English Dictionary: Brahmin | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Ceratodus \[d8]Ce*rat"o*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + [?] tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called {salmon} and {baramunda}. See {Dipnoi}, and {Archipterygium}. | |
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Barramundi \Bar`ra*mun"di\, n. [Written also {barramunda}.] [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus. (b) An Australian river fish ({Osteoglossum Leichhardtii}). | |
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Barramundi \Bar`ra*mun"di\, n. [Written also {barramunda}.] [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus. (b) An Australian river fish ({Osteoglossum Leichhardtii}). | |
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d8Tardigrada \[d8]Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tardigrade}, a.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See {Sloth}, 3. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also {bear animalcules}, {sloth animalcules}, and {water bears}. | |
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Berain \Be*rain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beraining}.] To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Berhyme \Be*rhyme"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berhymed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berhyming}.] To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about. Note: [Sometimes use depreciatively.] --Shak. | |
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Bewrayment \Be*wray"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. Betrayal. [R.] | |
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Bournonite \Bour"non*ite\, n. [Named after Count Bournon, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper. | |
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Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. | |
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Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. | |
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Brahmani \Brah"man*i\, n. [Fem. of Brahman.] Any Brahman woman. [Written also {Brahmanee}.] | |
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Brahmaness \Brah"man*ess\, n. A Brahmani. | |
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Brahmani \Brah"man*i\, n. [Fem. of Brahman.] Any Brahman woman. [Written also {Brahmanee}.] | |
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Brahmanic \Brah*man"ic\, -ical \-ic*al\, Brahminic \Brah*min"ic\, ical \*ic*al\,a. Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship. | |
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Brahmanism \Brah"man*ism\, Brahminism \Brah"min*ism\, n. The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma. | |
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Brahmanist \Brah"man*ist\, Brahminist \Brah"min*ist\, n. An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans. | |
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Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. | |
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Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. | |
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Brahmanic \Brah*man"ic\, -ical \-ic*al\, Brahminic \Brah*min"ic\, ical \*ic*al\,a. Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship. | |
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Brahmanism \Brah"man*ism\, Brahminism \Brah"min*ism\, n. The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma. | |
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Brahmanist \Brah"man*ist\, Brahminist \Brah"min*ist\, n. An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans. | |
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Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. | |
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Brain \Brain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Braining}.] 1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. There thou mayst brain him. --Shak. It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That brained my purpose. --Shak. 2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.] [?]T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen Tongue, and brain not. --Shak. | |
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Bramin \Bra"min\, Braminic \Bra*min"ic\, etc. See {Brahman}, {Brachmanic}, etc. | |
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Bramin \Bra"min\, Braminic \Bra*min"ic\, etc. See {Brahman}, {Brachmanic}, etc. | |
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Brawniness \Brawn"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being brawny. | |
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Bream \Bream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaming}.] [Cf. {Broom}, and G. ein schiff brennen.] (Naut.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping. | |
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Bren \Bren\, Brenne \Bren"ne\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Brent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brenning}.] [See {Burn}.] To burn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. --W. Browne. | |
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Brenningly \Bren"ning*ly\, adv. Burningly; ardently. [Obs.] | |
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Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora}, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna}, that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European larch. {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G. flu}. {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia. | |
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Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brimming}.] To be full to the brim. [bd]The brimming stream.[b8] --Milton. {To brim over} (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun. | |
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Brimming \Brim"ming\, a. Full to the brim; overflowing. | |
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Brininess \Brin"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness. | |
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Bromanil \Brom`an"il\, n. [Bromine + aniline.] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. | |
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Brominate \Bro"mi*nate\, v. t. See {Bromate}, v. t. | |
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Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. [?] bad smell, stink. Cf. {Brome}.] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite. | |
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Limonite \Li"mon*ite\ (l[imac]"m[ocr]n*[imac]t), n. [Gr. leimw`n any moist grassy place, a meadow : cf. F. limonite, G. limonit.] (Min.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called {brown hematite}. | |
