English Dictionary: balata tree | by the DICT Development Group |
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Special \Spe"cial\, a. [L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality: cf. F. sp[82]cial. See {Species}, and cf. {Especial}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort. A special is called by the schools a [bd]species[b8]. --I. Watts. 2. Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon. Our Savior is represented everywhere in Scripture as the special patron of the poor and the afficted. --Atterbury. To this special evil an improvement of style would apply a special redress. --De Quincey. 3. Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon. 4. Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study. 5. Chief in excellence. [Obs.] The king hath drawn The special head of all the land together. --Shak. {Special administration} (Law), an administration limited to certain specified effects or acts, or one granted during a particular time or the existence of a special cause, as during a controversy respecting the probate of a will, or the right of administration, etc. {Special agency}, an agency confined to some particular matter. {Special bail}, {Bail above}, [or] {Bail to the action} (Law), sureties who undertake that, if the defendant is convicted, he shall satisfy the plaintiff, or surrender himself into custody. --Tomlins. Wharton (Law Dict.). {Special constable}. See under {Constable}. --Bouvier. {Special damage} (Law), a damage resulting from the act complained of, as a natural, but not the necessary, consequence of it. {Special demurrer} (Law), a demurrer for some defect of form in the opposite party pleading, in which the cause of demurrer is particularly stated. {Special deposit}, a deposit made of a specific thing to be kept distinct from others. {Special homology}. (Biol.) See under {Homology}. {Special injuction} (Law), an injuction granted on special grounds, arising of the circumstances of the case. --Daniell. {Special issue} (Law), an issue produced upon a special plea. --Stephen. {Special jury} (Law), a jury consisting of persons of some particular calling, station, or qualification, which is called upon motion of either party when the cause is supposed to require it; a struck jury. {Special orders} (Mil.), orders which do not concern, and are not published to, the whole command, such as those relating to the movement of a particular corps, a detail, a temporary camp, etc. {Special partner}, a limited partner; a partner with a limited or restricted responsibility; -- unknown at common law. {Special partnership}, a limited or particular partnership; -- a term sometimes applied to a partnership in a particular business, operation, or adventure. {Special plea in bar} (Law), a plea setting forth particular and new matter, distinguished from the general issue. --Bouvier. {Special pleader} (Law), originally, a counsel who devoted himself to drawing special counts and pleas; in a wider sense, a lawyer who draws pleadings. {Special pleading} (Law), the allegation of special or new matter, as distingiushed from a direct denial of matter previously alleged on the side. --Bouvier. The popular denomination of the whole science of pleading. --Stephen. The phrase is sometimes popularly applied to the specious, but unsound, argumentation of one whose aim is victory, and not truth. --Burrill. {Special property} (Law), a qualified or limited ownership possession, as in wild animals, things found or bailed. {Special session}, an extraordinary session; a session at an unusual time or for an unusual purpose; as, a special session of Congress or of a legislature. {Special statute}, [or] {Special law}, an act of the legislature which has reference to a particular person, place, or interest; -- in distinction from a general law. {Special verdict} (Law), a special finding of the facts of the case, leaving to the court the application of the law to them. --Wharton (Law Dict.). Syn: Peculiar; appropriate; specific; dictinctive; particular; exceptional; singular. See {Peculiar}. | |
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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. | |
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Baldhead \Bald"head`\, n. 1. A person whose head is bald. --2 Kings ii. 23. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A white-headed variety of pigeon. | |
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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. | |
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Baldhead \Bald"head`\, n. 1. A person whose head is bald. --2 Kings ii. 23. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A white-headed variety of pigeon. | |
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Baldheaded \Bald"head`ed\, a. Having a bald head. | |
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Ballotade \Bal"lo*tade`\, n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See {Ballot}, v. i.] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. | |
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Ballotation \Bal`lo*ta"tion\, n. Voting by ballot. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[acr]l"l[ucr]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balloted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Balloting}.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See {Ballot}, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate. | |
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Balotade \Bal"o*tade`\, n. See {Ballotade}. | |
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Belate \Be*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belating}.] To retard or make too late. --Davenant. | |
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Belated \Be*lat"ed\, a. Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. [bd]Some belated peasant.[b8] --Milton. -- {Be*lat"ed*ness}, n. --Milton. | |
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Belated \Be*lat"ed\, a. Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. [bd]Some belated peasant.[b8] --Milton. -- {Be*lat"ed*ness}, n. --Milton. | |
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Belt \Belt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belting}.] To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. A coarse black robe belted round the waist. --C. Reade. They belt him round with hearts undaunted. --Wordsworth. 2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Belted \Belt"ed\, a. 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl. 2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk. 3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. Three men with belted brands. --Sir W. Scott. {Belted cattle}, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also {blanketed cattle}. | |
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Belted \Belt"ed\, a. 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl. 2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk. 3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. Three men with belted brands. --Sir W. Scott. {Belted cattle}, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also {blanketed cattle}. | |
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Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf. {Chattel}.] Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine. {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}. {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track. {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair. {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle plague}. {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements. | |
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Belute \Be*lute"\ (b[esl]*l[umac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beluting}.] [Pref. be- + L. lutum mud.] To bespatter, as with mud. [R.] --Sterne. | |
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Billet \Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Billeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Billeting}.] [From {Billet} a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. --W. Irving. | |
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Billethead \Bil"let*head`\, n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off. | |
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Bladed \Blad"ed\ (bl[amac]d"[ecr]d), a. 1. Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife. Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass. --Shak. 2. Divested of blades; as, bladed corn. 3. (Min.) Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife. | |
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Bleat \Bleat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bleated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleating}.] [OE. bleten, AS. bl[?]tan; akin to D. blaten, bleeten, OHG. bl[be]zan, pl[be]zan; prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. --Pope The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. --Shak. | |
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Blet \Blet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bletted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bletting}.] To decay internally when overripe; -- said of fruit. | |
