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Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. | |
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Balk \Balk\, v. i. 1. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. [Obs.] In strifeful terms with him to balk. --Spenser. 2. To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks. Note: This has been regarded as an Americanism, but it occurs in Spenser's [bd]Fa[89]rie Queene,[b8] Book IV., 10, xxv. Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt, Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt. | |
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Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Balked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Balking}.] [From {Balk} a beam; orig. to put a balk or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.] 1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.] Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see. --Shak. 3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.] 4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent] By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the [?]nns. --Evelyn. Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat. --Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton. 5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to [?]hwart; as, to balk expectation. They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron. | |
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Balk \Balk\, n. [AS. balca beam, ridge; akin to Icel. b[be]lkr partition, bj[be]lki beam, OS. balko, G. balken; cf. Gael. balc ridge of earth between two furrows. Cf. {Balcony}, {Balk}, v. i., 3d {Bulk}.] 1. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. --Fuller. 2. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called [bd]the balks.[b8] Tubs hanging in the balks. --Chaucer. 3. (Mil.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge. 4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check. A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker. --South. 5. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure. 6. (Baseball) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. {Balk line} (Billiards), a line across a billiard table near one end, marking a limit within which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game. | |
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Balk \Balk\, v. i. [Prob. from D. balken to bray, bawl.] To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring. | |
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Balky \Balk"y\ (b[add]k"[ycr]), a. Apt to balk; as, a balky horse. | |
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Bauk \Bauk\, Baulk \Baulk\, n. & v. See {Balk}. | |
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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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Belace \Be*lace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belaced}.] 1. To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.] 2. To cover or adorn with lace. [Obs.] --Beaumont. 3. To beat with a strap. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Wright. | |
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Belch \Belch\ (b[ecr]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched} (b[ecr]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.] 1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. I belched a hurricane of wind. --Swift. 2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent. Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame. --Milton. | |
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Belch \Belch\, v. i. 1. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate. 2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. --Dryden. | |
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Belch \Belch\, n. 1. The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation. 2. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] --Dennis. | |
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Belike \Be*like"\, adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + like.] It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] -- {Be*like"ly}, adv. Belike, boy, then you are in love. --Shak. | |
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Belk \Belk\, v. t. [See {Belch}.] To vomit. [Obs.] | |
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Bellic \Bel"lic\, Bellical \Bel"li*cal\, a. [L. bellicus. See {Bellicose}.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] [bd]Bellic C[91]sar.[b8] --Feltham. | |
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Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[ecr]l"l[ycr]), n.; pl. {Bellies} (-l[icr]z). [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, b[91]lg, b[91]lig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b[84]lg, Dan. b[91]lg, D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg. Cf. {Bellows}, {Follicle}, {Fool}, {Bilge}.] 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen. Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head. --Dunglison. 2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak. 3. The womb. [Obs.] Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. --Jer. i. 5. 4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2. 5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. {Belly doublet}, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. --Shak. {Belly fretting}, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. --Johnson. {Belly timber}, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior. {Belly worm}, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). --Johnson. | |
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Bellows \Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. b[91]lg, b[91]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See {Belly}.] An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. {Bellows camera}, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. {Hydrostatic bellows}. See {Hydrostatic}. {A pair of bellows}, the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube. | |
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Bellyache \Bel"ly*ache`\, n. Pain in the bowels; colic. | |
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Belock \Be*lock"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belocked}.] [Pref. be- + lock: cf. AS. bel[?]can.] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[esl]*l[umac]"g[adot]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zo[94]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. Note: The northern beluga ({Delphinapterus catodon}) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long. | |
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Beylic \Bey"lic\, n. [Turk.] The territory ruled by a bey. | |
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Bilge \Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Cf. {Belly}, {Bulge}.] 1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. 2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. 3. Bilge water. {Bilge free} (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. {Bilge pump}, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. {Bilge water} (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. {Bilge ways}, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel. | |
