence a small fowl.2. In modern ... |
6241
|
bird-cage |
BIRD'-CAGE, n. [bird and cage.] A box or case with wires, small sticks, or wicker, forming open ... |
6242
|
bird-catcher |
BIRD'-CATCHER, n. [bird and catch.] One whose employment is to catch birds; a fowler. |
6243
|
bird-catching |
BIRD'-CATCHING, n. [bird and catch.] The art of taking birds or wild fowls, either for food, for ... |
6244
|
bird-eye |
BIRD'-EYE |
6245
|
bird-lime |
BIRD'-LIME, n. [bird and lime.] A viscous substance,usually made of the juice of holly-bark, ... |
6246
|
birdbolt |
BIRD'BOLT, n. [bird and bolt.] An arrow, broad at the end, for shooting birds. |
6247
|
birder |
BIRD'ER, n. A bird-catcher. |
6248
|
birdeyed |
BIRD'EYED, a. Of quick sight. |
6249
|
birding-piece |
BIRD'ING-PIECE, n. [bird and piece.] A fowling-piece. |
6250
|
birds-eye |
BIRD'S-EYE, a. [bird and eye.] Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; as a bird-eye landscape. |
6251
|
birdseye |
BIRDS'EYE, n. [bird and eye.] A genus of plants, called also pheasant's eye, known in botany by ... |
6252
|
birdsfoot |
BIRDS'FOOT, n. [bird and foot.] A plant, the Ornithopus, whose legumen is articulated, ... |
6253
|
birdsfoot-trefoil |
BIRDSFOOT-TREFOIL, n. A genus of plants,the Lotus, of several species. |
6254
|
birdsnest |
BIRDS'NEST, n. [bird and nest.] The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.1. A ... |
6255
|
birdstares |
BIRDSTARES and BIRDSTONGUE; names of plants. |
6256
|
bireme |
BI'REME, n. [L. biremis, bis and remus, and oar.]A vessel with two banks or tiers of oars. |
6257
|
birgander |
BIRG'ANDER, n. The name of a wild goose. |
6258
|
birhomboidal |
BIRHOMBOID'AL, a. [bis and rhomboid.]Having a surface composed of twelve rhombic faces, which, ... |
6259
|
birken |
BIRK'EN, v.t. [from birch.] To beat with a burch or rod. |
6260
|
birostrate |
BIROS'TRATE |
6261
|
birostrated |
BIROS'TRATED, a. [L. bis, twice, and rostrum, a beak.]Having a double beak, or process resembling ... |
6262
|
birt |
BIRT, n. burt. A fish, called also turbot. |
6263
|
birth |
BIRTH, n. berth. [L. partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]1. The act of coming into life, or ... |
6264
|
birthday |
BIRTH'DAY, n. [birth and day.] The day in which any person is born.1. The same day of the month, ... |
6265
|
birthdom |
BIRTH'DOM, n. [birth and dom.] Privilege of birth. [Not used.] |
6266
|
birthing |
BIRTH'ING, n. Any thing added to raise the sides of a ship. |
6267
|
birthnight |
BIRTH'NIGHT, n. [birth and night.] The night in which a person is born; and the anniversary of ... |
6268
|
birthplace |
BIRTH'PLACE, n. [birth and place.] The town, city or country, where a person is born; more ... |
6269
|
birthright |
BIRTH'RIGHT, n. [birth and right.] Any right or privilege, to which a person is entitled by ... |
6270
|
birthwort |
BIRTH'WORT, n. [birth and wort.] A genus of plants, Aristolochia, of many species. Of these are ... |
6271
|
bisa |
BISA |
6272
|
biscotin |
BIS'COTIN, n. A confection, made of flour, sugar, marmalade and eggs. |
6273
|
biscuit |
BIS'CUIT, n. bis'kit. [L. bis, twice,and cuit, baked.]1. A kind of bread, formed into cakes, and ... |
6274
|
bisdiapason |
DISDIAPASON, BISDIAPASON, n. [See Diapason.] In music, a compound concord in the quadruple ratio of ... |
6275
|
bisect |
BISECT', v.t. [L. bis, twice, and seco, sectum, to cut. See Section.]To cut or divide into two ... |
6276
|
bisected |
BISECT'ED, pp. Divided into two equal parts. |
6277
|
bisecting |
BISECT'ING, ppr. Dividing into two equal parts. |
6278
|
bisection |
BISEC'TION, n. The act of cutting into two equal parts; the division of any line or quantity into ... |
6279
|
bisegment |
BISEG'MENT, n. [bis and segment.] One of the parts of a line, divided into two equal parts. |
6280
|
bisexous |
BISEX'OUS, a. Consisting of both sexes. |
6281
|
bishop |
BISH'OP, n. [L. episcopus; Gr. of, over, and inspector, or visitor; to view, or inspect; whence, to ... |
6282
|
bishoplike |
BISH'OPLIKE, a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. |
6283
|
bishopric |
BISH'OPRIC,n. [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.] 1. A diocese; the district over which the ... |
6284
|
bishopsweed |
BISH'OPSWEED, n. [bishop and used.] A genus of plants, with the generic name Ammi. |
6285
|
bishopswort |
BISH'OPSWORT, n. A plant. |
6286
|
bisk |
BISK, n. Soup or broth, made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. |
6287
|
bisket |
BISK'ET, a biscuit. This orthography is adopted by many respectable writers. |
6288
|
bismuth |
BIS'MUTH, n. s as z. A metal of a yellowish or reddish white color, and a lamellar texture. It is ... |
6289
|
bismuthal |
BIS'MUTHAL, a. Consisting of bismuth, or containing it. |
6290
|
bismuthic |
BIS'MUTHIC, a. Pertaining to bismuth; as bismuthic acid. |
6291
|
bison |
BIS'ON, n. [L. A quadruped of the bovine genus, usually but improperly called the buffalo. The ... |
6292
|
bissextile |
BISSEX'TILE, n. [L.bissextilis, leap year, from bissextus, [bis and sextus] the sixth of the ... |
6293
|
bisson |
BIS'SON, a. Blind. [Not used.] |
6294
|
bister |
BIS'TER, n. Among painters, the burnt oil extracted from the soot of wood; a brown pigment. To ... |
6295
|
bistort |
BIS'TORT, n. [L. bistorta, bis and tortus, twisted.]A plant, a species of polygonum, or ... |
6296
|
bistoury |
BIS'TOURY, n. bis'tury. A surgical instrument for making incisions. It is either straight and ... |
6297
|
bisulcous |
BISULC'OUS, a. [L. bisulcus, of bis and sulcus, a furrow.]Cloven footed, as swine or oxen. |
6298
|
bisulphuret |
BISUL'PHURET, n. [bis and sulphuret.] In chimistry, a sulphuret, with a double proportion of ... |
6299
|
bit |
BIT, n. The iron part of a bridle which is inserted in the mouth of a horse,and its appendages, to ... |
6300
|
bitch |
BITCH, n.1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog,wolf,and fox.2. A name of reproach for a ... |
6301
|
bite |
BITE, v.t. pret. bit; pp. bit, bitten.1. To break or crush with the teeth, as in eating; to pierce ... |
6302
|
biter |
BI'TER, n. One who bites; that which bites; a fish apt to take bait.1. One who cheats or ... |
6303
|
biternate |
BITERN'ATE, a. [L. bis and ternus, three.] In botany, doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ... |
6304
|
biting |
BI'TING, ppr. Seizing, wounding, or crushing with the teeth; pinching,paining, causing to smart ... |
6305
|
bitingly |
BI'TINGLY, adv. In a sarcastic or jeering manner. |
6306
|
bitless |
BIT'LESS, a. Not having a bit or bridle. |
6307
|
bitmouth |
BIT'MOUTH, n. [bit and mouth.] The bit, or that part of a bridle which is put in a horse's mouth. |
6308
|
bittacle |
BIT'TACLE, n. The box for the compasses and lights on board a ship. [See Binnacle.] |
6309
|
bitten |
BIT'TEN, pp. of bite. bit'tn. Seized or wounded by the teeth; cheated. |
6310
|
bitter |
BIT'TER, a.1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood.2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as ... |
6311
|
bitter-gourd |
BIT'TER-GOURD, n. [bitter and gourd.] A plant, a species of Cucumis, called Colocynthis, ... |
6312
|
bitter-salt |
BIT'TER-SALT, n. Epsom salt. |
6313
|
bitter-spar |
BIT'TER-SPAR, n. Rhombspar, a mineral that crystallizes in rhomboids. It is the crystallized ... |
6314
|
bitter-sweet |
BIT'TER-SWEET, n. [bitter and sweet.] A species of Solanum, a slender climbing plant, whose ... |
6315
|
bitter-wort |
BIT'TER-WORT, n. [bitter and wort.] The plant called gentian, Gentiana, which has a remarkable ... |
6316
|
bitterish |
BIT'TERISH, a. Somewhat bitter; bitter in a moderate degree. |
6317
|
bitterishness |
BIT'TERISHNESS, n. The quality of being moderately bitter. |
6318
|
bitterly |
BIT'TERLY, adv. With a bitter taste.1. In a severe manner; in a manner expressing poignant grief; ... |
6319
|
bittern |
BIT'TERN, n. A fowl of the grallic order, the Ardea stellaris, a native of Europe. This fowl has ... |
6320
|
bitterness |
BIT'TERNESS, n. [from bitter.] A bitter taste; or rather a quality in things which excites a ... |
6321
|
bitters |
BIT'TERS, n. A liquor in which bitter herbs or roots are steeped; generally a spirituous liquor, ... |
6322
|
bittervetch |
BIT'TERVETCH, n. [bitter and vetch.] A species of Ervum, or lentil, cultivated for fodder.1. A ... |
6323
|
bittour |
BIT'TOUR, or BIT'TOR, n. The bittern. |
6324
|
bitts |
BITTS, n. plu. [from the same root as bite.] A frame of two strong pieces of timber fixed ... |
6325
|
bitume |
BITU'ME, n. Bitumen, so written for the sake of the rhyme. |
6326
|
bitumen |
BIT'UMEN |
6327
|
bituminate |
BITU'MINATE, v.t. To impregnate with bitumen. |
6328
|
bituminated |
BITU'MINATED, a. Impregnated with bitumen. |
6329
|
bituminiferous |
BITUMINIF'EROUS, a. [bitumen and fero, to produce.]Producing bitumen. |
6330
|
bituminize |
BITU'MINIZE, v.t. To form into, or impregnate with bitumen. |
6331
|
bituminous |
BITU'MINOUS, a. Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing ... |
6332
|
bivalve |
BI'VALVE, n. [L. bis, twice, and valve. L. valva]An animal having two valves, or a shell consisting ... |
6333
|
bivalvous |
BIVALV'OUS, a. Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and the seed cases ... |
6334
|
bivalvular |
BIVALV'ULAR |
6335
|
bivaulted |
BIVAULT'ED, a. [L. bis, twice,and vault.] Having two vaults or arches. |
6336
|
biventral |
BIVENT'RAL, a. [L. bis and venter, belly.] Having two bellies; as a biventral muscle. |
6337
|
bivious |
BIV'IOUS, a. [L. bivius; bis and via, way.] Having two ways, or leading two ways. |
6338
|
bivouac |
BIVOUAC, n. [L. vigilo.] The guard or watch of a whole army, as in cases of great danger of ... |
6339
|
bixwort |
BIX'WORT, n. A plant. |
6340
|
biza |
BIZA, n. A coin of Pegu, of the value of half a ducat; also, a weight. |
6341
|
blaast |
BLA'AST, n. [Eng. blaze, which is primarily a blowing or swelling.]1. A gust or puff of wind; or ... |
6342
|
blab |
BLAB, v.t.1. To utter or tell in a thoughtless manner; to publish secrets or trifles without ... |
6343
|
blabber |
BLAB'BER, n. A tattler; a tell-tale. |
6344
|
blabbing |
BLAB'BING, ppr. Telling indiscreetly what ought to be concealed; tattling. |
6345
|
black |
BLACK, a. 1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.2. Darkened by clouds; as the ... |
6346
|
black-bird |
BLACK'-BIRD, n. [black and bird.] In England, the merula, a species of turdus, a singing bird with ... |
6347
|
black-browed |
BLACK'-BROWED, a. [black and brow.] Having black eye-brows; gloomy; dismal; threatening; as a ... |
6348
|
black-bryony |
BLACK-BRY'ONY, n. [black and bryony.] A plant, the Tamus. |
6349
|
black-cap |
BLACK-CAP, n. [black and cap.] A bird, the Motacilla atricapilla, or mock-nightingale; so called ... |
6350
|
black-chalk |
BLACK-CHALK, n. A mineral of a bluish black color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers ... |
6351
|
black-faced |
BLACK'-FACED, a. Having a black face. |
6352
|
black-forest |
BLACK-FOREST, n. [black and forest.] A forest in Germany, in Swabia; a part of the ancient ... |
6353
|
black-friar |
BLACK-FRIAR, n. Black-friars is a name given to the Dominican Order, called also Predicants and ... |
6354
|
black-lead |
BLACK'-LEAD, n. A mineral of a dark steel-gray color, and of a scaly texture, composed of carbon, ... |
6355
|
blacked |
BLACK'ED, pp. Made black; soiled. |
6356
|
blacken |
BLACK'EN, v.t.1. To make black.The importation of slaves that has blackened half America.2. To ... |
6357
|
blackener |
BLACK'ENER, n. He that blackens. |
6358
|
blacking |
BLACK'ING, ppr. Making black.BLACK'ING, n. A substance used for blacking shoes, variously made; ... |
6359
|
blackish |
BLACK'ISH, a. Somewhat black; moderately black or dark. |
6360
|
blackly |
BLACK'LY, adv. Darkly; atrociously. |
6361
|
blackness |
BLACK'NESS, n. The quality of being black; black color; darkness; atrociousness or enormity in ... |
6362
|
blacksea |
BLACK'SEA, n. [black and sea.] The Euxine Sea, on the eastern border of Europe. |
6363
|
blacksmith |
BLACK'SMITH, n. [black and smith.] A smith who works in iron, and makes iron utensils; more ... |
6364
|
bladder |
BLAD'DER, n.[Eng.a blade; L.latus.]1. A thin membranous bag in animals, which serves as the ... |
6365
|
bladder-nut |
BLAD'DER-NUT, n. [bladder and nut.] A genus of plants, with the generic name of Staphyloea. They ... |
6366
|
bladder-senna |
BLAD'DER-SENNA, or bastard-senna, a genus of plants, called in botany Colutea.The jointed-podded ... |
6367
|
bladdered |
BLAD'DERED, a. Swelled like a bladder. |
6368
|
bladdery |
BLAD'DERY, a. Resembling a bladder; containing bladders. |
6369
|
blade |
BLADE, n. [Gr.broad.]1. The stalk or spire of a plant,particularly of grass and corn; but ... |
6370
|
blade-bone |
BLA'DE-BONE, n. The scapula, or upper bone in the shoulder. |
6371
|
blade-smith |
BLA'DE-SMITH, n. A sword cutler. |
6372
|
bladed |
BLA'DED, pp. Having a blade or blades. It may be used of blade in the sense of a leaf, a spire, ... |
6373
|
blain |
BLAIN, n. A pustule; a botch; a blister. In farriery, a bladder growing on the root of the ... |
6374
|
blamable |
BLA'MABLE, a. [See Blame.] Faulty; culpable; reprehensible; deserving of censure. |
6375
|
blamableness |
BLA'MABLENESS, n. Culpableness; fault; the state of being worthy of censure. |
6376
|
blamably |
BLA'MABLY, adv. Culpably; in a manner deserving of censure. |
6377
|
blame |
BLAME, v.t. [The Greeks have the root of this word, to blaspheme.]1. To censure; to express ... |
6378
|
blamed |
BLA'MED, pp. Censured; disapproved. |
6379
|
blameful |
BLA'MEFUL, a. Faulty; meriting blame; reprehensible. |
6380
|
blameless |
BLA'MELESS, a. Without fault; innocent; guiltless; not meriting censure.A bishop then must be ... |
6381
|
blamelessly |
BLA'MELESSLY, adv. Innocently; without fault or crime. |
6382
|
blamelessness |
BLA'MELESSNESS,n. Innocence; a state of being not worthy of censure. |
6383
|
blamer |
BLA'MER, n. One who blames, finds fault or censures. |
6384
|
blameworthiness |
BLA'MEWORTHINESS, n. The quality of deserving censure. |
6385
|
blameworthy |
BLA'MEWORTHY, a. [blame and worthy.] Deserving blame; censurable; culpable; reprehensible. |
6386
|
blaming |
BLA'MING, ppr. Censuring; finding fault. |
6387
|
blanc-manger |
BLANC-MANGER, pron. blomonge. In cookery, a preparation of dissolved isinglass, milk, sugar, ... |
6388
|
blancard |
BLANC'ARD, n. A kind of linen cloth, manufactured in Normandy, so called because the thread is ... |
6389
|
blanch |
BL'ANCH, v.t. 1. To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.2. To slur; to ... |
6390
|
blanched |
BL'ANCHED, pp. Whitened. |
6391
|
blancher |
BL'ANCHER, n. One who whitens; also, one who anneals, and cleanses money. |
6392
|
blanchimeter |
BLANCHIM'ETER, n. [blanch, and Gr. measure.]An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of ... |
6393
|
blanching |
BL'ANCHING, ppr. Whitening. In coinage, the operation of giving brightness to pieces of silver,by ... |
6394
|
bland |
BLAND, a. [L. blandus.] Mild; soft; gentle; as bland words; bland zephyrs. |
6395
|
blandiloquence |
BLANDIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. blandus, mild, and loquor, to speak.]Fair, mild, flattering speech. |
6396
|
blandish |
BLAND'ISH, v.t. [L. blandior; Old Eng. blandise.]To soften; to caress; to flatter by kind words or ... |
6397
|
blandisher |
BLAND'ISHER, n. One that flatters with soft words. |
6398
|
blandishing |
BLAND'ISHING, , ppr. Soothing or flattering with fair words. |
6399
|
blandishment |
BLAND'ISHMENT, n. Soft words;kind speeches; caresses; expression of kindness; words or actions ... |
6400
|
blank |
BLANK, a.1. Void; empty; consequently white; as a blank paper.2. White or pale; as the blank ... |
6401
|
blanked |
BLANK'ED, pp. Confused; dispirited. |
6402
|
blanket |
BLANK'ET, n.1. A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against ... |
6403
|
blanketing |
BLANK'ETING, ppr. Tossing in a blanket.BLANK'ETING, n. The punishment of tossing in a blanket.1. ... |
6404
|
blankly |
BLANK'LY, adv. In a blank manner; with paleness or confusion. |
6405
|
blare |
BLARE, v.i. [L. ploro, to dry out, to bawl, to weep.]1. To roar; to bellow. [Little used.]2. To ... |
6406
|
blaspheme |
BLASPHE'ME, v.t. [Gr. The first syllable is the same as in blame, blasme, denoting injury; L. ... |
6407
|
blasphemer |
BLASPHE'MER, n. One who blasphemes; one who speaks of God in impious and irreverent terms. 1 ... |
6408
|
blaspheming |
BLASPHE'MING, ppr. Uttering impious or reproachful words concerning God. |
6409
|
blasphemous |
BLAS'PHEMOUS, a. Containing blasphemy; calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful towards ... |
6410
|
blasphemously |
BLAS'PHEMOUSLY, adv. Impiously; with impious irreverence to God. |
6411
|
blasphemy |
BLAS'PHEMY, n. An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous or ... |
6412
|
blast |
BL'AST, v.t. [Literally, to strike.] To make to wither by some pernicious influence, as too much ... |
6413
|
blasted |
BL'ASTED, pp. Affected by some cause that checks growth, injures, impairs, destroys, or renders ... |
6414
|
blaster |
BL'ASTER, n. He or that which blasts or destroys. |
6415
|
blasting |
BL'ASTING, ppr. Affecting by a blast; preventing from coming to maturity; frustrating; splitting ... |
6416
|
blastment |
BL'ASTMENT, n. Blast; sudden stroke of some destructive cause. [Superseded by blast and ... |
6417
|
blatant |
BLA'TANT, a. [See Bleat.] Bellowing as a calf. [Not used.] |
6418
|
blatter |
BLAT'TER, v.i. [from the root of bleat.]To make a senseless noise. |
6419
|
blatterer |
BLAT'TERER, n. A noisy blustering boaster. [Not used.] |
6420
|
blay |
BLAY, n. [See Bleak.] A small river fish, the bleak. |
6421
|
blaze |
BLAZE, n. [Eng.to blush.]1. Flame; the stream of light and heat from any body when burning, ... |
6422
|
blazed |
BLA'ZED, pp. Published far and wide. |
6423
|
blazer |
BLA'ZER, n. One who publishes and spreads reports. |
6424
|
blazing |
BLA'ZING, ppr. Flaming; publishing far and wide.BLA'ZING, a. Emitting flame, or light; as a ... |
6425
|
blazing-star |
BLAZ'ING-STAR, n. A comet; a star that is accompanied with a coma or train of light. |
6426
|
blazon |
BLA'ZON, v.t. bla'zn.1. To explain, in proper terms, the figures on ensigns armorial.2. To deck; ... |
6427
|
blazoned |
BLA'ZONED, pp. Explained, deciphered in the manner of heralds; published abroad; displayed ... |
6428
|
blazoner |
BLA'ZONER, n. One that blazons; a herald; an evil speaker, or propagator of scandal. |
6429
|
blazoning |
BLA'ZONING, ppr. Explaining, describing as heralds; showing; publishing; blazing abroad; ... |
6430
|
blazonry |
BLA'ZONRY, n. The art of describing coats of arms, in proper terms. |
6431
|
blea |
BLEA, n. The part of a tree, which lies immediately under the bark. |
6432
|
bleach |
BLEACH, v.t. [Eng. bleak.]To whiten; to make white or whiter; to take out color; applied to many ... |
6433
|
bleached |
BLE'ACHED, pp. Whitened; made white. |
6434
|
bleacher |
BLE'ACHER, n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten cloth. |
6435
|
bleachery |
BLE'ACHERY, n. A place for bleaching; as a wax bleachery. |
6436
|
bleaching |
BLE'ACHING, ppr. Whitening; making white; becoming white.BLE'ACHING, n. The act or art of ... |
6437
|
bleak |
BLEAK, a. 1. Pale. [But not often used in this sense, in America, as far as my observations ... |
6438
|
bleakish |
BLEAKISH, a. Moderately bleak. |
6439
|
bleakness |
BLE'AKNESS, n. Openness of situation;exposure to the wind; hence coldness. |
6440
|
bleaky |
BLE'AKY a. Bleak; open unsheltered; cold; chill. |
6441
|
blear |
BLEAR, a. Sore, with a watery rheum; applied only to the eyes; as the blear-eyed owl.BLEAR, v.t. ... |
6442
