English Dictionary: Berycomorphi | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sinister \Sin"is*ter\ (s[icr]n"[icr]s*t[etil]r; 277), a. Note: [Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to {dexter}, or {right}. [bd]Here on his sinister cheek.[b8] --Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's --Shak. Note: In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would be on the left of the bearer of the shield, and opposite the right hand of the beholder. 2. Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences. All the several ills that visit earth, Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth. --B. Jonson. 3. Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims. Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts. --Bacon. He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts. --South. He read in their looks . . . sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself. --Sir W. Scott. 4. Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. {Bar sinister}. (Her.) See under {Bar}, n. {Sinister aspect} (Astrol.), an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs, as Saturn in Aries, and Mars in the same degree of Gemini. {Sinister base}, {Sinister chief}. See under {Escutcheon}. | |
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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. 5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. 6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. 8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. 9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. 10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. 11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. 12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. 13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode. 14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. {Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. {Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. {Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}. {Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. {Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}. {Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. {In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. {Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, a plea which is a final defense in an action. {Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely. {Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. | |
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Barcon \Bar"con\, n. [It. barcone, fr. barca a bark.] A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean. | |
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Glairin \Glair"in\, n. A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also {baregin}. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bargained} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bargaining}.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. {To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. [bd]The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See {Bark} a vessel. ] 1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. --Wharton. 2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --Shak. 3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. 4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --Shak. {Bargain and sale} (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. --Blackstone. {Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated; besides. {To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] --Swift. {To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. [bd]A bargain was struck.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See {Bargain}, n.] To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. --Shak. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See {Bark} a vessel. ] 1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. --Wharton. 2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. --Shak. 3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. 4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. --Shak. {Bargain and sale} (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i. e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. --Blackstone. {Into the bargain}, over and above what is stipulated; besides. {To sell bargains}, to make saucy (usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] --Swift. {To strike a bargain}, to reach or ratify an agreement. [bd]A bargain was struck.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bargained} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bargaining}.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. {To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. [bd]The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Bargainee \Bar`gain*ee"\, n. [OF. bargaign[82], p. p. See {Bargain}, v. i.] (Law) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. --Blackstone. | |
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Bargainer \Bar"gain*er\, n. One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor. | |
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Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bargained} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bargaining}.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. {To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. [bd]The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Bargainor \Bar`gain*or"\, n. (Law) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. --Blackstone. | |
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Bargeman \Barge"man\, n. The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. | |
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Bargemastter \Barge"mast`ter\, n. The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. | |
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Barkantine \Bark"an*tine\, n. Same as {Barkentine}. | |
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Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See {Bark}, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also {barquentine}, {barkantine}, etc.] See Illust. in Append. | |
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Barkantine \Bark"an*tine\, n. Same as {Barkentine}. | |
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Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See {Bark}, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also {barquentine}, {barkantine}, etc.] See Illust. in Append. | |
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Barken \Bark"en\, a. Made of bark. [Poetic] --Whittier. | |
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Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See {Bark}, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also {barquentine}, {barkantine}, etc.] See Illust. in Append. | |
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Bark \Bark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t., 3. 4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut. | |
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Guidguid \Guid"guid`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American ant bird of the genus {Hylactes}; -- called also {barking bird}. | |
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Barking irons \Bark"ing i`rons\ 1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. --Gardner. 2. A pair of pistols. [Slang] | |