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Bilge \Bilge\ (b[icr]lj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bilged} (b[icr]ljd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilging}.] 1. (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge. 2. To bulge. | |
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Bilge \Bilge\, v. t. 1. (Naut.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel). 2. To cause to bulge. | |
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Bilgy \Bil"gy\, a. Having the smell of bilge water. | |
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Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[icr]l"y[ucr]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.] 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. 2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms. 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. [bd]A bilious old nabob.[b8] --Macaulay. {Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}. | |
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Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray. | |
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Bilk \Bilk\, n. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras. 3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson. 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. --Marryat. | |
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Billage \Bil"lage\, n. [and] v. t. & i. Same as {Bilge}. | |
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Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a {hand bill}; when the handle is long, a {hedge bill} or {scimiter}. | |
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Biology \Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] life + -logy: cf. F. biologie.] The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants. | |
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.] 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! --Shak. 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8] --Shak. 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts. {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black. {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc. {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}). {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}. {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras. {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe. {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}. {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.] {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}. {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See {Cockatoo}. {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}. {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia. {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar. {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward. {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance. {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum}) injurious to turnips. {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C. {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests. The larv[91] are aquatic. (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}). {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest. {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock}, {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}. {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay. {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See {Tupelo}. {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape. {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker. {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the {acoumbo} of the natives. {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See {Blacklist}, v. t. {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, {MnO2}. {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail. {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}. {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See {Tillandsia}. {Black oak}. See under {Oak}. {Black ocher}. See {Wad}. {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar. {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight. {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox. {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses. {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain. {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble. {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}. {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs. {Black tea}. See under {Tea}. {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight. {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}. {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo Harlani}). Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. | |
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Black \Black\, adv. Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. | |
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Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blacking}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Blacken}.] 1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. They have their teeth blacked, both men and women, for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. --Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. --J. Fletcher. 2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. | |
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Black \Black\, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak. 2. A black pigment or dye. 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. 4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon. That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North. 5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K. Digby. 6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. --Rowley. {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color. {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}. | |
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Blacks \Blacks\, n. pl. 1. The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press. 2. Soot flying in the air. [Eng.] 3. Black garments, etc. See {Black}, n., 4. | |
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. t. [OE. blasen to blow; perh. confused with blast and blaze a flame, OE. blase. Cf. {Blaze}, v. i., and see {Blast}.] 1. To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous. On charitable lists he blazed his name. --Pollok. To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. --Pope. 2. (Her.) To blazon. [Obs.] --Peacham. | |
