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Bacchant \Bac"chant\, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. --Byron. | |
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Bacchant \Bac"chant\, n.; pl. E. {Bacchants}, L. {Bacchantes}. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] 1. A priest of Bacchus. 2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly. | |
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Bacchante \Bac"chante\, n.; L. pl. {Bacchantes}. 1. A priestess of Bacchus. 2. A female bacchanal. | |
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Bacchante \Bac"chante\, n.; L. pl. {Bacchantes}. 1. A priestess of Bacchus. 2. A female bacchanal. | |
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Bacchant \Bac"chant\, n.; pl. E. {Bacchants}, L. {Bacchantes}. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] 1. A priest of Bacchus. 2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly. | |
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Bacchantic \Bac*chan"tic\, a. Bacchanalian. | |
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Bacchant \Bac"chant\, n.; pl. E. {Bacchants}, L. {Bacchantes}. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] 1. A priest of Bacchus. 2. A bacchanal; a reveler. --Croly. | |
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Back \Back\, adv. [Shortened from aback.] 1. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. 2. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it. 3. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. 4. (Of time) In times past; ago. [bd]Sixty or seventy years back.[b8] --Gladstone. 5. Away from contact; by reverse movement. The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door. --Matt. xxvii. 2. 6. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. 7. In a state of restraint or hindrance. The Lord hath kept thee back from honor. --Numb. xxiv. 11. 8. In return, repayment, or requital. What have I to give you back! --Shak. 9. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words. 10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.] {Back and forth}, backwards and forwards; to and fro. {To go back on}, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.] | |
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Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[edh], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See {Fore}, {For}, and cf. {Afford}, {Further}, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. --Tyndale. From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. 2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden. 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. {And so forth}, {Back and forth}, {From forth}. See under {And}, {Back}, and {From}. {Forth of}, {Forth from}, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. {To bring forth}. See under {Bring}. | |
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Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right. | |
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Backhand \Back"hand`\, a. 1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting. 2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.] | |
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Backhanded \Back"hand`ed\, a. 1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow. 2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment. 3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters. | |
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Backhandedness \Back"hand`ed*ness\, n. State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods. | |
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Backhander \Back"hand`er\, n. A backhanded blow. | |
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Backjoint \Back"joint`\, n. [Back, a. or adv. + joint.] (Arch.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling. | |
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Bag \Bag\, n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.] 1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money. 2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow. 3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.] 4. The quantity of game bagged. 5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee. {Bag and baggage}, all that belongs to one. {To give one the bag}, to disappoint him. [Obs.] --Bunyan. | |
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Bag net \Bag" net`\ A bag-shaped net for catching fish. | |
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Bakemeat \Bake"meat`\ (b[amac]k"m[emac]t`), Baked-meat \Baked"-meat`\ (b[amac]kt"-), n. A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak. | |
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Basanite \Bas"a*nite\, n. [L. basanites lapis, Gr. [?] the touchstone: cf. F. basanite.] (Min.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Metal \Met"al\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. m[82]tal, L. metallum metal, mine, Gr. [?] mine; cf. Gr. [?] to search after. Cf. {Mettle}, {Medal}.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. Note: Popularly, the name is applied to certain hard, fusible metals, as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc, nickel, etc., and also to the mixed metals, or metallic alloys, as brass, bronze, steel, bell metal, etc. 2. Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners. --Raymond. 3. A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. --Jer. Taylor. 4. The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. --Shak. 5. Courage; spirit; mettle. See {Mettle}. --Shak. Note: The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. --Skeat. 6. The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. 7. The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. 8. Glass in a state of fusion. --Knight. 9. pl. The rails of a railroad. [Eng.] {Base metal} (Chem.), any one of the metals, as iron, lead, etc., which are readily tarnished or oxidized, in contrast with the noble metals. In general, a metal of small value, as compared with gold or silver. {Fusible metal} (Metal.), a very fusible alloy, usually consisting of bismuth with lead, tin, or cadmium. {Heavy metals} (Chem.), the metallic elements not included in the groups of the alkalies, alkaline earths, or the earths; specifically, the heavy metals, as gold, mercury, platinum, lead, silver, etc. {Light metals} (Chem.), the metallic elements of the alkali and alkaline earth groups, as sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.; also, sometimes, the metals of the earths, as aluminium. {Muntz metal}, an alloy for sheathing and other purposes, consisting of about sixty per cent of copper, and forty of zinc. Sometimes a little lead is added. It is named from the inventor. {Prince's metal} (Old Chem.), an alloy resembling brass, consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; -- also called {Prince Rupert's metal}. | |
