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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Baal \Ba"al\ (b[amac]"[ait]l), n.; Heb. pl. {Baalim} (-[icr]m). [Heb. ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly). 2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. --Judges x. 6. | |
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Balaam \Ba"laam\, n. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. --Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] {Balaam basket or box} (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. --Blackw. Mag. | |
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Baleen \Ba*leen"\, n. [F. baleine whale and whalibone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. [?]. ] (Zo[94]l. & Com.) Plates or blades of [bd]whalebone,[b8] from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales ({Bal[91]noidea}) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth. | |
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. | |
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. 2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. | |
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf. {Pallone}.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for a[89]rial navigation. 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. {Air balloon}, a balloon for a[89]rial navigation. {Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. {Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp. | |
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Balm \Balm\, v. i. To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate. [Archaic] --Shak. | |
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Balm \Balm\, n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F. baume, L. balsamum balsam, from Gr. [?]; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. b[be]s[be]m. Cf. {Balsam}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus {Melissa}. 2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs. --Dryden. 3. Any fragrant ointment. --Shak. 4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. [bd]Balm for each ill.[b8] --Mrs. Hemans. {Balm cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the European cicada. --Tennyson. {Balm of Gilead} (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family ({Balsamodendron Gileadense}). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb {Dracocephalum Canariense} is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, {Populus balsamifera}, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and {Abies balsamea} (balsam fir). | |
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Balmy \Balm"y\, a. 1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. [bd]The balmy breeze.[b8] --Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! --Young. 2. Producing balm. [bd]The balmy tree.[b8] --Pope. Syn: Fragrant; sweet-scented; odorous; spicy. | |
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Balmy \Balm"y\, a. Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. [bd]Barmy beer.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Bee line \Bee" line`\ The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. [bd]A bee line for the brig.[b8] --Kane. | |
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Belam \Be*lam"\, v. t. [See {Lam}.] To beat or bang. [Prov. & Low, Eng.] --Todd. | |
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Belamy \Bel"a*my\, n. [F. bel ami fair friend.] Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Belime \Be*lime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belimed}.] To besmear or insnare with birdlime. | |
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Bellon \Bel"lon\, n. Lead colic. | |
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Belluine \Bel"lu*ine\, a. [L. belluinus, fr. bellua beast.] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.] Animal and belluine life. --Atterbury. | |
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Bilin \Bi"lin\, n. [Cf. F. biline, from L. bilis bile.] (Physiol. Chem.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids. | |
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d8Milliard \[d8]Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- called also {billion}. See {Billion}. | |
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Billion \Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See {Million}.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See {Numeration}. | |
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d8Milliard \[d8]Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- called also {billion}. See {Billion}. | |
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Billion \Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See {Million}.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See {Numeration}. | |
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Blain \Blain\ (bl[amac]n), n. [OE. blein, bleyn, AS. bl[emac]gen; akin to Dan. blegn, D. blein; perh. fr. the same root as E. bladder. See {Bladder}.] 1. An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. (Far.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath. | |
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Blame \Blame\, n. [OE. blame, fr. F. bl[83]me, OF. blasme, fr. bl[83]mer, OF. blasmer, to blame. See {Blame}, v.] 1. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure. Let me bear the blame forever. --Gen. xiiii. 9. 2. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. Holy and without blame before him in love. --Eph. i. 4. 3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing. | |
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Blame \Blame\ (bl[amac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blamed} (bl[amac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaming}.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[83]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. {Blaspheme}, and see {Fame}.] 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser. {To blame}, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak. | |
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Blenny \Blen"ny\, n.; pl. {Blennies}. [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. [?], fr. [?] slime, mucus.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine fish of the genus {Blennius} or family {Blenniid[91]}; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous. | |