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Blaze \Blaze\ (bl[amac]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[91]se, blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. {Blast}, {Blush}, {Blink}.] 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame. [bd]To heaven the blaze uprolled.[b8] --Croly. 2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon! --Milton. 3. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. [bd]Fierce blaze of riot.[b8] [bd]His blaze of wrath.[b8] --Shak. For what is glory but the blaze of fame? --Milton. 4. [Cf. D. bles; akin to E. blaze light.] A white spot on the forehead of a horse. 5. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. --Carlton. {In a blaze}, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated. {Like blazes}, furiously; rapidly. [Low] [bd]The horses did along like blazes tear.[b8] --Poem in Essex dialect. Note: In low language in the U. S., blazes is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as blazes. --Neal. Syn: {Blaze}, {Flame}. Usage: A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas. In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the flames. | |
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blazing}.] 1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes. 2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze. And far and wide the icy summit blazed. --Wordsworth. 3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay. {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.] | |
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. t. 1. To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark. I found my way by the blazed trees. --Hoffman. 2. To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path. Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others. --Nott. | |
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Bleach \Bleach\, v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten. | |
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Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. bl[be]cian, bl[?]can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[be]c pale. See {Bleak}, a.] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. --Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett. | |
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Bleak \Bleak\, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[be]c, bl[?]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl[?]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. bl[c6]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[c6]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. [?] to burn, shine, Skr. bhr[be]j to shine, and E. flame. [?]98. Cf. {Bleach}, {Blink}, {Flame}.] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. --Foxe. 2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. --Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. --Longfellow. 3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. -- {Bleak"ness}, n. | |
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Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the family Cyprinid[91]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird. | |
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Bleaky \Bleak"y\, a. Bleak. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Bleck \Bleck\, Blek \Blek\, v. t. To blacken; also, to defile. [Obs. or Dial.] --Wyclif. | |
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Bleck \Bleck\, Blek \Blek\, v. t. To blacken; also, to defile. [Obs. or Dial.] --Wyclif. | |
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Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian, bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl[?]d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.] 1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. --Gen. ii. 3. 2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak. It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. --1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. ) 3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii. 14. 4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix. 16. 5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self). [Archaic] --Holinshed. 6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.] 7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1. 8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer. iv. 3. 9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.] And burning blades about their heads do bless. --Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. --Fairfax. Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson, Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it. [bd]In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field.[b8] --Ascham. | |
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Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the family Cyprinid[91]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird. | |
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Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, n. [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.] 1. The act of lightening. [R.] --Donne. 2. (Assaying) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called {blick}. A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. --Ure. | |
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Blickey \Blick"ey\, n. [D. blik tin.] A tin dinner pail. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Bliss \Bliss\ (bl[icr]s), n.; pl. {Blisses} (bl[icr]s"[ecr]z). [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[c6][edh]s, fr. bl[c6][edh]e blithe. See {Blithe}.] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy. An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is. --Milton. Syn: Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See {Happiness}. | |
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Block \Block\, n. 1. In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors. 2. (Cricket) (a) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket. (b) A block hole. (c) The popping crease. [R.] {Back blocks}, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. | |
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Block \Block\, n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG. bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf. {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.] 1. A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc. Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning. --Wither. All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry. --Tennyson. 2. The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. Noble heads which have been brought to the block. --E. Everett. 3. The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. Hence: The pattern or shape of a hat. He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block. --Shak. 4. A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops. 5. A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. The new city was laid out in rectangular blocks, each block containing thirty building lots. Such an average block, comprising 282 houses and covering nine acres of ground, exists in Oxford Street. --Lond. Quart. Rev. 6. A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles. 7. (Falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. 8. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way. 9. A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. 10. (Print.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high. 11. A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. [Obs.] What a block art thou ! --Shak. 12. A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See {Block system}, below. {A block of shares} (Stock Exchange), a large number of shares in a stock company, sold in a lump. --Bartlett. {Block printing}. (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. --S. W. Williams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter. {Block system} on railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance of electric signals that no train enters a section or block before the preceding train has left it. | |