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Base \Base\ (b[amac]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and W. bas shallow. Cf. {Bass} a part in music.] 1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak. 2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] [bd]A pleasant and base swain.[b8] --Bacon. 4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic] Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak. 5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. 6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion. 7. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. [bd]A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). [bd]Base ingratitude.[b8] --Milton. 8. Not classical or correct. [bd]Base Latin.[b8] --Fuller. 9. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In this sense, commonly written {bass.}] 10. (Law) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant. {Base fee}, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under {Fee}, n., 4. {Base metal}. See under {Metal}. Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous; sordid; degraded. Usage: {Base}, {Vile}, {Mean}. These words, as expressing moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of their strength, the strongest being placed first. Base marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean denote, in different degrees, the want of what is valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean, to liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy is vile; undue compliances are mean. | |
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Basenet \Bas"e*net\, n. See {Bascinet}. [Obs.] | |
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Basined \Ba"sined\, a. Inclosed in a basin. [bd]Basined rivers.[b8] --Young. | |
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Basinet \Bas"i*net\, n. Same as {Bascinet}. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Basinet \Bas"i*net\, n. Same as {Bascinet}. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Basnet \Bas"net\, n. Same as {Bascinet}. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Basnet \Bas"net\, n. Same as {Bascinet}. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Bassinet \Bas"si*net\, n. [Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See {Basin}, and cf. {Bascinet}.] 1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle. 2. See {Bascinet}. --Lord Lytton. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Bassinet \Bas"si*net\, n. [Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See {Basin}, and cf. {Bascinet}.] 1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle. 2. See {Bascinet}. --Lord Lytton. | |
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Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.] | |
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Beacon \Bea"con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beaconed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beaconing}.] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. That beacons the darkness of heaven. --Campbell. 2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons. | |
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Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beckoned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beckoning}.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak. | |
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Becomed \Be*com"ed\, a. Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. --Shak. | |
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Beechnut \Beech"nut`\, n. The nut of the beech tree. | |
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Begem \Be*gem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begemming}.] To adorn with gems, or as with gems. Begemmed with dewdrops. --Sir W. Scott. Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. --Shelley. | |
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Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. {Begnawed}, (R.) {Begnawn}.] [AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.] To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak. | |
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Bejaundice \Be*jaun"dice\, v. t. To infect with jaundice. | |
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Besaint \Be*saint"\, v. t. To make a saint of. | |
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Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. | |
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Besant \Be*sant"\, n. See {Bezant}. | |
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Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. | |
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Besant \Be*sant"\, n. See {Bezant}. | |
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Bes-antler \Bes-ant"ler\, n. Same as {Bez-antler}. | |
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Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beseemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeming}.] [Pref. be- + seem.] Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. A duty well beseeming the preachers. --Clarendon. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ? --Hocker. | |
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Besmut \Be*smut"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmutting}.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf. AS. besm[c6]tan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot. | |
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Besmut \Be*smut"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmutting}.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf. AS. besm[c6]tan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot. | |
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Besmut \Be*smut"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmutting}.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf. AS. besm[c6]tan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot. | |
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Besnow \Be*snow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besnowed}.] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besn[c6]wan; pref. be- + sn[c6]wan to snow.] 1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.] --Gower. 2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow. | |
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Besom \Be"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besomed}.] To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] --Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. --Barlow. | |