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Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows. Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S. fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}. 2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder. {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog. {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See {Gopher}, 2. {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}. {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers. {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba}, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring. {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern United States. (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}). {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death. {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}. {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species {Archibuteo ferrugineus}. {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See {Teetee}. (b) A marmoset. {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying phalanger} under {Flying}. {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel. {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum}) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns. | |
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Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See {Bark}, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also {barquentine}, {barkantine}, etc.] See Illust. in Append. | |
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Barracan \Bar"ra*can\, n. [F. baracan, bouracan (cf. Pr. barracan, It. baracane, Sp. barragan, Pg. barregana, LL. barracanus), fr. Ar. barrak[be]n a kind of black gown, perh. fr. Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair.] A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant. | |
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Barracoon \Bar"ra*coon`\, n. [Sp. or Pg. barraca. See {Barrack}.] A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. --Du Chaillu. | |
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Gemel \Gem"el\, a. [OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See {Gemini}, and cf. {Gimmal}.] (Her.) Coupled; paired. {Bars gemel} (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other. | |
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Barycentric \Bar`y*cen"tric\, a. [Gr. [?] heavy + [?] center.] Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See {Barycentric calculus}, under {Calculus}. | |
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Calculus \Cal"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Calculi}. [L, calculus. See {Calculate}, and {Calcule}.] 1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. 2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. {Barycentric calculus}, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which co[89]fficients or weights are ascribed. {Calculus of functions}, that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. {Calculus of operations}, that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. {Calculus of probabilities}, the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. {Calculus of variations}, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. {Differential calculus}, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. {Exponential calculus}, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. {Imaginary calculus}, a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. {Integral calculus}, a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself. | |
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Bearishness \Bear"ish*ness\, n. Behavior like that of a bear. | |
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Bearskin \Bear"skin`\, n. 1. The skin of a bear. 2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. 3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. | |
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Supple-jack \Sup"ple-jack`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub ({Berchemia volubilus}) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant ({Paullinia Curassavica}); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. --W. Irving. Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. | |
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Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[etil]r"g[adot]*m[ocr]t), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[umac]di a lord's pear.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the Orange family ({Citrus bergamia}), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata}). 2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. 3. A variety of pear. --Johnson. 4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. --Cowper. 5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. {Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family ({Monarda fistulosa}). | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Bergander \Ber"gan*der\, n. [Berg, for burrow + gander a male goose? Cf. G. bergente, Dan. gravgaas.] (Zo[94]l.) A European duck ({Anas tadorna}). See {Sheldrake}. | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Bergander \Ber"gan*der\, n. [Berg, for burrow + gander a male goose? Cf. G. bergente, Dan. gravgaas.] (Zo[94]l.) A European duck ({Anas tadorna}). See {Sheldrake}. | |
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Bergmaster \Berg"mas`ter\, n. See {Barmaster}. | |
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Bergmeal \Berg"meal\, n. [G. berg mountain + mehl meal.] (Min.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite. | |
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Bergmote \Berg"mote\, n. See {Barmote}. | |
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Bergomask \Ber"go*mask\, n. A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. | |
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Berseem \Ber*seem"\, n. [Ar. bersh[c6]m clover.] An Egyptian clover ({Trifolium alexandrinum}) extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also {Egyptian clover}. | |
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Biorgan \Bi*or"gan\, n. [Gr. [?] life + E. organ.] (Biol.) A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan. | |
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Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E. withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry}, {light}, {still}, etc. 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape}, etc. {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}. {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}. [Colloq.] {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. | |
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Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold. | |
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Birchen \Birch"en\ (b[etil]rch"'n), a. Of or relating to birch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Birched} (b[etil]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Birching}.] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog. | |
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Birgander \Bir"gan*der\, n. See {Bergander}. | |
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Birken \Birk"en\, v. t. [From 1st {Birk}.] To whip with a birch or rod. [Obs.] | |