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Bloated \Bloat"ed\ (bl[omac]t"[ecr]d), p. a. Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous. | |
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Bloat \Bloat\ (bl[omac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bloating}.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. bl[94]t soft, bl[94]ta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. ble[a0]t wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf. {Blote}.] 1. To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness. 2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. --Dryden. | |
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Bloatedness \Bloat"ed*ness\, n. The state of being bloated. | |
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Bloedite \Bloe"dite\, n. [From the chemist Bl[94]de.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium. | |
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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
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Heat \Heat\, n. [OE. hete, h[91]te, AS. h[?]tu, h[?]to, fr. h[be]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric. Note: As affecting the human body, heat produces different sensations, which are called by different names, as heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to its degree or amount relatively to the normal temperature of the body. 2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold. 3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc. Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! --Milton. 4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise. It has raised . . . heats in their faces. --Addison. The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparking or welding heat. --Moxon. 5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats. 6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three. Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats. --Dryden. [He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of [bd]Tam o'Shanter.[b8] --J. C. Shairp. 7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party. [bd]The heat of their division.[b8] --Shak. 8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. [bd]The head and hurry of his rage.[b8] --South. 9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency. With all the strength and heat of eloquence. --Addison. 10. Sexual excitement in animals. 11. Fermentation. {Animal heat}, {Blood heat}, {Capacity for heat}, etc. See under {Animal}, {Blood}, etc. {Atomic heat} (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value being 6.4. {Dynamical theory of heat}, that theory of heat which assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar motion of the ultimate particles of matter. {Heat engine}, any apparatus by which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine. {Heat producers}. (Physiol.) See under {Food}. {Heat rays}, a term formerly applied to the rays near the red end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible spectrum. {Heat weight} (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute temperature; -- called also {thermodynamic function}, and {entropy}. {Mechanical equivalent of heat}. See under {Equivalent}. {Specific heat of a substance} (at any temperature), the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one degree. {Unit of heat}, the quantity of heat required to raise, by one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water, initially at a certain standard temperature. The temperature usually employed is that of 0[deg] Centigrade, or 32[deg] Fahrenheit. | |
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Blood \Blood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blooding}.] 1. To bleed. [Obs.] --Cowper. | |
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Blooded \Blood"ed\, a. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. Note: Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded. | |
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Bloody \Blood"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bloodying}.] To stain with blood. --Overbury. | |
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Bloodwite \Blood"wite`\, Bloodwit \Blood"wit`\, n. [AS. bl[?]w[c6]te; bl[?]d blood, + w[c6]te wite, fine.] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled. | |
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Bloodwite \Blood"wite`\, Bloodwit \Blood"wit`\, n. [AS. bl[?]w[c6]te; bl[?]d blood, + w[c6]te wite, fine.] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled. | |
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Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[91]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[91]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}. | |
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Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as {Gordonia H[91]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true logwood ({ H[91]matoxylon campechianum}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[91]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[91]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as {Gordonia H[91]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true logwood ({ H[91]matoxylon campechianum}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blote \Blote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bloting}.] [Cf. Sw. bl[94]t-fisk soaked fish, fr. bl[94]ta to soak. See 1st {Bloat}.] To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. --Gascoigne. 2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. --Shak. 3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe. 4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. --Dryden. 5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. --Cowley. 6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bolting}.] 1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bolting}.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See {Borrel}, and cf. {Bultel}.] 1. To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means. He now had bolted all the flour. --Spenser. Ill schooled in bolted language. --Shak. 2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out. Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. --L'Estrange. 3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. --Jacob. {To bolt to the bran}, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bolthead \Bolt"head`\, n. 1. (Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a {matrass} or receiver. 2. The head of a bolt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Build \Build\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[d3]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b[94]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b[?]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.] 1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton. 2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak. 3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32. Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullet-proof \Bul"let-proof`\, a. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. {Bullet tree}. See {Bully tree}. {Bullet wood}, the wood of the bullet tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U. Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also {miller's thumb}. (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}. (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); -- called also {beetlehead}. (b) The golden plover. 3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips. {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida ({Menticirrus alburnus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullheaded \Bull"head`ed\ (b[usdot]l"h[ecr]d`[ecr]d), a. Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bald Head Island, NC (village, FIPS 3150) Location: 33.86314 N, 77.98833 W Population (1990): 78 (394 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Blythedale, MO (village, FIPS 6742) Location: 40.47520 N, 93.92717 W Population (1990): 130 (73 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64426 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Blythewood, SC (town, FIPS 7255) Location: 34.21702 N, 80.97582 W Population (1990): 164 (71 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29016 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
blue dot syndrome or {text} embedded in an image file on your monitor. [Why?] (2002-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Bluetooth links between mobile computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, and other portable devices. {Home (http://www.bluetooth.com)}. (2001-03-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bildad son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen. 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8:1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone, although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of Eliphaz. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bildad, old friendship |