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Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See {Block}, n.] 1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor. With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe. A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton. 2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each. 3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat. {To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan. | |
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Shirt waist \Shirt waist\ A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a {blouse}. | |
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Blouse \Blouse\ (blouz; F. bl[oomac]z), n. [F. blouse. Of unknown origin.] A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army. | |
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Shirt waist \Shirt waist\ A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a {blouse}. | |
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Blouse \Blouse\ (blouz; F. bl[oomac]z), n. [F. blouse. Of unknown origin.] A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army. | |
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Blowen \Blow"en\, Blowess \Blow"ess\, n. A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] --Smart. | |
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Blowse \Blowse\, n. See {Blowze}. | |
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Blowze \Blowze\, n. [Prob. from the same root as blush.] A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Blowzy \Blowz"y\, a. Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy. | |
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Blue jay \Blue" jay`\ (Zo[94]l.) The common jay of the United States ({Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata}). The predominant color is bright blue. | |
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Bluish \Blu"ish\, a. Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. [bd]Bluish mists.[b8] --Dryden. -- {Blu"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Blu"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Blush \Blush\, v. t. 1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. [Obs.] To blush and beautify the cheek again. --Shak. 2. To express or make known by blushing. I'll blush you thanks. --Shak. | |
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Blush \Blush\, n. 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. The rosy blush of love. --Trumbull. 2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. --Lyttleton. {At first blush}, or {At the first blush}, at the first appearance or view. [bd]At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France.[b8] --Hakluyt. Note: This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. [bd]All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear,[b8] etc. --Locke. {To put to the blush}, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame. | |
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Blush \Blush\ (bl[ucr]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed} (bl[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [be]bl[ymac]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.] 1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. --Milton. In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. --Buckminster. He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper. 2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color. The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak. 3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T. Gray. | |
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Blushy \Blush"y\, a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [R.] [bd]A blushy color.[b8] --Harvey. | |
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Bolide \Bo"lide\, n. [F. See {Bolis}.] A kind of bright meteor; a {bolis}. | |
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Bolus \Bo"lus\, n.; pl. {Boluses}. [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. [?] lump of earth. See {Bole}, n., clay.] A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill. | |
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.] A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.] --Spenser. | |
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Bowelless \Bow"el*less\, a. Without pity. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Bowleg \Bow"leg`\, n. A crooked leg. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Bowless \Bow"less\, a. Destitute of a bow. | |
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Bowls \Bowls\ (b[omac]lz), n. pl. See {Bowl}, a ball, a game. | |
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Bulge \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[d3]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b[?]h to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly}, {Billow}, {Bouge}, n.] 1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall. 3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2. {Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}. | |
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Bulge \Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulging}.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. 2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. --Broome. | |
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Bulgy \Bul"gy\, a. Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward. [Colloq.] | |
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Bulk \Bulk\ (b[ucr]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b[?]lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, [bd]to obtain what by labor can be obtained.[b8] --J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. {Barrel bulk}. See under {Barrel}. {To break bulk} (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. {In bulk}, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. {Laden in bulk}, {Stowed in bulk}, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. {Sale by bulk}, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bulk \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulking}.] To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. --Leslie Stephen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bulk \Bulk\, n. [Icel. b[be]lkr a beam, partition. Cf. {Balk}, n. & v.] A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bulky \Bulk"y\, a. Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. --Hawthorne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullace \Bul"lace\, n. [OE. bolas, bolace, OF. beloce; of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bolos, polos, Gael. bulaistear.] (Bot.) (a) A small European plum ({Prunus communis}, var. {insitita}). See {Plum}. (b) The bully tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bully \Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb[84]k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.] 1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. --Palmerston. 2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullish \Bull"ish\, a. Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder. Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullock \Bul"lock\, n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See {Bull}.] 1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. --Judges vi. 25. 2. An ox, steer, or stag. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullock \Bul"lock\, v. t. To bully. [Obs.] She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me. --Foote. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullock's-eye \Bul"lock's-eye`\, n. See {Bull's-eye}, 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lantern \Lan"tern\, n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. [?] light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also {lantern brass}. 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. 6. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}. Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. {Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}. {Lantern fly}, {Lantern carrier} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[91]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent. {Lantern jaws}, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. {Lantern pinion}, {Lantern wheel} (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also {wallower}, or {trundle}. {Lantern shell} (Zo[94]l.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Anatina}, and allied genera. {Magic lantern}, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bull's-eye \Bull's"-eye`\, n. 1. (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. 2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. 3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light. 4. A circular or oval opening for air or light. 5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. --Dickens. 6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. 7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target. 8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. 9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. 4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of {Steam engine}. {Achromatic condenser} (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. {Bull's-eye condenser}, [or] {Bull's-eye} (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. {Injection condenser}, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. {Surface condenser}, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lantern \Lan"tern\, n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. [?] light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also {lantern brass}. 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. 6. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}. Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. {Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}. {Lantern fly}, {Lantern carrier} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[91]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent. {Lantern jaws}, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. {Lantern pinion}, {Lantern wheel} (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also {wallower}, or {trundle}. {Lantern shell} (Zo[94]l.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Anatina}, and allied genera. {Magic lantern}, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bull's-eye \Bull's"-eye`\, n. 1. (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. 2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. 3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light. 4. A circular or oval opening for air or light. 5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. --Dickens. 6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. 7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target. 8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. 9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. 4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of {Steam engine}. {Achromatic condenser} (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. {Bull's-eye condenser}, [or] {Bull's-eye} (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. {Injection condenser}, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. {Surface condenser}, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
By-walk \By"-walk`\, n. A secluded or private walk. He moves afterward in by-walks. --Dryden. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Balko, OK Zip code(s): 73931 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ballico, CA Zip code(s): 95303 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bay Lake, FL (city, FIPS 4150) Location: 28.38888 N, 81.57631 W Population (1990): 0 (0 housing units) Area: 48.1 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Baylis, IL (village, FIPS 4247) Location: 39.72901 N, 90.90923 W Population (1990): 257 (114 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62314 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Beals, ME Zip code(s): 04611 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Belk, AL (town, FIPS 5164) Location: 33.64808 N, 87.92773 W Population (1990): 255 (113 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bells, TN (town, FIPS 4720) Location: 35.71835 N, 89.08532 W Population (1990): 1643 (676 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38006 Bells, TX (town, FIPS 7420) Location: 33.62002 N, 96.41295 W Population (1990): 962 (464 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75414 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Biloxi, MS (city, FIPS 6220) Location: 30.41577 N, 88.93192 W Population (1990): 46319 (18864 housing units) Area: 50.9 sq km (land), 18.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39530, 39531 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Black, AL (town, FIPS 7120) Location: 31.00939 N, 85.74321 W Population (1990): 174 (80 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36314 Black, MO Zip code(s): 63625 Black, TX Zip code(s): 79035 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bliss, ID (city, FIPS 8470) Location: 42.92622 N, 114.94911 W Population (1990): 185 (92 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83314 Bliss, NY Zip code(s): 14024 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Blue Ash, OH (city, FIPS 7300) Location: 39.24672 N, 84.38077 W Population (1990): 11860 (4719 housing units) Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boelus, NE Zip code(s): 68820 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bolckow, MO (city, FIPS 6922) Location: 40.11556 N, 94.82055 W Population (1990): 253 (104 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64427 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boles, AR Zip code(s): 72926 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boligee, AL (town, FIPS 8104) Location: 32.75300 N, 88.02425 W Population (1990): 268 (125 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35443 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bowlegs, OK (town, FIPS 7950) Location: 35.14749 N, 96.66931 W Population (1990): 398 (165 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bowlus, MN (city, FIPS 7066) Location: 45.82006 N, 94.40746 W Population (1990): 260 (109 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56314 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bullock, NC Zip code(s): 27507 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bylas, AZ (CDP, FIPS 8710) Location: 33.13059 N, 110.11009 W Population (1990): 1219 (307 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85530 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
