English Dictionary: bad- mannered | by the DICT Development Group |
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Badminton \Bad"min*ton\, n. [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.] 1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. 2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. | |
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Batement \Bate"ment\, n. [For {Abatement}. See 2d {Bate}.] Abatement; diminution. --Moxon. {Batement light} (Arch.), a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase. | |
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Batement \Bate"ment\, n. [For {Abatement}. See 2d {Bate}.] Abatement; diminution. --Moxon. {Batement light} (Arch.), a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase. | |
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Batman \Bat"man\, n.; pl. {Batmen}. [F. b[acir]t packsaddle + E. man. Cf. {Bathorse}.] A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. --Macaulay. | |
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Batman \Bat"man\, n.; pl. {Batmen}. [F. b[acir]t packsaddle + E. man. Cf. {Bathorse}.] A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. --Macaulay. | |
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Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battening}.] [See {Batful}.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. [bd]Battening our flocks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. | |
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Battening \Bat"ten*ing\, n. (Arch.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall. | |
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Bedim \Be*dim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedimmed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedimming}.] To make dim; to obscure or darken. --Shak. | |
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Wind \Wind\ (w[icr]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[be]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr. from the verb seen in Skr. v[be] to blow, akin to AS. w[be]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[be]en, w[be]jen, Goth. waian. [root]131. Cf. {Air}, {Ventail}, {Ventilate}, {Window}, {Winnow}.] 1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser. Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow. 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. 3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden. 4. Power of respiration; breath. If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. --Shak. 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. 6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent. A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift. 7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds. Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. --Ezek. xxxvii. 9. Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind. 8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. --Milton. 10. (Zo[94]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words. {All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n. {Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}. {Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything. {Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a. {Down the wind}. (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind. (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] [bd]He went down the wind still.[b8] --L'Estrange. {In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from which the wind blows. {Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang] | |
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Between \Be*tween"\, prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[a2]nan, betwe[a2]num; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. tw[be] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. --Bacon. 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke. 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. --Hume. 5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. 6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. {Between decks}, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. {Between ourselves}, {Between you and me}, {Between themselves}, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others. Syn: {Between}, {Among}. Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation. I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. --Johnson. Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew. | |
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Biodynamic \Bi`o*dy*nam"ic\, Biodynamical \Bi`o*dy*nam"ic*al\, a.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy. | |
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Biodynamic \Bi`o*dy*nam"ic\, Biodynamical \Bi`o*dy*nam"ic*al\, a.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy. | |
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Biodynamics \Bi`o*dy*nam"ics\, n. The branch of biology which treats of the active vital phenomena of organisms; -- opposed to {biostatics}. | |
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Biodynamics \Bi`o*dy*nam"ics\, n. [Gr. [?] life + E. dynamics.] (Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy. | |
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Bitumen \Bi*tu"men\, n. [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. {B[82]ton}.] 1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See {Asphalt}. | |
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Bitumen process \Bi*tu"men proc"ess\ (Photog.) Any process in which advantage is taken of the fact that prepared bitumen is rendered insoluble by exposure to light, as in photolithography. | |
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Bituminate \Bi*tu"mi*nate\ (b[icr]*t[umac]"m[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminating}.] [L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See {Bitumen}.] To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen. [bd]Bituminated walls of Babylon.[b8] --Feltham. | |
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Bituminate \Bi*tu"mi*nate\ (b[icr]*t[umac]"m[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminating}.] [L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See {Bitumen}.] To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen. [bd]Bituminated walls of Babylon.[b8] --Feltham. | |
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Bituminate \Bi*tu"mi*nate\ (b[icr]*t[umac]"m[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminating}.] [L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See {Bitumen}.] To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen. [bd]Bituminated walls of Babylon.[b8] --Feltham. | |
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Bituminiferous \Bi*tu`mi*nif"er*ous\, a. [Bitumen + -ferous.] Producing bitumen. --Kirwan. | |
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Bituminization \Bi*tu`mi*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. bituminisation.] The process of bituminizing. --Mantell. | |
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Bituminize \Bi*tu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminizing}.] [Cf. F. bituminiser.] To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen. | |
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Bituminize \Bi*tu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminizing}.] [Cf. F. bituminiser.] To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen. | |
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Bituminize \Bi*tu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bituminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bituminizing}.] [Cf. F. bituminiser.] To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen. | |
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Bituminous \Bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux.] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton. {Bituminous coal}, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. {Bituminous limestone}, a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. {Bituminous shale}, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen, often accompanying coal. | |