|
blear-eyed |
BLE'AR-EYED, a. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. |
6443
|
blearedness |
BLE'AREDNESS, n. The state of being bleared, or dimmed with rheum. |
6444
|
bleat |
BLEAT, v.i. [L. blatero; plaudo.] To make the noise of a sheep; to cry as a sheep.BLEAT, n. The ... |
6445
|
bleating |
BLE'ATING, ppr. or a. Crying as a sheep.BLE'ATING, n. The cry of a sheep. |
6446
|
bleb |
BLEB, n. [This word belongs to the root of blab, blubber.]A little tumor, vesicle or ... |
6447
|
blebby |
BLEBBY, a. Full of blebs. |
6448
|
bled |
BLED, pret. and pp. of bleed. |
6449
|
bleed |
BLEED, v.i. pret. and pp. bled.1. To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm ... |
6450
|
bleeding |
BLEE'DING, ppr. Losing blood;letting blood; losing sap or juice.BLEE'DING, n. a running or issuing ... |
6451
|
bleit |
BLEIT, a. Bashful; used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. |
6452
|
blemish |
BLEM'ISH, v.t.1. Too mark with any deformity; to injure or impair any thing which is well formed, ... |
6453
|
blemished |
BLEM'ISHED, pp. Injured or marred by any mark of deformity; tarnished; soiled. |
6454
|
blemishing |
BLEM'ISHING, ppr. Marking with deformity; tarnishing. |
6455
|
blemishless |
BLEM'ISHLESS, a. Without blemish; spotless. |
6456
|
blemishment |
BLEM'ISHMENT, n. Disgrace. [Little used.] |
6457
|
blench |
BLENCH, v.i. [This evidently is the blanch of Bacon [see Blanch.] and perhaps the modern ... |
6458
|
blencher |
BLENCH'ER, n. That which frustrates. |
6459
|
blend |
BLEND, n.An ore of zink, called also mock-lead, false galena and black jack. Its color is mostly ... |
6460
|
blended |
BLEND'ED, pp. Mixed; confounded by mixture. |
6461
|
blender |
BLEND'ER, n. One that mingles or confounds. |
6462
|
blending |
BLEND'ING, ppr. Mingling together; confounding by mixture. |
6463
|
blendous |
BLEND'OUS, a. Pertaining to blend. |
6464
|
blenny |
BLEN'NY, n. A genus of fishes, of the order of Jugulars, in Ichthyology called Blennius. There ... |
6465
|
blent |
BLENT, the obsolete participle of blend. |
6466
|
bless |
BLESS, v.t. pret. and ppr. blessed or blest.1. To pronounce a wish of happiness to one; to ... |
6467
|
blessed |
BLESS'ED, pp. Made happy or prosperous; extolled; pronounced happy.BLESS'ED, a. Happy; prosperous ... |
6468
|
blessedly |
BLESS'EDLY, adv. Happily; in a fortunate manner. |
6469
|
blessedness |
BLESS'EDNESS, n. Happiness; felicity; heavenly joys; the favor of God.1. Sanctity. |
6470
|
blesser |
BLESS'ER, n. One that blesses or prospers; one who bestows a blessing. |
6471
|
blessing |
BLESS'ING, ppr. Making happy; wishing happiness to; praising or extolling; consecrating by ... |
6472
|
blest |
BLEST, pp. of bless.BLEST, a. Made happy.1. Making happy; cheering.While these blest sounds my ... |
6473
|
bletonism |
BLE'TONISM, n. The faculty of perceiving and indicating subterraneous springs and currents by ... |
6474
|
bletonist |
BLE'TONIST, n. One who possesses the faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs by sensation. |
6475
|
blew |
BLEW, pret. of blow. |
6476
|
bleyme |
BLEYME, n. An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. |
6477
|
blicea |
BLICE'A, n. A small fish caught in the German seas,somewhat resembling the English sprat. |
6478
|
blight |
BLIGHT, n.1. A disease incident to plants, affecting them variously. sometimes the whole plant ... |
6479
|
blin |
BLIN, v.t. To stop or cease. |
6480
|
blind |
BLIND, a. 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation;not ... |
6481
|
blinded |
BLINDED, pp. Deprived of sight; deprived of intellectual discernment; made dark or obscure. |
6482
|
blindfold |
BLINDFOLD, a. [blind and fold.] Having the eyes covered; having the mental eye ... |
6483
|
blindfolded |
BLINDFOLDED, pp. Having the eyes covered; hindered from seeing. |
6484
|
blindfolding |
BLINDFOLDING, ppr. Covering the eyes;hindering from seeing. |
6485
|
blinding |
BLINDING, ppr. Depriving of sight,or of understanding; obscuring. |
6486
|
blindly |
BLINDLY, adv. Without sight, or understanding.1. Without discerning the reason; implicitly; ... |
6487
|
blindness |
BLINDNESS, n. Want of bodily sight; want of intellectual discernment; ignorance. |
6488
|
blindnettle |
BLINDNETTLE, n. A plant. |
6489
|
blinds |
BLINDS, n. In the military art, a defense made of osiers or branches interwoven, and laid across ... |
6490
|
blindside |
BLINDSIDE, n. [blind and side.] The side which is most easily assailed; or the side on which the ... |
6491
|
blindworm |
BLINDWORM, n. [blind and worm.] A small reptile, called also slow worm, a species of Anguis, about ... |
6492
|
blink |
BLINK, v.i. 1. To wink; to twinkle with the eye.2. To see obscurely. Johnson. Is it not to see ... |
6493
|
blinkard |
BLINK'ARD, n. [blink and ard,kind.] A person who blinks or has bad eyes; that which twinkles, or ... |
6494
|
blinking |
BLINK'ING, ppr. Winking; twinkling. |
6495
|
bliss |
BLISS, n. The highest degree of happiness; blessedness; felicity; used of felicity in general, when ... |
6496
|
blissful |
BLISS'FUL, a. Full ofjoy and felicity; happy in the highest degree. |
6497
|
blissfully |
BLISS''FULLY, adv. In a blissful manner. |
6498
|
blissfulness |
BLISS'FULNESS, n. Exalted happiness; felicity; fullness ofjoy. |
6499
|
blissless |
BLISS'LESS, a. Destitute of bliss. |
6500
|
blissom |
BLIS'SOM, v.i. To be lustful; to caterwaul. [Little used.] |
6501
|
blister |
BLIS'TER, n. 1. A pustule; a thin bladder on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether ... |
6502
|
blistered |
BLIS'TERED, pp. Having blisters or tumors. |
6503
|
blistering |
BLIS'TERING, ppr. Raising a blister; applying a blistering plaster, or vesicatory. |
6504
|
blite |
BLITE, n. [L. blitum.] A genus of plants, called strawberry spinach.1. A species of amaranth, or ... |
6505
|
blithe |
BLITHE, a. [L. loetus; Eng. glad. See Bliss and glad.]Gay; merry; joyous; sprightly; mirthful.For ... |
6506
|
blitheful |
BLI'THEFUL, a. Gay; full of gayeta. |
6507
|
blithely |
BLI'THELY, adv. In a gay, joyful manner. |
6508
|
blitheness |
BLI'THENESS, n. Gayety; sprightliness; the quality of being blithe. |
6509
|
blithesome |
BLI'THESOME, a. Gay; merry; cheerful. |
6510
|
blithesomeness |
BLI'THESOMENESS, n. The quality of being blithesome; gayety. |
6511
|
bloat |
BLOAT, v.t.[This word may be allied to bladder, from the sense of inflating, swelling.]1. To swell ... |
6512
|
bloated |
BLOATED, pp. Swelled; grown turgid; inflated. |
6513
|
bloatedness |
BLOATEDNESS, n. A turgid state;turgidness; dilation from inflation, debility, or any morbid cause. |
6514
|
bloating |
BLOATING, ppr. Swelling; inflating. |
6515
|
blobberlipped |
BLOB'BERLIPPED, a. Having thick lips. |
6516
|
blobberllip |
BLOB'BERLLIP, n. [blobber and lip.] A thick lip. |
6517
|
blober |
BLO'BER, n. A bubble; pronounced by the common people in America, blubber, It is a legitimate ... |
6518
|
block |
BLOCK, n.1. A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface;or it is rectangular, ... |
6519
|
block-tin |
BLOCK'-TIN, n. [block and tin.] Tin which is pure, unmixed, and unwrought. |
6520
|
blockade |
BLOCKA'DE, n. The siege of a place,formed by surrounding it with hostile troops or ships, or by ... |
6521
|
blockaded |
BLOCKA'DED, pp. Shut up or inclosed by an enemy. |
6522
|
blockading |
BLOCKA'DING, ppr. Besieging by a blockade. |
6523
|
blockhead |
BLOCK'HEAD, n. [block and head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. |
6524
|
blockheaded |
BLOCK'HEADED, a. Stupid; dull. |
6525
|
blockheadly |
BLOCK'HEADLY, a. Like a blockhead. |
6526
|
blockhouse |
BLOCK'HOUSE, n. [block and house.] A house or fortress, erected to block up a pass, and defend ... |
6527
|
blockish |
BLOCK'ISH, a. Stupid; dull; deficient in understanding. |
6528
|
blockishly |
BLOCK'ISHLY, adv. In a stupid manner. |
6529
|
blockishness |
BLOCK'ISHNESS, n. Stupidity; dullness. |
6530
|
blocklike |
BLOCK'LIKE, a. Like a block; stupid. |
6531
|
blomary |
BLO'MARY, n. [See Bloom, a mass if iron.] The first forge through which iron passes, after it is ... |
6532
|
blonket |
BLONK'ET, a. Gray. [Not used.] |
6533
|
blood |
BLOOD, n.1. The fluid which circulates through the arteries and veins of the human body, and of ... |
6534
|
blood-bespotted |
BLOOD-BESPOT'TED, a. Spotted with blood. |
6535
|
blood-boltered |
BLOOD-BOLTERED, a. [blood and bolter.] Sprinkled with blood. [Not used.] |
6536
|
blood-consuming |
BLOOD-CONSU'MING, a. Wasting the blood. |
6537
|
blood-frozen |
BLOOD-FROZEN, a. Having the blood chilled. |
6538
|
blood-hot |
BLOOD-HOT, a. [blood and hot.] As warm as blood in its natural temperature. |
6539
|
blood-hound |
BLOOD-HOUND, n. [blood and hound.] A species of canis or dog, with long, smooth and pendulous ... |
6540
|
blood-let |
BLOOD-LET, v.t. To bleed; to let blood. |
6541
|
blood-letter |
BLOOD'-LETTER, n. One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebotomist. |
6542
|
blood-root |
BLOOD'-ROOT, n. A plant so named from its color;a species of sanguinaria, called also puccoon, ... |
6543
|
blood-sucker |
BLOOD'-SUCKER, n. [blood and suck.] Any animal that sucks blood, as a leech, a fly, &c. A cruel ... |
6544
|
blood-thirsty |
BLOOD'-THIRSTY, a. [blood and thirst.] Desirous to shed blood; murderous. |
6545
|
blood-vessel |
BLOOD'-VESSEL, n. [blood and vessel.] Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an ... |
6546
|
blooded |
BLOOD'ED, pp. Bled; stained with blood; inured to blood. |
6547
|
bloodguiltiness |
BLOOD'GUILTINESS, n. [blood and guilt.] The guilt or crime of shedding blood. Ps.51. |
6548
|
bloodily |
BLOOD'ILY, adv. In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood. |
6549
|
bloodiness |
BLOOD'INESS, n. The state of being bloody; disposition to shed blood. |
6550
|
blooding |
BLOOD'ING, ppr. Letting blood; staining with blood; inuring to blood, as a hound. |
6551
|
bloodless |
BLOOD'LESS, a. Without blood; dead.1. Without shedding of blood or slaughter; as a bloodless ... |
6552
|
bloodletting |
BLOOD'LETTING, n. [blood and let.] The act of letting blood, or bleeding by opening a vein. |
6553
|
bloodpudding |
BLOOD'PUDDING, n. [blood and pudding.] A pudding made with blood and other materials. |
6554
|
bloodshed |
BLOOD'SHED, n. [blood and shed.] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the ... |
6555
|
bloodshedder |
BLOOD'SHEDDER, n. One who sheds blood; a murderer. |
6556
|
bloodshedding |
BLOOD'SHEDDING, n. The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood. |
6557
|
bloodshot |
BLOOD'SHOT, a. [blood and shoot.] Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood vessels, as in ... |
6558
|
bloodsnake |
BLOOD'SNAKE, n. A species of snake, the haemorrhus. |
6559
|
bloodstone |
BLOOD'STONE, n. [blood and stone.] A stone, imagined, if worn as an amulet, to be a good ... |
6560
|
bloody |
BLOOD'Y, a. Stained with blood.1. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of blood; or having a ... |
6561
|
bloody-eyed |
BLOOD'Y-EYED, a. Having bloody or cruel eyes. |
6562
|
bloody-faced |
BLOOD'Y-FACED, a. Having a bloody face or appearance. |
6563
|
bloody-flux |
BLOOD'Y-FLUX, n. [blood and flux.] The dysentery, a disease in which the discharges from the ... |
6564
|
bloody-hand |
BLOOD'Y-HAND, n. [blood and hand.] A hand stained with the blood of a deer,which,in the old forest ... |
6565
|
bloody-hunting |
BLOOD'Y-HUNTING, a. Hunting for blood. |
6566
|
bloody-minded |
BLOOD'Y-MINDED, a. [blood and mind.] Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to ... |
6567
|
bloody-red |
BLOOD'Y-RED, a. Having the color blood. |
6568
|
bloody-sceptered |
BLOODY-SCEP'TERED, a. Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter. |
6569
|
bloody-sweat |
BLOOD'Y-SWEAT, n. [blood and sweat.] A sweat, accompanied by a discharge of blood; also a disease, ... |
6570
|
bloom |
BLOOM n. 1. Blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.While opening blooms diffuse their ... |
6571
|
blooming |
BLOOM'ING, ppr. Opening in blossoms; flowering; thriving in the health, beauty, and vigor of youth; ... |
6572
|
bloomingly |
BLOOM'INGLY, adv. In a blooming manner. |
6573
|
bloomy |
BLOOM'Y, a. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as a bloomy spray; bloomy ... |
6574
|
blore |
BLORE, n. [This is a different orthography of blare, which see.]The act of blowing; a blast. [Not ... |
6575
|
blossom |
BLOS'SOM, n. [Gr. a bud, probably from the same root.]1. The flower or corol of a plant; a ... |
6576
|
blossoming |
BLOS'SOMING, ppr. Putting forth flowers; blowing.BLOS'SOMING, n. The blowing or flowering of ... |
6577
|
blot |
BLOT, v.t. [L. litura,[whence lituro, oblitero.] without the prefix.]1. To spot with ink; to stain ... |
6578
|
blotch |
BLOTCH, n. A pustule upon the skin; an eruption, usually of a large kind.BLOTCH, v.t. To blacken. |
6579
|
blote |
BLOTE, v.t. [The affinities of this word are not clearly ascertained.]To dry and smoke; as, to ... |
6580
|
bloted |
BLO'TED, pp. Smoked and dried. |
6581
|
blotted |
BLOT'TED, pp. Stained; spotted; erased. |
6582
|
blotter |
BLOT'TER, n. In counting houses, a waste book. |
6583
|
blotting |
BLOT'TING, ppr. Spotting with ink; obliterating; staining. |
6584
|
blow |
BLOW, n. [This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, ... |
6585
|
blow-ball |
BLOW-BALL, n. [blow and ball.] The flower of the dandelion. |
6586
|
blow-pipe |
BLOW-PIPE, , n. [blow and pipe.] An instrument by which a blast or current of air is driven ... |
6587
|
blow-point |
BLOW-POINT, n. [blow and point.] A kind of play among children. |
6588
|
blower |
BLOWER, n. One who blows; one who is employed in melting tin.1. A plate of iron for drawing up a ... |
6589
|
blowing |
BLOWING, ppr. Making a current of air; breathing quick; sounding a wind instrument; inflating; ... |
6590
|
blown |
BLOWN, pp. Driven by wind; fanned; sounded by blowing; spread by report; swelled; inflated; ... |
6591
|
blowth |
BLOWTH, n. Bloom or blossom, or that which is expanded. It signifies bloom or blossoms in ... |
6592
|
blowze |
BLOWZE, n. blowz. [From the same root as blush, which see.]A ruddy fat-faced woman. |
6593
|
blowzy |
BLOWZ'Y, a. Ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored. |
6594
|
blub |
BLUB, v.t. To swell. [Not in use. See Bleb.] |
6595
|
blubber |
BLUB'BER, n. [See Blobber, Blob and Bleb.]1. A blobber, or bubble; a common vulgar word, but ... |
6596
|
blubbered |
BLUB'BERED, pp. Swelled; big; turgid; as a blubbered lip. |
6597
|
blubbering |
BLUB'BERING, ppr. Weeping so as to swell the cheeks. |
6598
|
bludgeon |
BLUD'GEON, n. A short stick, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, and used as ... |
6599
|
blue |
BLUE, a. blu. One of the seven colors, into which the rays of light divide themselves, when ... |
6600
|
blue-bird |
BLU'E-BIRD, n. [blue and bird.] A small bird, a species of Motacilla, very common in the U. ... |
6601
|
blue-bonnet |
BLU'E-BONNET, n. [blue and bonnet.] A plant, a species of Centaurea. |
6602
|
blue-bottle |
BLU'E-BOTTLE, an. [blue and bottle.] A plant, a species of Centaurea, called Cyanus, which grows ... |
6603
|
blue-cap |
BLU'E-CAP, n. [blue and cap.] A fish of the salmon kind, with blue spots on its head. |
6604
|
blue-eyed |
BLU'E-EYED, a. Having blue eyes. |
6605
|
blue-fish |
BLU'E-FISH, n. [blue and fish.] A fish, a species of Coryphaena, of the order of thoracics, found ... |
6606
|
blue-haired |
BLU'E-HAIRED, a. Having hair of a blue color. |
6607
|
blue-john |
BLU'E-JOHN, n. Among miners, fluor spar, a mineral, found in the mines of Derbyshire, and ... |
6608
|
blue-throat |
BLU'E-THROAT, n. [blue and throat.] A bird with a tawny breast, marked with a sky-blue crescent, ... |
6609
|
blue-veined |
BLU'E-VEINED, a. Having blue veins or streaks. |
6610
|
bluely |
BLU'ELY, adv. With a blue color. |
6611
|
blueness |
BLU'ENESS, n. The quality of being blue; a blue color. |
6612
|
bluff |
BLUFF, a. [Eng.leap, from shooting forward.]surly; blustering.BLUFF, n. A high bank, almost ... |
6613
|
bluffness |
BLUFF'NESS, n. A swelling or bloatedness; surliness. |
6614
|
bluish |
BLU'ISH, a. Blue in a small degree. |
6615
|
bluishness |
BLU'ISHNESS, n. A small degree of blue color. |
6616
|
blunder |
BLUN'DER, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to the Gr.,to err, and to flounder. The sense of the ... |
6617
|
blunderbuss |
BLUN'DERBUSS, n. [blunder.] A short gun or fire-arm, with a large bore, capable of holding a ... |
6618
|
blunderer |
BLUN'DERER, n. One who is apt to blunder, or to make gross mistakes; a careless person. |
6619
|
blunderhead |
BLUN'DERHEAD, n. [blunder and head.] A stupid fellow; one who blunders. |
6620
|
blundering |
BLUN'DERING, ppr. Moving or acting with blind precipitance; mistaking grossly; stumbling. |
6621
|
blunderingly |
BLUN'DERINGLY, adv. In a blundering manner. |
6622
|
blunt |
BLUNT, a. [from the root of Gr.to dull.]1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; ... |
6623
|
blunted |
BLUNT'ED, pp. Made dull; weakened; impaired; repressed. |
6624
|
blunting |
BLUNT'ING, ppr. Making dull; repressing; impairing.BLUNT'ING, n. Restraint. |
6625
|
bluntly |
BLUNT'LY, adv. IN a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly without delicacy, or the usual forms ... |
6626
|
bluntness |
BLUNT'NESS, n. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.1. Coarseness of ... |
6627
|
bluntwitted |
BLUNT'WITTED, a. [blunt and wit.] Dull; stupid. |
6628
|
blur |
BLUR, n. [L.luridus.] A dark spot; a stain; a blot, whether upon paper or other substance, or ... |
6629
|
blurred |
BLUR'RED, pp. Darkened or stained; obscured. |
6630
|
blurring |
BLUR'RING, ppr. Darkening or staining; spotting. |
6631
|
blurt |
BLURT, v.t. [Allied probably to flirt, to throw.]To throw out, or throw at random, hastily, or ... |
6632
|
blush |
BLUSH, v.i. 1. To redden in the cheeks or face; to be suddenly suffused with a red color in the ... |
6633
|
blushet |
BLUSH'ET, n. A young modest girl. [Not used.] |
6634
|
blushing |
BLUSH'ING, ppr. Reddening in the cheeks or face; bearing a bright color. |
6635
|
blushless |
BLUSH'LESS, a. Unblushing; past blushing; impudent. |
6636
|
blushy |
BLUSH'Y, a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush. |
6637
|
bluster |
BLUS'TER, v.i. [Probably allied to blaze, blast.]1. To be loud, noisy or swaggering; to bully; to ... |
6638
|
blusterer |
BLUS'TERER, n. A swaggerer; a bully; a noisy, tumultuous fellow, who makes great pretensions from ... |
6639
|
blustering |
BLUS'TERING, ppr. Making a noise; puffing; boasting.BLUS'TERING, a. Noisy; tumultuous; windy. |
6640
|
blustrous |
BLUS'TROUS, a. Noisy; tumultuous; boastful. |
6641
|
bo |
BO, exclam. A word of terror; a customary sound uttered by children to frighten their fellows. |
6642
|
boa |
BO'A,n. A genus of serpents, of the class Amphibia, the characters of which are, the belly and ... |
6643
|
boar |
BOAR, n. [L. aper, and verres.] The male of swine not castrated. |
6644
|
boar-spear |
BOAR-SPEAR, n. A spear used in hunting boars. |
6645
|
board |
BOARD, n. 1. A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with ... |
6646
|
board-load |
BOARD-LOAD, n. [bord and load.] The service required of a tenant to carry timber from the woods ... |
6647
|
board-wages |
BOARD-WAGES, n. Wages allowed to servants to keep themselves in victuals. |
6648
|
boardable |
BOARDABLE, a. That may be boarded, as a ship. |
6649
|
boarded |
BOARDED, pp. Covered with boards; entered by armed men, as a ship; furnished with food for a ... |
6650
|
boarder |
BOARDER, n. One who has food or diet and lodging in another's family for a reward.1. One who ... |
6651
|
boarding |