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Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. | |
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Bez-antler \Bez`-ant"ler\, n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes) + E. antler.] The second branch of a stag's horn. | |
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Bicentenary \Bi*cen"te*na*ry\, a. [Pref. bi- + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration. | |
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Bicentennial \Bi`cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + centennial.] 1. Consisting of two hundred years. 2. Occurring every two hundred years. | |
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Bicentennial \Bi`cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration. | |
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Dicyanide \Di*cy"a*nide\, n. [Pref. di- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also {bicyanide}. | |
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Bicyanide \Bi*cy"a*nide\, n. See {Dicyanide}. | |
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Dicyanide \Di*cy"a*nide\, n. [Pref. di- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also {bicyanide}. | |
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Bicyanide \Bi*cy"a*nide\, n. See {Dicyanide}. | |
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Bigential \Bi*gen"tial\, a. [Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis, tribe.] (Zo[94]l.) Including two tribes or races of men. | |
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Biggon \Big"gon\, Biggonnet \Big"gon*net\, n. [F. b[82]guin and OF. beguinet, dim of b[82]guin. See {Biggin} a cap.] A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears. | |
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Biogenetic \Bi`o*ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis. | |
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Biquintile \Bi*quin"tile\, n. [Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F. biquintile.] (Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. | |
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Bisa antelope \Bi"sa an"te*lope\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Oryx}. | |
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Bismite \Bis"mite\, n. (Min.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher. | |
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Bismuth \Bis"muth\, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507[deg] Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi. Note: Chemically, bismuth (with arsenic and antimony is intermediate between the metals and nonmetals; it is used in thermo-electric piles, and as an alloy with lead and tin in the fusible alloy or metal. Bismuth is the most diamagnetic substance known. {Bismuth glance}, bismuth sulphide; bismuthinite. {Bismuth ocher}, a native bismuth oxide; bismite. | |
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Bismuth \Bis"muth\, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507[deg] Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi. Note: Chemically, bismuth (with arsenic and antimony is intermediate between the metals and nonmetals; it is used in thermo-electric piles, and as an alloy with lead and tin in the fusible alloy or metal. Bismuth is the most diamagnetic substance known. {Bismuth glance}, bismuth sulphide; bismuthinite. {Bismuth ocher}, a native bismuth oxide; bismite. | |
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Bismuth \Bis"muth\, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507[deg] Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi. Note: Chemically, bismuth (with arsenic and antimony is intermediate between the metals and nonmetals; it is used in thermo-electric piles, and as an alloy with lead and tin in the fusible alloy or metal. Bismuth is the most diamagnetic substance known. {Bismuth glance}, bismuth sulphide; bismuthinite. {Bismuth ocher}, a native bismuth oxide; bismite. | |
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Bismuthal \Bis"muth*al\, a. Containing bismuth. | |
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Bismuthic \Bis"muth*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide. | |
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Bismuthiferous \Bis`muth*if"er*ous\, a. [Bismuth + -ferous.] Containing bismuth. | |
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Bismuthine \Bis"muth*ine\, Bismuthinite \Bis"muth*in*ite\, n. Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite. | |
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Bismuthine \Bis"muth*ine\, Bismuthinite \Bis"muth*in*ite\, n. Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite. | |
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Bismuthyl \Bis"muth*yl`\, n. (Min.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color. [Written also {bismuthite}.] | |
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Bismuthous \Bis"muth*ous\, a. Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence. | |
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Bismuthyl \Bis"muth*yl`\, n. (Min.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color. [Written also {bismuthite}.] | |
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Bizantine \Biz"an*tine\ See {Byzantine}. | |
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Book \Book\ (b[oocr]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[omac]c; akin to Goth. b[omac]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[omac]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[omac]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[omac]c, b[emac]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.] 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing. Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet. Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott. 2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. --Milton. 3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of [bd]Paradise Lost.[b8] 4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. 5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook. {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a book. {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts. {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. [bd]Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false.[b8] --Burnet. {Book louse} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}. {Book moth} (Zo[94]l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv[91] of which eat books. {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible. {The Book of Books}, the Bible. {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail. {Book scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), one of the false scorpions ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects. {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books. {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}. {In one's books}, in one's favor. [bd]I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp.[b8] --Addison. {To bring to book}. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. [bd]To bring it manifestly to book is impossible.[b8] --M. Arnold. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses. {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness. {Without book}. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority. | |
