English Dictionary: back breaker | by the DICT Development Group |
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Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B. bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also {Cape buffalo}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below. 6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below. {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries. {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}. {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}. {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important species used as food. {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs. | |
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Bignonia \Big*no"ni*a\, n. [Named from the Abb[82] Bignon.] (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. {B. capreolata} is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus. | |
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Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See {Trick}, n.] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. 2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. {Trigger fish} (Zo[94]l.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes Carolinensis} or {B. capriscus}) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also {leather jacket}, and {turbot}. | |
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Box \Box\ (b[ocr]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. [?]. See {Box} a case.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box ({Buxus sempervirens}) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box ({B. suffruticosa}), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. {Box elder}, the ash-leaved maple ({Negundo aceroides}), of North America. {Box holly}, the butcher's broom ({Russus aculeatus}). {Box thorn}, a shrub ({Lycium barbarum}). {Box tree}, the tree variety of the common box. | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
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Bacciferous \Bac*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear] Producing berries. [bd] Bacciferous trees.[b8] --Ray. | |
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Bacciform \Bac"ci*form\, a. [L. bacca berry + -form. ] Having the form of a berry. | |
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Baccivorous \Bac*civ"o*rous\, a. [L. bacca berry + varare to devour.] (Zo[94]l.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. | |
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Back fire \Back fire\ (a) A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. (b) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also, an explosion in the exhaust passages of such ah engine. | |
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Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th {Press}.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. 2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization. Where the pressure of danger was not felt. --Macaulay. 3. Affliction; distress; grievance. My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon Basilike. In the midst of his great troubles and pressures. --Atterbury. 4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business. 5. Impression; stamp; character impressed. All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. --Shak. 6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. {Atmospheric pressure}, {Center of pressure}, etc. See under {Atmospheric}, {Center}, etc. {Back pressure} (Steam engine), pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet. {Fluid pressure}, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. --Rankine. {Pressure gauge}, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer. | |
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Back \Back\, a. 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. 2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. 3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action. {Back charges}, charges brought forward after an account has been made up. {Back filling} (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. {Back pressure}. (Steam Engine) See under {Pressure}. {Back rest}, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. {Back slang}, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. {Back stairs}, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See {Back stairs}, {Backstairs}, and {Backstair}, in the Vocabulary. {Back step} (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. {Back stream}, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. {To take the back track}, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.] | |
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Spread \Spread\, n. 1. An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a {back spread}when the difference in price is less than the normal one. 2. (Gems) Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone. | |
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Backboard \Back"board`\, n. [2nd back, n. + board.] 1. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting; Note: specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat. 2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon. 3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc. 4. A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel. --W. Nicholson. 5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. --Thackeray. | |
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Back-fire \Back"-fire`\, v. i. 1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine. 2. Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of from the external jet of mixed gas and air. -- {Back"-fir`ing}, n. | |
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Back-fire \Back"-fire`\, v. i. 1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine. 2. Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of from the external jet of mixed gas and air. -- {Back"-fir`ing}, n. | |
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Backfriend \Back"friend`\, n. [Back, n. or adv. + friend] A secret enemy. [Obs.] --South. | |
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Baseboard \Base"board\, n. (Arch.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard. | |
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Baseborn \Base"born`\, a. 1. Born out of wedlock. --Gay. 2. Born of low parentage. 3. Vile; mean. [bd]Thy baseborn heart.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Base-burner \Base"-burn`er\, n. A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed. | |
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Basifier \Ba"si*fi`er\, n. (Chem.) That which converts into a salifiable base. | |
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Bespirt \Be*spirt"\, v. t. Same as {Bespurt}. | |
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Bespread \Be*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bespread}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bespreading}.] To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. --Glover. | |
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Bespread \Be*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bespread}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bespreading}.] To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. --Glover. | |
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Besprent \Be*sprent"\, p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See {Sprinkle}.] Sprinkled over; strewed. His face besprent with liquid crystal shines. --Shenstone. The floor with tassels of fir was besprent. --Longfellow. | |
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Besprinkle \Be*sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besprinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besprinkling}.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over. The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. --Dryden. | |
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Besprinkle \Be*sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besprinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besprinkling}.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over. The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. --Dryden. | |
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Besprinkler \Be*sprin"kler\, n. One who, or that which, besprinkles. | |
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Besprinkle \Be*sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besprinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besprinkling}.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over. The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. --Dryden. | |
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Besprinkling \Be*sprin"kling\, n. The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over. | |
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Bespurt \Be*spurt"\, v. t. To spurt on or over; to asperse. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Bickford fuse \Bick"ford fuse\ [or] fuze \fuze\, or Bickford match \Bickford match\ A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. | |
