English Dictionary: Begrungsksschen | by the DICT Development Group |
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Tampoe \Tam"poe\, n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree ({Baccaurea Malayana}) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple. | |
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Background \Back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.] 1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front. 2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. --Fairholt. 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings. 4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. --Mrs. Alexander. A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray. | |
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Backworm \Back"worm`\, n. [2d back, n. + worm. ] A disease of hawks. See {Filanders}. --Wright. | |
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Filanders \Fil"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread.] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also {backworm}. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Backworm \Back"worm`\, n. [2d back, n. + worm. ] A disease of hawks. See {Filanders}. --Wright. | |
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Filanders \Fil"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread.] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also {backworm}. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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d8Bayad \[d8]Ba*yad"\, Bayatte \Ba*yatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species ({Bagrina bayad} and {B. docmac}). | |
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Bagworm \Bag"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species ({Plat[d2]ceticus Gloveri}) feeds on the orange tree. See {Basket worm}. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Bass horn \Bass" horn"\ (Mus.) A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone. | |
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Bassorin \Bas"so*rin\, n. [Cf. F. bassorine.] (Chem.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses. --Ure. | |
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Cerasin \Cer"a*sin\, n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also {meta-arabinic acid}. 2. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also {bassorin}, {tragacanthin}, etc. | |
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Bassorin \Bas"so*rin\, n. [Cf. F. bassorine.] (Chem.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses. --Ure. | |
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Cerasin \Cer"a*sin\, n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also {meta-arabinic acid}. 2. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also {bassorin}, {tragacanthin}, etc. | |
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Beakiron \Beak"i*ron\, n. [From {Bickern}.] A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil. | |
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Becharm \Be*charm"\, v. t. To charm; to captivate. | |
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Beggar \Beg"gar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beggared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beggaring}.] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. --Milton. 2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. --Shak. | |
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Begrime \Be*grime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. --Macaulay. | |
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Begrime \Be*grime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. --Macaulay. | |
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Begrimer \Be*grim"er\, n. One who, or that which, begrimes. | |
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Begrime \Be*grime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. --Macaulay. | |
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Bescorn \Be*scorn"\, v. t. To treat with scorn. [bd]Then was he bescorned.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Bescreen \Be*screen"\, v. t. To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. --Shak. | |
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Bezoar \Be"zoar\, n. [F. b[82]zoard, fr. Ar. b[be]zahr, b[be]dizahr, fr. Per. p[be]d-zahr bezoar; p[be]d protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea. Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru. {Bezoar antelope}. See {Antelope}. {Bezoar goat} (Zo[94]l.), the wild goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}). {Bezoar mineral}, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. --Ure. | |
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Bezoar \Be"zoar\, n. [F. b[82]zoard, fr. Ar. b[be]zahr, b[be]dizahr, fr. Per. p[be]d-zahr bezoar; p[be]d protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea. Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru. {Bezoar antelope}. See {Antelope}. {Bezoar goat} (Zo[94]l.), the wild goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}). {Bezoar mineral}, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. --Ure. | |
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Bicarinate \Bi*car"i*nate\, a. [Pref. bi- + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses. | |
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Dichromate \Di*chro"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also {bichromate}. | |
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Bichromate \Bi*chro"mate\, n. [Pref. bi- + chromate.] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also {dichromate}. | |
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Dichromate \Di*chro"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also {bichromate}. | |
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Bichromate \Bi*chro"mate\, n. [Pref. bi- + chromate.] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also {dichromate}. | |
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Bichromatize \Bi*chro"ma*tize\, v. t. To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine. | |
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Bickering \Bick"er*ing\, n. 1. A skirmishing. [bd]Frays and bickerings.[b8] --Milton. 2. Altercation; wrangling. | |