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Bituminous \Bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux.] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton. {Bituminous coal}, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. {Bituminous limestone}, a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. {Bituminous shale}, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen, often accompanying coal. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Bituminous \Bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux.] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton. {Bituminous coal}, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. {Bituminous limestone}, a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. {Bituminous shale}, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen, often accompanying coal. | |
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Shale \Shale\, n. [AS. scealy, scalu. See {Scalme}, and cf. {Shell}.] 1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. [bd]The green shales of a bean.[b8] --Chapman. 2. [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. {Bituminous shale}. See under {Bituminous}. | |
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Bituminous \Bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux.] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton. {Bituminous coal}, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. {Bituminous limestone}, a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. {Bituminous shale}, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen, often accompanying coal. | |
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Slate \Slate\, n. [OE. slat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [82]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [82]clater, fr. OHG. sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[c6]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf. {Eclat}.] 1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist. 2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure. 3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: (a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc. (b) A tablet for writing upon. 4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes. 5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.] 6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Adhesive slate} (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. {Aluminous slate}, [or] {Alum slate} (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. {Bituminous slate} (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. {Hornblende slate} (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. {Slate ax} [or] {axe}, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails. {Slate clay} (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. --Tomlinson. {Slate globe}, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. {Slate pencil}, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. {Slate rocks} (Min.), rocks which split into thin lamin[91], not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. {Slate spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. {Transparent slate}, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing. | |
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Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. | |
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Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}. | |
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Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. | |
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Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus {Notonecta}; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also {boat fly}, {boat insect}, {boatman}, and {water boatman}. | |
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Boatmanship \Boat"man*ship\, n. The art of managing a boat. | |
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Boatman \Boat"man\, n.; pl. {Boatmen}. 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. --Percival. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A boat bug. See {Boat bug}. | |
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Boatwoman \Boat"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Boatwomen}. A woman who manages a boat. | |
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Boatwoman \Boat"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Boatwomen}. A woman who manages a boat. | |
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Bodement \Bode"ment\, n. An omen; a prognostic. [Obs.] This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl Makes all these bodements. --Shak. | |
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Botanomancy \Bot"a*no*man`cy\, n. [Botany + -mancy: cf. F. botanomantie.] An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves. | |
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Bothnian \Both"ni*an\, Bothnic \Both"nic\, a. Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea. | |
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Bottom \Bot"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottomed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bottoming}.] 1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon. Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle. --Atterbury. Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many bottom their eternal state]. --South. 2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair. 3. To reach or get to the bottom of. --Smiles. | |
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Butment \But"ment\, n. [Abbreviation of {Abutment}.] 1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. 2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. {Butment cheek} (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. --Knight. | |
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Butment \But"ment\, n. [Abbreviation of {Abutment}.] 1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. 2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. {Butment cheek} (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. --Knight. | |
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Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[emac]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[agrave]ce, ce[ograve]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. 3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. 4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. 5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. 6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] {Cheek of beef}. See Illust. of {Beef}. {Cheek bone} (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. {Cheek by jowl}, side by side; very intimate. {Cheek pouch} (Zo[94]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. {Cheeks of a block}, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. {Cheeks of a mast}, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. {Cheek tooth} (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. {Butment cheek}. See under {Butment}. | |
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Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buttoning}.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See {Button}, n.] 1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up. He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens. 2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bottom-unique In {domain theory}, a function f is bottom-unique if f x = bottom <=> x = bottom A bottom-unique function is also {strict}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bitumen Gen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. "slime"), a mineral pitch. With this the ark was pitched (6:14. See also Ex. 2:3.) (See {SLIME}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-meon, house of the dwelling-place | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-nimrah, house of rebellion | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Betonim, bellies |