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Bickford fuse \Bick"ford fuse\ [or] fuze \fuze\, or Bickford match \Bickford match\ A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Bishopric \Bish"op*ric\, n. [AS. bisceopr[c6]ce; bisceop bishop + r[c6]ce dominion. See {-ric}.] 1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. 2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. --Acts i. 20. | |
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Bock beer \Bock" beer`\ [G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [Also written {buck beer}.] | |
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Bogberry \Bog"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The small cranberry ({Vaccinium oxycoccus}), which grows in boggy places. | |
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Bogue \Bogue\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The boce; -- called also {bogue bream}. See {Boce}. | |
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Proverb \Prov"erb\, n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L. proverbium; pro before, for + verbum a word. See {Verb}.] 1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage. --Chaucer. Bacon. 2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi. 29. 3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. --Deut. xxviii. 37. 4. A drama exemplifying a proverb. {Book of Proverbs}, a canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a great variety of wise maxims. Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw. | |
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Bookkeeper \Book"keep`er\, n. One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office. | |
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Bosporus \Bos"po*rus\ (b[ocr]s"p[osl]*r[ucr]s), n. [L.] A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [Written also {Bosphorus}.] | |
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Bosporian \Bos*po"ri*an\, a. [L. Bosporus, G. Bo`sporos, lit., ox-ford, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. boy^s ox, heifer + po`ros ford.] Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus. The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. --Tooke. | |
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Bosporus \Bos"po*rus\ (b[ocr]s"p[osl]*r[ucr]s), n. [L.] A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [Written also {Bosphorus}.] | |
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Bowsprit \Bow"sprit`\, n. [Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspr[94]t, G. bugspriet.] (Naut.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. | |
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Shroud \Shroud\ (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS. scr[umac]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[edh] the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf. {Shrood}.] 1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. --Piers Plowman. Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. --Sandys. 2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. [bd]A dead man in his shroud.[b8] --Shak. 3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud. Jura answers through her misty shroud. --Byron. 4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.] The shroud to which he won His fair-eyed oxen. --Chapman. A vault, or shroud, as under a church. --Withals. 5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.] The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad. --Ezek. xxxi. 3. 6. pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. 7. (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate. {Bowsprit shrouds} (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel. {Futtock shrouds} (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of the top. {Shroud plate}. (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to the ship's side. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The wintergreen. ({Gaultheria procumbens}). [Local, U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boxkeeper \Box"keep`er\, n. An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bock beer \Bock" beer`\ [G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [Also written {buck beer}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buckboard \Buck"board`\, n. A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also {buck wagon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bugaboo \Bug`a*boo"\, Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, n. [See {Bug}.] Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc. [bd]Bugaboos to fright ye.[b8] --Lloyd. But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. --Pope. The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B. Griffin. The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J. Burroughs. Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, n. Same as {Bugaboo}. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, v. t. To alarm with idle phantoms. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Byssiferous \Bys*sif"er*ous\, a. [Byssus + -ferous.] Bearing a byssus or tuft. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bay Springs, MS (town, FIPS 4060) Location: 31.98016 N, 89.28414 W Population (1990): 1729 (688 housing units) Area: 18.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39422 | |
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Beach Park, IL (village, FIPS 4303) Location: 42.42495 N, 87.85623 W Population (1990): 9513 (3405 housing units) Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bee Spring, KY Zip code(s): 42207 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Bar, CA Zip code(s): 96010 | |
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Big Bear City, CA (CDP, FIPS 6406) Location: 34.26634 N, 116.84553 W Population (1990): 4920 (4670 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92314 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Bear Lake, CA (city, FIPS 6434) Location: 34.24369 N, 116.89448 W Population (1990): 5351 (8564 housing units) Area: 16.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Park, AZ (CDP, FIPS 6015) Location: 34.78018 N, 111.76183 W Population (1990): 3024 (1924 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Prairie, OH Zip code(s): 44611 | |
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Big Spring, KY Zip code(s): 40106 Big Spring, MD Zip code(s): 21722 Big Spring, TX (city, FIPS 8236) Location: 32.23998 N, 101.47890 W Population (1990): 23093 (9876 housing units) Area: 49.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Springs, NE (village, FIPS 4895) Location: 41.06341 N, 102.07465 W Population (1990): 495 (224 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69122 | |
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Bigfork, MN (city, FIPS 5698) Location: 47.74840 N, 93.65341 W Population (1990): 384 (175 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56628 | |
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Bosque Farms, NM (village, FIPS 8580) Location: 34.85477 N, 106.70088 W Population (1990): 3791 (1384 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87068 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boxboro, MA Zip code(s): 01719 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boxford, MA (CDP, FIPS 7385) Location: 42.67353 N, 70.98658 W Population (1990): 2072 (685 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01921 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bucksport, ME (CDP, FIPS 8780) Location: 44.60791 N, 68.79249 W Population (1990): 2989 (1289 housing units) Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 8.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04416 Bucksport, SC (CDP, FIPS 10000) Location: 33.67204 N, 79.11274 W Population (1990): 1022 (341 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29527 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bug-for-bug compatible n. Same as {bug-compatible}, with the additional implication that much tedious effort went into ensuring that each (known) bug was replicated. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
backport of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully. (2003-12-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
back-propagation (Or "backpropagation") A learning {algorithm} for modifying a {feed-forward} {neural network} which minimises a continuous "{error function}" or "{objective function}." Back-propagation is a "{gradient descent}" method of training in that it uses gradient information to modify the network weights to decrease the value of the error function on subsequent tests of the inputs. Other gradient-based methods from {numerical analysis} can be used to train networks more efficiently. Back-propagation makes use of a mathematical trick when the network is simulated on a digital computer, yielding in just two traversals of the network (once forward, and once back) both the difference between the desired and actual output, and the derivatives of this difference with respect to the connection weights. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Bookviewer A hypertext documentation system from Oracle based on Oracle Toolkit. It allows the user to create private links and bookmarks, and to make multimedia annotations. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bug-for-bug compatible Same as {bug-compatible}, with the additional implication that much tedious effort went into ensuring that each (known) bug was replicated. [{Jargon File}] |