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Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. --Holland. 2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. --Barrow. 3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. --Thomson. | |
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Bickerment \Bick"er*ment\, n. Contention. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Bickern \Bick"ern\, n. [F. bigorne. See {Bicorn}.] An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself. | |
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Bicorn \Bi"corn\, Bicorned \Bi"corned\, Bicornous \Bi*cor"nous\, a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. {Bickern}.] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. | |
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Bicorn \Bi"corn\, Bicorned \Bi"corned\, Bicornous \Bi*cor"nous\, a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. {Bickern}.] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. | |
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Bicorn \Bi"corn\, Bicorned \Bi"corned\, Bicornous \Bi*cor"nous\, a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. {Bickern}.] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. | |
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Bicrenate \Bi*cre"nate\, a. [Pref. bi- + crenate.] (Bot.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate. | |
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Bigarreau \Big`ar*reau"\, Bigaroon \Big`a*roon"\, n. [F. bigarreau, fr. bigarr[82] variegated.] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry. | |
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Bighorn \Big"horn`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Rocky Mountain sheep ({Ovis [or] Caprovis montana}). | |
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Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen, [c6]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [c6]sarn, OHG. [c6]sarn, [c6]san, G. eisen, Icel. [c6]sarn, j[be]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.] 1. (Chem.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances. Note: The value of iron is largely due to the facility with which it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is malleable and ductile, and can be easily welded and forged at a high temperature. As cast iron, it is easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and (when tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is grouped with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of iron containing more carbon than wrought iron, but less that cast iron. It is made either from wrought iron, by roasting in a packing of carbon (cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel), or directly from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and generating furnace). 2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc. My young soldier, put up your iron. --Shak. 3. pl. Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. 4. Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron. {Bar iron}. See {Wrought iron} (below). {Bog iron}, bog ore; limonite. See {Bog ore}, under {Bog}. {Cast iron} (Metal.), an impure variety of iron, containing from three to six percent of carbon, part of which is united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest is uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as graphite, it is called gray iron. See also {Cast iron}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire irons}. See under {Fire}, n. {Gray irons}. See under {Fire}, n. {Gray iron}. See {Cast iron} (above). {It irons} (Naut.), said of a sailing vessel, when, in tacking, she comes up head to the wind and will not fill away on either tack. {Magnetic iron}. See {Magnetite}. {Malleable iron} (Metal.), iron sufficiently pure or soft to be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent malleable. {Meteoric iron} (Chem.), iron forming a large, and often the chief, ingredient of meteorites. It invariably contains a small amount of nickel and cobalt. Cf. {Meteorite}. {Pig iron}, the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs. {Reduced iron}. See under {Reduced}. {Specular iron}. See {Hematite}. {Too many irons in the fire}, too many objects requiring the attention at once. {White iron}. See {Cast iron} (above). {Wrought iron} (Metal.), the purest form of iron commonly known in the arts, containing only about half of one per cent of carbon. It is made either directly from the ore, as in the Catalan forge or bloomery, or by purifying (puddling) cast iron in a reverberatory furnace or refinery. It is tough, malleable, and ductile. When formed into bars, it is called bar iron. | |
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Bookworm \Book"worm`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known. 2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. --Pope. | |
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Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554) | |
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Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] time + -meter: cf. F. chronom[8a]tre.] 1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper. 2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc. 3. (Mus.) A metronome. {Box chronometer}. See under {Box}. {Pocket chronometer}, a chronometer in the form of a large watch. {To rate a chronometer}. See {Rate}, v. t. | |
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Box-iron \Box"-i`ron\, n. A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within. | |
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Ramson \Ram"son\, n. [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams, ramsl[94]k; cf. Gr. [?] onion.] (Bot.) A broad-leaved species of garlic ({Allium ursinum}), common in European gardens; -- called also {buckram}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F. bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG. boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat's hair), or fr. F. bouracan, by transposing the letter r. See {Buck}, {Barracan}.] 1. A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. Note: Buckram was formerly a very different material from that now known by the name. It was used for wearing apparel, etc. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ). 2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Ramson}. --Dr. Prior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit. 2. Stiff; precise. [bd]Buckram dames.