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Birken \Birk"en\, a. Birchen; as, birken groves. --Burns. | |
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Boorish \Boor"ish\, a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- {Boor"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Boor"ish*ness}, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. --Milton. | |
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Boraginaceous \Bo*rag`i*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants ({Boraginace[91]}) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. | |
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Boraginaceous \Bo*rag`i*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants ({Boraginace[91]}) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. | |
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Boragineous \Bor`a*gin"e*ous\, a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous. | |
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Borough-English \Bor"ough-Eng"lish\, n. (Eng. Law) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. --Blackstone. | |
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Boroughmaster \Bor"ough*mas"ter\, n. [Cf. {Burgomaster}.] The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough. | |
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Boroughmonger \Bor"ough*mon"ger\, n. One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs. | |
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Boroughmongering \Bor"ough*mon"ger*ing\, Boroughmongery \Bor"ough*mon"ger*y\, n. The practices of a boroughmonger. | |
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Boroughmongering \Bor"ough*mon"ger*ing\, Boroughmongery \Bor"ough*mon"ger*y\, n. The practices of a boroughmonger. | |
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Borrage \Bor"rage\, n., Borraginaceous \Bor*rag`i*na"ceous\, a., etc. See {Borage}, n., etc. | |
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Bourgeon \Bour"geon\, v. i. [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.] To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the {B. displosor}, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is {B. fumans}. | |
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Brachman \Brach"man\, n. [L. Brachmanae, pl., Gr. [?].] See {Brahman}. [Obs.] | |
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Brace \Brace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracing}.] 1. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. 2. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. And welcome war to brace her drums. --Campbell. 3. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. --Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. --Sir W. Scott. 4. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. --Fairfax. 5. (Naut.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. {To brace about} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) round for the contrary tack. {To brace a yard} (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace. {To brace in} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by hauling in the weather brace. {To brace one's self}, to call up one's energies. [bd]He braced himself for an effort which he was little able to make.[b8] --J. D. Forbes. {To brace to} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by checking or easing off the lee brace, and hauling in the weather one, to assist in tacking. {To brace up} (Naut.), to bring (a yard) nearer the direction of the keel by hauling in the lee brace. {To brace up sharp} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) as far forward as the rigging will permit. | |
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Bracing \Bra"cing\, a. Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind. | |
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Bracing \Bra"cing\, n. 1. The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced. 2. (Engin.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss. | |
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Bracken \Brack"en\, n. [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See {2d Brake}, n.] A brake or fern. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. [?]{95}.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. | |
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Braggingly \Brag"ging`ly\, adv. Boastingly. | |
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Brakeman \Brake"man\, n.; pl. {Brakemen}. 1. (Railroads) A man in charge of a brake or brakes. 2. (Mining) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine. | |
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Brakeman \Brake"man\, n.; pl. {Brakemen}. 1. (Railroads) A man in charge of a brake or brakes. 2. (Mining) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine. | |
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Brasen \Bra"sen\, a. Same as {Brazen}. | |
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Water shield \Wa"ter shield`\ (Bot.) An aquatic American plant ({Brasenia peltata}) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly. | |
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Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m[82]ridien. See {Meridian}, a.] 1. Midday; noon. 2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination. I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting. --Shak. 3. (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday. 4. (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles. Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south, or in the direction of the poles. {Calculated for}, [or] {fitted to}, [or] {adapted to}, {the meridian of}, suited to the local circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of. All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof. --Sir M. Hale. {First meridian}, the meridian from which longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and in actual practice, although in various countries other and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc. {Guide meridian} (Public Land Survey), a line, marked by monuments, running North and South through a section of country between other more carefully established meridians called principal meridians, used for reference in surveying. [U.S.] {Magnetic meridian}, a great circle, passing through the zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same direction. {Meridian circle} (Astron.), an instrument consisting of a telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension and the declination of a star may be measured in a single observation. {Meridian instrument} (Astron.), any astronomical instrument having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane. {Meridian of a globe}, [or] {Brass meridian}, a graduated circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves. | |