block v. [common; from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1. vi. To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. "We're blocking until everyone gets here." Compare {busy-wait}. 2. `block on' vt. To block, waiting for (something). "Lunch is blocked on Phil's arrival." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
blue goo n. Term for `police' {nanobot}s intended to prevent {gray goo}, denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis, and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc. The term `Blue Goo' can be found in Dr. Seuss's "Fox In Socks" to refer to a substance much like bubblegum. `Would you like to chew blue goo, sir?'. See {{nanotechnology}}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Bill Joy {William Joy} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLAZE A {single assignment} language for {parallel processing}. ["The BLAZE Language: A Parallel Language for Scientific Programming", P. Mehrotra Parallel Comp 5(3):339-361 (Nov 1987)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLAZE 2 An {object-oriented} successor to {BLAZE}. ["Concurrent Object Access in BLAZE 2", P. Mehrotra et al, SIGPLAN Notices 24(4):40-42 (Apr 1989)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS {Basic Language for Implementation of System Software} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS-10 (2002-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS-11 {PDP-10}. Written at {CMU} to support the {C.mmp}/{Hydra} project. (2002-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS-16C (2002-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS-32 (2002-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLISS-36 (2002-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
block 1. exclusively, on a {magnetic disk} or {magnetic tape}. Compare {record}, {sector}. 2. something. Compare {busy-wait}. (2000-07-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BLOX A {visual language}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Baalis king of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 40:14). He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah who had been appointed governor over the cities of Judah. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Balak empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q.v.) to curse them; but in vain (Josh. 24:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bellows occurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bilgah cheerful. (1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Black properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revised Version, "the pupil of the eye." It is translated "apple" of the eye in Deut. 32:10; Ps. 17:8; Prov. 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered "black" in Lev. 13:31,37; Cant. 1:5; 5:11; and Zech. 6:2, 6. It is uncertain what the "black marble" of Esther 1:6 was which formed a part of the mosaic pavement. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bless (1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen. 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Ps. 45:2; 104:24, 35). (2.) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Ps. 103:1, 2; 145:1, 2). (3.) A man blesses himself when he invokes God's blessing (Isa. 65:16), or rejoices in God's goodness to him (Deut. 29:19; Ps. 49:18). (4.) One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare (Gen. 24:60; 31:55; 1 Sam. 2:20). Sometimes blessings were uttered under divine inspiration, as in the case of Noah, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses (Gen. 9:26, 27; 27:28, 29, 40; 48:15-20; 49:1-28; Deut. 33). The priests were divinely authorized to bless the people (Deut. 10:8; Num. 6:22-27). We have many examples of apostolic benediction (2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 6:23, 24; 2 Thess. 3:16, 18; Heb. 13:20, 21; 1 Pet. 5:10, 11). (5.) Among the Jews in their thank-offerings the master of the feast took a cup of wine in his hand, and after having blessed God for it and for other mercies then enjoyed, handed it to his guests, who all partook of it. Ps. 116:13 refers to this custom. It is also alluded to in 1 Cor. 10:16, where the apostle speaks of the "cup of blessing." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bowels (Phil. 1:8; 2:1; Col. 3:12), compassionate feelings; R.V., "tender mercies." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bullock (1.) The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25). It is also rendered "cow" (Ezek. 4:15), "ox" (Gen. 12:16). (2.) The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, without distinction of age or sex (Hos. 12:11). It is rendered "cow" (Num. 18:17) and "ox" (Lev. 17:3). (3.) Another word is rendered in the same way (Jer. 31:18). It is also translated "calf" (Lev. 9:3; Micah 6:6). It is the same word used of the "molten calf" (Ex. 32:4, 8) and "the golden calf" (1 Kings 12:28). (4.) In Judg. 6:25; Isa. 34:7, the Hebrew word is different. It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hos. 14:2, the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Baalis, a rejoicing; a proud lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Balak, who lays waste or destroys | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bilgah, ancient countenance | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Belize Belize:Geography Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 22,960 sq km land area: 22,800 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Massachusetts Land boundaries: total 516 km, Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km Coastline: 386 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 miles; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for the negotiation of a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala International disputes: border with Guatemala in dispute; talks to resolve the dispute are stalled Climate: tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to February) Terrain: flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south Natural resources: arable land potential, timber, fish Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 2% forest and woodland: 44% other: 52% Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff natural hazards: frequent, devastating hurricanes (September to December) and coastal flooding (especially in south) international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping Note: national capital moved 80 km inland from Belize City to Belmopan because of hurricanes; only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean Belize:People Population: 214,061 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 44% (female 45,812; male 47,618) 15-64 years: 53% (female 55,630; male 57,230) 65 years and over: 3% (female 3,970; male 3,801) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.42% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 33.71 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 5.86 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -3.