[b8] --Brooke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. --Cowper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ramson \Ram"son\, n. [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams, ramsl[94]k; cf. Gr. [?] onion.] (Bot.) A broad-leaved species of garlic ({Allium ursinum}), common in European gardens; -- called also {buckram}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F. bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG. boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat's hair), or fr. F. bouracan, by transposing the letter r. See {Buck}, {Barracan}.] 1. A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. Note: Buckram was formerly a very different material from that now known by the name. It was used for wearing apparel, etc. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ). 2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Ramson}. --Dr. Prior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit. 2. Stiff; precise. [bd]Buckram dames.[b8] --Brooke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckram \Buck"ram\, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. --Cowper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buck's-horn \Buck's"-horn`\, n. (Bot.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn ({Plantago Coronopus}); also, {Lobelia coronopifolia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Bucranium \[d8]Bu*cra"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {Bucrania}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] ox head.] A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bushranger \Bush"ran`ger\, n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
By-corner \By"-cor`ner\, n. A private corner. Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. --Fuller. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Arm, MT Zip code(s): 59910 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Horn County, MT (county, FIPS 3) Location: 45.42945 N, 107.48976 W Population (1990): 11337 (4304 housing units) Area: 12936.7 sq km (land), 51.4 sq km (water) Big Horn County, WY (county, FIPS 3) Location: 44.52553 N, 107.98750 W Population (1990): 10525 (5048 housing units) Area: 8125.2 sq km (land), 56.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Run, PA (borough, FIPS 6344) Location: 40.96988 N, 78.87809 W Population (1990): 699 (326 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Big Run, WV Zip code(s): 26561 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bighorn, MT Zip code(s): 59010 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boquero]n, PR (comunidad, FIPS 8099) Location: 18.20954 N, 65.84886 W Population (1990): 1122 (329 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boys Ranch, AL Zip code(s): 36761 Boys Ranch, FL Zip code(s): 32060 Boys Ranch, NM Zip code(s): 87002 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buckhorn, KY Zip code(s): 41721 Buckhorn, NM Zip code(s): 88025 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
background n.,adj.,vt. [common] To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided attention, and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority. "For now, we'll just print a list of nodes and links; I'm working on the graph-printing problem in background." Note that this implies ongoing activity but at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream `back burner' (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption of activity). Some people prefer to use the term for processing that they have queued up for their unconscious minds (a tack that one can often fruitfully take upon encountering an obstacle in creative work). Compare {amp off}, {slopsucker}. Technically, a task running in background is detached from the terminal where it was started (and often running at a lower priority); oppose {foreground}. Nowadays this term is primarily associated with {{Unix}}, but it appears to have been first used in this sense on OS/360. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
backronym n. [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym that was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what linguists call `back formation'. Examples are given under {BASIC}, {recursive acronym} (Cygnus), {Acme}, and {mung}. Discovering backronyms is a common form of wordplay among hackers. Compare {retcon}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
big iron n. [common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of {number-crunching} supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of approval; compare {heavy metal}, oppose {dinosaur}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Big Room n. (Also `Big Blue Room') The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
background 1. background task) is detached from the terminal where it was started (and often running at a lower priority); opposite of {foreground}. This means that the task's input and output must be from/to files (or other processes). Nowadays this term is primarily associated with {Unix}, but it appears to have been first used in this sense on {OS/360}. Compare {amp off}, {batch}, {slopsucker}. 2. do it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided attention, and "to background" something means to relegate it to a lower priority. "For now, we'll just print a list of nodes and links; I'm working on the graph-printing problem in the background." Note that this implies ongoing activity but at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream "back burner" (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption of activity). Some people prefer to use the term for processing that they have queued up for their unconscious minds (often a fruitful tack to take upon encountering an obstacle in creative work). (1996-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
big iron ultra-fast computers. Used generally of {number crunching} {supercomputers} such as {Cray}s, but can include more conventional big commercial {IBM}ish {mainframes}. The term implies approval, in contrast to "{dinosaur}". [{Jargon File}] (2000-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Big Room ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room." (1996-03-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Bjarne Stroustrup ["The C++ Programming Language", Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1986]. [Details?] (2000-05-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BSRAM {Burst Static Random Access Memory} |