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Brown \Brown\, a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br[?]n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br[?]n, Icel. br[?]nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [fb]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish}, {Brunette}.] Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow. {Brown Bess}, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. {Brown bread} (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. [bd]He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic.[b8] --Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] {Brown coal}, wood coal. See {Lignite}. {Brown hematite} or {Brown iron ore} (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See {Limonite}. {Brown holland}. See under {Holland}. {Brown paper}, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials. {Brown spar} (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. {Brown stone}. See {Brownstone}. {Brown stout}, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor. {Brown study}, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. --W. Irving. | |
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Limonite \Li"mon*ite\ (l[imac]"m[ocr]n*[imac]t), n. [Gr. leimw`n any moist grassy place, a meadow : cf. F. limonite, G. limonit.] (Min.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called {brown hematite}. | |
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Brown \Brown\, a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br[?]n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br[?]n, Icel. br[?]nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [fb]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish}, {Brunette}.] Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow. {Brown Bess}, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. {Brown bread} (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. [bd]He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic.[b8] --Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] {Brown coal}, wood coal. See {Lignite}. {Brown hematite} or {Brown iron ore} (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See {Limonite}. {Brown holland}. See under {Holland}. {Brown paper}, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials. {Brown spar} (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. {Brown stone}. See {Brownstone}. {Brown stout}, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor. {Brown study}, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. --W. Irving. | |
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Ambary \Am*ba"ry\, n., [or] Ambary hemp \Ambary hemp\ . [Hind. amb[be]r[be], amb[be]r[c6].] A valuable East Indian fiber plant ({Hibiscus cannabinus}), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also {brown Indian hemp}. | |
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Brownian \Brown"i*an\, a. Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below. {Brownian movement}, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or other fluids. | |
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Brownian \Brown"i*an\, a. Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below. {Brownian movement}, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or other fluids. | |
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Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browning}.] 1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. --Barlow. 2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. 3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure. | |
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Browning \Brown"ing\, n. 1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc. 2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster. | |
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Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also {Browning, [and] Colt-Browning}, {pistol}. | |
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Brunion \Brun"ion\, n. [F. brugnon (cf. It. brugna, prugna), fr. L. prunum. See {Prune}, n.] A nectarine. | |
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Brunonian \Bru*no"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation. | |
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Bryonin \Bry"o*nin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony ({Bryonia alba} and {B. dioica}). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic. | |
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Burman \Bur"man\, n.; pl. {Burmans}. [[bd]The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma.[b8] --Balfour.], (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah. | |
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Burman \Bur"man\, n.; pl. {Burmans}. [[bd]The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma.[b8] --Balfour.], (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah. | |
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Burn \Burn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} ([?]) or {Burnt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[91]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[91]nde, Sw. br[84]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.] 1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood. [bd]We'll burn his body in the holy place.[b8] --Shak. 2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass. 3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime. 4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block. 5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper. This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. --Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21. 6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. 7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. {To burn}, {To burn together}, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. {To burn a bowl} (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. {To burn daylight}, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak. {To burn one's fingers}, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc. {To burn out}, to destroy or obliterate by burning. [bd]Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?[b8] --Shak. {To be burned out}, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents. {To burn up}, {To burn down}, to burn entirely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n. Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.: (a) A certain shrub ({Evonymus atropurpureus}) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called also {burning bush}. (b) Cascara buckthorn. (c) Basswood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n. Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.: (a) A certain shrub ({Evonymus atropurpureus}) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called also {burning bush}. (b) Cascara buckthorn. (c) Basswood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluid \Flu"id\, n. A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves. Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy, the term is sometimes applied to electricity and magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic fluid, though not strictly appropriate. {Fluid dram}, [or] {Fluid drachm}, a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce. {Fluid ounce}. (a) In the United States, a measure of capacity, in apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains. (b) In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains. {Fluids of the body}. (Physiol.) The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water. {Burning fluid}, {Elastic fluid}, {Electric fluid}, {Magnetic fluid}, etc. See under {Burning}, {Elastic}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. {Volcanoes}. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See {Vulkan}.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a {burning mountain}. Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bar Nunn, WY (town, FIPS 5248) Location: 42.92621 N, 106.34633 W Population (1990): 835 (291 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Barnum, IA (city, FIPS 4645) Location: 42.50669 N, 94.36433 W Population (1990): 174 (69 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50518 Barnum, MN (city, FIPS 3628) Location: 46.50478 N, 92.68930 W Population (1990): 482 (221 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55707 Barnum, TX Zip code(s): 75939 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Barnum Island, NY (CDP, FIPS 4550) Location: 40.60451 N, 73.64435 W Population (1990): 2624 (830 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bear Mountain, NY Zip code(s): 10911 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Berryman, MO Zip code(s): 65565 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Birmingham, AL (city, FIPS 7000) Location: 33.52775 N, 86.79922 W Population (1990): 265968 (117691 housing units) Area: 384.6 sq km (land), 5.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35211, 35212, 35214, 35217, 35218, 35221, 35222, 35224, 35233, 35234 Birmingham, IA (city, FIPS 6625) Location: 40.87836 N, 91.94774 W Population (1990): 386 (192 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52535 Birmingham, MI (city, FIPS 8640) Location: 42.54475 N, 83.21647 W Population (1990): 19997 (9764 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48009 Birmingham, MO (village, FIPS 5824) Location: 39.16665 N, 94.45045 W Population (1990): 222 (84 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Birmingham, PA (borough, FIPS 6560) Location: 40.64721 N, 78.19545 W Population (1990): 109 (54 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Birnamwood, WI (village, FIPS 7600) Location: 44.93123 N, 89.20953 W Population (1990): 693 (293 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54414 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Braman, OK (town, FIPS 8450) Location: 36.92294 N, 97.33365 W Population (1990): 251 (128 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74632 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bremen, AL Zip code(s): 35033 Bremen, GA (city, FIPS 10132) Location: 33.70837 N, 85.15225 W Population (1990): 4356 (1813 housing units) Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30110 Bremen, IN (town, FIPS 7318) Location: 41.44702 N, 86.15436 W Population (1990): 4725 (1839 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46506 Bremen, KS Zip code(s): 66412 Bremen, KY (city, FIPS 9406) Location: 37.36115 N, 87.21899 W Population (1990): 267 (120 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42325 Bremen, ND Zip code(s): 58319 Bremen, OH (village, FIPS 8392) Location: 39.70594 N, 82.43137 W Population (1990): 1386 (530 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bremond, TX (city, FIPS 10144) Location: 31.16512 N, 96.67626 W Population (1990): 1110 (533 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76629 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brenham, TX (city, FIPS 10156) Location: 30.15969 N, 96.39735 W Population (1990): 11952 (4794 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77833 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brinnon, WA Zip code(s): 98320 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Browning, IL (village, FIPS 8953) Location: 40.12806 N, 90.37281 W Population (1990): 193 (90 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Browning, KY Zip code(s): 42274 Browning, MO (city, FIPS 8884) Location: 40.03491 N, 93.16024 W Population (1990): 331 (191 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64630 Browning, MT (town, FIPS 10375) Location: 48.55671 N, 113.01366 W Population (1990): 1170 (421 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brownington, MO (town, FIPS 8902) Location: 38.24570 N, 93.72248 W Population (1990): 84 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bruning, NE (village, FIPS 6820) Location: 40.33567 N, 97.56456 W Population (1990): 332 (159 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68322 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burnham, IL (village, FIPS 9798) Location: 41.63820 N, 87.54117 W Population (1990): 3916 (1458 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60633 Burnham, ME Zip code(s): 04922 Burnham, PA (borough, FIPS 10256) Location: 40.63655 N, 77.56324 W Population (1990): 2197 (955 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17009 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
burn-in period n. 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with {marginal} components before they get out the door; the theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the {bathtub curve} (see {infant mortality}). 2. A period of indeterminate length in which a person using a computer is so intensely involved in his project that he forgets basic needs such as food, drink, sleep, etc. Warning: Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See {hack mode}, {larval stage}. Historical note: the origin of "burn-in" (sense 1) is apparently the practice of setting a new-model airplane's brakes on fire, then extinguishing the fire, in order to make them hold better. This was done on the first version of the U.S. spy-plane, the U-2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Brown and Sharpe Wire Gauge {American Wire Gauge} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
burn-in 1. 2. (1997-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
burn-in period 1. A factory test designed to catch systems with {marginal} components before they get out the door; the theory is that burn-in will protect customers by outwaiting the steepest part of the {bathtub curve} (see {infant mortality}). 2. A period of indeterminate length in which a person using a computer is so intensely involved in his project that he forgets basic needs such as food, drink, sleep, etc. Warning: Excessive burn-in can lead to burn-out. See {hack mode}, {larval stage}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
bromine Symbol: Br Atomic number: 35 Atomic weight: 79.909 Halogen element. Red volatile liquid at room temperature. Its reactivity is somewhere between chlorine and iodine. Harmful to human tissue in a liquid state, the vapour irritates eyes and throat. Discovered in 1826 by Antoine Balard. |