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Brassiness \Brass"i*ness\, n. The state, condition, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.] | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brazened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazening}.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[91]sen. See {Brass}.] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. {Brazen age}. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Arch[91]ol.) See under {Bronze}. {Brazen sea} (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests. | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[91]sen. See {Brass}.] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. {Brazen age}. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Arch[91]ol.) See under {Bronze}. {Brazen sea} (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests. | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[91]sen. See {Brass}.] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. {Brazen age}. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Arch[91]ol.) See under {Bronze}. {Brazen sea} (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests. | |
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Brazen-browed \Bra"zen-browed`\, a. Shamelessly impudent. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brazened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazening}.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. | |
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Brazenface \Bra"zen*face`\, n. An impudent or shameless person. [bd]Well said, brazenface; hold it out.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Brazenfaced \Bra"zen*faced`\, a. Impudent; shameless. | |
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Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brazened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazening}.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. | |
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Brazenly \Bra"zen*ly\, adv. In a bold, impudent manner. | |
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Brazenness \Bra"zen*ness\ (br[amac]"z'n*n[ecr]s), n. The quality or state of being brazen. --Johnson. | |
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Braze \Braze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazing}.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. {Brass}.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe. 2. To harden. [bd]Now I am brazes to it.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Breach \Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaching}.] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. | |
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate. | |
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Breakman \Break"man\, n. See {Brakeman}. | |
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Breakneck \Break"neck`\, n. 1. A fall that breaks the neck. 2. A steep place endangering the neck. | |
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Breakneck \Break"neck`\, a. Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed. | |
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Marble \Mar"ble\, n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to sparkle, flash. Cf. {Marmoreal}.] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc. Note: {Breccia marble} consists of limestone fragments cemented together. {Ruin marble}, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide. {Shell marble} contains fossil shells. {Statuary marble} is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal. 2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles. 3. A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles. Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted. | |
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Breeching \Breech"ing\, n. 1. A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. --Marlowe. 2. That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. 3. (Naut.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. 4. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack. | |
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Breech \Breech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breeching}.] 1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay. 2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak. 3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun. 4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.] Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. --Old Play. 5. To fasten with breeching. | |
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Breeziness \Breez"i*ness\, n. State of being breezy. | |
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Bregmatic \Breg*mat"ic\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bregma. | |
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Breastsummer \Breast"sum`mer\, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also {brestsummer} and {bressummer}.] | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] 1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. 2. To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. {To brick up}, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick. | |
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Brisk \Brisk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up. | |
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Brickmaker \Brick"mak`er\, n. One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- {Brick"mak*ing}, n. | |
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d8Ankylostomiasis \[d8]An`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.) A disease due to the presence of the parasites {Agchylostoma duodenale}, {Uncinaria} (subgenus {Necator}) {americana}, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe an[91]mia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also {miner's an[91]mia}, {tunnel disease}, {brickmaker's an[91]mia}, {Egyptian chlorosis}. | |
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Brickmaker \Brick"mak`er\, n. One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- {Brick"mak*ing}, n. | |
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Brigand \Brig"and\ (br[icr]g"[ait]nd), n. [F. brigand, OF. brigant light-armed soldier, fr. LL. brigans light-armed soldier (cf. It. brigante.) fr. brigare to strive, contend, fr. briga quarrel; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. break; cf. Goth. brikan to break, brakja strife. Cf. {Brigue}.] 1. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. [Obs.] 2. A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. Giving them not a little the air of brigands or banditti. --Jeffery. | |
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Brigandage \Brig"and*age\ (-[asl]j), n. [F. brigandage.] Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder. | |
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Brigandine \Brig"an*dine\, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It. brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See {Brigand}.] A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. [Written also {brigantine}.] --Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. --Milton. | |
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Brigandish \Brig"and*ish\, a. Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike. | |
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Brigandism \Brig"and*ism\, n. Brigandage. | |
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Brigandine \Brig"an*dine\, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It. brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See {Brigand}.] A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. [Written also {brigantine}.] --Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. --Milton. | |