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 34.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.32 years male: 66.37 years female: 70.36 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.25 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Belizean(s) adjective: Belizean Ethnic divisions: mestizo 44%, Creole 30%, Maya 11%, Garifuna 7%, other 8% Religions: Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980) Languages: English (official), Spanish, Maya, Garifuna (Carib) Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970) total population: 91% male: 91% female: 91% Labor force: 51,500 by occupation: agriculture 30%, services 16%, government 15.4%, commerce 11.2%, manufacturing 10.3% note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1985) Belize:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Belize former: British Honduras Digraph: BH Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Belmopan Administrative divisions: 6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo Independence: 21 September 1981 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 21 September (1981) Constitution: 21 September 1981 Legal system: English law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Sir Colville YOUNG (since 17 November 1993) head of government: Prime Minister Manuel ESQUIVEL (since July 1993); Deputy Prime Minister Dean BARROW (since NA 1993) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the governor general on advice from the prime minister Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly Senate: consists of an 8-member appointed body; 5 members are appointed on the advice of the prime minister, 2 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 1 after consultation with the Belize Advisory Council (this council serves as an independent body to advise the governor-general with respect to difficult decisions such as granting pardons, commutations, stays of execution, the removal of justices of appeal who appear to be incompetent, etc.) National Assembly: elections last held 30 June 1993 (next to be held June 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (28 total) PUP 13 UDP 15 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: People's United Party (PUP), George PRICE, Florencio MARIN, Said MUSA; United Democratic Party (UDP), Manuel ESQUIVEL, Dean LINDO, Dean BARROW; National Alliance for Belizean Rights, Philip GOLDSON Other political or pressure groups: Society for the Promotion of Education and Research (SPEAR), Assad SHOMAN; United Workers Front, leader NA Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Dean R. LINDO chancery: 2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 332-9636 FAX: [1] (202) 332-6888 consulate(s) general: Los Angeles consulate(s): New York US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador George Charles BRUNO embassy: Gabourel Lane and Hutson Street, Belize City mailing address: P. O. Box 286, Belize City; APO: Unit 7401, APO AA 34025 telephone: [501] (2) 77161 through 77163 FAX: [501] (2) 30802 Flag: blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green garland Economy Overview: The small, essentially private enterprise economy is based primarily on agriculture, agro-based industry, and merchandising, with tourism and construction assuming increasing importance. Agriculture accounts for about 30% of GDP and provides 75% of export earnings, while sugar, the chief crop, accounts for almost 40% of hard currency earnings. The US, Belize's main trading partner, is assisting in efforts to reduce dependency on sugar with an agricultural diversification program. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $575 million (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 2% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $2,750 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.5% (1991) Unemployment rate: 10% (1993 est.) Budget: revenues: $126.8 million expenditures: $123.1 million, including capital expenditures of $44.8 million (FY90/91 est.) Exports: $115 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: sugar, citrus fruits, bananas, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood partners: US 51%, UK, other EC (1992) Imports: $281 million (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, food, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals partners: US 57%, UK 8%, other EC 7%, Mexico (1992) External debt: $158 million (1992) Industrial production: growth rate 3.7% (1990); accounts for 12% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 34,532 kW production: 110 million kWh consumption per capita: 490 kWh (1993) Industries: garment production, food processing, tourism, construction Agriculture: commercial crops: bananas, coca, citrus fruits, fish, cultured shrimp, lumber Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine; an illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; minor money-laundering center Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $104 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $215 million Currency: 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Belizean dollars (Bz$) per US$1 - 2.00 (fixed rate) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Belize:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 2,710 km paved: 500 km unpaved: gravel 1,600 km; improved earth 300 km; unimproved earth 310 km Inland waterways: 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable Ports: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda Merchant marine: total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 170,002 GRT/270,893 DWT ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 25, container 4, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, vehicle carrier 1 Airports: total: 46 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 35 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 9 Belize:Communications Telephone system: 8,650 telephones; above-average system based on microwave radio relay local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Belize:Defense Forces Branches: Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Volunteer Guard), Belize National Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 50,499; males fit for military service 30,040; males reach military age (18) annually 2,285 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $11 million, 2.2% of GDP (FY93/94) |