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Bleyme \Bleyme\, n. [F. bleime.] (Far.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [Obs.] | |
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Blin \Blin\, v. t. & i. [OE. blinnen, AS. blinnan; pref. be- + linnan to cease.] To stop; to cease; to desist. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Blin \Blin\, n. [AS. blinn.] Cessation; end. [Obs.] | |
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Bloom \Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl[?]m, bl[?]mi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. bl[?]ma, OS. bl[?]mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl[?]wan to blow, blossom. See {Blow} to bloom, and cf. {Blossom}.] 1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott. 2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. [bd]Sight of vernal bloom.[b8] --Milton. 3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth. Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. --Hawthorne. 4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. --Thackeray. 5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. 6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. --Knight. 7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom. | |
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Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blooming}.] 1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower. A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. --Milton. 2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers. A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan. | |
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Bloom \Bloom\, v. t. 1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.] Charitable affection bloomed them. --Hooker. 2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.] --Milton. While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day. --Keats. | |
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Bloom \Bloom\, n. [AS. bl[?]ma a mass or lump, [c6]senes bl[?]ma a lump or wedge of iron.] (Metal.) (a) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling. (b) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working. | |
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Bloomy \Bloom"y\, a. 1. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. --Goldsmith. 2. Covered with bloom, as fruit. --Dryden. | |
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Blowen \Blow"en\, Blowess \Blow"ess\, n. A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] --Smart. | |
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Blow \Blow\ (bl[omac]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS. bl[omac]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[omac]jan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl[uum]ejen, G. bl[81]hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff, {Flourish}.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. --Milton. | |
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Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[amac]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[amac]jan, G. bl[84]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. Hark how it rains and blows ! --Walton. 2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. 3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. --Shak. 4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton. 5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. 6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M. Arnold. 7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. --Bartlett. {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. {To blow out}. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. [bd]The enemy's magazines blew up.[b8] --Tatler. | |
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Blown \Blown\, p. p. & a. 1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. [bd]Their horses much blown.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Covered with the eggs and larv[91] of flies; fly blown. | |
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Blown \Blown\, p. p. & a. Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower. --Shak. | |
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Bollen \Boll"en\, a. See {Boln}, a. | |
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Boln \Boln\, Bollen \Boll"en\, a. Swollen; puffed out. Thin, and boln out like a sail. --B. Jonson. | |
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Boln \Boln\, v. i. [OE. bolnen, bollen; cf. Dan. bulne. Cf. {Bulge}.] To swell; to puff. --Holland. | |
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Boln \Boln\, Bollen \Boll"en\, a. Swollen; puffed out. Thin, and boln out like a sail. --B. Jonson. | |
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Bowline \Bow"line\, n. [Cf. D. boelijn, Icel. b[94]gl[8b]na[?], Dan. bovline; properly the line attached to the shoulder or side of the sail. See {Bow} (of a ship), and {Line}.] (Naut.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled. {Bowline bridles}, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. {Bowline knot}. See Illust. {under Knot}. {On a bowline}, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship. | |
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d8Bulimia \[d8]Bu*lim"i*a\, Bulimy \Bu"li*my\, n. [NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. boylimi`a, lit., ox-hunger; boy^s ox + limo`s hunger: cf. F. boulimie.] (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite. | |
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Bullion \Bul"lion\ (b[usdot]l"y[ucr]n), n. [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e. g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see {Bull} an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. F. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. {Billon}, {Billet} a stick.] 1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin. 2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.] And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. --Sylvester. 3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.] The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. --Skelton. 4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent. | |
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By-lane \By"-lane`\ (b[imac]"-l[amac]n`), n. A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ballwin, MO (city, FIPS 3160) Location: 38.59410 N, 90.55237 W Population (1990): 21816 (8158 housing units) Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63021 | |
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Belen, NM (city, FIPS 6480) Location: 34.65866 N, 106.77902 W Population (1990): 6547 (2622 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Bellona, NY Zip code(s): 14415 | |
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Blain, PA (borough, FIPS 6824) Location: 40.33722 N, 77.51222 W Population (1990): 266 (107 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Blaine, KS Zip code(s): 66549 Blaine, KY (city, FIPS 7264) Location: 38.02623 N, 82.85410 W Population (1990): 271 (106 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41124 Blaine, MN (city, FIPS 6382) Location: 45.16613 N, 93.20838 W Population (1990): 38975 (13176 housing units) Area: 87.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55434 Blaine, TN (city, FIPS 6340) Location: 36.14436 N, 83.69486 W Population (1990): 1326 (505 housing units) Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37709 Blaine, WA (city, FIPS 6505) Location: 48.98912 N, 122.75815 W Population (1990): 2489 (1144 housing units) Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98230 | |
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Bloom, KS Zip code(s): 67865 | |
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Blum, TX (town, FIPS 9004) Location: 32.14182 N, 97.39678 W Population (1990): 358 (160 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76627 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
blammo v. [Oxford Brookes University and alumni, UK] To forcibly remove someone from any interactive system, especially talker systems. The operators, who may remain hidden, may `blammo' a user who is misbehaving. Very similar to MIT {gun}; in fact, the `blammo-gun' is a notional device used to `blammo' someone. While in actual fact the only incarnation of the blammo-gun is the command used to forcibly eject a user, operators speak of different levels of blammo-gun fire; e.g., a blammo-gun to `stun' will temporarily remove someone, but a blammo-gun set to `maim' will stop someone coming back on for a while. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BALM Block And List Manipulation. Harrison, 1970. Extensible language with LISP-like features and ALGOL-like syntax, for CDC 6600. "The Balm Programming Language", Malcolm Harrison, Courant Inst (May 1973). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
balun source or load and an unbalanced source or load. A balanced line has two conductors, with equal currents in opposite directions. The unbalanced line has just one conductor; the current in it returns via a common ground or earth path. (1996-10-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bleam "Bleam that binary to me in an e-mail". [Origin? Used where?] (1997-05-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
B-LINE An early {CAD} language. ["B-LINE, Bell Line Drawing Language", A.J. Frank, Proc Fall JCC 33 1968]. (1994-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Boolean possible values, "true" and "false". Also, a variable of Boolean type or a function with Boolean arguments or result. The most common Boolean functions are {AND}, {OR} and {NOT}. (1997-12-01) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Baalim plural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judg. 2:11; 1 Sam. 7:4). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Balaam lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num. 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor (Deut. 23:4), in Mesopotamia (Num. 23:7). It is evident that though dwelling among idolaters he had some knowledge of the true God; and was held in such reputation that it was supposed that he whom he blessed was blessed, and he whom he cursed was cursed. When the Israelites were encamped on the plains of Moab, on the east of Jordan, by Jericho, Balak sent for Balaam "from Aram, out of the mountains of the east," to curse them; but by the remarkable interposition of God he was utterly unable to fulfil Balak's wish, however desirous he was to do so. The apostle Peter refers (2 Pet. 2:15, 16) to this as an historical event. In Micah 6:5 reference also is made to the relations between Balaam and Balak. Though Balaam could not curse Israel, yet he suggested a mode by which the divine displeasure might be caused to descend upon them (Num. 25). In a battle between Israel and the Midianites (q.v.) Balaam was slain while fighting on the side of Balak (Num. 31:8). The "doctrine of Balaam" is spoken of in Rev. 2:14, in allusion to the fact that it was through the teaching of Balaam that Balak learned the way by which the Israelites might be led into sin. (See {NICOLAITANES}.) Balaam was constrained to utter prophecies regarding the future of Israel of wonderful magnificence and beauty of expression (Num. 24:5-9, 17). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Balm contracted from Bal'sam, a general name for many oily or resinous substances which flow or trickle from certain trees or plants when an incision is made through the bark. (1.) This word occurs in the Authorized Version (Gen. 37:25; 43:11; Jer. 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezek. 27:17) as the rendering of the Hebrew word _tsori_ or _tseri_, which denotes the gum of a tree growing in Gilead (q.v.), which is very precious. It was celebrated for its medicinal qualities, and was circulated as an article of merchandise by Arab and Phoenician merchants. The shrub so named was highly valued, and was almost peculiar to Palestine. In the time of Josephus it was cultivated in the neighbourhood of Jericho and the Dead Sea. There is an Arab tradition that the tree yielding this balm was brought by the queen of Sheba as a present to Solomon, and that he planted it in his gardens at Jericho. (2.) There is another Hebrew word, _basam_ or _bosem_, from which our word "balsam," as well as the corresponding Greek balsamon, is derived. It is rendered "spice" (Cant. 5:1, 13; 6:2; margin of Revised Version, "balsam;" Ex. 35:28; 1 Kings 10:10), and denotes fragrance in general. _Basam_ also denotes the true balsam-plant, a native of South Arabia (Cant. l.c.). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Baalim, idols; masters; false gods | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Balaam, the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bileam, the ancient of the people; the devourer |