BOARDING, ppr. Covering with boards; entering a ship by force; furnishing or receiving board, as a ... |
6652
|
boarding-school |
BOARDING-SCHOOL, n. A school, the scholars of which board with the teacher. |
6653
|
boarish |
BOARISH, a. [from boar.] Swinish; brutal; cruel. |
6654
|
boast |
BOAST, v.i. [Gr. to inflate; L. fastus.]1. To brag,or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious ... |
6655
|
boaster |
BOASTER, n. One who boasts, glories or vaunts ostentatiously. |
6656
|
boastful |
BOASTFUL,a. Given to boasting; ostentatious of personal worth or actions. |
6657
|
boasting |
BOASTING, ppr. Talking ostentatiously; glorying; vaunting.BOASTING, n. Ostentatious display of ... |
6658
|
boastingly |
BOASTINGLY, adv. In an ostentatious manner; with boasting. |
6659
|
boastive |
BOASTIVE, a. Presumptuous. [Unusual.] |
6660
|
boastless |
BOASTLESS, a. Without ostentation. |
6661
|
boat |
BOAT, n. 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by oars, or rowing. The forms, ... |
6662
|
boat-bill |
BOAT-BILL, n. [boat and bill.] A genus of birds, the Cancroma, of two species, the crested and ... |
6663
|
boat-fly |
BOAT-FLY or BOAT-INSECT,n. A genus of insects, hemipters, known in zoology by the generic term ... |
6664
|
boat-hook |
BOAT-HOOK, n. [boat and hook.] an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to ... |
6665
|
boat-rope |
BOAT-ROPE, n. [boat and rope.] A rope to fasten a boat,usually called a painter. |
6666
|
boat-shaped |
BOAT-SHAPED, a. Having the shape of a boat; navicular; cymbiform; hollow like a boat; as the valve ... |
6667
|
boatable |
BOATABLE, a. Navigable for boats, or small river craft. |
6668
|
boating |
BOATING, ppr. Transporting in boats.BOATING, n. The act of practice of transporting in boats.1. ... |
6669
|
boation |
BOA'TION, n. [L. boo.] A crying out; a roar. [Not used.] |
6670
|
boatman |
BOATMAN |
6671
|
boatsman |
BOATSMAN, n. [boat and man.] A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. |
6672
|
boatswain |
BOATSWAIN, n. In seamen's language, bosn.An officer on board of ships, who has charge of the ... |
6673
|
bob |
BOB, n. Any little round thing, that plays loosely at the end of a string, cord, or movable ... |
6674
|
bob-tailed |
BOB'-TAILED, a. Having the hair cut short. |
6675
|
bob-wig |
BOB-WIG, n. [bob and wig.] A short wig. |
6676
|
bobance |
BOBANCE, n. bobans'. A boasting. [Not in use.] |
6677
|
bobbed |
BOB'BED, pp. Beat of shaken; cheated; gained by fraud; deluded. |
6678
|
bobbin |
BOB'BIN, n. A small pin or cylindrical piece of wood, with a head, on which thread is wound for ... |
6679
|
bobbing |
BOB'BING, ppr. Playing back and forth; striking; cheating; angling for eels. |
6680
|
bobbinwork |
BOB'BINWORK, n. [bobbin and work.] Work woven with bobbins. |
6681
|
bobo |
BO'BO, n. A Mexican fish, two feet long, in high esteem for food. |
6682
|
bobstays |
BOB'STAYS, n. [bob and stay.] Ropes to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem. |
6683
|
bobtail |
BOB'TAIL, n. [bob and tail.] A short tail, or a tail cut short.1. The rabble; used in contempt. |
6684
|
bocaque |
BOCAQUE or BOCAKE, n. An animal found on the banks of the Nieper, resembling a rabbit, except that ... |
6685
|
bocasine |
BOC'ASINE, n. A sort of fine linen or buckram. |
6686
|
boce |
BOCE, n. The sparus, a beautiful fish. |
6687
|
bockelet |
BOCK'ELET |
6688
|
bockeret |
BOCK'ERET, n. A kind of long-winged hawk. |
6689
|
bockland |
BOCK'LAND, n. [book and land.] In old English laws,charter land,held by deed under certain rents ... |
6690
|
bode |
BODE, v.t. To portend; to foreshow; to presage; to indicate something future by signs; to be the ... |
6691
|
bodement |
BO'DEMENT, n. An omen; portent; prognostic; a fore-showing. |
6692
|
bodge |
BODGE, v.i. [See Boggle.] To boggle; to stop. [Not used.]BODGE, n. A botch. [Not used.] |
6693
|
bodice |
BOD'ICE, n. Stays; a waistcoat, quilted with whalebone; worn by women. |
6694
|
bodied |
BOD'IED, a. [from body.] Having a body. |
6695
|
bodiless |
BOD'ILESS, a. [See Body.] Having no body or material form; incorporeal. |
6696
|
bodily |
BOD'ILY, a. Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal; as bodily dimensions.1. ... |
6697
|
boding |
BO'DING, ppr. [from bode.] Foreshowing; presaging.BO'DING, n. An omen. |
6698
|
bodkin |
BOD'KIN, n. [Gr.a thorn.]1. An instrument of steel; bone, ivory or the like, with a small blade, ... |
6699
|
bodleian |
BOD'LEIAN, a. Pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, who founded a celebrated library in the 16th ... |
6700
|
body |
BOD'Y, n.1. The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the ... |
6701
|
body-clothes |
BOD'Y-CLOTHES, n. plu. [body and cloth.]Clothing or covering for the body, as for a horse. |
6702
|
body-guard |
BOD'Y-GUARD, n. The guard that protects or defense the person; the life guard. Hence, security. |
6703
|
bog |
BOG, n. 1. A quagmire covered with grass or other plants. It is defined by marsh, and morass, but ... |
6704
|
bog-ore |
BOG'-ORE, n. An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land. |
6705
|
boggle |
BOG'GLE, v.i. 1. To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by ... |
6706
|
boggled |
BOG'GLED, pp. Perplexed and impeded by sudden difficulties; embarrassed. |
6707
|
boggler |
BOG'GLER, n. A doubter; a timorous man. |
6708
|
boggling |
BOG'GLING, ppr. Starting or stopping at difficulties; hesitating. |
6709
|
bogglish |
BOG'GLISH, a. Doubtful. [Not used.] |
6710
|
boggy |
BOG'GY, a. [from bog.] Containing bogs; full of bogs. |
6711
|
boghouse |
BOG'HOUSE,n. [bog and house.] A house of office. |
6712
|
bogle |
BO'GLE, or BOG'GLE, n. A bugbear. |
6713
|
bohea |
BOHE'A, n. A species of coarse or low priced tea from China; a species of black tea. |
6714
|
boiar |
BOI'AR or BOY'AR, n. In the Russian Empire, a nobleman; a lord; a person of quality; a soldier. ... |
6715
|
boiarin |
BOI'ARIN, n. In Russia, a gentleman; a person of distinction; the master of a family. |
6716
|
boil |
BOIL, v.i. [L. bullio, bulla, a bubble.]1. To swell,heave, or be agitated by the action of heat; ... |
6717
|
boiled |
BOIL'ED, pp. Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of boiling liquor. |
6718
|
boiler |
BOIL'ER, n. A person who boils.1. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. A large pan, or vessel ... |
6719
|
boilery |
BOIL'ERY, n. A place for boiling and the apparatus. |
6720
|
boiling |
BOIL'ING, ppr. Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; being agitated as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ... |
6721
|
boiobi |
BOIO'BI, n. A green snake, found in America, an ell in length, called by the Portuguese, cobra de ... |
6722
|
boisterous |
BOIS'TEROUS, a. 1. Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; as a boisterous wind.2. Turbulent; furious; ... |
6723
|
boisterously |
BOIS'TEROUSLY, adv. Violently; furiously; with loud noise; tumultuously. |
6724
|
boisterousness |
BOIS'TEROUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; ... |
6725
|
boitiapo |
BOITI'APO, n. A Brazilian serpent, about eight feet long, covered with triangular scales, of an ... |
6726
|
bolary |
BO'LARY, a. [See Bole.] Pertaining to bole or clay, or partaking of its nature and qualities. |
6727
|
bolbitine |
BOL'BITINE, a. An epithet given to one of the channels of the Nile, by which its waters are ... |
6728
|
bold |
BOLD, a. 1. Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, ... |
6729
|
bold-face |
BOLD-FACE, n. [bold and face.] Impudence; sauciness; a term of reprehension, and reproach. |
6730
|
bold-faced |
BOLD-FACED, a. Impudent. |
6731
|
bolden |
BOLDEN, v.t. To make bold; to give confidence. This is nearly disused; being superseded by ... |
6732
|
boldly |
BOLDLY, adv. In a bold matter; courageously; intrepidly; without timidity or fear; with ... |
6733
|
boldness |
BOLDNESS, n. Courage; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; fearlessness. I cannot, with Johnson, ... |
6734
|
bole |
BOLE, n.1. The body, or stem of a tree. [Not in use.]2. A measure of corn, containing six ... |
6735
|
boletic |
BOLET'IC, a. Boletic acid is the acid of Boletus, a genus of mushrooms. |
6736
|
boletus |
BOLE'TUS, n. [L.] A genus of mushrooms, containing many species. |
6737
|
bolguacu |
BOLGU'ACU, n. The largest of the serpent kind, and said to be forty feet long. |
6738
|
bolis |
BO'LIS,n. [L. from Gr.,a dart; to throw.]A fire-ball darting through the air, followed by a train ... |
6739
|
boll |
BOLL, n. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax; a pericarp. Bole, a measure of six bushels, ... |
6740
|
bolster |
BOLSTER, n.1. A long pillow or cushion,used to support the head of persons lying on a bed; ... |
6741
|
bolstered |
BOLSTERED, a. Swelled out. |
6742
|
bolsterer |
BOLSTERER, n. A supporter. |
6743
|
bolstering |
BOLSTERING,n. A prop or support. |
6744
|
bolt |
BOLT,n. [L. pello.]1. An arrow; a dart; a pointed shaft.2. A strong cylindrical pin, of iron or ... |
6745
|
bolt-auger |
BOLT-AUGER, n. [bolt and auger.] A large borer, used in ship-building. |
6746
|
bolt-boat |
BOLT-BOAT, N. [bolt and boat.] A strong boat that will endure a rough sea. |
6747
|
bolt-head |
BOLT-HEAD, n. [bolt and head.] A long straight-necked glass vessel for chimical distillations, ... |
6748
|
bolt-rope |
BOLT-ROPE, n. [bolt and rope.] A rope to which the edges of sails are sewed to strengthen them. ... |
6749
|
bolt-sprit |
BOLT-SPRIT, n. [From the universal popular pronunciation of this word, this may have been the ... |
6750
|
bolted |
BOLTED, pp. Made a fast with a bolt; shot forth; sifted; examined. |
6751
|
bolter |
BOLTER, n. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour or the coarser part of meal ... |
6752
|
bolting |
BOLTING,ppr. Fastening with a bolt, or bolts; blurting out; shooting forth suddenly; separating ... |
6753
|
bolting-cloth |
BOLTING-CLOTH, n. [bolt and cloth.] A linen or hair cloth of which bolters are made for sifting ... |
6754
|
bolting-house |
BOLTING-HOUSE, n. [bolt and house.] The house or place where meal is bolted. |
6755
|
bolting-hutch |
BOLTING-HUTCH, n. A tub for bolted flour. |
6756
|
bolting-mill |
BOLTING-MILL, n, [bolt and mill.] A machine or engine for sifting meal. |
6757
|
bolting-tub |
BOLTING-TUB, n. A tub to sift meal in. |
6758
|
bolus |
BO'LUS, n. [L. bolus; Gr. a mass.] A soft mass of any thing medicinal to be swallowed at once, ... |
6759
|
bom |
BOM, n. A large serpent found in America, of a harmless nature, and remarkable for uttering a ... |
6760
|
bomb |
BOMB, [L. bombus.] A great noise.1. A large shell of cast iron, round and hollow, with a vent to ... |
6761
|
bombard |
BOM'BARD, n. [bomb and ard, kind.]1. A piece of short thick ordnance with a large mouth, formerly ... |
6762
|
bombarded |
BOMB'ARDED, pp. Attacked with bombs. |
6763
|
bombardier |
BOMBARDIE'R, n. One whose business is to attend the loading and firing of mortars.1. Carabus, a ... |
6764
|
bombarding |
BOMB'ARDING, ppr. Attacking with shells or bombs. |
6765
|
bombardment |
BOMB'ARDMENT, n. An attack with bombs; the act of throwing bombs into a town, fort or ship. |
6766
|
bombardo |
BOMB'ARDO, n. A musical instrument of the wind kind,much like the bassoon, and used as a base to ... |
6767
|
bombasin |
BOMBASIN, n. s as z. A name given to two sorts of stuffs, one of silk, the other crossed of ... |
6768
|
bombast |
BOM'BAST, n. Originally a stuff of soft loose texture, used to swell garments. Hence, high ... |
6769
|
bombastic |
BOMBAS'TIC, a. Swelled; high sounding; bombast. |
6770
|
bombastry |
BOM'BASTRY, n. Swelling words without much meaning; fustian. |
6771
|
bombiat |
BOM'BIAT, n. A salt formed by the bombic acid and any base saturated. |
6772
|
bombic |
BOM'BIC, a. [L.bombyx, a silk worm.]Pertaining to the silk worm; as bombic acid. |
6773
|
bombilation |
BOMBILA'TION, n. [L. bombilo.] Sound; report; noise. [Little used.] |
6774
|
bombycinous |
BOMBYC'INOUS, a. [L. bombycinus, from bombyx, a silk worm.]1. Silken; made of silk.2. Being of ... |
6775
|
bon-chretien |
BON-CHRETIEN, n. A species of pear. |
6776
|
bona-fide |
BO'NA-FIDE, [L.] With good faith; without fraud or deception. |
6777
|
bona-roba |
BONA-ROBA, n. A showy wanton. |
6778
|
bonair |
BONA'IR, a. [L. bonus.] Complaisant; yielding. [Not used.] |
6779
|
bonasus |
BONA'SUS, n. [L.] A species of Bos, or wild ox, with a long mane; a native of Asia and Africa. It ... |
6780
|
bond |
BOND, n. 1. Anything that binds, as a cord, a chain, a rope; a band.2. Ligament; that which ... |
6781
|
bondage |
BOND'AGE, n. Slavery or involuntary servitude; captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's ... |
6782
|
bonded |
BOND'ED, pp. Secured by bond, as duties. Bonded goods are those for the duties on which bonds are ... |
6783
|
bondmaid |
BOND'MAID, n. [bond and maid.] A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, in ... |
6784
|
bondman |
BOND'MAN, n. [bond and man.] A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. In old English ... |
6785
|
bondservant |
BOND'SERVANT, n. [bond and servant.] A slave; one who is subjected to the authority of another, ... |
6786
|
bondservice |
BOND'SERVICE, n. [bond and service.] The condition of a bond-servant;slavery. |
6787
|
bondslave |
BOND'SLAVE, n. [bond and slave.] A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are ... |
6788
|
bondsman |
BONDS'MAN, n. [bond and man.] A slave.1. A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for ... |
6789
|
bondswoman |
BONDS'WOMAN, |
6790
|
bonduc |
BON'DUC, n. A species of Guilandina, or nickar tree, the yellow nickar, a climbing plant, a native ... |
6791
|
bone |
BONE, n.1. A firm hard substance of a dull white color, composing some part of the frame of an ... |
6792
|
bone-ace |
BO'NE-ACE, n. [bone and ace.] A game at cards, in which he who has the highest card turned up to ... |
6793
|
bone-ache |
BO'NE-ACHE, n. Pain in the bones. |
6794
|
bone-set |
BO'NE-SET, v.t. [bone and set.] To set a dislocated bone; to unite broken bones.BO'NE-SET, n. A ... |
6795
|
bone-setter |
BO'NE-SETTER, n. [bone and set.] One whose occupation is to set, and restore broken and ... |
6796
|
bone-setting |
BO'NE-SETTING, n. That branch of surgery which consists in replacing broken and luxated bones; the ... |
6797
|
bone-spavin |
BO'NE-SPAVIN, n. [bone and spavin.] A bony excrescence, or hard swelling, on the inside of the ... |
6798
|
boned |
BO'NED, pp. Deprived of bones, as in cookery.BO'NED a. Having bones; used in composition; as ... |
6799
|
bonelacae |
BO'NELACAE, n. [bone and lace.] A lace made of linen thread, so called because made with bobbins ... |
6800
|
boneless |
BO'NELESS, a. Without bones; wanting bones; as boneless gums. |
6801
|
bonetta |
BONET'TA, n. A sea fish. |
6802
|
bonfire |
BON'FIRE, n. A fire made as an expression of public joy and exultation. |
6803
|
bongrace |
BON'GRACE, n. A covering for the forehead. |
6804
|
bonify |
BO'NIFY, v.t. To convert into good. [Not used.] |
6805
|
bonito |
BONITO, n. A fish of the tunny kind, growing to the length of three feet, and found on the ... |
6806
|
bonmot |
BON'MOT, n. A jest; a witty repartee. This word is not anglicized, and may be pronounced bomo. |
6807
|
bonnet |
BON'NET, n. 1. A covering for the head, in common use before the introduction of hats. The word, ... |
6808
|
bonnet-pepper |
BON'NET-PEPPER, n. A species of Capsicum, or guinea pepper. |
6809
|
bonnibel |
BON'NIBEL, n. A handsome girl. |
6810
|
bonnilass |
BON'NILASS, n. A beautiful girl. |
6811
|
bonnily |
BON'NILY, adv. Gayly; handsomely; plumply. |
6812
|
bonniness |
BON'NINESS, n. Gayety; handsomeness; plumpness. [Little used.] |
6813
|
bonny |
BON'NY, a. [L.bonus.]1. Handsome; beautiful.Till bonny Susan sped across the plain.2. Gay; ... |
6814
|
bonny-clabber |
BON'NY-CLABBER, n. A word used in Ireland for sour buttermilk.It is used, in America, for any milk ... |
6815
|
bonten |
BON'TEN, n. A narrow woolen stuff. |
6816
|
bonus |
BONUS, n. [L.] A premium given for a charter or other privilege granted to a company. |
6817
|
bony |
BO'NY, a. [from bone.] Consisting of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.1. Having large ... |
6818
|
bonze |
BON'ZE, n. bon'zy. An Indian priest; a name used in China, Tunkin and the neighboring countries. ... |
6819
|
booby |
BOO'BY, n. 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow; a lubber; one void of wisdom, or intellect.2. A fowl of ... |
6820
|
book |
BOOK, n. [Like the Latin liber, book signifies primarily bark and beech, the tree being probably ... |
6821
|
book-account |
BOOK-ACCOUNT',n. [book and account.] An account or register of debt or credit in a book. |
6822
|
book-keeping |
BOOK'-KEEPING, n. [book and keep.] The art of recording mercantile transactions in a regular and ... |
6823
|
bookbinder |
BOOK'BINDER, n. [book and bind.] One whose occupation is to bind books. |
6824
|
bookbinding |
BOOK'BINDING,n. The art or practice of binding books; or of sewingthe sheets,and covering them ... |
6825
|
booked |
BOOK'ED, pp. Written in a book; registered. |
6826
|
bookful |
BOOK'FUL, a. [book and full.] Full of notions gleaned from books; crowded with undigested ... |
6827
|
booking |
BOOK'ING, ppr. Registering in a book. |
6828
|
bookish |
BOOK'ISH, a. Given to reading; fond of study; more acquainted with books than with men. |
6829
|
bookishly |
BOOK'ISHLY, adv. In the way of being addicted to books or much reading. |
6830
|
bookishness |
BOOK'ISHNESS, n. Addictedness to books; fondness for study. |
6831
|
bookland |
BOOK'LAND |
6832
|
booklearned |
BOOK'LEARNED, a. [book and learn.] Versed in books; acquainted with books and literature; a term ... |
6833
|
booklearning |
BOOK'LEARNING, n. Learning acquired by reading; acquaintance with books and literature; sometimes ... |
6834
|
bookless |
BOOK'LESS, a. [book and less.] Without books;unlearned. |
6835
|
bookmaking |
BOOK'MAKING, n. The practice of writing and publishing books. |
6836
|
bookman |
BOOK'MAN, n. [book and man.] A man whose profession is the study of books. |
6837
|
bookmate |
BOOK'MATE,n. [book and mate.] A school-fellow. |
6838
|
bookoath |
BOOK'OATH, n. The oath made on the book, or Bible. |
6839
|
bookseller |
BOOK'SELLER, n. [book and sell.] One whose occupation is to see books. |
6840
|
bookstore |
BOOKSTORE, n. A shop where books are sold. |
6841
|
bookworm |
BOOK'WORM, n. [book and worm.] A worm or mite that eats holes in books.1. A student closely ... |
6842
|
booley |
BOO'LEY, n. In Ireland, one who has not settled habitation,but wanders from place to place, with ... |
6843
|
boom |
BOOM, n. A long pole or spar, run out from various parts of a ship, or other vessel, for the ... |
6844
|
boon |
BOON, n. [L. bonus.]1. A gift; a grant; a benefaction; a present; a favor granted.2. A prayer, or ... |
6845
|
boops |
BO'OPS, n. The pike-headed whale, with a double pipe in its snout,and a hard horny ridge on its ... |
6846
|
boor |
BOOR, n. A countryman; a peasant; a rustic; a plowman; a clown; hence, one who is rude in manners, ... |
6847
|
boorish |
BOOR'ISH, a. Clownish; rustic; awkward in manners, and illiterate. |
6848
|
boorishly |
BOOR'ISHLY, adv. In a clownish manner. |
6849
|
boorishness |
BOOR'ISHNESS, n. Clownishness; rusticity, coarseness of manners. |
6850
|
boose |
BOOSE, n. [Heb. a stall or crib.] A stall or inclosure for an ox, cow or other cattle. Not used or ... |
6851
|
boost |
BOOST, v.t. To lift or raise by pushing; to push up. [A common vulgar wood in N. England.] |
6852
|
boosy |
BOO'SY, a. boo'zy. A little intoxicated; merry with liquor. [Vulgar.] |
6853
|
boot |
BOOT, v.t. [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.]1. To ... |
