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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold. | |
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child. | |
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Gentian \Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of {Capsule}. Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna}, {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. {Horse gentian}, fever root. {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana lutea}). See {Bitterwort}. | |
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Beaver \Bea"ver\, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[84]fver, Dan. b[91]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr', Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the animal being probably named from its color. [?]253. See {Brown}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus {Castor}. Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the groin of the animal. The European species is {Castor fiber}, and the American is generally considered a variety of this, although sometimes called {Castor Canadensis}. 2. The fur of the beaver. 3. A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk. A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. --Prescott. 4. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats. {Beaver rat} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania ({Hydromys chrysogaster}). {Beaver skin}, the furry skin of the beaver. {Bank beaver}. See under 1st {Bank}. | |
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Beaver State \Bea"ver State\ Oregon; -- a nickname. | |
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Bepraise \Be*praise"\, v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. --Goldsmith. | |
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Beprose \Be*prose"\, v. t. To reduce to prose. [R.] [bd]To beprose all rhyme.[b8] --Mallet. | |
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Gear \Gear\, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[c6], garw[c6] ornament, dress. See {Yare}, and cf. {Garb} dress.] 1. Clothing; garments; ornaments. Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser. 2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer. Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser. 4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. 5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.] Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser. 8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. 9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st {Jeer} (b) . 10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright. That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. --Latimer. {Bever gear}. See {Bevel gear}. {Core gear}, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise wheel}, under {Mortise}. {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under {Expansion}. {Feed gear}. See {Feed motion}, under {Feed}, n. {Gear cutter}, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. {Gear wheel}, any cogwheel. {Running gear}. See under {Running}. {To throw} {in, [or] out of}, {gear} (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation. | |
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Beverage \Bev"er*age\, n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. {Bib}, v. t., {Poison}, {Potable}.] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. --Thomson. 2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink. 3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang] | |
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Bibracteate \Bi*brac"te*ate\, a. [Pref. bi- + bracteate.] (Bot.) Furnished with, or having, two bracts. | |
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Bifarious \Bi*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. bifarius; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr. [?] twofold; [?] twice + [?] to say.] 1. Twofold; arranged in two rows. 2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows. | |
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Bifariously \Bi*fa"ri*ous*ly\, adv. In a bifarious manner. | |
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Biferous \Bif"er*ous\, a. [L. bifer; bis twice + ferre to bear.] Bearing fruit twice a year. | |
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Biforked \Bi"forked\, a. Bifurcate. | |
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Biforous \Bif"o*rous\, a. [L. biforis having two doors; bis twice, two + foris door.] See {Biforate}. | |
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Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.] Two-pronged; forked. | |
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Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i. To divide into two branches. | |
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Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.] Two-pronged; forked. | |
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Bifurcation \Bi`fur*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. bifurcation.] A forking, or division into two branches. | |
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Bifurcous \Bi*fur"cous\, a. [L. bifurcus; bis twice + furca fork.] See {Bifurcate}, a. [R.] --Coles. | |
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Biparous \Bip"a*rous\, a. [L. bis twice + parere to bring forth.] Bringing forth two at a birth. | |
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Biprism \Bi"prism\, n. [Pref. bi- + prism.] 1. A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees. 2. A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube; -- called also {optical cube}. It is used in one form of photometer. | |
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Buprestidan \Bu*pres"ti*dan\, n. [L. buprestis, Gr. [?], a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; [?] ox, cow + [?] to blow up, swell out.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus {Buprestis} and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv[91] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Beaver City, NE (city, FIPS 3495) Location: 40.13773 N, 99.82735 W Population (1990): 707 (373 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68926 | |
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Beaver County, OK (county, FIPS 7) Location: 36.75296 N, 100.48078 W Population (1990): 6023 (2923 housing units) Area: 4699.5 sq km (land), 8.3 sq km (water) Beaver County, PA (county, FIPS 7) Location: 40.68577 N, 80.35231 W Population (1990): 186093 (76336 housing units) Area: 1127.3 sq km (land), 22.5 sq km (water) Beaver County, UT (county, FIPS 1) Location: 38.34078 N, 113.22875 W Population (1990): 4765 (2200 housing units) Area: 6708.4 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water) | |
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Beaver Creek, MN (city, FIPS 4492) Location: 43.61260 N, 96.36177 W Population (1990): 249 (103 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56116 | |
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Beaver Crossing, NE (village, FIPS 3530) Location: 40.77777 N, 97.28187 W Population (1990): 448 (193 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68313 | |
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Beaver Grove, MI Zip code(s): 49855 | |
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Beaver Springs, PA Zip code(s): 17812, 17843 | |
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Beavercreek, OH (city, FIPS 4720) Location: 39.72930 N, 84.06238 W Population (1990): 33626 (12148 housing units) Area: 66.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45430, 45431, 45432, 45434 Beavercreek, OR Zip code(s): 97004 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
buffer chuck n. Shorter and ruder syn. for {buffer overflow}. |