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Brigantine \Brig"an*tine\, n. [F. brigantin, fr. It. brigantino, originally, a practical vessel. See {Brigand}, and cf. {Brig}] 1. A practical vessel. [Obs.] 2. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail. 3. See {Brigandine}. | |
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Brigandine \Brig"an*dine\, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It. brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See {Brigand}.] A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. [Written also {brigantine}.] --Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. --Milton. | |
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Brigantine \Brig"an*tine\, n. [F. brigantin, fr. It. brigantino, originally, a practical vessel. See {Brigand}, and cf. {Brig}] 1. A practical vessel. [Obs.] 2. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail. 3. See {Brigandine}. | |
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Briskness \Brisk"ness\, n. Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence. | |
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{Quaking bog}, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. {Quaking grass}. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus {Briza}, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. {Briza maxima} is the large quaking grass; {B. media} and {B. minor} are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}). | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Broach \Broach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Broaching}.] [F. brocher, fr. broche. See {Broach}, n.] 1. To spit; to pierce as with a spit. I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. --Shak. 2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast. --Shak. 3. To open for the first time, as stores. You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores. --Knolles. 4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. Those very opinions themselves had broached. --Swift. 5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.] 7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. {To broach to} (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting. | |
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Brochantite \Broch"an*tite\, n. [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. | |
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Brocken specter \Brock"en spec"ter\ [or] spectre \spec"tre\ [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains. | |
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Brogan \Bro"gan\, n. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue. | |
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken breast \Bro"ken breast`\ Abscess of the mammary gland. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[omac]"k'n), a. [From {Break}, v. t.] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. [bd]Her broken love and life.[b8] --G. Eliot. 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. 10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. {Broken ground}. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. {Broken line} (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. {Broken meat}, fragments of meat or other food. {Broken number}, a fraction. {Broken weather}, unsettled weather. | |
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Broken wind \Bro"ken wind`\ (Far.) The heaves. | |
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Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. 2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten. | |
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Broken-bellied \Bro"ken-bel`lied\, a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.] | |
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Broken-hearted \Bro"ken-heart`ed\, a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. She left her husband almost broken-hearted. --Macaulay. Syn: Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn. | |
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Brokenly \Bro"ken*ly\, adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language. The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. --Cudworth. | |
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Brokenness \Bro"ken*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. --Macaulay. 2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart. | |
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Broken-winded \Bro"ken-wind`ed\, a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. | |
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Broking \Bro"king\, a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. --Shak. | |
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Brook mint \Brook" mint`\ (Bot.) See {Water mint}. | |
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Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br[?]can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr[?]hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br[?]ka, Goth. br[?]kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins. | |
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Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}. | |
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Cow tree \Cow" tree`\ (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.] (Bot.) A tree ({Galactodendron utile} or {Brosimum Galactodendron}) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. | |
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Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. | |
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Brougham \Brough"am\, n. A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short. | |
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Mulberry \Mul"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Mulberries}. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Murrey}, {Sycamore}.] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus {Morus}; also, the tree itself. See {Morus}. 2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry. {Mulberry mass}. (Biol.) See {Morula}. {Paper mulberry}, a tree ({Broussonetia papyrifera}), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America. | |
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Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak. 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson. | |
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Browsing \Brows"ing\, n. Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. Browsings for the deer. --Howell. | |
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Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of {Strychnos}, especially in the {Nux vomica}. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also {brucia} and {brucina}. | |
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Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of {Strychnos}, especially in the {Nux vomica}. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also {brucia} and {brucina}. | |
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Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised} (br[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br[ymac]san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[d3]n. Cf. {Break}, v. t.] 1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall. 2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. --Shak. Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse. | |