6854
|
bootcatcher |
BOOT'CATCHER, n. [boot and catch.] The person at an inn whose business is to pull off boots. |
6855
|
booted |
BOOT'ED, pp. Having boots on. |
6856
|
bootee |
BOOTEE', n. A word sometimes used for a half or short boot. |
6857
|
bootes |
BOO'TES,n. A northern constellation; consisting, according to Flamstead's catalogue, of fifty-four ... |
6858
|
booth |
BOOTH, n. [Heb. beth, a house or booth, a nest for birds.]A house or shed built of boards, boughs ... |
6859
|
bootleg |
BOOT'LEG, n. [boot and leg.] Leather cutout for the leg of a boot. |
6860
|
bootless |
BOOT'LESS, a. [from boot.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. |
6861
|
bootlessly |
BOOT'LESSLY, adv. Without use or profit. |
6862
|
booty |
BOOT'Y, n. 1. Spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.2. That which is seized by ... |
6863
|
booze |
BOOZE, v.i. booz. To drink freely; to tope; to guzzle. [A vulgar word.] |
6864
|
bopeep |
BOPEE'P,n. [bo, an exclamation, and peep.] The act of looking out or from behind something and ... |
6865
|
bor |
BOR, Sav. bur, signifies a chamber or a cottage. |
6866
|
borable |
BO'RABLE, a. [See Bore.] That may be bored. [Little used.] |
6867
|
borachio |
BORACH'IO, n. A drunkard.1. A bottle or cask. [Not used.] |
6868
|
boracic |
BORAC'IC, a. [See Borax.] Pertaining to or produced from borax.Boracic acid, a compound of a ... |
6869
|
boracite |
BO'RACITE, n. Borate of magnesia; magnesian earth combined with boracic acid. It is generally of a ... |
6870
|
boracited |
BO'RACITED, a. Combined with boracic acid. |
6871
|
borage |
BORAGE,n. bur'rage. A plant of the genus Borago. |
6872
|
borate |
BO'RATE, n. A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base saturated. |
6873
|
borax |
BO'RAX, n. Sub-borate of soda; a salt formed by the combination of boracic acid with the marine ... |
6874
|
bord-halfpenny |
BORD-HALFPENNY, n. Money paid for setting up boards or a stall in market. |
6875
|
bord-land |
BORD-LAND, n. [bord and land.] See Board.]In old law, the demain land which a lord kept in his ... |
6876
|
bord-lode |
BORD-LODE |
6877
|
bord-man |
BORD-MAN, n. [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions. |
6878
|
bordage |
BORDAGE, n. [See Bordlands.] |
6879
|
bordel |
BORD'EL |
6880
|
bordeller |
BORD'ELLER, n. The keeper of a brothel. |
6881
|
bordello |
BORDEL'LO, n. [This is the Eng. brothel.] A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to ... |
6882
|
border |
BORD'ER, n. The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or ... |
6883
|
bordered |
BORD'ERED, pp. Adorned or furnished with a border. |
6884
|
borderer |
BORD'ERER, n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region ... |
6885
|
bordering |
BORD'ERING, ppr. Lying adjacent to; forming a border. |
6886
|
bordure |
BORD'URE, n. In heraldry, a tract or compass of metal, color or fur, within the escutcheon, and ... |
6887
|
bore |
BORE, v.t. [L. foro and perforo, to bore, to perforate; Gr. to pierce or transfix; also, to pass ... |
6888
|
bore-cole |
BO'RE-COLE, n. A species of Brassica or cabbage. |
6889
|
boreal |
BO'REAL, a. [L. borealis. See Boreas.] Northern; pertaining to the north or the north wind. |
6890
|
boreas |
BO'REAS, n. [L. boreas; Gr. the north wind.] The northern wind; a cold northerly wind. |
6891
|
bored |
BO'RED, pp. Perforated by an auger or other turning instrument; made hollow. |
6892
|
boree |
BOREE', n. A certain dance, or movement in common time, of four crotchets in a bar; always ... |
6893
|
borer |
BO'RER, n. One who bores; also an instrument to make holes with by turning.1. Terebella, the ... |
6894
|
born |
BORN, pp. of bear. baurn. Brought forth, as an animal. A very useful distinction is observed by ... |
6895
|
borne |
BORNE, pp. of bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed.BORNE,n. The more correct orthography ... |
6896
|
boron |
BO'RON, n. The undecomposable base of boracic acid. |
6897
|
borough |
BOROUGH, n. bur'ro. [L.parcus, saving.] Originally, a fortified city or town; hence a hill, for ... |
6898
|
borough-holder |
BOROUGH-HOLDER, n. A head-borough; a borsholder. |
6899
|
borough-master |
BOROUGH-MASTER,n. The mayor, governor or baliff of a borough. |
6900
|
borrachio |
BORRACH'IO, n. The caoutchouc, India rubber, or elastic gum. [See caoutchouc.] |
6901
|
borrelists |
BOR'RELISTS, n. In church history, a sect of Christians in Holland, so called from Borrel, their ... |
6902
|
borrow |
BOR'ROW, v.t.1. To take from another by request and consent, with a view to use the thing taken ... |
6903
|
borrowed |
BOR'ROWED, pp. Taken by consent of another, to be returned or its equivalent in kind; copies; ... |
6904
|
borrower |
BOR'ROWER, n. One who borrows; opposed to lender. [See the verb.]1. One who takes what belongs ... |
6905
|
borrowing |
BOR'ROWING, ppr. Taking by consent to use and return, or to return its equivalent; taking what ... |
6906
|
borsholder |
BORS'HOLDER, n. [A contraction of burh's ealdor, borough's elder, the elder or chief of a ... |
6907
|
bos |
BOS, n. [L.] In zoology, the technical name of a genus of quadrupeds. The characters are, the ... |
6908
|
boscage |
BOSC'AGE, n. [Eng.bush.]1. Wood; under-wood; perhaps, sometimes, lands covered with underwood; ... |
6909
|
boschas |
BOS'CHAS, n. The common wild duck, or mallard, belonging to the genus Anas. |
6910
|
bosh |
BOSH, n. Outline; figure. |
6911
|
bosket |
BOSK'ET |
6912
|
bosky |
BOSK'Y, a. [See Boscage.] Woody; covered with thickets. |
6913
|
bosom |
BO'SOM, n. s as z. 1. The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent.2. The folds or ... |
6914
|
bosomed |
BO'SOMED, pp. Inclosed in the breast; concealed. |
6915
|
boson |
BO'SON, n. A boatswain; a popular, but corrupt pronunciation.The merry bosom. |
6916
|
bosporian |
BOSPO'RIAN, a. [from Bosporus.] Pertaining to a bosporus, a strait or narrow sea between two ... |
6917
|
bosporus |
BOS'PORUS, n. [Gr. an ox, and a passage.]A narrow sea or a strait, between two seas or between a ... |
6918
|
bosquet |
BOS'QUET |
6919
|
boss |
BOSS, n. 1. A stud or knob; a protuberant ornament, of silver, ivory, or other material, used on ... |
6920
|
bossage |
BOSS'AGE, n.1. A stone in a building which has a projecture, and is laid rough, to be afterwards ... |
6921
|
bossed |
BOSS'ED, pp. Studded; ornamented with bosses. |
6922
|
bossive |
BOSS'IVE, a. Crooked; deformed. |
6923
|
bossy |
BOSS'Y, a. Containing a boss; ornamented with bosses.His head reclining on his bossy shield. |
6924
|
bostry-chite |
BOS'TRY-CHITE, n. A gem in the form of a lock of hair. |
6925
|
bosvel |
BOS'VEL, n. A plant, a species of crowfoot. |
6926
|
bot |
BOT. [See Bots.] |
6927
|
botanic |
BOTAN'IC |
6928
|
botanical |
BOTAN'ICAL, a. [See Botany.] Pertaining to botany; relating to plants in general; also, ... |
6929
|
botanically |
BOTAN'ICALLY, adv. According to the system of botany. |
6930
|
botanist |
BOT'ANIST, n. One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants or vegetables,their ... |
6931
|
botanize |
BOT'ANIZE, v.i. To seek for plants; to investigate the vegetable kingdom; to study plants.He could ... |
6932
|
botanology |
BOTANOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a plant, and discourse.] A discourse upon plants. |
6933
|
botanomancy |
BOTANOM'ANCY, n. An ancient species of divination by means of plants, especially sage and fig ... |
6934
|
botany |
BOTANY, n. [Gr. a plant.] That branch of natural history which treats of vegetables; a science ... |
6935
|
botargo |
BOTAR'GO, n. A relishing sort of food, made of the roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of ... |
6936
|
botch |
BOTCH, n. [Eng.patch.]1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection.Botches and blains ... |
6937
|
botcher |
BOTCH'ER, n. A clumsy workman at mending of old clothes, whether a tailor or cobbler. |
6938
|
botchy |
BOTCH'Y, a. Marked with botches; full of botches. |
6939
|
bote |
BOTE, n. [The old orthography of boot, but retained in law, in composition.1. In law, ... |
6940
|
boteless |
BO'TELESS, a In vain. [See Bootless.] |
6941
|
botetto |
BOTET'TO, n. A small thick fish of Mexico, about eight inches long, with a flat belly, and convex ... |
6942
|
both |
BOTH, a. Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other.This word ... |
6943
|
bother |
BOTH'ER, the vulgar pronunciation of pother. [See Pother.] |
6944
|
bothnian |
BOTH'NIAN, a. Pertaining to Bothnia, a province of Sweden, and to a gulf of the Baltic sea, which ... |
6945
|
bothnic |
BOTH'NIC |
6946
|
botoched |
BOTOCH'ED, pp. Patched clumsily; mended unskillfully; marked with botches. |
6947
|
bototoe |
BOTO'TOE, n. A bird of the parrot kind, of a fine blue color, found in the Philippine isles. |
6948
|
botryoid |
BO'TRYOID |
6949
|
botryoidal |
BOTRYOI'DAL, a. [Gr. a bunch of grapes, and form.]Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like ... |
6950
|
botryolite |
BO'TRYOLITE, n. [Gr. supra, and stone.]Literally, grape-stone. This mineral occurs in mammilliary ... |
6951
|
bots |
BOTS, n. Generally used in the plural. A species of small worms found in the intestines of ... |
6952
|
bottle |
BOT'TLE, n. 1. A hollow vessel of glass, wood, leather or other material, with a narrow mouth, ... |
6953
|
bottle-ale |
BOT'TLE-ALE, n. Bottled ale. |
6954
|
bottle-companion |
BOT'TLE-COMPANION |
6955
|
bottle-flower |
BOT'TLE-FLOWER, n. A plant, the cyanus,or blue bottle, a species of Centaurea. |
6956
|
bottle-friend |
BOT'TLE-FRIEND , n. A friend or companion in drinking. |
6957
|
bottle-screw |
BOT'TLE-SCREW, n. A screw to draw corks out of bottles. |
6958
|
bottled |
BOT'TLED, pp. Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles.1. Having a protuberant belly. |
6959
|
bottling |
BOT'TLING, ppr. Putting into bottles.BOT'TLING, n. The act of putting into bottles and corking. |
6960
|
bottom |
BOT'TOM, n. 1. The lowest part of any thing; as the bottom of a well, vat or ship; the bottom of ... |
6961
|
bottomed |
BOT'TOMED, pp. Furnished with a bottom; having a bottomThis word is often used in composition, as ... |
6962
|
bottoming |
BOT'TOMING, ppr. Founding; building upon; furnishing with a bottom. |
6963
|
bottomless |
BOT'TOMLESS, a. Without a bottom; applied to water, caverns &c., it signified fathomless, whose ... |
6964
|
bottomry |
BOT'TOMRY, n. [from bottom.] The act of borrowing money, and pledging the keel or bottom of the ... |
6965
|
bottony |
BOT'TONY, n. [from the same root as bud, button.]In heraldry, a cross bottony terminates at each ... |
6966
|
bouchet |
BOUCHET', n. A sort of pear. |
6967
|
boud |
BOUD, n. An insect that breeds in malt or other grain; called also a weevil. |
6968
|
bouge |
BOUGE, v.i. booj. To swell out. [Little used.]BOUGE, n. Provisions. [Not in use.] |
6969
|
bough |
BOUGH, n. bou. The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot. |
6970
|
boughhty |
BOUGHHT'Y, a. baw'ty. Bending. |
6971
|
bought |
BOUGHT, bast, pret. and pp. of buy. [See Buy.]BOUGHT, n. bawt.1. A twist; a link; a knot; a ... |
6972
|
bougie |
BOUGIE,n. boogee'.In Surgery, a long slender instrument, that is introduced through the urethra ... |
6973
|
bouillon |
BOUILLON, n. Broth; soup. |
6974
|
boulder-wall |
BOULDER-WALL, n. [rather bowlder-wall. See Bowlder.]A wall built of round flints or pebbles laid ... |
6975
|
boulet |
BOULET', n. [from the root of ball, or bowl.]In the manege, a horse is so called,when the fetlock ... |
6976
|
boult |
BOULT, an incorrect orthography. [See Bolt.] |
6977
|
boultin |
BOULTIN, n. [from the root of bolt.]In architecture, a molding, the convexity of which is just one ... |
6978
|
bounce |
BOUNCE, v.i.1. To leap or spring; to fly or rush out suddenly.Out bounced the mastiff.2. To ... |
6979
|
bouncer |
BOUN'CER, n. A boaster; a bully; in familiar language. |
6980
|
bouncing |
BOUN'CING, ppr. Leaping; bounding with violence, as a heavy body; springing out; thumping with a ... |
6981
|
bouncingly |
BOUN'CINGLY, adv. Boastingly. |
6982
|
bound |
BOUND, n.1. A limit; the line which comprehends the whole of any given object or space. It ... |
6983
|
bound-bailiff |
BOUND-BAILIFF, n. An officer appointed by a sheriff to execute process; so denominated from the ... |
6984
|
boundary |
BOUND'ARY, n. A limit; a bound. This word is thus used as synonymous with bound. But the real ... |
6985
|
bounded |
BOUND'ED, pp. Limited; confined; restrained. |
6986
|
bounden |
BOUND'EN, pp. of bind. [See Bind, and pp. Bound.] |
6987
|
bounder |
BOUND'ER, n. One that limits; a boundary. |
6988
|
bounding |
BOUND'ING, ppr Limiting; confining; restraining; leaping; springing; rebounding; advancing with ... |
6989
|
bounding-stone |
BOUND'ING-STONE |
6990
|
boundless |
BOUND'LESS, a. Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; as boundless space; boundless ... |
6991
|
boundlessness |
BOUND'LESSNESS, n. The quality of being without limits. |
6992
|
bounteous |
BOUN'TEOUS, a. [See Bounty.] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generous; munificent; ... |
6993
|
bounteously |
BOUN'TEOUSLY, adv. Liberally; generously; largely; freely. |
6994
|
bounteousness |
BOUN'TEOUSNESS, n. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; munificence; kindness. |
6995
|
bountiful |
BOUN'TIFUL, a. [bounty and full.] Free to give; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors; ... |
6996
|
bountifully |
BOUN'TIFULLY, adv. Liberally; largely; in a bountiful manner. |
6997
|
bountifulness |
BOUN'TIFULNESS, n. The quality of being bountiful; liberality in the bestowment of gifts and ... |
6998
|
bountihead |
BOUN'TIHEAD, n. Goodness. |
6999
|
bountihede |
BOUN'TIHEDE |
7000
|
bounty |
BOUN'TY, n. [L.bonitas, from bonus, good.]1. Liberality in bestowing gifts and favors; generosity; ... |
7001
|
bouquet |
BOUQUET, n. booka'y. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers. |
7002
|
bour |
BOUR, |
7003
|
bourd |
BOURD, n. A just. |
7004
|
bourder |
BOURD'ER, n. A jester. |
7005
|
bourgeois |
BOURGEOIS', n. burjois'. A small kind of printing types, in size between long primer and brevier. ... |
7006
|
bourgeon |
BOUR'GEON, v.i. bur'jun. To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth as a branch. |
7007
|
bourn |
BOURN, rather BORNE, n. 1. A bound; a limit.That undiscovered country, from whose bournNo ... |
7008
|
bournonite |
BOURNONITE, n. Antimonial sulphuret of lead. |
7009
|
bouse |
BOUSE, v.i. booz. To drink hard; to guzzle. [Vulgar.] |
7010
|
bousy |
BOUS'Y, a. booz'y. Drunken; intoxicated. [Vulgar.] |
7011
|
bout |
BOUT, n. A turn; as much of an action as is performed at one time; a single part of an action ... |
7012
|
boutade |
BOUTA'DE, n. [Eng.put.] Properly, a start; hence, a whim. [Not English.] |
7013
|
boutefeu |
BOUTEFEU, n. An incendiary; a make-bate. [Not English.] |
7014
|
boutisale |
BOUTISALE, n. A cheap sale; or according to others, a sale by a lighted match, during the burning ... |
7015
|
bovate |
BO'VATE, n. [In Law L. bovata, from bos, bovis, an ox.]An ox-gate, or as much land as an ox can ... |
7016
|
bovey-coal |
BO'VEY-COAL, n. Brown lignite, an inflammable fossil, resembling, in many of its properties, ... |
7017
|
bovine |
BO'VINE, a. [Los L. bovinus, from bos, bovis, an ox.]Pertaining to oxen and cows, or the ... |
7018
|
bow |
BOW, v.t. 1. To bend; to inflect; as, to bow vines.2. To bend the body in token of respect or ... |
7019
|
bow-bearer |
BOW-BEARER, n. [bos and bear.] An under officer of the forest, whose duty is to inform of ... |
7020
|
bow-bent |
BOW-BENT, a. [bow and bend.] Crooked. |
7021
|
bow-dye |
BOW-DYE, n. A kind of scarlet color, superior to madder, but inferior to the true scarlet grain ... |
7022
|
bow-hand |
BOW-HAND, n. [bow and hand.] The hand that draws a bow. |
7023
|
bow-legged |
BOW-LEGGED, a. [bow and leg.] Having crooked legs. |
7024
|
bow-shot |
BOW-SHOT, n. [bow and shot.] The space which an arrow may pass when shot from a bow. Gen.21.16. |
7025
|
bow-string |
BOW-STRING, n. [bow and string.] The string of a bow. |
7026
|
bow-window |
BOW-WINDOW. [See Bay-window.] |
7027
|
bowable |
BOW'ABLE, a. Of a flexible disposition. [Not in use.] |
7028
|
bowed |
BOW'ED, pp. Bent; crushed; subdued. |
7029
|
bowel |
BOW'EL, v.t. To take out the bowels; to eviscerate; to penetrate the bowels. |
7030
|
bowelless |
BOW'ELLESS, a. Without tenderness of pity. |
7031
|
bowels |
BOW'ELS, n. plu.1. The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. ... |
7032
|
bower |
BOW'ER,n. [from bow.] An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are generally two bowers, ... |
7033
|
bowers |
BOW'ERS |
7034
|
bowery |
BOW'ERY, a. Covering; shading as a bower; also, containing bowers.A bowery maze that shades the ... |
7035
|
bowess |
BOW'ESS, BOW'ET, n. A young hawk, when it begins to get out of the nest; a term in falconry. |
7036
|
bowet |
BOW'ESS, BOW'ET, n. A young hawk, when it begins to get out of the nest; a term in falconry. |
7037
|
bowge |
BOWGE, v.i. To swell out. [See Bouge.]BOWGE, v.t. To perforate; as, to bowge a ship.[I do not ... |
7038
|
bowing |
BOW'ING, ppr. Bending; stooping; making a bow. |
7039
|
bowingly |
BOW'INGLY, adv. In a bending manner. |
7040
|
bowl |
BOWL, n. [In Latin, vola is the hollow of the hand.]1. A concave vessel to hold liquors, rather ... |
7041
|
bowlder |
BOWLDER, n. [from bowl.] A small stone of a roundish form, and of no determinate size, found on ... |
7042
|
bowlder-stone |
BOWLDER-STONE. [See Bowlder.] |
7043
|
bowlder-wall |
BOWLDER-WALL, n. A wall constructed of pebbles or bowlders of flint or other siliceous stones, ... |
7044
|
bowler |
BOWLER, n. One who plays at bowls. |
7045
|
bowline |
BOWLINE, n. A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square ... |
7046
|
bowling |
BOWLING, ppr. Playing at bowls. |
7047
|
bowling-green |
BOWLING-GREEN, n. [bowl and green.] A level piece of ground kept smooth for bowling.1. In ... |
7048
|
bowman |
BOWMAN,n. [bow and man.] A man who uses a bow; an archer. Jerem. 4.29. |
7049
|
bownet |
BOWNET, n. [bow and net.] An engine for catching lobsters and crawfish, called also bow-wheel. ... |
7050
|
bowrs |
BOW'RS , n. [from bos.] Muscles that bend the joints. |
7051
|
bowse |
BOWSE, v.i. In seaman's language, to pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, to ... |
7052
|
bowsprit |
BOWSPRIT, n. [bow and sprit.] A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or ... |
7053
|
bowssen |
BOWSS'EN, v.t. To drink; to drench. [Not used.] |
7054
|
bowyer |
BOWYER, n. [from bow, a corruption of bower,like sawyer.]An archer; one who uses a bow; one who ... |
7055
|
box |
BOX, n. [Lat. buxus, the tree, and pyxis, a box; Gr. a box, and the tree.]A coffer or chest, ... |
7056
|
boxed |
BOX'ED, pp. Inclosed in a box; struck on the head with the fist or hand; furnished with a box or ... |
7057
|
boxen |
BOX'EN, a. Made of box-wood; resembling box. |
7058
|
boxer |
BOX'ER, n. One who fights with his fist. |
7059
|
boxing |
BOX'ING, ppr. Inclosing in a box; striking with the fist; furnishing with a box.BOX'ING, n. The ... |
7060
|
boy |
BOY, n. [L. puer for puger, for we see by puella, that r is not radical. So the Gr. probably is ... |
7061
|
boyar |
BOY'AR, n. A Russian nobleman. [See Boiar.] |
7062
|
boyau |
BOY'AU, n. boy'o. In fortification, a ditch covered with a parapet, serving as a communication ... |
7063
|
boyer |
BOY'ER, n. A Flemish sloop, with a castle at each end. |
7064
|
boyhood |
BOY'HOOD, a. [boy and hood.] The state of a boy, or of immature age. |
7065
|
boyish |
BOY'ISH, a. Belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; resembling a boy in manners or opinions; ... |
7066
|
boyishly |
BOY'ISHLY, adv. Childishly; in a trifling manner. |
7067
|
boyishness |
BOY'ISHNESS, n. Childishness; the manners or behavior of a boy. |
7068
|
boyism |
BOY'ISM, n. Childishness; puerility.1. The state of a boy. |
7069
|
boys-play |
BOYS-PLAY, n. Childish amusement; any thing trifling. |
7070
|
boyuna |
BOYU'NA, n. A large serpent of America, black and slender, having an intolerable smell. Also, a ... |
7071
|
bp |
BP. An abbreviation of Bishop. |
7072
|
brabantine |
BRABANT'INE, a. Pertaining to Brabant, a province of the Netherlands, of which Brussels is the ... |
7073
|
brabble |
BRAB'BLE, n. A broil; a clamorous contest; a wrangle.BRAB'BLE, v.i. To clamor; to contest ... |
7074
|
brabbler |
BRAB'BLER, n. A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. |
7075
|
brabbling |
BRAB'BLING, ppr. Clamoring; wrangling. |
7076
|
brace |
BRACE, n. [L. brachium; Gr. the arm.]1. In architecture, a piece of timber framed in with bevel ... |
7077
|
braced |
BRA'CED, pp. Furnished with braces; drawn close and tight; made tense. |
7078
|
bracelet |
BRA'CELET, n.1. An ornament for the wrist, worn by ladies. This ornament seems anciently to have ... |
7079
|
bracer |
BRA'CER, n. That which braces, binds or makes firm; a band or bandage; also, armor for the arm.1. ... |
7080
|
brach |
BRACH, n. A bitch of the hound kind. |
7081
|
brachial |
BRACH'IAL, a. [L. brachium, form the Celtic braic, brac, the arm.]Belonging to the arm; as the ... |
7082
|
brachiate |
BRACH'IATE, a. [See Brachial.] In botany, having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly ... |
7083
|
brachman |
BRACH'MAN |
7084
|
brachygrapher |
BRACHYG'RAPHER, n. [See the next word.] A writer in short hand. |
7085
|
brachygraphy |
BRACHYG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. short, and a writing.] The art or practice of writing in shorthand; ... |
7086
|
brachylogy |
BRACHYL'OGY, n. [Gr. short, and expression.] In rhetoric, the expressing of any thing in the most ... |
7087
|
brack |
BRACK, n. An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a breach; a broken part. |
7088
|
bracken |
BRACK'EN, n. Fern. [See Brake.] |
7089
|
bracket |
BRACK'ET, [Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee.]1. Among workers in timber, an ... |
7090
|
brackish |
BRACK'ISH, a. [Gr. to water.] Salt, or salt in a moderate degree; it is applied to any water ... |
7091
|
brackishness |
BRACK'ISHNESS, n. The quality of being brackish; saltness in a small degree. |
7092
|
bracky |
BRACK'Y, a. Brackish. [Not used.] |
7093
|
bracte |
BRACTE, n. [L. Ainswroth writes, bractea or brattea.]In botany, a floral leaf, one of the seven ... |
7094
|
bractea |
BRAC'TEA |
7095
|
bracteate |
BRAC'TEATE, a. [from bractea.] Furnished with bractes. |
7096
|
bracted |
BRAC'TED, a. Furnished with bractes. |
7097
|
bracteolate |
BRAC'TEOLATE, a. Furnished with bracteoles. |
7098
|
bracteole |
BRAC'TEOLE, n. A little bract. |
7099
|
brad |
BRAD, in Sax., is broad, and occurs in names; as in Bradford, broadford.BRAD, n. A particular kind ... |
7100
|
bradypus |
BRAD'YPUS, n. The sloth,which see. |
7101
|
brag |
BRAG, v.i. [Eng. to brag.]To boast; to display one's actions, merits or advantages ostentatiously; ... |
7102
|
braggadocio |
BRAGGADO'CIO, n. A puffing, boasting fellow. |
7103
|
braggardism |
BRAG'GARDISM, n. Boastfulness; vain ostentation. |
7104
|
braggart |
BRAG'GART, n. [brag and art, ard,kind.] A boaster; a vain fellow.BRAG'GART, a. Boastful; vainly ... |
7105
|
bragger |
BRAG'GER, n. One who brags; a boaster. |
7106
|
bragget |
BRAG'GET, n. A liquor made by fermenting the wort of ale and mead. |
7107
|
bragging |
BRAG'GING, ppr. Boasting. |
7108
|
braggingly |
BRAG'GINGLY, adv. Boastingly. |
7109
|
bragless |
BRAG'LESS, a. Without bragging, or ostentation. [Unusual.] |
7110
|
bragly |
BRAG'LY, adv. Finely; so as it may be bragged of. [Not used.] |
7111
|
brahma |
BRAH'MA, n. [L. primus.] The chief deity of the Indian nations, considered as the creator of all ... |
7112
|
brahmanic |
BRAHMAN'IC, a. Pertaining to the Brachmans or Bramins of India. |
7113
|
brahmin |
BRAH'MIN, n. [See Brachman.]A priest among the Hindoos and other nations of India. There are ... |
7114
|
braid |
BRAID, v.t. [Old Eng. brede.] 1. To weave or infold three or more strands to form one.2. To ... |
7115
|
brail |
BRAIL, n.1. A piece of leather to bind up a hawk's wing.2. In navigation, brails are ropes ... |
7116
|
brain |
BRAIN, n. [Gr. properly the fore part of the head or sinciput, also the brain.]1. That soft ... |
7117
|
brainish |
BRA'INISH, a. Hot-headed; furious; as L. cerebrosus. |
7118
|
brainless |
BRA'INLESS, a. Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless. |
7119
|
brainpan |
BRA'INPAN, n. [brain and pan.] The skull which incloses the brain. |
7120
|
brainsick |
BRA'INSICK, a. [brain and sick.] Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. |
7121
|
brainsickly |
BRA'INSICKLY, adv. Weakly; with a disordered understanding. |
7122
|
brainsickness |
BRA'INSICKNESS, n. Disorder of the understanding; giddiness; indiscretion. |
7123
|
brait |
BRAIT, n. Among jewelers, a rough diamond. |
7124
|
brake |
BRAKE, pp. of break. [See Break.]BRAKE, n. [L. erica; Gr. to break.]1. Brake is a name given to ... |
7125
|
braky |
BRA'KY, a. Full of brakes; abounding with brambles or shrubs; rough; thorny. |
7126
|
brama |
BRAM'A, n. The bream, a fish. [See Bream.]BRAM'A |
7127
|
bramble |
BRAM'BLE, n. The raspberry bush or blackberry bush; a general name of the genus rubus, of which ... |
7128
|
bramble-net |
BRAM'BLE-NET, n. [bramble and net.] A hallier, or a net to catch birds. |
7129
|
bramblebush |
BRAM'BLEBUSH, n. [bramble and bush.] The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. |
7130
|
brambled |
BRAM'BLED, a. Overgrown with brambles. |
7131
|
brambling |
BRAM'BLING |
7132
|
bramin |
BRAM'IN , n. An ancient philosopher of India. The brachmans are a branch of the ancient ... |
7133
|
braminee |
BRAMINEE' n. The wife of a Bramin. |
7134
|
braminess |
BRAM'INESS |
7135
|
braminical |
BRAMIN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the Bramins, or their doctrines and worship; as the Braminical ... |
7136
|
braminism |
BRAM'INISM, n. The religion,or system of doctrines of the Bramins. |
7137
|
bran |
BRAN, n. The outer coat of wheat, rye or other farinaceous grain, separated from the flour by ... |
7138
|
bran-new |
BRAN-NEW, a. Properly brand-new. Quite new, [fire new]; bright or shining. |
7139
|
brancard |
BRANC'ARD, n. A horse litter. [Not in use.] |
7140
|
branch |
BR'ANCH, n.1. The shoot of a tree or other plant; a limb; a bough shooting from the stem, or from ... |
7141
|
branch-leaf |
BR'ANCH-LEAF, n. A leaf growing on a branch. |
7142
|
branch-peduncle |
BR'ANCH-PEDUNCLE, n. A peduncle springing from a branch. |
7143
|
branch-pilot |
BR'ANCH-PILOT, n. A pilot who has a branch or public commission. |
7144
|
branched |
BR'ANCHED, pp. Divided or spread into branches; separated into subordinate parts; adorned with ... |
7145
|
brancher |
BR'ANCHER, n. One that shoots forth branches.1. A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and ... |
7146
|
branchery |
BR'ANCHERY, n. The ramifications or ramified vessels dispersed through the pulpy part of fruit. |
7147
|
branchiness |
BR'ANCHINESS, n. Fullness of branches. |
7148
|
branching |
BR'ANCHING, ppr. Shooting in branches; dividing into several subordinate parts.BR'ANCHING,a. ... |
7149
|
branchiostegous |
BRANCHIOS'TEGOUS, a. [Gr. gills, and a covering.]Having gill-covers, or covered gills, as a ... |
7150
|
branchless |
BR'ANCHLESS, a. Destitute of branches, or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked. |
7151
|
branchlet |
BR'ANCHLET, n. A little branch; a twig; the subdivision of a branch. |
7152
|
branchy |
BR'ANCHY, a. Full of branches; having wide spreading branches. |
7153
|
brand |
BRAND, n. 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning ... |
7154
|
brand-goose |
BRAND'-GOOSE, n. A species of Anas,or the goose kind; usually called in America brant or brent. |
7155
|
brand-new |
BRAND'-NEW, a. Quite new; bright as a brand of fire. |
7156
|
branded |
BRAND'ED, pp. Marked with a hot iron; stigmatized. |
7157
|
branding |
BRAND'ING, ppr. Impressing a mark with a hot iron; fixing a stigma or mark of reproach. |
7158
|
branding-iron |
BRAND'ING-IRON, n. An iron to brand with. |
7159
|
brandish |
BRAND'ISH, v.t.1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise, and move in various directions; to shake ... |
7160
|
brandished |
BRAND'ISHED, pp. Raised and waved in the air with a flourish. |
7161
|
brandisher |
BRAND'ISHER, n. One who brandishes. |
7162
|
brandishing |
BRAND'ISHING, ppr. Raising and waving in the air; flourishing. |
7163
|
brandling |
BRAND'LING, n. A kind of worm. |
7164
|
brandy |
BRAN'DY, n. An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The same name is now given to spirit distilled ... |
7165
|
brandy-wine |
BRAN'DY-WINE, n. Brandy. |
7166
|
brangle |
BRAN'GLE, n. [L. frendeo.] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.BRAN'GLE, v.i. To ... |
7167
|
branglement |
BRAN'GLEMENT, n. Wrangle; brangle. |
7168
|
brangling |
BRAN'GLING, n. A quarrel. |
7169
|
brank |
BRANK, n. 1. Buckwheat, a species of polygonum; a grain cultivated mostly for beasts and poultry; ... |
7170
|
brankursine |
BRANK'URSINE, n. [brank and ursus, a bear.]Bear's-breech, or acanthus, a genus of plants of ... |
7171
|
branlin |
BRAN'LIN, n. A species of fish of the salmon kind, in some places called the fingry, from five or ... |
7172
|
branny |
BRAN'NY, a. [from bran.] Having the appearance of bran; consisting of bran. |
7173
|
bransle |
BRAN'SLE, n. A brawl, or dance. [Not used.] |
7174
|
brant |
BRANT, n. A species of anas or the goose kind; called also brent and brand-goose, which see. |
7175
|
brasen |
BRA'SEN, a. brazn. Made of brass. [See Brass and Brazen.] |
7176
|
brasier |
BRA'SIER, n. brazhur. An artificer who works in brass.1. A pan for holding coals. |
7177
|
brasil |
BRASIL. [See Brazil.] |
7178
|
brass |
BR'ASS, n.1. An alloy of copper and zink,of a yellow color; usually containing about one third of ... |
7179
|
brass-paved |
BR'ASS-PAVED, a. Hard as brass. |
7180
|
brass-visaged |
BR'ASS-VISAGED, a. Impudent. |
7181
|
brasse |
BR'ASSE,n. The pale spotted perch,with two long teeth on each side; the lucio-perca. |
7182
|
brassica |
BRAS'SICA, n. [L.] Cabbage. |
7183
|
brassiness |
BR'ASSINESS, n. A quality of brass; the appearance of brass. |
7184
|
brassy |
BR'ASSY, a. Pertaining to brass; partaking of brass; hard as brass; having the color of brass.1. ... |
7185
|
brast |
BRAST, a. Burst. [Not in use.] |
7186
|
brat |
BRAT, n. A child, so called in contempt.1. Offspring; progeny. |
7187
|
braul |
BRAUL, n. Indian cloth with blue and white striped, called turbants. |
7188
|
bravado |
BRAVA'DO, n. A boast or brag; an arrogant menace, intended to intimidate. |
7189
|
brave |
BRAVE, a. 1. Courageous; bold; daring; intrepid; fearless of danger; as a brave warrior. It ... |
7190
|
braved |
BRA'VED, pp. Defied; set at defiance; met without dismay, or being moved. |
7191
|
bravely |
BRA'VELY, adv. Courageously; gallantly; splendidly; in a brave manner; heroically. In ... |
7192
|
bravery |
BRA'VERY, n. Courage; heroism; undaunted spirit; intrepidity; gallantry; fearlessness of danger; ... |
7193
|
braving |
BRA'VING, ppr. Setting at defiance; challenging. |
7194
|
bravo |
BRA'VO, n. A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; an assassin or murderer. |
7195
|
brawl |
BRAWL, v.i. [L. proelior.]1. To quarrel noisily and indecently.2. To speak loud and indecently.3. ... |
7196
|
brawler |
BRAWL'ER, n. A noisy fellow; a wrangler. |
7197
|
brawling |
BRAWL'ING, n. The act of quarreling. |
7198
|
brawlingly |
BRAWL'INGLY, adv. In a quarrelsome manner. |
7199
|
brawn |
BRAWN, n. [L. aprugnus, caro aprugna.]1. The flesh of a boar, or the animal.2. The fleshy, ... |
7200
|
brawned |
BRAWN'ED, a. Brawny; strong. |
7201
|
brawner |
BRAWN'ER, n. A boar killed for the table. |
7202
|
brawniness |
BRAWN'INESS, n. The quality of being brawny; strength; hardiness. |
7203
|
brawny |
BRAWN'Y, a. Musculous; fleshy; bulky; having large, strong muscles; strong. |
7204
|
bray |
BRAY, v.t. 1. To pound, beat or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. Prov.27.2. To make ... |
7205
|
brayer |
BRA'YER, n. One that brays like an ass.1. A instrument to temper ink in printing offices. |
7206
|
braying |
BRA'YING, ppr. Pounding or grinding small; roaring.BRA'YING, n. Roar; noise; clamor. |
7207
|
braze |
BRAZE, v.t. To soder with brass.1. To harden to impudence; to harden as with brass. |
7208
|
brazen |
BRA'ZEN, a. brazn. Made of brass; as a brazen helmet.1. Pertaining to brass; proceeding from ... |
7209
|
brazen-face |
BRA'ZEN-FACE, n. [brazen and face.] An impudent person; one remarkable for effrontery. |
7210
|
brazen-faced |
BRA'ZEN-FACED, a. Impudent; bold to excess; shameless. |
7211
|
brazenly |
BRA'ZENLY, adv. In a bold impudent manner. |
7212
|
brazenness |
BRA'ZENNESS, n. Appearance like brass. In this sense, brassiness is the more correct word.1. ... |
7213
|
brazier |
BRAZIER. [See Brasier.] |
7214
|
brazil |
BRAZIL' |
7215
|
brazil-wood |
BRAZIL'-WOOD, n. Brazil, or brazil-wood, or braziletto, is a very heavy wood of a red color, ... |
7216
|
braziletto |
BRAZILET'TO, n. The same as Brazil-wood. |
7217
|
brazilian |
BRAZIL'IAN, a. Pertaining to Brazil; as, Brazilian strand. |
7218
|
breach |
BREACH, n.1. The act of breaking; or state of being broken; a rupture; a break; a gap; the space ... |
7219
|
bread |
BREAD, n. bred. [Gr. anything esculent. If the word signifies food in general, or that which is ... |
7220
|
bread-room |
BREAD'-ROOM, n. An apartment in a ship's hold, where the bread is kept. |
7221
|
breaden |
BREAD'EN, a. Made of bread. [Little used.] |
7222
|
breadless |
BREAD'LESS, a. Without bread; destitute of food. |
7223
|
breadth |
BREADTH, n. bredth. The measure or extent of any plain surface from side to side; a geometrical ... |
7224
|
breadthless |
BREADTH'LESS, a. Having no breadth. |
7225
|
break |
BREAK, v.t. pret. broke, [brake.obs.] pp. broke or broken.[L. frango, fregi, n casual; Heb.to ... |
7226
|
breakage |
BREAKAGE, n. A breaking; also,an allowance for things broken, in transportation. |
7227
|
breaker |
BREAKER, n. The person who breaks any thing; a violator or transgressor; as a breaker of the ... |
7228
|
breakfast |
BREAK'FAST, n. brek'fast. [break and fast.]1. The first meal in the day; or the thing eaten at ... |
7229
|
breakfasting |
BREAK'FASTING, ppr. Eating or taking the first meal in the day.BREAK'FASTING, n. A party at ... |
7230
|
breaking |
BREAKING, ppr. Parting by violence; rending asunder; becoming bankrupt. |
7231
|
breakneck |
BREAKNECK, n. [break and neck.] A fall that breaks the neck; a steep place endangering the neck. |
7232
|
breakpromise |
BREAKPROMISE, n. [break and promise.] One who makes a practice of breaking his promise. [Not ... |
7233
|
breakvow |
BREAKVOW, n. [break and vow.] One who habitually breaks his vows. [Not used.] |
7234
|
breakwater |
BREAKWATER, n. [break and water.] The hull of an old vessel sunk at the entrance of a harbor, to ... |
7235
|
bream |
BREAM, n. A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and ... |
7236
|
breast |
BREAST, n. brest. 1. The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, ... |
7237
|
breast-work |
BREAST'-WORK, n. [breast and work.] In fortification, a work thrown up for defense; a parapet, ... |
7238
|
breastbone |
BREAST'BONE, n. [breast and bone.] The bone of the breast; the sternum. |
7239
|
breastdeep |
BREAST'DEEP, a. Breast high; as high as the breast. |
7240
|
breasted |
BREAST'ED, a. Having a broad breast; having a fine voice. |
7241
|
breastfast |
BREAST'F'AST, n. [breast and fast.] A large rope to confine a ship sidewise to a wharf or key. |
7242
|
breasthigh |
BREAST'HIGH, a. [breast and high.] High as the breast. |
7243
|
breasthook |
BREAST'HOOK, n. [breast and high.] A thick piece of timber placed directly across the stem of a ... |
7244
|
breasting |
BREAST'ING, ppr. Meeting with the breast; opposing in front. |
7245
|
breastknot |
BREAST'KNOT, n. [breast and knot.] A knot of ribins worn on the breast. |
7246
|
breastplate |
BREAST'PLATE, n. [breast and plate.] 1. Armor for the breast.2. A strap that runs across a ... |
7247
|
breastplow |
BREAST'PLOW, n. [breast and plow.] A plow, driven by the breast,used to cut or pare turf. |
7248
|
breastrope |
BREAST'ROPE,n. [breast and rope.] In a ship, breast ropes are used to fasten the yards to the ... |
7249
|
breath |
BREATH, n. breth.1. The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.2. Life.No man ... |
7250
|
breathable |
BRE'ATHABLE, a. That may be breathed. |
7251
|
breathe |
BREATHE, v.i. To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live.1. To take breath; to rest ... |
7252
|
breathed |
BRE'ATHED, pp. Inhaled and exhaled; respired; uttered. |
7253
|
breather |
BRE'ATHER, n. One that breathes or lives; one that utters; an inspirer, one who animates or ... |
7254
|
breathful |
BREATH'FUL, a. breth'ful. Full of breath; full of odor. |
7255
|
breathing |
BRE'ATHING, ppr. Respiring; living; uttering.1. Exhibiting to the life; as breathing ... |
7256
|
breathing-time |
BRE'ATHING-TIME, n. Pause, relaxation. |
7257
|
breathless |
BREATH'LESS, a. breth'less. Being out of breath; spent with labor or violent action.1. Dead; as ... |
7258
|
breathlessness |
BREATH'LESSNESS, n. The state of being exhausted of breath. |
7259
|
breccia |
BREC'CIA, n. In mineralogy, an aggregate composed of angular fragments of the same mineral, or of ... |
7260
|
brecciated |
BREC'CIATED, a. Consisting of angular fragments,cemented together. |
7261
|
brechite |
BRECH'ITE, n. A fossil allied to the Alcyons. It is cylindrical, striated,and its thick end ... |
7262
|
bred |
BRED, pp. of breed. Generated; produced; contrived; educated. |
7263
|
brede |
BREDE. n. A braid. [Not used.] |
7264
|
breech |
BREECH, n. brich. [See Breach and Break.] The lower part of the body behind.1. Breeches; but ... |
7265
|
breeches |
BREECHES, n. plu. brich'es. [Low L. braccoe.]A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs. ... |
7266
|
breeching |
BREECHING, ppr. brich'ing. Furnishing with breeches, or with a breech. [See Britch.]1. Whipping ... |
7267
|
breed |
BREED, v.t. pret. and pp. bred.1. To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any ... |
7268
|
breed-bate |
BREE'D-BATE, n. One that breeds or originates quarrels. [Not in use.] |
7269
|
breeder |
BREE'DER, n. The female that breeds or produces, whether human or other animal.1. The person who ... |
7270
|
breeding |
BREE'DING, ppr. Bearing and nourishing, as a fetus; engendering; producing; educating.BREE'DING, ... |
7271
|
breeze |
BREEZE, n. A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species,but the ... |
7272
|
breezeless |
BREE'ZELESS, a. Motionless; destitute of breezes. |
7273
|
breezy |
BREE'ZY, a. Fanned with gentle winds or breezes; as the breezy shore.1. Subject to frequent ... |
7274
|
brehon |
BRE'HON, n. In Irish, a judge. In ancient times, the general laws of Ireland were called Brehon ... |
7275
|
breislakite |
BRE'ISLAKITE, n. A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral, resembling a brownish or reddish brown ... |
7276
|
breme |
BREME, a. [L. fremo.] Cruel; sharp. [Not used.] |
7277
|
bren |
BREN, v.t. To burn. |
7278
|
brennage |
BREN'NAGE, n. [from bran.] In the middle ages, a tribute or composition which tenants paid to ... |
7279
|
brent |
BRENT or BRANT, a. Steep; high. |
7280
|
brest |