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Bookmate \Book"mate`\, n. [Book + mate.] A schoolfellow; an associate in study. | |
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Bosom \Bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bosomed} (-[ucr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bosoming}.] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. --Shak. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. --Pope. | |
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Bosomed \Bos"omed\ (b[oocr]z"[ucr]md), a. Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden. | |
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Bowknot \Bow"knot`\, n. A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied. | |
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Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554) | |
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Buccinoid \Buc"ci*noid\, a. [Buccinum + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the {Buccinid[91]}, a family of marine univalve shells. See {Whelk}, and {Prosobranchiata}. | |
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Buccinoid \Buc"ci*noid\, a. [Buccinum + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the {Buccinid[91]}, a family of marine univalve shells. See {Whelk}, and {Prosobranchiata}. | |
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Bucentaur \Bu*cen"taur\, n. [Gr. boy^s ox + ke`ntayros centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. 2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. | |
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Buckhound \Buck"hound`\, n. A hound for hunting deer. {Master of the buckhounds}, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.] | |
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Buskined \Bus"kined\, a. 1. Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. --Pope. 2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. [bd]The buskined stage.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Bysmottered \By*smot"ter*ed\ (b[isl]*sm[ocr]t"t[etil]r*[ecr]d), p.a. [See {Besmut}.] Bespotted with mud or dirt. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. | |
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Byzant \Byz"ant\, Byzantine \Byz"an*tine\ (-[acr]n"t[imac]n) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. {See Bezant}. | |
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Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. | |
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Byzant \Byz"ant\, Byzantine \Byz"an*tine\ (-[acr]n"t[imac]n) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. {See Bezant}. | |
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Byzantian \By*zan"tian\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"sh[ait]n), a. & n. See {Byzantine}. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
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Byzant \Byz"ant\, Byzantine \Byz"an*tine\ (-[acr]n"t[imac]n) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. {See Bezant}. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
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Greek \Greek\, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. {Grecian}.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. {Greek calends}. See under Calends. {Greek Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the {Byzantine Church}. {Greek cross}. See Illust. (10) Of {Cross}. {Greek Empire}. See {Byzantine Empire}. {Greek fire}, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure. {Greek rose}, the flower campion. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
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Greek \Greek\, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. {Grecian}.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. {Greek calends}. See under Calends. {Greek Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the {Byzantine Church}. {Greek cross}. See Illust. (10) Of {Cross}. {Greek Empire}. See {Byzantine Empire}. {Greek fire}, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure. {Greek rose}, the flower campion. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
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Byzantine \By*zan"tine\ (b[icr]*z[acr]n"t[icr]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also {Bizantine}.] {Byzantine church}, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under {Greek}. {Byzantine empire}, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. {Byzantine historians}, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. {Byzantine style} (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Baconton, GA (city, FIPS 4840) Location: 31.37582 N, 84.16156 W Population (1990): 623 (246 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31716 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bajandas, PR (comunidad, FIPS 4701) Location: 18.16230 N, 65.78283 W Population (1990): 1550 (491 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bay County, FL (county, FIPS 5) Location: 30.23601 N, 85.63242 W Population (1990): 126994 (65999 housing units) Area: 1978.1 sq km (land), 698.3 sq km (water) Bay County, MI (county, FIPS 17) Location: 43.72080 N, 83.94273 W Population (1990): 111723 (44234 housing units) Area: 1150.6 sq km (land), 483.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bee County, TX (county, FIPS 25) Location: 28.41726 N, 97.74042 W Population (1990): 25135 (10208 housing units) Area: 2279.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Big Sandy, MT (town, FIPS 6250) Location: 48.17890 N, 110.11288 W Population (1990): 740 (361 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59520 Big Sandy, TN (town, FIPS 5860) Location: 36.23267 N, 88.08575 W Population (1990): 505 (289 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38221 Big Sandy, TX (town, FIPS 8224) Location: 32.58569 N, 95.11258 W Population (1990): 1185 (537 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75755 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bowie County, TX (county, FIPS 37) Location: 33.44568 N, 94.42266 W Population (1990): 81665 (34234 housing units) Area: 2299.8 sq km (land), 90.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bucks County, PA (county, FIPS 17) Location: 40.33791 N, 75.10507 W Population (1990): 541174 (199934 housing units) Area: 1573.8 sq km (land), 37.6 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bag on the side n. [prob. originally related to a colostomy bag] An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also v. phrase, `to hang a bag on the side [of]'. "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C ...." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