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Brushiness \Brush"i*ness\, n. The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Brush \Brush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. [bd]A' brushes his hat o' mornings.[b8] --Shak. 2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweep The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave. --Fairfax. Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --Milton. 3. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. --Shak. And from the boughts brush off the evil dew. --Milton. {To brush aside}, to remove from one's way, as with a brush. {To brush away}, to remove, as with a brush or brushing motion. {To brush up}, to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew. You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbors. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brushing \Brush"ing\, a. 1. Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine. 2. Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brusqueness \Brusque"ness\, n. Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. --Brit. Quar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bryozoan \Bry`o*zo"an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. -- n. One of the Bryozoa. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgamot \Bur"ga*mot\, n. See {Bergamot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgonet \Bur"go*net\, n. [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F. Bouruignons, first used it.] A kind of helmet. [Written also {burganet}.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burganet \Bur"ga*net\, n. See {Burgonet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgonet \Bur"go*net\, n. [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F. Bouruignons, first used it.] A kind of helmet. [Written also {burganet}.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burganet \Bur"ga*net\, n. See {Burgonet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgeon \Bur"geon\, v. i. To bud. See {Bourgeon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burghmaster \Burgh"mas`ter\, n. 1. A burgomaster. 2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also {bailiff}, and {barmaster}. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burghmote \Burgh"mote`\, n. (AS. Law) [Burgh + mote meeting.] A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgomaster \Bur"go*mas`ter\, n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, b[81]rgermeister. See 1st {Borough}, and {Master}.] 1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull ({Larus glaucus}), common in arctic regions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgonet \Bur"go*net\, n. [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F. Bouruignons, first used it.] A kind of helmet. [Written also {burganet}.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgundy \Bur"gun*dy\, n. 1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part). 2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France. {Burgundy pitch}, a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce ({Abies excelsa}) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. [?].] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgundy \Bur"gun*dy\, n. 1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part). 2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France. {Burgundy pitch}, a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce ({Abies excelsa}) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Bursch \[d8]Bursch\, n.; pl. {Burschen}. [G., ultimately fr. LL. bursa. See {Burse}.] A youth; especially, a student in a german university. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Burschenschaft \[d8]Bur"schen*schaft`\, n.; pl. {-schaften}. [G.] In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. -- {Bur"schen*schaft`ler}, {-schaf`ter}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice. I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser. But law in a free nation hath been ever public reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which ought to be our law; interposing his own private reason, which to us is no law. --Milton. The most probable way of bringing France to reason would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish West Indies. --Addison. 4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow. {By reason of}, by means of; on account of; because of. [bd]Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the sterility of the soil.[b8] --Bacon. {In reason}, {In all reason}, in justice; with rational ground; in a right view. When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson. {It is reason}, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.] Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times. --Bacon. Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle; sake; account; object; purpose; design. See {Motive}, {Sense}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Alcornoque \[d8]Al`cor*no"que\, n. [Sp., cork tree.] The bark of several trees, esp. of {Bowdichia virgilioides} of Brazil, used as a remedy for consumption; of {Byrsonima crassifolia}, used in tanning; of {Alchornea latifolia}, used medicinally; or of {Quercus ilex}, the cork tree. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Barrow County, GA (county, FIPS 13) Location: 33.99347 N, 83.71181 W Population (1990): 29721 (11812 housing units) Area: 420.1 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Barry County, MI (county, FIPS 15) Location: 42.59784 N, 85.31101 W Population (1990): 50057 (20887 housing units) Area: 1440.5 sq km (land), 53.8 sq km (water) Barry County, MO (county, FIPS 9) Location: 36.71299 N, 93.83149 W Population (1990): 27547 (12908 housing units) Area: 2018.0 sq km (land), 30.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bergen, ND (city, FIPS 6180) Location: 48.00467 N, 100.71827 W Population (1990): 12 (8 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58792 Bergen, NY (village, FIPS 6046) Location: 43.08333 N, 77.94202 W Population (1990): 1103 (431 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14416 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bergen County, NJ (county, FIPS 3) Location: 40.95871 N, 74.07437 W Population (1990): 825380 (324817 housing units) Area: 606.6 sq km (land), 32.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bergenfield, NJ (borough, FIPS 5170) Location: 40.92390 N, 73.99860 W Population (1990): 24458 (9035 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07621 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bergheim, TX Zip code(s): 78004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bergman, AR (town, FIPS 5440) Location: 36.31294 N, 93.01106 W Population (1990): 324 (133 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Berks County, PA (county, FIPS 11) Location: 40.41557 N, 75.92770 W Population (1990): 336523 (134482 housing units) Area: 2225.4 sq km (land), 16.