BREST or BREAST, n. In architecture, the member of a column, more usually called torus or tore. ... |
7281
|
bret |
BRET, n. A local name of the turbot, called also burt or brut. |
7282
|
bretful |
BRET'FUL, a. Brimful. |
7283
|
brethren |
BRETH'REN, n. plu. of brother. It is used almost exclusively in solemn and scriptural language,in ... |
7284
|
breve |
BREVE,n. [L. brevis.]1. In music, a note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or ... |
7285
|
brevet |
BREVET', n. [from breve.] In the French customs, the grant of a favor or donation from the king, ... |
7286
|
breviary |
BRE'VIARY, n. [L. breviarium, from brevis, short. See Brief.]1. An abridgment; a compend; an ... |
7287
|
breviat |
BRE'VIAT, n. [See Breve and Brief.] A short compend; a summary. |
7288
|
breviate |
BRE'VIATE, v.t. To abridge. [Not used.] [See Abbreviate.] |
7289
|
breviature |
BRE'VIATURE,n. An abbreviation. [See Brief.] |
7290
|
brevier |
BREVIE'R, n. A small king of printing types, in size between bourgeois and minion. It is much ... |
7291
|
breviped |
BREV'IPED, a. [L. brevis, short, and pes, foot.] Having short legs, as a fowl.BREV'IPED, n. A ... |
7292
|
brevity |
BREV'ITY, n. [L. brevitas, from brevis, short. See Brief.]1. Shortness; applied to time; as the ... |
7293
|
brew |
BREW, v.t. 1. In a general sense, to boil, and mix; hence in Saxon, it signifies broth or ... |
7294
|
brew-house |
BREW'-HOUSE, a. [brew and house.] A brewery; a house appropriated to brewing. |
7295
|
brewage |
BREW'AGE, n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. |
7296
|
brewed |
BREW'ED, pp. Mixed, steeped and fermented; made by brewing. |
7297
|
brewer |
BREW'ER, n. One whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors; one who brews. |
7298
|
brewery |
BREW'ERY, n. A brew-house; the house and apparatus where brewing is carried on. |
7299
|
brewing |
BREW'ING, ppr. Preparing malt liquor.1. In a state of mixing, forming or preparing; as, a storm is ... |
7300
|
brewis |
BREW'IS, n. Broth; pottage.1. A piece of bread soaked in boiling fat pottage, made of salted ... |
7301
|
briar |
BRIAR, [See Brier.] |
7302
|
bribe |
BRIBE, n. 1. A price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the ... |
7303
|
bribe-devouring |
BRIBE-DEVOUR'ING, a. Greedy of bribes or presents; as bribe-devouring kings. |
7304
|
briber |
BRI'BER,n. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. |
7305
|
bribery |
BRI'BERY, n. The act or practice of giving or taking rewards for corrupt practices; the act of ... |
7306
|
bribeworthy |
BRIBE'WORTHY, a. [bribe and worthy.] Worth bribing to obtain. |
7307
|
brick |
BRICK, n. [L. imbrex, a gutter-tile, from imber, a shower, which is probably a compound, of which ... |
7308
|
brickbat |
BRICK'BAT, n. [brick and bat.] A piece or fragment of a brick. |
7309
|
brickdust |
BRICK'DUST, n. [brick and dust.] Dust of pounded bricks. |
7310
|
brickearth |
BRICK'EARTH, n. [brick and earth.] Clay or earth used, or suitable for bricks. |
7311
|
brickkiln |
BRICK'KILN, n. [brick and kiln.] A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt, or a ... |
7312
|
bricklayer |
BRICK'LAYER, n. [brick and lay.] One whose occupation is to build with bricks; a mason. |
7313
|
brickle |
BRICKLE, a. [from break.] Brittle; easily broken. [Not used.] |
7314
|
brickmaker |
BRICK'MAKER, n. [brick and make.] One who makes bricks, or whose occupation is to make bricks. |
7315
|
brickwork |
BRICK'WORK, n. The laying of bricks, or a wall of bricks. |
7316
|
bricky |
BRICK'Y, a. Full of bricks, or formed of bricks. |
7317
|
bridal |
BRI'DAL, a. [See Bride.] Belonging to a bride, or to a wedding; nuptial; connubial; as bridal ... |
7318
|
bridality |
BRIDAL'ITY, n. Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Not used.] |
7319
|
bride |
BRIDE, n. 1. A woman new married.But the name is applied to a woman at the marriage festival, ... |
7320
|
bridecake |
BRI'DECAKE, n. [bride and cake.] The cake which is made for the guests at a wedding; called, in ... |
7321
|
bridechamber |
BRI'DECHAMBER, n. The nuptial apartment. Matt.9. |
7322
|
bridegroom |
BRI'DEGROOM, n. A man newly married; or a man about to be married. The passage of Shakespeare ... |
7323
|
brideman |
BRI'DEMAN, n. [bride and man.] A man who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage. ... |
7324
|
briderbed |
BRI'DERBED, n. [bride and bed.] The marriage bed. |
7325
|
bridermaid |
BRI'DERMAID, n. [bride and maid.] A woman who attends on a bride at her wedding. |
7326
|
bridestake |
BRI'DESTAKE, n. A stake or post set in the ground to dance round. |
7327
|
bridewell |
BRI'DEWELL, n. A house of correction, for the confinement of disorderly persons; so called from ... |
7328
|
bridge |
BRIDGE, n. 1. Any structure of wood, stone, brick, or iron, raised over a river, pond, or lake, ... |
7329
|
bridged |
BRIDG'ED, pp. Covered or furnished with a bridge. |
7330
|
bridging |
BRIDG'ING, ppr. Erecting a bridge; building a bridge over. |
7331
|
bridgy |
BRIDG'Y, a. Full of bridges. [Not used.] |
7332
|
bridle |
BRI'DLE, n.1. The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting ... |
7333
|
bridle-hand |
BRI'DLE-HAND, n. [bridle and hand.] The hand which holds the bridle in riding. |
7334
|
bridled |
BRI'DLED, pp. Having a bridle on; restrained. |
7335
|
bridler |
BRI'DLER, n. One that bridles; one that restrains and governs. |
7336
|
bridling |
BRI'DLING, ppr. Putting on a bridle; restraining;curbing.1. Holding up the head, and drawing in the ... |
7337
|
brief |
BRIEF, a. [L. brevis, when brevio, so shorten abbreviate. Brevis, in Latin, is doubtless ... |
7338
|
briefly |
BRIE'FLY, adv. Concisely; in few words. |
7339
|
briefness |
BRIE'FNESS, n. Shortness; conciseness in discourse or writing. |
7340
|
brier |
BRI'ER, n.1. In a general sense, a prickly plant or shrub. Is.v.6. Judges 8.7.2. In a limited ... |
7341
|
briery |
BRI'ERY, a. Full of briers; rough; thorny. |
7342
|
brig |
BRIG, the termination of names, signifies a bridge, or perhaps, in some cases, a town, or ... |
7343
|
brigade |
BRIGA'DE, n. A party or division of troops, or soldiers,whether cavalry or infantry, regular or ... |
7344
|
brigade-major |
BRIGA'DE-MAJOR, n. [See Major.] An officer appointed by the brigadier, to assist him in the ... |
7345
|
brigadier |
BRIGADIE'R, n. The general officer who commands a brigade, whether of horse or foot, and in rank ... |
7346
|
brigand |
BRIG'AND, n. A robber; a free booter; a lawless fellow who lives by plunder, or who belongs to a ... |
7347
|
brigandage |
BRIG'ANDAGE, n. Theft; robber; plunder. |
7348
|
brigandine |
BRIG'ANDINE, n. Anciently, a coat of mail. The name has ceased to be used, with the disuse of the ... |
7349
|
brigantine |
BRIG'ANTINE, n. [L. aphractum; Gr. a vessel without a deck, uncovered. It is usually derived from ... |
7350
|
bright |
BRIGHT, a. brite. [Heb. to shine.]1. Shining; lucid; luminous; splendid; as a bright sun or ... |
7351
|
bright-burning |
BRIGHT-BURNING, a. Burning with a bright flame. |
7352
|
bright-eyed |
BRIGHT-EYED, a. Having bright eyes. |
7353
|
bright-haired |
BRIGHT-HAIRED, a. Having bright hair. |
7354
|
bright-harnessed |
BRIGHT-HARNESSED, a. Having glittering armor. |
7355
|
bright-shining |
BRIGHT-SHINING, a. Shining with splendor. |
7356
|
brighten |
BRIGHTEN, v.t. britn. To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase luster.1. To ... |
7357
|
brightly |
BRIGHTLY, adv. britely. Splendidly; with luster. |
7358
|
brightness |
BRIGHTNESS, n. briteness. Splendor; luster; glitter.1. Acuteness, applied to the faculties; ... |
7359
|
brigose |
BRIGO'SE, a. [from brigue.] Contentious. [Not used.] |
7360
|
brigue |
BRIGUE, n. breeg. A cabal; intrigue; faction; contention. [Little used.]BRIGUE, v.i. breeg. To ... |
7361
|
brilliancy |
BRILL'IANCY, n. [See Brilliant.] Splendor; glitter; great brightness. |
7362
|
brilliant |
BRILL'IANT, a. [Eng. beryl and pearl.]1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; as a brilliant gem; a ... |
7363
|
brilliantly |
BRILL'IANTLY, adv. Splendidly. |
7364
|
brilliantness |
BRILL'IANTNESS,n. Brilliancy; splendor; glitter. |
7365
|
brills |
BRILLS, n. The hair on the eyelids of a horse. |
7366
|
brim |
BRIM, n. 1. The rim, lip or broadborder of any vessel or other thing; as the brim of a hat, or of ... |
7367
|
brimful |
BRIM'FUL, a. [brim and full.] Full to the top; completely full; as a glass brimful; a heart ... |
7368
|
brimfulness |
BRIM'FULNESS, n. Fulness to the top. [Not used.] |
7369
|
brimless |
BRIM'LESS, a. Having no brim. |
7370
|
brimmer |
BRIM'MER, n. A bowl full to the top. |
7371
|
brimming |
BRIM'MING, a. Full to the top or brim; as a brimming pail. |
7372
|
brimstone |
BRIM'STONE, n. Sulphur; a hard, brittle, inflammable substance, of a lemon yellow color, which has ... |
7373
|
brimstony |
BRIM'STONY, a. Full of brimstone, or containing it; resembling brimstone; sulphurous. |
7374
|
brinded |
BRIND'ED, a. Marked with spots; tabby; having different colors. |
7375
|
brindle |
BRIN'DLE, n. [from brind, the root of brinded.]The state of being brinded; spottedness. |
7376
|
brindled |
BRIN'DLED, a. spotted; variegated with spots of different colors. |
7377
|
brine |
BRINE, n.1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt, like the water of the ocean. ... |
7378
|
brine-pan |
BRI'NE-PAN, n. [brine and pan.] A pit of salt water, where, by the action of the sun, salt is ... |
7379
|
brine-pit |
BRI'NE-PIT, n. [brine and pit.] A brine pan, or a salt spring from which water is taken to be ... |
7380
|
brine-spring |
BRI'NE-SPRING, n. [bring and spring.] A spring of salt water. |
7381
|
bring |
BRING, v.t.1. To fetch; to bear, convey or lead from a distant to a nearer place, or to a person; ... |
7382
|
bringer |
BRING'ER, n. One who brings, or conveys to.Bringer in, the person who introduces.Bringer up, an ... |
7383
|
bringing |
BRING'ING, ppr. Bearing to; conveying; persuading; causing to come. |
7384
|
brinish |
BRI'NISH, a. [from brine.] Like brine;salt; somewhat salt; saltish. |
7385
|
brinishness |
BRI'NISHNESS, n. Saltness; the quality of being saltish. |
7386
|
brink |
BRINK, n. The edge, margin or border of a steep place, as of a precipice, or the bank of a river. |
7387
|
briny |
BRI'NY, a. [from brine.] Pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; ... |
7388
|
brisk |
BRISK, a. [This word may be of the same family with frisk, and fresh, which see.]1. Lively; ... |
7389
|
brisket |
BRISK'ET, n. The breast of an animal; or that part of the breast that lies next to the ribs. The ... |
7390
|
briskly |
BRISK'LY, adv. Actively; vigorously; with life and spirit. |
7391
|
briskness |
BRISK'NESS, n. Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence of liquors. |
7392
|
bristle |
BRIS'TLE, n. bris'l.1. The stiff glossy hair of swine, especially that growing on the back, used ... |
7393
|
bristle-shaped |
BRIS'TLE-SHAPED, a. [bristle and shape.] To the thickness and length of a bristle, as a leaf. |
7394
|
bristly |
BRIS'TLY, a. bris'ly. Thick set with bristles, or with hairs like bristles; rough. |
7395
|
bristol-flower |
BRIS'TOL-FLOWER, n. A species of Lychnis, bachelor's button or catch fly. |
7396
|
bristol-stone |
BRIS'TOL-STONE, n. Rock crystal or crystals of quartz, found in a rock near the city of Bristol in ... |
7397
|
bristol-water |
BRIS'TOL-WATER, n. The water of a warm spring near the city of Bristol in England. |
7398
|
brit |
BRIT, n. A fish; probably a different orthography of bret, or burt. |
7399
|
britannic |
BRITAN'NIC, a. Pertaining to Britain; or in its present use, to Great Britain. It is applied ... |
7400
|
britch |
BRITCH, n. The large end of a cannon or of a musket; the club or thick part of the stock of a ... |
7401
|
britching |
BRITCH'ING, n. A strong rope, fastened to the cascabel or pummelion of a cannon, by a thimble, and ... |
7402
|
brite |
BRITE, or BRIGHT, v.i. To be or become over ripe, as wheat, barley or hops. [I know not that this ... |
7403
|
british |
BRIT'ISH, a. Pertaining to Great Britain or its inhabitants. It is sometimes applied to the ... |
7404
|
briton |
BRIT'ON, n. A native of Britain.BRIT'ON, a. British. |
7405
|
brittle |
BRIT'TLE, a. [Heb. to part, to break. See Part.]Easily broken or easily breaking short, without ... |
7406
|
brittlely |
BRIT'TLELY, adv. In a brittle manner. |
7407
|
brittleness |
BRIT'TLENESS, n. Aptness to break; fragility; opposed to toughness and tenacity. |
7408
|
brize |
BRIZE, n. The gad fly. [See Breeze.] |
7409
|
broach |
BROACH, n. 1. A spit, and in some parts of the English dominions, an awl, and a bodkin.2. A ... |
7410
|
broached |
BROACHED, pp. Spitted; tapped; opened; uttered; first published. |
7411
|
broacher |
BROACHER,n. A spit; one who broaches, opens or utters; a first publisher. |
7412
|
broad |
BROAD, a. brawd. [L. gradior; a root of extensive use.]1. Wide; extended in breadth, or from side ... |
7413
|
broad-ax |
BROAD-AX, n. [broad and ax.] Formerly, a military weapon. In modern usage, an ax for hewing ... |
7414
|
broad-backed |
BROAD-BACKED, a. [broad and back.] Having a broad back. |
7415
|
broad-blown |
BROAD-BLOWN, a. [broad and blow.] Full blown. |
7416
|
broad-breasted |
BROAD-BREASTED, a. Having a broad breast. |
7417
|
broad-brimmed |
BROAD-BRIMMED, a. [broad and brim.] Having a broad brim. |
7418
|
broad-cast |
BROAD-CAST, n. [broad and cast.] Among farmers, a casting or throwing seed from the hand for ... |
7419
|
broad-cloth |
BROAD-CLOTH, n. A species of woolen cloth, so called from its breadth. |
7420
|
broad-eyed |
BROAD-EYED, a. [broad and eye.] Having a wide view or survey; as broad-eyed day. |
7421
|
broad-fronted |
BROAD-FRONTED, a. Having a broad front; applied to cattle. |
7422
|
broad-horned |
BROAD-HORNED, a. Having large horns. |
7423
|
broad-leafed |
BROAD-LEAFED, a. [broad and leaf.] Having broad leaves. |
7424
|
broad-leaved |
BROAD-LEAVED, |
7425
|
broad-piece |
BROAD-PIECE, n. [broad and piece.] A piece of gold coin broader than a guinea. |
7426
|
broad-seal |
BROAD-SEAL, n. The great seal of England; as a verb,not used. |
7427
|
broad-shouldered |
BROAD-SHOULDERED, a. [broad and shoulder.] Broad across the shoulders. |
7428
|
broad-side |
BROAD-SIDE, n. [broad and side.] A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, above and ... |
7429
|
broad-spreading |
BROAD-SPREADING, a. Spreading widely. |
7430
|
broad-sword |
BROAD-SWORD, n. [broad and sword.] A sword with a broad blade, and a cutting edge. |
7431
|
broad-tailed |
BROAD-TAILED, a. Having a broad tail. |
7432
|
broad-wise |
BROAD-WISE, adv. [broad and wise.] In the direction of the breadth. |
7433
|
broaden |
BROADEN, v.i. brawd'n. To grow broad. [Unusual.] |
7434
|
broadish |
BROAD'ISH, a. Rather broad. |
7435
|
broadly |
BROADLY, adv. In a broad manner. |
7436
|
broadness |
BROADNESS, n. Breadth; extent from side to side; coarseness; grossness; fulsomeness. |
7437
|
brocade |
BROCA'DE, n. Silk stuff, variegated with gold and silver, or raised and enriched with flowers, ... |
7438
|
brocade-shell |
BROCADE-SHELL, n. The trivial name of the Conus geographicus. |
7439
|
brocaded |
BROCA'DED, a. Woven or worked, as brocade,with gold and silver.1. Drest in brocade. |
7440
|
brocage |
BRO'CAGE, n. [See Broke, Broker.]1. The premium or commission of a broker; the gain or profit ... |
7441
|
brocatel |
BRO'CATEL, |
7442
|
brocatello |
BROCATEL'LO, n. A calcarious stone or species of marble, composed of fragments of four colors, ... |
7443
|
broccoli |
BROC'COLI, n. A variety of cabbage or Brassica. |
7444
|
broche |
BROCHE, the true, but not the common orthography of broach. |
7445
|
brock |
BROCK, n. A badger; an animal of the genus Ursus, found in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. ... |
7446
|
brocket |
BROCK'ET, n. [See Brock.] A red deer two years old. Bailey writes this brock or brocket. The ... |
7447
|
brodekin |
BRO'DEKIN, n. A buskin or half boot. |
7448
|
broggle |
BROG'GLE, v.i. To fish for eels. [Not used.] |
7449
|
brogue |
BROGUE, n. brog.1. A shoe. "Clouted brogues." in Shakespeare, signify shoes whose soles are ... |
7450
|
brogue-maker |
BROGUE-MAKER, n. A maker of brogues. |
7451
|
broid |
BROID, v.t. To braid. [See Braid.] |
7452
|
broider |
BROID'ER, v.t. To adorn with figures of needle work.A robe, a broidered coat, and a girdle. |
7453
|
broiderer |
BROID'ERER, n. One that embroiders. |
7454
|
broidery |
BROID'ERY, n. Embroidery; ornamental needle work wrought upon cloth. [See Embroider.] |
7455
|
broil |
BROIL,n. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord,either between individuals or in the ... |
7456
|
broiled |
BROIL'ED, pp. Agitated or dressed by heat. |
7457
|
broiler |
BROIL'ER, n. One that excites broils; that which dresses by broiling. |
7458
|
broiling |
BROIL'ING, ppr. Agitating by heat; sweating. |
7459
|
broke |
BROKE, v.t. [L. fruor, for frucor, whence fructus, fruit. See Practice.]To transact business for ... |
7460
|
broken |
BRO'KEN, pp. of break. bro'kn. Parted by violence; rent asunder; infirm; made bankrupt. |
7461
|
broken-backed |
BRO'KEN-BACKED, a. A broken-backed ship is one which is so weakened in her frame as to droop at ... |
7462
|
broken-bellied |
BRO'KEN-BELLIED, a. Having a ruptured belly. |
7463
|
broken-hearted |
BRO'KEN-HEARTED, a. [break and heart.] Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or ... |
7464
|
brokenly |
BRO'KENLY, adv. In a broken interrupted manner; without a regular series. |
7465
|
brokenness |
BRO'KENNESS, n. A state of being broken; unevenness.1. Contrition; as brokenness of heart. |
7466
|
brokenwind |
BRO'KENWIND, n. [break and wind.] A disease in horses, often accompanied with a preternatural ... |
7467
|
brokenwinded |
BRO'KENWINDED, a. Having short breath, as a horse. |
7468
|
broker |
BRO'KER, n. [from broke.]1. An agent or negotiator, who is employed by merchants to make and ... |
7469
|
brokerage |
BRO'KERAGE, n. The fee, reward or commission given or charged for transacting business as a broker. |
7470
|
brokerly |
BRO'KERLY, a. Mean; servile. |
7471
|
brokery |
BRO'KERY,n. The business of a broker. [Not used.] |
7472
|
broking |
BRO'KING, ppr. Transacting business as a broker; practiced by brokers. |
7473
|
brome |
BROME, n. [Gr. foetor.] A liquid of a deep red-brown color, very volatile,and having an ill ... |
7474
|
brome-grass |
BROME-GRASS, n. A plant, the Bromus. |
7475
|
bronchial |
BRONCH'IAL, a. [Gr. the wind-pipe.] Belong to the bronchia, or ramifications of the wind-pipe in ... |
7476
|
bronchic |
BRONCH'IC, a. The same as bronchial. |
7477
|
bronchocele |
BRONCH'OCELE, n. [Gr. the wind-pipe, and, a tumor.]An enlarged thyroid gland; a tumor on the fore ... |
7478
|
bronchotomy |
BRONCHOT'OMY, n. [Gr. the wind-pipe, and, a cutting.]An incision into the wind pipe or larynx, ... |
7479
|
brond |
BROND, n. A sword. [See Brand.] |
7480
|
brontology |
BRONTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. thunder, and discourse.]A discourse or dissertation upon thunder, containing ... |
7481
|
bronz |
BRONZ, |
7482
|
bronze |
BRONZE, n.1. A compound of copper and tin, to which other metallic substances are sometimes added, ... |
7483
|
bronzing |
BRONZ'ING, ppr. Imitating bronze.BRONZ'ING, n. The act or art of imitating bronze,by means of ... |
7484
|
bronzite |
BRONZ'ITE,n. [from bronze.] A mineral, called by Hauy diallage metalloide, nearly allied to ... |
7485
|
brooch |
BROOCH, n. broche.1. An ornamental utensil for fastening the vest, or the bosom of a shirt, as ... |
7486
|
brood |
BROOD, v.i. 1. To sit on and cover, as a fowl on her eggs for the purpose of warming them and ... |
7487
|
brooded |
