English Dictionary: Bonhoeffer | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boa \Bo"a\, n.; pl. {Boas} . [L. boa a kind of water serpent. Perh. fr. bos an ox.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico ({B. imperator}), and the chevalier boa of Peru ({B. eques}). Note: The name is also applied to related genera; as, the dog-headed boa ({Xiphosoma caninum}). 2. A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor. | |
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Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced into Anerica from the Old World. 2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.] 3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [Cant] Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord Mahon. {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat. {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}. {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}. {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo. {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}. {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}. (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}. {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock. {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}. {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus {Echinomys}. {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Baneberry \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A genus {(Act[91]a)} of plants, of the order {Ranunculace[91]}, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous. | |
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Mountain \Moun"tain\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. {Mountain antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the goral. {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree. {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. {Mountain beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the sewellel. {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. {Mountain cat} (Zo[94]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}. {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. {Mountain cock} (Zo[94]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}. {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}. {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning. {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}. {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under {Fumitory}. {Mountain goat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mazama}. {Mountain green}. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States. {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}. {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium} ({T. Alpinum}). {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}. {Mountain linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the twite. {Mountain magpie}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}. {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}. {Mountain ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}. {Mountain pride}, [or] {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. {Mountain quail} (Zo[94]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. {Mountain rice}. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}). {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}). {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite. {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray. {Mountain sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the European tree sparrow. {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}. {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}. {Mountain witch} (Zo[94]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus {Geotrygon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beambird \Beam"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European flycatcher ({Muscicapa gricola}), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building. | |
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Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.) See {Bombardo}. [Obs.] | |
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Bombard \Bom*bard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bombarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bombarding}.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. --Knolles. 2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow. 3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak. 4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.] {Bombard phrase}, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. --Knolles. 2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow. 3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak. 4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.] {Bombard phrase}, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombard \Bom*bard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bombarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bombarding}.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. | |
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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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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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombard \Bom*bard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bombarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bombarding}.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. | |
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Bombardman \Bom"bard*man\, n. One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. --B. Jonson. | |
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Bombardment \Bom*bard"ment\, n. [F. bombardement.] An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place. | |
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d8Bombardo \[d8]Bom*bar"do\, Bombardon \Bom*bar"don\, n. [It. bombardo.] (Mus.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. --Grove. | |
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Bombproof \Bomb"proof`\, a. Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n. A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate. | |
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Bonapartean \Bo`na*part"e*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. | |
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Bonapartism \Bo"na*part`ism\, n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes. | |
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Bonapartist \Bo"na*part`ist\, n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes. | |
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d8Breccia \[d8]Brec"cia\, n. [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. br[8a]che; of German origin. See {Breach}.] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. {Bone breccia}, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. {Coin breccia}, a breccia containing coins. | |
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Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\, Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, n. [G. l[84]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l[84]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large vulture ({Gypa[89]tus barbatus}), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called {bonebreaker} and {ossifrage}. It is supposed to be the {ossifrage} of the Bible. Called also {bearded vulture} and {bearded eagle}. [Written also {lammergeyer}.] | |
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Bonfire \Bon"fire`\, n. [OE. bonefire, banefire, orig. a fire of bones; bone + fire; but cf. also Prov. E. bun a dry stalk.] A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement. Full soon by bonfire and by bell, We learnt our liege was passing well. --Gay. | |
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Boniform \Bon"i*form\, a. [L. bonus good + -form.] Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Bumbard \Bum"bard\ See {Bombard}. [Obs.] | |
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Bumbarge \Bum"barge`\, n. See {Bumboat}. --Carlyle. | |
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Bumper \Bum"per\, n. [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.] 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. He frothed his bumpers to the brim. --Tennyson. 2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant] | |
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Bumper \Bump"er\, n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump. 2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer. | |
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Bainbridge, GA (city, FIPS 4896) Location: 30.90604 N, 84.57771 W Population (1990): 10712 (4457 housing units) Area: 40.0 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31717 Bainbridge, IN (town, FIPS 3142) Location: 39.76055 N, 86.81098 W Population (1990): 682 (256 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46105 Bainbridge, MD Zip code(s): 21904 Bainbridge, NY (village, FIPS 4033) Location: 42.29602 N, 75.48040 W Population (1990): 1550 (638 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13733 Bainbridge, OH (CDP, FIPS 3585) Location: 41.39338 N, 81.33716 W Population (1990): 3602 (1285 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Bainbridge, OH (village, FIPS 3604) Location: 39.22652 N, 83.26955 W Population (1990): 968 (407 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45612 Bainbridge, PA Zip code(s): 17502 | |
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Bainbridge Islan, WA Zip code(s): 98110 | |
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Bamberg, SC (town, FIPS 3790) Location: 33.29828 N, 81.03208 W Population (1990): 3843 (1443 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29003 | |
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Bamberg County, SC (county, FIPS 9) Location: 33.21869 N, 81.05088 W Population (1990): 16902 (6408 housing units) Area: 1018.6 sq km (land), 5.7 sq km (water) | |
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Baneberry, TN (city, FIPS 3078) Location: 36.04484 N, 83.28345 W Population (1990): 218 (109 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37890 | |
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Ben Franklin, TX Zip code(s): 75415 | |
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Benbrook, TX (city, FIPS 7552) Location: 32.67840 N, 97.46120 W Population (1990): 19564 (8377 housing units) Area: 29.4 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76126 | |
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Binford, ND (city, FIPS 7020) Location: 47.55981 N, 98.34529 W Population (1990): 233 (129 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58416 | |
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Bonaparte, IA (city, FIPS 7345) Location: 40.70090 N, 91.80050 W Population (1990): 465 (225 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52620 | |
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Buena Park, CA (city, FIPS 8786) Location: 33.85770 N, 118.00327 W Population (1990): 68784 (23200 housing units) Area: 27.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90620, 90621 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BinProlog {Prolog}. BinProlog features: logical and permanent {global variable}s; backtrackable {destructive assignment}; circular term {unification}; extended {DCG}s (now built into the {engine} as "invisible grammars"); {intuitionistic} and {linear implication} based {hypothetical reasoning}; a {Tcl}/{Tk} interface. Version 3.30 runs on {SPARC}/{Solaris} 2.x, {SunOS} 4.x; {DEC Alpha} 64-bit version; {DEC} {MIPS}; {SGI} {MIPS}; {68k} - {NeXT}, {Sun-3}; {IBM RS6000}; {HP PA-RISC} (two variants); {Intel 80386}, {Intel 486}/{Linux}, {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows 3.1} (with DOS-extender {go32} v1.10). {Multi-BinProlog} is a {multi-threaded} {Linda}-style parallel extension to BinProlog for {Solaris} 2.3. {(ftp://clement.info.umoncton.ca/BinProlog/)}. E-mail: Paul Tarau (1995-04-04) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beneberak, sons of lightning |