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bracken County, KY (county, FIPS 23) Location: 38.69317 N, 84.08271 W Population (1990): 7766 (3166 housing units) Area: 526.4 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brackenridge, PA (borough, FIPS 7976) Location: 40.60742 N, 79.74211 W Population (1990): 3784 (1756 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15014 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brackney, PA Zip code(s): 18812 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Breckenridge, CO (town, FIPS 8400) Location: 39.50747 N, 106.04737 W Population (1990): 1285 (3316 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Breckenridge, MI (village, FIPS 10160) Location: 43.40771 N, 84.47843 W Population (1990): 1301 (555 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48615 Breckenridge, MN (city, FIPS 7462) Location: 46.26533 N, 96.58555 W Population (1990): 3708 (1619 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56520 Breckenridge, MO (city, FIPS 8128) Location: 39.76146 N, 93.80484 W Population (1990): 418 (243 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64625 Breckenridge, OK (town, FIPS 8600) Location: 36.46068 N, 97.72370 W Population (1990): 251 (111 housing units) Area: 39.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Breckenridge, TX (city, FIPS 10132) Location: 32.75665 N, 98.91249 W Population (1990): 5665 (2834 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76424 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Breckenridge Hills, MO (village, FIPS 8164) Location: 38.71545 N, 90.36748 W Population (1990): 5404 (2243 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Breckinridge Center, KY (CDP, FIPS 9379) Location: 37.68265 N, 87.86308 W Population (1990): 2375 (311 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Breckinridge County, KY (county, FIPS 27) Location: 37.77264 N, 86.43115 W Population (1990): 16312 (8261 housing units) Area: 1482.6 sq km (land), 34.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brigantine, NJ (city, FIPS 7810) Location: 39.41352 N, 74.37973 W Population (1990): 11354 (8796 housing units) Area: 16.6 sq km (land), 8.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08203 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brigham City, UT (city, FIPS 8460) Location: 41.50906 N, 112.00959 W Population (1990): 15644 (5204 housing units) Area: 32.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84302 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brogan, OR Zip code(s): 97903 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Broken Arrow, OK (city, FIPS 9050) Location: 36.03752 N, 95.78718 W Population (1990): 58043 (20420 housing units) Area: 104.5 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74011, 74012, 74014 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Broken Bow, NE (city, FIPS 6610) Location: 41.40537 N, 99.63905 W Population (1990): 3778 (1714 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68822 Broken Bow, OK (city, FIPS 9100) Location: 34.02572 N, 94.73632 W Population (1990): 3961 (1653 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74728 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookings, OR (city, FIPS 8650) Location: 42.05976 N, 124.29080 W Population (1990): 4400 (2089 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Brookings, SD (city, FIPS 7580) Location: 44.30628 N, 96.78615 W Population (1990): 16270 (6012 housing units) Area: 26.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookings County, SD (county, FIPS 11) Location: 44.36582 N, 96.79338 W Population (1990): 25207 (9824 housing units) Area: 2057.8 sq km (land), 26.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookneal, VA (town, FIPS 10296) Location: 37.05376 N, 78.94840 W Population (1990): 1344 (601 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24528 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brooks County, GA (county, FIPS 27) Location: 30.84652 N, 83.57726 W Population (1990): 15398 (5972 housing units) Area: 1278.7 sq km (land), 10.6 sq km (water) Brooks County, TX (county, FIPS 47) Location: 27.04169 N, 98.21178 W Population (1990): 8204 (3104 housing units) Area: 2443.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bryson, TX (city, FIPS 10960) Location: 33.15970 N, 98.38661 W Population (1990): 520 (274 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76427 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bryson City, NC (town, FIPS 8480) Location: 35.42653 N, 83.44733 W Population (1990): 1145 (619 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28713 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bureau County, IL (county, FIPS 11) Location: 41.40875 N, 89.52909 W Population (1990): 35688 (14762 housing units) Area: 2249.7 sq km (land), 12.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bureau Junction, IL (village, FIPS 9681) Location: 41.28779 N, 89.36432 W Population (1990): 350 (148 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burgin, KY (city, FIPS 11044) Location: 37.75404 N, 84.76535 W Population (1990): 1009 (410 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burgoon, OH (village, FIPS 10282) Location: 41.26732 N, 83.25071 W Population (1990): 224 (80 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43407 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
borken adj. (also `borked') Common deliberate typo for `broken'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
broken adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs). 2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
broken arrow n. [IBM] The error code displayed on line 25 of a 3270 terminal (or a PC emulating a 3270) for various kinds of protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including connection to a {down} computer). On a PC, simulated with `->/_', with the two center characters overstruck. Note: to appreciate this term fully, it helps to know that `broken arrow' is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear weapons.... | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
BrokenWindows n. Abusive hackerism for the {crufty} and {elephantine} {X} environment on Sun machines; properly called `OpenWindows'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
broken Not working properly (of programs). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
broken arrow 3270} {terminal} (or a {terminal emulator} emulating a 3270) for various kinds of {protocol} violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including connection to a {down} computer). On a PC, simulated with "->/_", with the two centre characters overstruck. "Broken arrow" is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear weapons. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bar-jona son of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Matt. 16:17; John 1:42), because his father's name was Jonas. (See {PETER}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Brigandine (Jer. 46:4; 51:3), an obsolete English word denoting a scale coat of armour, or habergeon, worn by light-armed "brigands." The Revised Version has "coat of mail." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Barjona, son of a Jona; of a dove | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Burkina Burkina:Geography Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana Map references: Africa Area: total area: 274,200 sq km land area: 273,800 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Colorado Land boundaries: total 3,192 km, Benin 306 km, Ghana 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: following mutual acceptance of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in December 1986 on their international boundary dispute, Burkina and Mali are proceeding with boundary demarcation, including the tripoint with Niger Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers Terrain: mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast Natural resources: manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver Land use: arable land: 10% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 37% forest and woodland: 26% other: 27% Irrigated land: 160 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation natural hazards: recurring droughts international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban Note: landlocked Burkina:People Population: 10,422,828 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 48% (female 2,488,662; male 2,517,245) 15-64 years: 49% (female 2,707,601; male 2,378,957) 65 years and over: 3% (female 184,578; male 145,785) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.79% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 48.05 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 18.22 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 116.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 46.6 years male: 45.71 years female: 47.51 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.88 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural) adjective: Burkinabe Ethnic divisions: Mossi (about 2.5 million), Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10% Languages: French (official), tribal languages belonging to Sudanic family, spoken by 90% of the population Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 18% male: 28% female: 9% Labor force: NA (most adults are employed in subsistance agriculture) by occupation: agriculture 80%, industry 15%, commerce, services, and government 5% note: 20% of male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (1984) Burkina:Government Names: conventional long form: Burkina Faso conventional short form: Burkina former: Upper Volta Digraph: UV Type: parliamentary Capital: Ouagadougou Administrative divisions: 30 provinces; Bam, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komoe, Kossi, Kouritenga, Mouhoun, Namentenga, Naouri, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie, Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Yatenga, Zoundweogo Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France) National holiday: Anniversary of the Revolution, 4 August (1983) Constitution: 2 June 1991 Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law Suffrage: none Executive branch: chief of state: President Captain Blaise COMPAORE (since 15 October 1987); election last held December 1991 head of government: Prime Minister Roch KABORE (since March 1994) cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of People's Deputies: elections last held 24 May 1992 (next to be held 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (107 total), ODP-MT 78, CNPP-PSD 12, RDA 6, ADF 4, other 7 note: the current law also provides for a second consultative chamber, which has not been formally constituted Judicial branch: Appeals Court Political parties and leaders: Organization for People's Democracy - Labor Movement (ODP-MT), ruling party, Simon COMPAORE, Secretary General; National Convention of Progressive Patriots-Social Democratic Party (CNPP-PSD), Moussa BOLY; African Democratic Rally (RDA), Gerard Kango OUEDRAOGO; Alliance for Democracy and Federation (ADF), Amadou Michel NANA Other political or pressure groups: committees for the defense of the revolution; watchdog/political action groups throughout the country in both organizations and communities Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Gaetan R. OUEDRAOGO chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 332-5577, 6895 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Donald J. McCONNELL embassy: Avenue Raoul Follerau, Ouagadougou mailing address: 01 B. P. 35, Ouagadougou telephone: [226] 306723 through 306725 FAX: [226] 312368 Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia Economy Overview: One of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina has a high population density and a high population growth rate, few natural resources, and a fragile soil. Economic development is hindered by a poor communications network within a landlocked country. Agriculture provides about 40% of GDP and is mainly of a subsistence nature. Industry, dominated by unprofitable government-controlled corporations, accounts for about 15% of GDP. Following the 50% currency devaluation in January 1994, the government updated its development program in conjunction with international agencies. Even with the best of plans, however, the government faces formidable problems on all sides. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: 0.4% (1993 est.) National product per capita: $660 (1993 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.6% (1993 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $483 million expenditures: $548 million, including capital expenditures of $189 million (1992) Exports: $273 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: cotton, gold, animal products partners: EC 42%, Cote d'Ivoire 11%, Taiwan 15% (1992) Imports: $636 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: machinery, food products, petroleum partners: EC 49%, Africa 24%, Japan 6% (1992) External debt: $865 million (December 1991 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 6.7% (1992); accounts for about 15% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 60,000 kW production: 190 million kWh consumption per capita: 17 kWh (1993) Industries: cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold mining and extraction Agriculture: accounts for about 40% of GDP; cash crops - peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, cotton; food crops - sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock; not self-sufficient in food grains Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $294 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2.9 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $113 million Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 529.43 (January 1995), 555.20 (1995), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990) note: beginning 12 January 1994 the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948 Fiscal year: calendar year Burkina:Transportation Railroads: total: 620 km (520 km Ouagadougou to Cote d'Ivoire border and 100 km Ouagadougou to Kaya; single track) narrow gauge: 620 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 16,500 km paved: 1,300 km unpaved: improved earth 7,400 km; unimproved earth 7,800 km (1985) Ports: none Airports: total: 48 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 26 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 4 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 16 Burkina:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; all services only fair local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay, wire, and radio communication stations international: 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 2 televisions: NA Burkina:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's Militia Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,081,999; males fit for military service 1,065,605 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $104 million, 6.4% of GDP (1994) |