BROOD'ED, pp. Covered with the wings; cherished. |
7488
|
brooding |
BROOD'ING,ppr. Sitting on; covering and warming; dwelling on with anxiety. |
7489
|
broody |
BROOD'Y, a. In a state of sitting on eggs for hatching; inclined to sit. [Unusual.] |
7490
|
brook |
BROOK, n. [Gr. to rain, to pour, to flow.] A small natural stream of water, or a current flowing ... |
7491
|
brooky |
BROOK'Y, a. Abounding with brooks. |
7492
|
broom |
BROOM,n.1. A plant of several species, called dyer's weed, being used by dyers to give a yellow ... |
7493
|
broom-corn |
BROOM'-CORN, n. [broom and corn.] A species of Holcus or Guinea-corn,with a jointed stem, like a ... |
7494
|
brooming |
BROOMING, a ship. [See Bream.] |
7495
|
broomland |
BROOM'LAND, n. [broom and land.] Land producing broom. |
7496
|
broomrape |
BROOM'RAPE, n. [See Broom.] |
7497
|
broomstaff |
BROOM'STAFF |
7498
|
broomstick |
BROOM'STICK, n. [See Staff and Stick.] The staff or handle of a broom. |
7499
|
broomy |
BROOM'Y, a. Full of broom; containing broom. |
7500
|
broth |
BROTH, n. brauth.1. Liquor in which flesh is boiled and macerated,usually with rice and herbs, or ... |
7501
|
brothel |
BROTH'EL, n. [A dialectical orthography of bordel, which see.]A house of lewdness; a house ... |
7502
|
brothel-house |
BROTH'EL-HOUSE, n. A brothel. |
7503
|
brotheler |
BROTH'ELER, n. One that frequents brothels. |
7504
|
brothelry |
BROTH'ELRY,n. Lewdness; obscenity. |
7505
|
brother |
BROTHER, n. plu. brothers or brethren. [L. frater.]1. A human male born of the same father and ... |
7506
|
brotherhood |
BROTH'ERHOOD, n. [brother and hood.] The state or quality of being a brother.1. An association ... |
7507
|
brotherless |
BROTH'ERLESS, a. Without a brother. |
7508
|
brotherlike |
BROTH'ERLIKE, a. Becoming a brother. |
7509
|
brotherlove |
BROTH'ERLOVE, n. Brotherly affection. |
7510
|
brotherly |
BROTH'ERLY, a. Pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming brothers; kind; ... |
7511
|
brought |
BROUGHT, pret. and ppr. of bring; pronounced braut. [See Bring.] |
7512
|
brow |
BROW, n. [L. palpebra.. It is probably contracted from brg,and signifies an edge,border or ... |
7513
|
browbeaten |
BROW'BEATEN, pp. Overborne by impudence. |
7514
|
browbeating |
BROW'BEATING, ppr. Overbearing with severe brows, stern looks, or positive ... |
7515
|
browbound |
BROW'BOUND, a. [brow and bound.] Crowned;having the head encircled as with a diadem. |
7516
|
browless |
BROW'LESS, a. Without shame. |
7517
|
brown |
BROWN, a. Dusky; of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness; but the shades are various, as ... |
7518
|
brown-spar |
BROWN-SPAR, n. Pearl spar, or siderocalcite. |
7519
|
brownish |
BROWN'ISH, a. Somewhat brown; inclined to brown. |
7520
|
brownism |
BROWN'ISM, n. The doctrines or religious creed of the Brownists, who maintained that any body of ... |
7521
|
brownist |
BROWN'IST, n. A follower of Robert Brown, a puritan, or dissenter from the Church of England, who ... |
7522
|
brownness |
BROWN'NESS, n. A brown color. |
7523
|
browny |
BROWN'Y, a. Brown. [Not used.] |
7524
|
browse |
BROWSE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. to eat or browse; food, but probably these words may be from ... |
7525
|
browsing |
BROWS'ING, ppr. s as z. Feeding on branches, shrubs, or shoots of trees. |
7526
|
brucia |
BRU'CIA, |
7527
|
brucine |
BRU'CINE, n. A new vegetable alkali, extracted from the bark of the false angustura. |
7528
|
brucite |
BRU'CITE, n. A mineral, the chondrodite of Berzelius, which sometimes occurs in grains or ... |
7529
|
bruise |
BRUISE, v.t. s as z. To crush by beating or pounding with an instrument not edged or pointed. ... |
7530
|
bruised |
BRUISED, pp. Crushed; hurt or broken by a blunt or heavy instrument. |
7531
|
bruiser |
BRUISER, n. A concave tool for grinding the specula of telescopes.1. In vulgar language, a boxer. |
7532
|
bruisewort |
BRUISEWORT, n. [bruise and wort.] A plant; comfrey. |
7533
|
bruising |
BRUISING, ppr. Crushing; breaking or wounding by a blunt or heavy instrument.BRUISING, n. In ... |
7534
|
bruit |
BRUIT, n. Report; rumor; fame.BRUIT, v.t. To report; to noise abroad. |
7535
|
bruma |
BRUM'A |
7536
|
brumal |
BRU'MAL, n. [L. bruma, winter, brumalis.] Belonging to the winter. |
7537
|
brume |
BRUME, n. Mist; fog; vapors. [Little used.] |
7538
|
brun |
BRUN, BURN, n. A river or stream. |
7539
|
brunet |
BRUNET', |
7540
|
brunette |
BRUNETTE, n. A woman with a brown or dark complexion. |
7541
|
brunion |
BRUN'ION, n. A sort of fruit between a plum and a peach.Brunswick green. An ammoniaco-muriate of ... |
7542
|
brunt |
BRUNT, n. 1. The heat, or utmost violence of an onset; the strength or violence of any ... |
7543
|
brush |
BRUSH, n.1. An instrument for cleaning any thing of dust and dirt by light rubbing, as floors, ... |
7544
|
brushed |
BRUSH'ED, pp. Rubbed with a brush; struck lightly. |
7545
|
brusher |
BRUSH'ER, n. One who brushes. |
7546
|
brushing |
BRUSH'ING, ppr. Sweeping or rubbing with a brush; striking gently; moving nimbly in haste; skimming ... |
7547
|
brushlike |
BRUSH'LIKE, a. [brush and like.] Resembling a brush. |
7548
|
brushwood |
BRUSH'WOOD, n. [brush and wood.] Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs; also, ... |
7549
|
brushy |
BRUSH'Y, a. Resembling a brush; rough; shaggy; having long hair. |
7550
|
brusk |
BRUSK, a. Rude; rough. |
7551
|
brustle |
BRUS'TLE, v.i. brus'l. To crackle; to make a small crackling noise; to rustle, as a silk garment; ... |
7552
|
brustling |
BRUS'TLING, ppr. Crackling; rustling; vaporing. |
7553
|
brut |
BRUT, v.i. To browse. [Not in use.] |
7554
|
brutal |
BRU'TAL, a. [See Brute.] Pertaining to a brute; as brutal nature.1. Savage; cruel; inhuman; ... |
7555
|
brutality |
BRUTAL'ITY, n. Inhumanity; savageness; churlishness; insensibility to pity or shame. |
7556
|
brutalize |
BRU'TALIZE, v.t. To make brutal, churlish or inhuman.All cruel punishments brutalize the ... |
7557
|
brutally |
BRU'TALLY, adv. Cruelly; inhumanly; in a coarse, churlish, or brutal manner. |
7558
|
brute |
BRUTE, a. [L. brutus, senseless,irrational.]1. Senseless; unconscious; as the brute earth.2. ... |
7559
|
brutely |
BRU'TELY, adv. In a rude manner. |
7560
|
bruteness |
BRU'TENESS, n. Brutality. |
7561
|
brutify |
BRU'TIFY, v.t. To make a person a brute; to make senseless, stupid or unfeeling. |
7562
|
brutish |
BRU'TISH, a. Like a brute or beast; as a brutish form.1. Insensible; stupid; as brutish men.2. ... |
7563
|
brutishly |
BRU'TISHLY, adv. In the manner of a brute; grossly; irrationally; stupidly; savagely. |
7564
|
brutishness |
BRU'TISHNESS, n. Stupidity; insensibility; brutality; savageness; the qualities of a brute. |
7565
|
brutism |
BRUTISM, n. The nature or characteristic qualitites or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity or ... |
7566
|
bryony |
BRY'ONY, n. [L. bryonia.] White jalap; a genus of plants of several species. The root of the ... |
7567
|
bub |
BUB, n. A cant word for strong malt liquor.BUB, v.t. To throw out in bubbles. [Not used.] |
7568
|
bubble |
BUB'BLE, n. 1. A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air.2. Any thing ... |
7569
|
bubbler |
BUB'BLER, n. One who cheats. |
7570
|
bubby |
BUB'BY, n. [from the same root as bubble and bubo.] A woman's breast. |
7571
|
bubo |
BU'BO,n. [L. bubo, a swelling.] A tumor or abscess with inflammation, which rises in certain ... |
7572
|
bubonocele |
BU'BONOCELE, n. [Gr.the groin, and a tumor.] Hernia inguinalis, or inguinal rupture; a tumor in ... |
7573
|
bubukle |
BU'BUKLE, n. A red pimple. [Not used.] |
7574
|
bubulca |
BUBUL'CA, n. A flat fresh-water fish, of a circular form and a silvery color. |
7575
|
bucaneer |
BUCANEE'R, |
7576
|
bucanier |
BUCANIE'R, n. Primarily, a buccaneer is said to one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the ... |
7577
|
bucao |
BUCA'O, n. A species of owl, in the Philippine isles, of a beautiful plumage, and size of a ... |
7578
|
buccal |
BUC'CAL, a. [L. bucca, the cheek.] Pertaining to the cheek. The buccal glands are the small ... |
7579
|
buccellation |
BUCCELLA'TION, n. [L. buccella, buccea, a mouthful.]The act of breaking into large pieces. |
7580
|
buccinite |
BUC'CINITE, n. Fossil remains or petrifactions of the shells called buccinum. |
7581
|
bucentaur |
BUCENT'AUR, n. The state barge of Venice. |
7582
|
bucephalus |
BUCEPH'ALUS, n. An animal of the gazelle tribe, of the size of a hind. |
7583
|
buceros |
BU'CEROS,n. The hornbill or Indian raven; a genus of birds, common in the East Indies. |
7584
|
bucholzite |
BUCH'OLZITE, n. A newly discovered mineral, whose colors are white and black, appearing in spots. |
7585
|
buck |
BUCK, n. Lye in which clothes are soaked in the operation of bleaching; the liquor in which ... |
7586
|
buckbean |
BUCK'BEAN, n. This is properly bogbean, which see. |
7587
|
bucked |
BUCK'ED, pp. Soaked in lye. |
7588
|
bucket |
BUCK'ET, n. 1. The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well; it is nearly in the form of a ... |
7589
|
bucking |
BUCK'ING, ppr. Soaking in lye, in the process of bleaching; washing.BUCK'ING, n. The act or ... |
7590
|
bucking-stool |
BUCK'ING-STOOL, n. A washing block. |
7591
|
buckle |
BUCK'LE, n. 1. An instrument made of some kind of metal, for fastening together certain parts of ... |
7592
|
buckler |
BUCK'LER, n. A kind of shield, or piece of defensive armor, anciently used in war. It was composed ... |
7593
|
buckler-thorn |
BUCK'LER-THORN, n. Christ's thorn. |
7594
|
buckmast |
BUCK'MAST, n. [buck, that is, beach, and mast.] The mast or fruit of the beach tree. |
7595
|
buckram |
BUCK'RAM, n. A coarse linen cloth, stiffened with glue, used in garments to keep them in the form ... |
7596
|
buckrams |
BUCK'RAMS, n. The same as wild garlic. |
7597
|
buckshorn |
BUCKS'HORN, n. [buck and horn.] A plant, a species of Plantago, or plantain, called coronopus.The ... |
7598
|
buckskin |
BUCK'SKIN, n. The skin of a buck. As an adjective, made of leather prepared from the skin of a ... |
7599
|
buckstall |
BUCK'STALL, n. [buck and stall.] A toil or net to take deer. |
7600
|
buckthorn |
BUCK'THORN, n. [buck and thorn.] A genus of plants, called Rhamnus, of many species. The common ... |
7601
|
buckwheat |
BUCK'WHEAT, n. A plant and a species of grain; called also brank. It belongs to the genus ... |
7602
|
bucolic |
BUCOL'IC, a. [Gr. a herdsman; pastoral; L. buculus, an ox; bucolicus, pertaining to cattle, ... |
7603
|
bud |
BUD, n. [Gr. to plant or beget.] A gem; the shoot of a plant; a small protuberance on the stem or ... |
7604
|
budded |
BUD'DED, pp. Put forth in buds; inoculated. |
7605
|
buddhism |
BUD'DHISM, n. The doctrines of the Buddhists in Asia. |
7606
|
budding |
BUD'DING, ppr. Putting forth buds; inoculating. |
7607
|
buddle |
BUD'DLE, n. In mining, a large square frame of board, used in washing tin ore.BUD'DLE, v.i. Among ... |
7608
|
budge |
BUDGE, v.t. To move off; to stir; to wag. In America, wag is much used as equivalent to budge; but ... |
7609
|
budge-bachelors |
BUDGE-BACHELORS, a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with lamb's fur, who accompany the ... |
7610
|
budge-barrel |
BUDGE-BARREL, n. A small barrel with only one head; on the other end, a piece of leather is ... |
7611
|
budgeness |
BUDGENESS, n. Sternness; severity. [Not used.] |
7612
|
budger |
BUDG'ER, n. One who moves or stirs from his place. |
7613
|
budget |
BUDG'ET, n.1. A bag; a little sack, with its contents. Hence, a stock or store; as a budget of ... |
7614
|
budgy |
BUDG'Y, a. Consisting of fur. [Not used.] |
7615
|
budlet |
BUD'LET, n. [from bud.] A little bud springing from a parent bud.We have a criterion to ... |
7616
|
buff |
BUFF, n. [contracted from buffalo,or buffskin.]1. Buffskin; a sort of leather, prepared from the ... |
7617
|
buffalo |
BUFF'ALO, n. [L. bubalus.] The Bubalus, a species of the bovine genus, originally from India, but ... |
7618
|
buffel |
BUFF'EL, n. Buffel's head duck, anas bucephala, a bird with a short blue bill,and a head whose ... |
7619
|
buffet |
BUFF'ET, n. A cupboard, or set of shelves, for plates, glass, china and other like furniture. It ... |
7620
|
buffeted |
BUFF'ETED, pp. Struck; beaten. l Cor.4.11. l Pet.2.20. |
7621
|
buffeter |
BUFF'ETER, n. One who buffets; a boxer. |
7622
|
buffeting |
BUFF'ETING, ppr. Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against.BUFF'ETING, n. A striking ... |
7623
|
buffin |
BUFF'IN, n. A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. |
7624
|
buffle |
BUFF'LE, n. The buffalo.BUFF'LE, v.i. To puzzle; to be at a loss.This is probably the same word ... |
7625
|
buffle-head |
BUFF'LE-HEAD, n. [buffle and head.] One who has a large head. |
7626
|
buffle-headed |
BUFF'LE-HEADED, a. Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; foolish. |
7627
|
buffon |
BUFF'ON,n. The Numidian crane, an African fowl. |
7628
|
buffoon |
BUFFOON',n. 1. A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures and ... |
7629
|
buffoonery |
BUFFOON'ERY, n. The arts and practices of a buffoon; low jests; ridiculous pranks; vulgar tricks ... |
7630
|
buffooning |
BUFFOON'ING, n. Buffoonery. |
7631
|
buffoonish |
BUFFOON'ISH, a. Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gesture. |
7632
|
buffoonism |
BUFFOON'ISM, n. The practices of a buffoon. |
7633
|
buffoonly |
BUFFOON'LY, a. Consisting of low vulgar tricks. [Little used.] |
7634
|
bufonite |
BU'FONITE, n. [L. bufo, a toad.] Toadstone, or fossil-teeth of the anarrhicas or sea-wolf, ... |
7635
|
bug |
BUG, n. In common language, the name of a vast multitude of insects, which infest houses and ... |
7636
|
bugbear |
BUG'BEAR, v.t. To alarm or frighten with idle phantoms. |
7637
|
bugee |
BUGEE', n. A species of monkey found in India, of a beaver color. |
7638
|
bugelugey |
BU'GELUGEY, n. A large species of lizard, four feet long. |
7639
|
bugger |
BUG'GER, n. One guilty of the crime against nature. A vile wretch; a term of reproach. |
7640
|
buggery |
BUG'GERY, n. The unnatural and detestable crime of carnal intercourse of man or woman with a ... |
7641
|
bugginess |
BUG'GINESS, n. [from buggy.] The state of being infected with bugs. |
7642
|
buggy |
BUG'GY, a. [from bug.] Abounding with bugs. |
7643
|
bugle |
BU'GLE, |
7644
|
bugle-horn |
BU'GLE-HORN, n. A hunting horn.1. A military instrument of music. |
7645
|
bugle-weed |
BU'GLE-WEED, n. A plant, the lycopus virginicus, valued as a remedy for haemoptysis, or spitting ... |
7646
|
bugloss |
BU'GLOSS, n. [L. buglossus; Gr. an ox, and tongue.]A genus of plants, called alkanet; in botany, ... |
7647
|
bugwort |
BUG'WORT, n. A plant, the Cimicifuga. |
7648
|
buhrstone |
BUHR'STONE, n. A subspecies of silex or quartz, occurring in amorphous masses, partly compact, but ... |
7649
|
build |
BUILD, |
7650
|
builder |
BUILD'ER, n. bild'er. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build; an architect, a ... |
7651
|
building |
BUILD'ING, ppr. bild'ing. Framing and erecting; resting on.BUILD'ING, n. bild'ing. A fabric or ... |
7652
|
built |
BUILT, pp. bilt. Framed and raised; constructed.BUILT, n. bilt. Form; shape; general figure of a ... |
7653
|
bul |
BUL,n. The common flounder. |
7654
|
bulb |
BULB, n. [L. bulbus, a bulb or round root.] A round body, applied to many objects. But in ... |
7655
|
bulbaceous |
BULBA'CEOUS, a. Bulbous. [I believe,not used.] |
7656
|
bulbed |
BULB'ED, a. Round headed. |
7657
|
bulbiferous |
BULBIF'EROUS, a. Producing bulbs; as bulbiferous stems. |
7658
|
bulbous |
BULB'OUS, a. Containing bulbs or a bulb; growing from bulbs; round or roundish.1. Containing a ... |
7659
|
bulchin |
BULCHIN, n. A young male calf. |
7660
|
bulge |
BULGE, n. A different orthography of bilge. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask; ... |
7661
|
bulging |
BULG'ING, ppr. or a. Swelling out; bilging. As an adjective,protuberant. |
7662
|
bulimy |
BU'LIMY, n. [Gr. great, and hunger.] A voracious appetite; a disease in which the patient has a ... |
7663
|
bulk |
BULK, n. 1. Magnitude of material substance; whole dimensions; size of a thing; as an ox or a ... |
7664
|
bulk-head |
BULK'-HEAD, n. [bulk and head.] A partition in a ship made with boards, to form separate ... |
7665
|
bulkiness |
BULK'INESS, n. Greatness in bulk, size or stature. |
7666
|
bulky |
BULK'Y, a. Large; of great dimensions; of great size. |
7667
|
bull |
BULL, n. 1. The male of the Bos, or bovine genus of quadrupeds, of which cow is the female.2. In ... |
7668
|
bull-fight |
BULL'-FIGHT, n. [bull and fight.] A combat with a bull; an amusement among the Spaniards and ... |
7669
|
bull-head |
BULL'-HEAD, n. [bull and head.] A genus of fishes, the Cottus, with a head broader than the ... |
7670
|
bullace |
BULL'ACE, n. The bully-tree, or Chrysophyllum, a plant of two species, natives of the West ... |
7671
|
bullantic |
BULLAN'TIC, a. [from bull.] Designating certain ornamental capital letters, used in Apostolic ... |
7672
|
bullary |
BULL'ARY, n. A collection of Papistical bulls. |
7673
|
bullate |
BUL'LATE, a. [L. bullatus.] Having elevations, like blisters; as a bullate leaf. |
7674
|
bullet |
BULL'ET, n. A ball of iron or lead, called also shot, used to load guns for killing man or beast. ... |
7675
|
bulletin |
BULL'ETIN, n. A French word denoting1. An official report from an officer to his commander or ... |
7676
|
bullion |
BULL'ION, n. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. The precious metals are called bullion, when ... |
7677
|
bullish |
BULL'ISH, a. Partaking of the nature of a bull or blunder. |
7678
|
bullist |
BULL'IST, n. A writer of papal bulls. |
7679
|
bullite |
BUL'LITE, n. A petrified shell, or the fossil remains of shells, of the genus Bulla. |
7680
|
bullition |
BULLI'TION, n. [L. bullio, to boil. See Boil.] The act or state of boiling. Superseded by ... |
7681
|
bullock |
BULL'OCK, n. An ox, or castrated bull. In America,it is applied to a full grown ox. |
7682
|
bulls-eye |
BULL'S-EYE, n. [bull and eye.] Among seamen, a piece of wood in the form of a ring, answering the ... |
7683
|
bully |
BULL'Y, n. A noisy, blustering overbearing fellow, more distinguished for insolence and empty ... |
7684
|
bulrush |
BUL'RUSH, n. [bole, or boll, and rush.] A large kind of rush, growing in wet land or water, and ... |
7685
|
bultel |
BUL'TEL, n. [See Bolt.] A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Not used.] |
7686
|
bulwark |
BUL'WARK, n.1. In fortification, a bastion, or a rampart; a mound of earth round a place, capable ... |
7687
|
bum |
BUM, n. The buttocks; the part on which we sit.BUM, v.i. To make a noise. |
7688
|
bumbailiff |
BUMBA'ILIFF, n. [A corruption of bound bailiff.] In England, an under-bailiff; a subordinate ... |
7689
|
bumbard |
BUM'BARD, n. [See Bombard.] |
7690
|
bumboat |
BUM'BOAT, n. A small boat, for carrying provisions to a ship at a distance from shore. |
7691
|
bumkin |
BUM'KIN, n. [See Bumpkin.] A short boom projecting from each bow of a ship, to extend the clue of ... |
7692
|
bump |
BUMP, n. [L. bombus, and Eng. pomp.,from swelling, thrusting out.]1. A swelling or ... |
7693
|
bumper |
BUMP'ER, n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over. |
7694
|
bumpkin |
BUMP'KIN, n. [bump, large, swelling.] An awkward heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout. |
7695
|
bumpkinly |
BUMP'KINLY, a. Clownish. [Not used.] |
7696
|
bunch |
BUNCH, n.1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; as the bunch on a camel's back.2. A cluster; ... |
7697
|
bunchiness |
BUNCH'INESS, n. The quality of being bunchy, or growing in bunches. |
7698
|
bunchy |
BUNCH'Y, a. Growing in bunches; like a bunch; having tufts. |
7699
|