big-endian adj. [common; From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] 1. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first'). Most processors, including the IBM 370 family, the {PDP-10}, the Motorola microprocessor families, and most of the various RISC designs are big-endian. Big-endian byte order is also sometimes called `network order'. See {little-endian}, {middle-endian}, {NUXI problem}, {swab}. 2. An {{Internet address}} the wrong way round. Most of the world follows the Internet standard and writes email addresses starting with the name of the computer and ending up with the name of the country. In the U.K. the Joint Networking Team had decided to do it the other way round before the Internet domain standard was established. Most gateway sites have {ad-hockery} in their mailers to handle this, but can still be confused. In particular, the address me@uk.ac.bris.pys.as could be interpreted in JANET's big-endian way as one in the U.K. (domain uk) or in the standard little-endian way as one in the domain as (American Samoa) on the opposite side of the world. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bogometer /boh-gom'-*t-er/ n. A notional instrument for measuring {bogosity}. Compare the {Troll-O-Meter} and the `wankometer' described in the {wank} entry; see also {bogus}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Back End Generator al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL). {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/gmd/cocktail/beg)}. ["BEG - A Generator for Efficient Back Ends", H. Emmelmann et al, SIGPLAN Notices 24(7):227-237 (Jul 1989)]. ["BEG - A Back End Generator - User Manual", H. Emmelmann, GMD, U Karlsruhe, 1990]. [Summary?] (2000-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Back End Generator Language {Back End Generator} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
back-end in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a {compiler}. A compiler's back-end generates {machine language} and performs optimisations specific to the machine's {architecture}. The term can also be used in the context of {network} applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles {socket} protocols". Contrast {front end}. (1996-04-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bag on the side An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BBC Networking Club A {bulletin board} run by the {British Broadcasting Corporation} Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995. (1997-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
big-endian 1. A computer {architecture} in which, within a given multi-{byte} numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored "big-end-first"). Most processors, including the {IBM 370} family, the {PDP-10}, the {Motorola} {microprocessor} families, and most of the various {RISC} designs current in mid-1993, are big-endian. See {-endian}. 2. address}. The world now follows the {Internet} {hostname} {standard} (see {FQDN}) and writes e-mail addresses starting with the name of the computer and ending up with the {country code} (e.g. fred@doc.acme.ac.uk). In the United Kingdom the {Joint Networking Team} decided to do it the other way round (e.g. me@uk.ac.wigan.cs) before the {Internet} {domain} standard was established. Most {gateway sites} required {ad-hockery} in their {mailers} to handle this. By July 1994 this parochial idiosyncracy was on the way out and mailers started to reject big-endian addresses. By about 1996, people would look at you strangely if you suggested such a bizarre thing might ever have existed. [{Jargon File}] (1998-08-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bogometer {bogosity}. Compare the "wankometer" described in the {wank} entry. [{Jargon File}] (1999-06-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Booch method {object-oriented design} method. {(http://www.hsr.ch/div/Booch/BoochReference/)}. [Grady Booch, "Object-oriented Analysis and Design with Applications", 2nd edition. Benjamin Cummings, Redwood City, ISBN 0-8053-5340-2, 1993] (2000-05-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bus network single wire (the bus). The two endpoints will have a {terminator}. Bus networks typically use {CSMA/CD} techniques to determine which node transmits data on the wire at any given time. Examples are {Ethernet} {10Base2} and {10Base5} networks. See also {star network}, {ring network}. (1999-11-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Byzantine so many labyrinthine internal interconnections that it would be impossible to simplify by separation into loosely coupled or linked components. The city of Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul, and the Byzantine Empire were vitiated by a bureaucratic overelaboration bordering on lunacy: quadruple banked agencies, dozens or even scores of superfluous levels and officials with high flown titles unrelated to their actual function, if any. Access to the Emperor and his council was controlled by powerful and inscrutable eunuchs and by rival sports factions. [Edward Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"]. (1999-01-15) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
bismuth Symbol: Bi Atomic number: 83 Atomic weight: 208.980 White crystalline metal with a pink tinge, belongs to group 15. Most diamagnetic of all metals and has the lowest thermal conductivity of all the elements except mercury. Lead-free bismuth compounds are used in cosmetics and medical procedures. Burns in the air and produces a blue flame. In 1753, C.G. Junine first demonstrated that it was different from lead. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bake-meats baked provisions (Gen. 40:17), literally "works of the baker," such as biscuits and cakes. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bashemath sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen. 28:9). It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those given to them in the history (Gen. 26:34; 28:9). (2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his officers (1 Kings 4:15). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bashemath, perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation |