English Dictionary: bauble | by the DICT Development Group |
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Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. 1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding. These [words] he used to babble in all companies. --Arbuthnot. 2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret. | |
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Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled} ([?]);p. pr. & vb. n. {Babbling}.] [Cf.LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.] 1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles. 2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words. 3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate. 4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. In every babbling he finds a friend. --Wordsworth. Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent. Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip. | |
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Babble \Bab"ble\, n. 1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. [bd]This is mere moral babble.[b8] --Milton. 2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. --Darwin. The babble of the stream. --Tennyson. | |
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Babel \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[be]bel, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of [bd]confusion[b8]] 1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Therefore is the name of it called Babel. --Gen. xi. 9. 2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. That babel of strange heathen languages. --Hammond. The grinding babel of the street. --R. L. Stevenson. | |
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Babul \Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, n. [See {Bablah}.] (Bot.) Any one of several species of {Acacia}, esp. {A. Arabica}, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic. In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. --Kipling. | |
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Babul \Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, n. [See {Bablah}.] (Bot.) Any one of several species of {Acacia}, esp. {A. Arabica}, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic. In place of Putney's golden gorse The sickly babul blooms. --Kipling. | |
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Baffle \Baf"fle\, n. 1. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated. (b) A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir. 2. (Coal Mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Baffle \Baf"fle\, v. i. 1. To practice deceit. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.] | |
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Baffle \Baf"fle\, n. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] [bd]A baffle to philosophy.[b8] --South. | |
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Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[acr]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled} (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} (-fl[icr]ng).] [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[be]gr uneasy, poor, or b[be]gr, n., struggle, b[91]gja to push, treat harshly, OF. beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[84]ppe mouth, beffen to bark, chide.] 1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser. 2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. --Cowper. 3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. [bd]A baffled purpose.[b8] --De Quincey. A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. --South. Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. --Prescott. The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. --Locke. {Baffling wind} (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one point to another. Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat. | |
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Bauble \Bau"ble\, n. [Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F. babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus, a baburrus, foolish.] 1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. --Sheridan. 2. The fool's club. [Obs.] [bd]A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it.[b8] --Nares. | |
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Bawble \Baw"ble\, n. A trinket. See {Bauble}. | |
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Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. {Native American party}. See under {American}, a. {Native bear} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. {Native devil}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under {Devil}. {Native hen} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}). {Native pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leipoa}. {Native rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form. {Native sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}. {Native turkey} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also {bebilya}. Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential. Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artifical. | |
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. --Shak. | |
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Befall \Be*fall"\, v. i. To come to pass; to happen. I have revealed . . . the discord which befell. --Milton. | |
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Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- + feallan to fall.] To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. --Shak. | |
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Befool \Be*fool"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befooling}.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.] 1. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive. This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men. --Fuller. 2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. [bd]Some befooling drug.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Befoul \Be*foul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befouled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befouling}.] [Cf. AS. bef[?]lan; pref. be- + f[?]lan to foul. See {Foul}, a.] 1. To make foul; to soil. 2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. | |
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Behovely \Be*hove"ly\, a. & adv. Useful, or usefully. [Obs.] | |
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Bevel \Bev"el\, v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90[deg], as a surface; to slant. Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. --Swift. | |
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Bevel \Bev"el\, n. [C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. {Bevile}.] 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. 2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a {bevel square}. --Gwilt. | |
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Bevel \Bev"el\, a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. 2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic] I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. --Shak. {A bevel angle}, any angle other than one of 90[deg]. {Bevel wheel}, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. --Knight. | |
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Bevel \Bev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beveled} ([?]) or {Bevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beveling} or {Bevelling}.] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. | |
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Bevile \Bev"ile\, n. [See {Bevel}.] (Her.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. --Encyc. Brit. | |
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Bible \Bi"ble\ (b[imac]"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.] 1. A book. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. {The Book} by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible. 3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible. | |
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Bivial \Biv"i*al\, a. Of or relating to the bivium. | |
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Bobfly \Bob"fly`\, n. (Fishing) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly. | |
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Bowable \Bow"a*ble\, a. Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. [Obs.] | |
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Bowbell \Bow"bell`\, n. One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney. --Halliwell. | |
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Bubale \Bu"ba*le\, n. [Cf. F. bubale. See {Buffalo}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) A large antelope ({Alcelaphus bubalis}) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible. | |
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Bubble \Bub"ble\, n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. {Blob}, n.] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow, Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. --Shak. 2. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or a[89]rated waters. 3. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens. 4. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits. 5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level. 6. Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble. Then a soldier . . . Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. --Shak. 7. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [Obs.] [bd]Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.[b8] --Prior. | |
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Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bubbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bubbling}.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See {Bubble}, n.] 1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. The milk that bubbled in the pail. --Tennyson. 2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. --Pope. 3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. --Tennyson. | |
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Bubbly \Bub"bly\, a. Abounding in bubbles; bubbling. --Nash. | |
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Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. [82]meri, earlier [82]meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. [?], [?], [?], cf. [?] to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under {Corundum}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} [or] {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. {Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}. | |
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Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B. bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also {Cape buffalo}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below. 6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below. {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries. {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}. {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}. {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important species used as food. {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs. | |
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue}, {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under {Buffalo}. {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod. {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath. | |
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Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B. bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also {Cape buffalo}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below. 6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below. {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries. {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}. {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}. {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important species used as food. {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue}, {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under {Buffalo}. {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod. {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buffle \Buf"fle\, n. [OE., from F. buffle. See {Buffalo}.] The buffalo. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buffle \Buf"fle\, v. i. To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
By-blow \By"-blow`\, n. 1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow. With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces. --Bunyan. 2. An illegitimate child; a bastard. The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano. --Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Byplay \By"play\, n. Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bayville, NJ Zip code(s): 08721 Bayville, NY (village, FIPS 5034) Location: 40.90695 N, 73.56315 W Population (1990): 7193 (2703 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11709 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Beeville, TX (city, FIPS 7192) Location: 28.40556 N, 97.74913 W Population (1990): 13547 (5491 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78102 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bovill, ID (city, FIPS 9730) Location: 46.85826 N, 116.39331 W Population (1990): 256 (134 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bu]falo, PR (comunidad, FIPS 9603) Location: 18.42035 N, 66.57369 W Population (1990): 1121 (363 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buffalo, IA (city, FIPS 9235) Location: 41.46025 N, 90.71819 W Population (1990): 1260 (459 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Buffalo, IL (village, FIPS 9434) Location: 39.84949 N, 89.40895 W Population (1990): 503 (200 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Buffalo, KS (city, FIPS 9150) Location: 37.70861 N, 95.69669 W Population (1990): 293 (154 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66717 Buffalo, KY Zip code(s): 42716 Buffalo, MN (city, FIPS 8452) Location: 45.17698 N, 93.86854 W Population (1990): 6856 (2608 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55313 Buffalo, MO (city, FIPS 9514) Location: 37.64428 N, 93.09434 W Population (1990): 2414 (1167 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65622 Buffalo, MT Zip code(s): 59418 Buffalo, ND (city, FIPS 10420) Location: 46.92143 N, 97.55029 W Population (1990): 204 (108 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58011 Buffalo, NY (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 42.88980 N, 78.85968 W Population (1990): 328123 (151971 housing units) Area: 105.2 sq km (land), 30.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14201, 14202, 14203, 14204, 14206, 14207, 14208, 14209, 14210, 14211, 14212, 14213, 14214, 14215, 14216, 14220, 14222, 14223 Buffalo, OK (town, FIPS 9850) Location: 36.83491 N, 99.62765 W Population (1990): 1312 (655 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Buffalo, SC (CDP, FIPS 10090) Location: 34.72426 N, 81.68348 W Population (1990): 1569 (648 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29321 Buffalo, SD (town, FIPS 8140) Location: 45.58609 N, 103.54301 W Population (1990): 488 (240 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57720 Buffalo, TX (city, FIPS 11116) Location: 31.46123 N, 96.06278 W Population (1990): 1555 (750 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Buffalo, WI (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 44.22352 N, 91.86936 W Population (1990): 915 (447 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 10.1 sq km (water) Buffalo, WV (town, FIPS 11284) Location: 38.61317 N, 81.98130 W Population (1990): 969 (415 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25033 Buffalo, WY (city, FIPS 10685) Location: 44.34228 N, 106.71744 W Population (1990): 3302 (1627 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82834 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bible n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as {Knuth}, {K&R}, or the {Camel Book}. 2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language, operating system, or other complex software system. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BABEL 1. A subset of {ALGOL 60}, with many {ALGOL W} extensions. ["BABEL, A New Programming Language", R.S. Scowen, Natl Phys Lab UK, Report CCU7, 1969]. 2. Mentioned in The Psychology of Computer Programming, G.M. Weinberg, Van Nostrand 1971, p.241. 3. A language based on {higher-order function}s and {first-order logic}. ["Graph-Based Implementation of a Functional Logic Language", H. Kuchen et al, Proc ESOP 90, LNCS 432, Springer 1990, pp.271-290]. ["Logic Programming with Functions and Predicates: The Language BABEL", Moreno-Navarro et al, J Logic Prog 12(3) (Feb 1992)]. (1994-11-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bible for a particular language, {operating system} or other complex software system. It is also used to denote one of a small number of such books such as {Knuth} and {K&R}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-12-03) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bible Bible, the English form of the Greek name _Biblia_, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the "Library of Divine Revelation." The name Bible was adopted by Wickliffe, and came gradually into use in our English language. The Bible consists of sixty-six different books, composed by many different writers, in three different languages, under different circumstances; writers of almost every social rank, statesmen and peasants, kings, herdsmen, fishermen, priests, tax-gatherers, tentmakers; educated and uneducated, Jews and Gentiles; most of them unknown to each other, and writing at various periods during the space of about 1600 years: and yet, after all, it is only one book dealing with only one subject in its numberless aspects and relations, the subject of man's redemption. It is divided into the Old Testament, containing thirty-nine books, and the New Testament, containing twenty-seven books. The names given to the Old in the writings of the New are "the scriptures" (Matt. 21:42), "scripture" (2 Pet. 1:20), "the holy scriptures" (Rom. 1:2), "the law" (John 12:34), "the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms" (Luke 24:44), "the law and the prophets" (Matt. 5:17), "the old covenant" (2 Cor. 3:14, R.V.). There is a break of 400 years between the Old Testament and the New. (See {APOCRYPHA}.) The Old Testament is divided into three parts:, 1. The Law (Torah), consisting of the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses. 2. The Prophets, consisting of (1) the former, namely, Joshua, Judges, the Books of Samuel, and the Books of Kings; (2) the latter, namely, the greater prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets. 3. The Hagiographa, or holy writings, including the rest of the books. These were ranked in three divisions:, (1) The Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, distinguished by the Hebrew name, a word formed of the initial letters of these books, _emeth_, meaning truth. (2) Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, called the five rolls, as being written for the synagogue use on five separate rolls. (3) Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. Between the Old and the New Testament no addition was made to the revelation God had already given. The period of New Testament revelation, extending over a century, began with the appearance of John the Baptist. The New Testament consists of (1) the historical books, viz., the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles; (2) the Epistles; and (3) the book of prophecy, the Revelation. The division of the Bible into chapters and verses is altogether of human invention, designed to facilitate reference to it. The ancient Jews divided the Old Testament into certain sections for use in the synagogue service, and then at a later period, in the ninth century A.D., into verses. Our modern system of chapters for all the books of the Bible was introduced by Cardinal Hugo about the middle of the thirteenth century (he died 1263). The system of verses for the New Testament was introduced by Stephens in 1551, and generally adopted, although neither Tyndale's nor Coverdale's English translation of the Bible has verses. The division is not always wisely made, yet it is very useful. (See {VERSION}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Babel, confusion; mixture |