bundle |
BUN'DLE, n.1. A number of things put together.2. A roll; any thing bound or rolled into a ... |
7700
|
bung |
BUNG, n.1. The stopple of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.2. The hole or orifice in the bilge ... |
7701
|
bungle |
BUNG'LE, v.i. bung'gl. To perform in a clumsy, awkward manner; as, to bungle in making ... |
7702
|
bungler |
BUNG'LER, n. A clumsy awkward workman; one who performs without skill. |
7703
|
bungling |
BUNG'LING, ppr. Performing awkwardly.BUNG'LING, a. Clumsy; awkwardly done. |
7704
|
bunglingly |
BUNG'LINGLY, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. |
7705
|
bunk |
BUNK, n. A case or cabin of boards for a bed; a word used in some parts of America. |
7706
|
bunn |
BUNN, or BUN, n. [Gr. a hill, and a cake offered to deities.]A small cake, or a kind of sweet ... |
7707
|
bunsing |
BUN'SING,n. An animal found at the Cape of Good Hope, resembling the ferret, but twice as large. ... |
7708
|
bunt |
BUNT, n. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail.BUNT, v.i. To swell out; as, the sail ... |
7709
|
bunter |
BUNT'ER, n. A cant word for a woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low vulgar woman. |
7710
|
bunting |
BUNT'ING, n. A bird of the genus Emberiza. The name is applied to different species, as the ... |
7711
|
buntlines |
BUNT'LINES, n. Ropes fastened to cringles on the bottoms of square sails, to draw them up to their ... |
7712
|
buoy |
BUOY, n. A close empty cask, or a block of wood or cork, fastened by a rope to an anchor,and ... |
7713
|
buoyancy |
BUOY'ANCY, n. The quality of floating on the surface of water, or in the atmosphere; specific ... |
7714
|
buoyant |
BUOY'ANT, a. Floating; light; that will not sink; having the quality of rising or floating in a ... |
7715
|
buoyrope |
BUOY'ROPE, n. [buoy and rope.] The rope which fastens a buoy to an anchor. |
7716
|
buprestes |
BUPRES'TES, n. A species of cantharides, of a nauseous scent, and biting severely. |
7717
|
bur |
BUR, |
7718
|
bur-reed |
BUR'-REED, n. A plant, the Sparganium. |
7719
|
burbast |
BUR'BAST, n. A different orthography of bombast, which see.]1. A cloth made by sewing one stuff ... |
7720
|
burbot |
BUR'BOT, n. [from L. barbatus, so named from its beard.]A fish of the genus Gadus,shaped like an ... |
7721
|
burdelais |
BURD'ELAIS, n. A sort of grape. |
7722
|
burden |
BURD'EN, n. burd'n; written also burthen. [L. fero,or porto.]1. That which is borne or carried; a ... |
7723
|
burdened |
BURD'ENED, pp. Loaded with weight; incumbered; oppressed. |
7724
|
burdener |
BURD'ENER, n. One who loads; an oppressor |
7725
|
burdenous |
BURD'ENOUS, a. Grievous; heavy to be borne; oppressive.1. Cumbersome; useless. |
7726
|
burdensome |
BURD'ENSOME, a. Heavy; grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. |
7727
|
burdensomeness |
BURD'ENSOMENESS, n. The quality of being burdensome; heaviness; oppressiveness. |
7728
|
burdock |
BUR'DOCK, n. [bur and dock.] A genus of plants, called Arctium. They are troublesome weeds.The ... |
7729
|
bureau |
BU'REAU, n. buro.1. A chest of drawers, for keeping papers or clothes.2. An ambassador's or ... |
7730
|
burg |
BURG, n. [This is the same word as borough, the only difference being in the pronunciation of the ... |
7731
|
burgage |
BURG'AGE, n. [from burg.] In English law, tenure in burgage, or burgage tenure, is tenure in ... |
7732
|
burgamot |
BURG'AMOT, n. A species of pear. [See Bergamot.]1. A kind of perfume. [See Bergamot.] |
7733
|
burganet |
BURG'ANET, |
7734
|
burgeois |
BURGEOIS', n. A burgess. |
7735
|
burgeon |
BURGEON. [See Bourgeon.] |
7736
|
burger-master |
BURG'ER-MASTER, n. An aquatic fowl which builds its nest on cliffs near the water. |
7737
|
burgess |
BURG'ESS, n. 1. An inhabitant of a borough, or walled town; or one who possesses a tenement ... |
7738
|
burgess-ship |
BURG'ESS-SHIP, n. The state or quality of a burgess. |
7739
|
burgh |
BURGH, n. burg. A different orthography of burg, borough, which see. |
7740
|
burgh-master |
BURGH'-M'ASTER, n. [burgh and master.] A burgomaster; also, an officer in the tinmines, who ... |
7741
|
burgher |
BURGH'ER, n. [from burg.] An inhabitant of a burgh or borough, who enjoys the privileges of the ... |
7742
|
burgher-ship |
BURGH'ER-SHIP, n. The state or privilege of a burgher. |
7743
|
burghmote |
BURGH'MOTE, n. [burgh and mote, meeting.] The court of a burgh or borough. |
7744
|
burglar |
BURG'LAR, n. [burgh or burg, a house] One guilty of nocturnal house breaking; one who breaks and ... |
7745
|
burglarian |
BURGLARIAN, n. A person guilty of burglary. |
7746
|
burglarious |
BURGLA'RIOUS, a. Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.To come down a chimney ... |
7747
|
burglariously |
BURGLA'RIOUSLY, adv. With an intent to commit burglary;in the manner of a burglar. |
7748
|
burglary |
BURG'LARY, n. The act or crime of nocturnal house breaking, with an intent to commit a felony. To ... |
7749
|
burgomaster |
BURG'OM'ASTER, n. [burg and master.] A burgh-master; a magistrate or one employed in the ... |
7750
|
burgonet |
BURG'ONET, n. A kind of helmet, the Spanish murrion. |
7751
|
burgrave |
BUR'GRAVE, n. [burg] In some European countries, an hereditary governor of a town or castle. |
7752
|
burgundy |
BUR'GUNDY, n. A kind of wine, so called from Burgundy in France.Burgundy pitch is turpentine ... |
7753
|
burh |
BURH, is the same as burg, burgh, with the aspirate. It is Saxon, and signifies a city, a castle, ... |
7754
|
burial |
BURIAl, n. ber'rial. [See Bury.] The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the ... |
7755
|
burialplace |
BURIAL'PLACE, n. A place appropriated to the burial of the dead; a grave-yard. |
7756
|
burier |
BURIER, n. ber'rier. One who buries a deceased person. |
7757
|
burin |
BU'RIN, n. A graver; an instrument for engraving. |
7758
|
burl |
BURL, v.t. [See Burly.] To dress cloth as fullers do.1. To pick knots and loose threads off from ... |
7759
|
burlace |
BUR'LACE, n. [A contraction of burdelais.] A sort of grape. |
7760
|
burler |
BURL'ER, n. A dresser of cloth. |
7761
|
burlesk |
BURLESK', a. [The termination esque answers to Eng.] Jocular; tending to excite laughter by ... |
7762
|
burlesker |
BURLESK'ER, n. One who burlesques, or turns to ridicule. |
7763
|
burlesque |
BURLESQUE, |
7764
|
burlesquer |
BURLESQ'UER, |
7765
|
burletta |
BURLET'TA, n. A comic opera; a musical entertainment. |
7766
|
burliness |
BUR'LINESS,n. [See Burly.] Bulk; bluster. |
7767
|
burly |
BURL'Y, a. [The sense probably is swelled.] Great in size; bulky; timid; falsely great; ... |
7768
|
burn |
BURN, v.t. pret. and pp. burned or burnt. [L. pruna, and perhaps, furnus, fornaz, a furnace. The ... |
7769
|
burnable |
BURN'ABLE, a. That may be burnt. [Little used.] |
7770
|
burned |
BURN'ED, BURNT, pp. Consumed with fire; scorched or dried with fire or heat; baked or hardened in ... |
7771
|
burner |
BURN'ER, n. A person who burns or sets fire to any thing. |
7772
|
burnet |
BURN'ET, n. A plant, Poterium or garden burnet. |
7773
|
burnet-saxifrage |
BURNET-SAXIFRAGE, n. A plant, Pimpinella. |
7774
|
burning |
BURN'ING, ppr. Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calcining; charring; ... |
7775
|
burning-glass |
BURN'ING-GLASS, n. [burn and glass.] A convex glass which, when exposed to the direct rays of the ... |
7776
|
burning-thorny-pla |
BURNING-THORNY-PLANT. A species of Euphorbia or spurge. |
7777
|
burnish |
BURN'ISH, v.t. To polish by friction; to make smooth, bright and glossy; as, to burnish ... |
7778
|
burnished |
BURN'ISHED, pp. Polished; made glossy. |
7779
|
burnisher |
BURN'ISHER, n. The person who polishes,or makes glossy.1. An instrument used in polishing, of ... |
7780
|
burnishing |
BURN'ISHING, ppr. Polishing; making smooth and glossy. |
7781
|
burnoose |
BURN'OOSE, |
7782
|
burnos |
BURN'OS, n. An upper cloke or garment. |
7783
|
burnt |
BURNT, pp. of burn. Consumed; scorched; heated; subjected to the action of fire. |
7784
|
burnt-offering |
BURNT-OFFERING, n. [burnt and offer.] Something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement ... |
7785
|
burr |
BURR, n. The lobe or lap of the ear.1. The round knob of a horn next a deer's head.2. The ... |
7786
|
burras-pipe |
BUR'RAS-PIPE, n. An instrument or vessel used to keep corroding powders in. |
7787
|
burrel |
BUR'REL, n. A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp. |
7788
|
burrel-fly |
BURREL-FLY, n. The ox-fly, gad-bee, or breeze. |
7789
|
burrel-shot |
BURREL-SHOT, n. Small shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, &c., put into cases, to be ... |
7790
|
burrock |
BUR'ROCK, n. A small wier or dam where wheels are laid in a river, for catching fish. |
7791
|
burrow |
BUR'ROW, n. A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see.BUR'ROW, n. A hollow place in ... |
7792
|
burrowing |
BUR'ROWING, ppr. Lodging in a burrow. |
7793
|
bursar |
BURS'AR, n. [See Burse.] A treasurer,or cash-keeper, as the bursar of a college, or of a ... |
7794
|
bursar-ship |
BURS'AR-SHIP, n. The office of a bursar. |
7795
|
bursary |
BURS'ARY, n. The treasury of a college, or monastery.1. In Scotland, an exhibition. |
7796
|
burse |
BURSE, n. burs.1. A public edifice in certain cities, for the meeting of merchants to consult on ... |
7797
|
burst |
BURST, v.i. pret. and pp. burst. The old participle bursten is nearly obsolete.1. To fly or break ... |
7798
|
burstenness |
BURST'ENNESS, n. The state of having a rupture; the hernia. |
7799
|
burster |
BURST'ER, n. One that bursts. |
7800
|
bursting |
BURST'ING, ppr. Rending or parting by violence; exploding. |
7801
|
burt |
BURT, n. A flat fish of the turbot kind. |
7802
|
burthen |
BURTHEN. [See Burden.] |
7803
|
burton |
BUR'TON, n. A small tackle formed by two blocks or pulleys, used to set up or tighten the topmost ... |
7804
|
bury |
BURY, n. ber'ry. This word is a different orthography of burg, burh, borough. It signifies a ... |
7805
|
burying |
BURYING, ppr. Interring; hiding; covering with earth; overwhelming.BURYING, n. The act of ... |
7806
|
burying-place |
BURYING-PLACE, n. A grave-yard; a place appropriated to the sepulture of the dead; a church-yard. |
7807
|
bush |
BUSH, n. [L. pasco, originally, to feed on sprouts.]1. A shrub with branches; a thick shrub; ... |
7808
|
bushel |
BUSH'EL, n. A dry measure, containing eight gallons, or four pecks. The standard English bushel,by ... |
7809
|
bushelage |
BUSH'ELAGE, n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Not used in the U. States.] |
7810
|
bushiness |
BUSH'INESS, n. [from bush, bushy.] The quality of being bushy, thick or intermixed, like the ... |
7811
|
bushment |
BUSH'MENT, n. [from bush.] A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Not used.] |
7812
|
bushy |
BUSH'Y, a. [from bush.] Full of branches; thick and spreading, like a bush; as a bushy beard or ... |
7813
|
busied |
BUSIED, pp. of busy; pron. biz'zied. |
7814
|
busiless |
BUSILESS, a. biz'ziless. [See Busy.] Without business; at leisure; unemployed. |
7815
|
busily |
BUSILY, adv. biz'zily. With constant occupation; actively; earnestly; as, to be busily employed.1. ... |
7816
|
business |
BUSINESS, n. biz'ness. [See Busy.] Employment; that which occupies the time, attention and labor ... |
7817
|
busk |
BUSK, n. A piece of steel or whale bone, worn by women to strengthen their stays; a word dependent ... |
7818
|
busket |
BUSK'ET, n. In gardening, a grove, a compartment formed by branches of trees, regularly or ... |
7819
|
buskin |
BUSK'IN, n. A kind of half boot, or high shoe, covering the foot and leg to the middle and tied ... |
7820
|
buskined |
BUSK'INED, a. Dressed in buskins. |
7821
|
busky |
BUSK'Y, a. Busky; wooded; shaded or overgrown with trees or shrubs; generally written bosky. [See ... |
7822
|
buss |
BUSS, n. [L. basio.] A kiss; a salute with the lips.1. A small vessel, from 50 to 70 tons ... |
7823
|
bust |
BUST, n. [L. bustum.] In sculpture, the figure of a person in relief, showing only the head, ... |
7824
|
bustard |
BUST'ARD, n. The tarda, a species of fowl of the grallic order, and genus Otis. The fowl grows to ... |
7825
|
bustle |
BUS'TLE, v.i. bus'l. [ This word may be allied to busy,or to L. festino.]To stir quick; to be very ... |
7826
|
bustler |
BUS'TLER, n. bus'ler. An active stirring person. |
7827
|
bustling |
BUS'TLING, ppr. bus'ling. Stirring; moving actively with noise or agitation. |
7828
|
busto |
BUST'O, n. A bust; sometimes perhaps used for a statue. |
7829
|
busy |
BUSY, a. biz'zy.1. Employed with constant attention; engaged about something that renders ... |
7830
|
busy-body |
BUSY-BODY, n. biz'zy-body. [busy and body.]A meddling person; one who officiously concerns himself ... |
7831
|
but |
BUT, part. for butan.1. Except; besides;unless.Who can it be, but perjured Lycon?That is, removed, ... |
7832
|
but-end |
BUT-END, n. [but and end.] The largest or blunt end of a thing; as the but-end of a musket or of ... |
7833
|
butcher |
BUTCH'ER, n.1. One who slaughters animals for market; or one whose occupation is to kill animals ... |
7834
|
butcher-bird |
BUTCH'ER-BIRD, n. The shrike; a genus of birds, called Lanius. One species of this genus is ... |
7835
|
butcherliness |
BUTCH'ERLINESS, n. A cruel,savage, butcherly manner. |
7836
|
butcherly |
BUTCH'ERLY, a. [from butcher.] Cruel; savage; murderous; grossly and clumsily barbarous. |
7837
|
butchers-broom |
BUTCH'ER'S-BROOM, n. Ruscus; a genus of plants, called also knee-holly. It is used by butchers ... |
7838
|
butchery |
BUTCH'ERY, n. The business of slaughtering cattle for the table or for market.1. Murder, ... |
7839
|
butler |
BUT'LER, n. A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business ... |
7840
|
butlerage |
BUT'LERAGE, n. A duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into England by foreigners or ... |
7841
|
butlership |
BUT'LERSHIP, n. The office of a butler. Gen.40.21. |
7842
|
butment |
BUT'MENT, n.1. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright ... |
7843
|
butshaft |
BUT'SHAFT, n. [but and shaft.] An arrow to shoot at butts with. |
7844
|
butt |
BUTT, n. [See But.] Literally, end, furthest point. Hence, a mark to be shot at; the point where ... |
7845
|
butter |
BUT'TER, n. [L. butyrum.] An oily substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. Agitation ... |
7846
|
butter-bump |
BUT'TER-BUMP, n. The bittern. |
7847
|
butter-burr |
BUT'TER-BURR, n. A plant, a species of Tussilago, or Colt's-foot, called petasites, growing in wet ... |
7848
|
butter-cups |
BUT'TER-CUPS, n. A name given to a species of Ranunculus or crow-foot, with bright yellow flowers; ... |
7849
|
butter-flower |
BUT'TER-FLOWER, n. A yellow flower. |
7850
|
butter-milk |
BUT'TER-MILK, n. The milk that remains after the butter is separated from it. Johnson calls this ... |
7851
|
butter-print |
BUT'TER-PRINT, |
7852
|
butter-stamp |
BUT'TER-STAMP, n. A piece of carved wood, used to mark cakes of butter. |
7853
|
butter-tooth |
BUT'TER-TOOTH, n. A broad fore tooth. |
7854
|
butter-wife |
BUT'TER-WIFE, |
7855
|
butter-woman |
BUT'TER-WOMAN, n. A woman who sells butter. |
7856
|
butterfly |
BUT'TERFLY, n. [from the color of a yellow species.]Papilio, a genus of insects, of the order of ... |
7857
|
butterfly-shell |
BUTTERFLY-SHELL, n. A genus of testaceous`molluscas, with a spiral unilocular shell; called voluta. |
7858
|
butteris |
BUT'TERIS, n. An instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse. |
7859
|
butternut |
BUT'TERNUT, n. [butter and nut.]The fruit of an American tree, the Juglans cinerea; so called from ... |
7860
|
butterwort |
BUT'TERWORT, n. A species of Pinguicula, a plant growing on bogs or soft grounds. The leaves are ... |
7861
|
buttery |
BUT'TERY, a. [from butter.] Having the qualities or appearance of butter.BUT'TERY, n. An ... |
7862
|
buttock |
BUT'TOCK, n. The rump,or the protuberant part behind.1. The convexity of a ship behind, under the ... |
7863
|
button |
BUT'TON, n. but'n.1. A knob; a small ball; a catch, used to fasten together the different parts ... |
7864
|
button-hole |
BUT'TON-HOLE, n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. |
7865
|
button-maker |
BUT'TON-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make buttons. |
7866
|
button-stone |
BUT'TON-STONE, n. A species of figured stone, or hard flint, resembling a button, consisting of ... |
7867
|
button-tree |
BUT'TON-TREE, n. The Conocarpus, called also button-wood, a genus of plants, natives of the ... |
7868
|
button-weed |
BUT'TON-WEED, n. A genus of plants, the Spermacoce. |
7869
|
button-wood |
BUT'TON-WOOD, n. The Cephalanthus, a shrub of N. America, growing five or six feet high.1. The ... |
7870
|
buttress |
BUT'TRESS, n. [This word appears to be composed of but,end, and truss, or some word of that ... |
7871
|
buttressed |
BUT'TRESSED, a. Supported with a buttress. |
7872
|
butts |
BUTTS, n. plu. [from butt.] A place where archers meet to shoot at mark. Also, short pieces of ... |
7873
|
butyraceous |
BUTYRA'CEOUS, |
7874
|
butyrous |
BUT'YROUS, a. [from butyrum, butter.] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter. |
7875
|
buxom |
BUX'OM, a.1. Obedient; obsequious; ready to obey.2. Gay; lively; brisk.3. Wanton; jolly. |
7876
|
buxomly |
BUX'OMLY, adv. Obediently.1. Wantonly; amorously. |
7877
|
buxomness |
BUX'OMNESS, n. Meekness; obedience.1. Briskness; amorousness. |
7878
|
buy |
BUY, v.t. pret. and pp. bought. pron. bawt.]1. To acquire the property, right or title to any ... |
7879
|
buyer |
BUYER, n. One who buys; a purchaser. |
7880
|
buying |
BUYING, ppr. Purchasing. |
7881
|
buzz |
BUZZ, v.i.1. To make a low hissing sound, as bees; to make the sound of z, with an expiration of ... |
7882
|
buzzard |
BUZZ'ARD, n. 1. A species of falco, or hawk,the buteo; a rapacious,but sluggish bird; the breast ... |
7883
|
buzzardet |
BUZZARDET', n. A species of Falco or hawk, resembling the buzzard in most respects; but its legs ... |
7884
|
buzzer |
BUZZ'ER, n. A whisperer; one who is busy in telling tales secretly. |
7885
|
buzzing |
BUZZ'ING, ppr. Making a low hissing sound; whispering; tattling in secret. |
7886
|
by |
BY, prep.1. Near; close; as, sit by me; that house stands by a river. [L. pressus.]2. Near, in ... |
7887
|
by-coffee-house |
BY-COFFEE-HOUSE, n. A coffee house in an obscure place. |
7888
|
by-concernment |
BY-CONCERN'MENT, n. An affair distinct from the main business. |
7889
|
by-dependence |
BY-DEPEND'ENCE, n. An appendage; that which depends on something else,or is distinct from the main ... |
7890
|
by-design |
BY-DESI'GN, n. An incidental design, or purpose. |
7891
|
by-law |
BY'-LAW, n. A town law; the law of a city, town or private corporation. |
7892
|
by-respect |
BY-RESPECT',n. Private end, or view. |
7893
|
by-stander |
BY'-STANDER, n. One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business ... |
7894
|
by-way |
BY'-WAY, n. A secluded,private or obscure way. |
7895
|
by-west |
BY-WEST', adv. Westward;; to the west of. |
7896
|
by-word |
BY'-WORD, n. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. |
7897
|
bye |
BYE, n. A dwelling. |
7898
|
byssin |
BYS'SIN, |
7899
|
byssine |
BYS'SINE, a. Made of silk. |
7900
|
byssolite |
BYS'SOLITE,n. [Gr. fine flax, and stone; so called from its resemblance to moss.]A rare mineral, ... |
7901
|
byssus |
BYS'SUS, n. [Gr. infra.] A silk or linen hood. [Not in use.] |
7902
|
byzant |
BYZ'ANT, |
7903
|
byzantian |
BYZAN'TIAN, a. Pertaining to Byzantium, an ancient city of Thrace situated on the Bosporus. In ... |
7904
|
byzantine |
BYZ'ANTINE, n. [from Byzantium.] A gold coin of the value of fifteen pounds sterling, so called ... |
