English Dictionary: Bodenlftung | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.] 1. A prayer. [Obs.] 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight. {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.] {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.] 1. A prayer. [Obs.] 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight. {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.] {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bed-molding \Bed"-mold`ing\ Bed-moulding \Bed"-mould`ing\(b[ecr]d"m[omac]ld`[icr]ng), n. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bed-molding \Bed"-mold`ing\ Bed-moulding \Bed"-mould`ing\(b[ecr]d"m[omac]ld`[icr]ng), n. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Botanologer \Bot`a*nol"o*ger\, n. A botanist. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Botanology \Bot`a*nol"o*gy\, n. [Botany + -logy: cf. F. botanologie.] The science of botany. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bottom \Bot"tom\, a. Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices. {Bottom glade}, a low glade or open place; a valley; a dale. --Milton. {Bottom grass}, grass growing on bottom lands. {Bottom land}. See 1st {Bottom}, n., 7. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bottomless \Bot"tom*less\, a. Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss. [bd]Bottomless speculations.[b8] --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buttonmold \But"ton*mold`\, n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also {buttonmould}.] {Fossil buttonmolds}, joints of encrinites. See {Encrinite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buttonmold \But"ton*mold`\, n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also {buttonmould}.] {Fossil buttonmolds}, joints of encrinites. See {Encrinite}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buttonwillow, CA (CDP, FIPS 9332) Location: 35.40176 N, 119.46981 W Population (1990): 1301 (407 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93206 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bitonal image and a background colour. Compare {monochrome}. (1998-03-14) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beaten oil (Ex. 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a mill. It was reckoned the best. (See {OLIVE}.) |