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Balder \Bal"der\, n. [Icel. Baldr, akin to E. bold.] (Scan. Myth.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also {Baldur}.] | |
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Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.] 1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor (Drink and Welcome). 2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash. | |
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Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors. The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett. | |
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Baldrib \Bald"rib`\, n. A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat. [Eng.] --Southey. | |
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Baldric \Bal"dric\, n. [OE. baudric, bawdrik, through OF. (cf. F. baudrier and LL. baldringus, baldrellus), from OHG. balderich, cf. balz, palz, akin to E. belt. See {Belt}, n.] A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt. [Also spelt {bawdrick}.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. --Pope. | |
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Balder \Bal"der\, n. [Icel. Baldr, akin to E. bold.] (Scan. Myth.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also {Baldur}.] | |
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Ballader \Bal"lad*er\, n. A writer of ballads. | |
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Balladry \Bal"lad*ry\, n. [From {Ballad}, n. ] Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. [bd]Base balladry is so beloved.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Ballatry \Bal"la*try\, n. See {Balladry}. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Balloter \Bal"lot*er\, n. One who votes by ballot. | |
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Balter \Bal"ter\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain. Cf. {Bloodboltered}.] To stick together. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Beholder \Be*hold"er\, n. One who beholds; a spectator. | |
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.[b8] 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times. {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller. {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax. {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak. Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining. {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are founded or cast. {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}. {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells. {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun. {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent. {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap. | |
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Belletristic \Bel`le*tris"tic\, Belletristical \Bel`le*tris"tic*al\, a. Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. [bd]An unlearned, belletristic trifler.[b8] --M. Arnold. | |
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Belletristic \Bel`le*tris"tic\, Belletristical \Bel`le*tris"tic*al\, a. Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. [bd]An unlearned, belletristic trifler.[b8] --M. Arnold. | |
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Bellwether \Bell"weth`er\, n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. 2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] --Swift. | |
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Three-mile \Three"-mile`\, a. Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the {three-mile} {belt [or] zone}) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state. | |
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Bewilder \Be*wil"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewildered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewildering}.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray. | |
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Bewilder \Be*wil"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewildered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewildering}.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray. | |
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Bewildered \Be*wil"dered\, a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind. | |
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Bewilderedness \Be*wil"dered*ness\, n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.] | |
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Bewildering \Be*wil"der*ing\, a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- {Be*wil"der*ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Bewilder \Be*wil"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewildered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewildering}.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray. | |
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Bewildering \Be*wil"der*ing\, a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- {Be*wil"der*ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Bewilderment \Be*wil"der*ment\, n. 1. The state of being bewildered. 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. --Hawthorne. | |
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Bilateral \Bi*lat"er*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + lateral: cf. F. bilat[82]ral.] 1. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body. | |
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Bilaterality \Bi*lat`er*al"i*ty\, n. State of being bilateral. | |
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Biliteral \Bi*lit"er*al\, a. [L. bis twice + littera letter.] Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskrit verb. --Sir W. Jones. -- n. A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters. | |
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Biliteralism \Bi*lit"er*al*ism\, n. The property or state of being biliteral. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bladdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bladdering}.] 1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. {Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx. See {Behen}. {Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with handsome crimson flowers. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s[82]n[82]; all fr. Ar. san[be].] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. ({C. acutifolia}, {C. angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. {Bladder senna}. (Bot.) See under {Bladder}. {Wild senna} (Bot.), the {Cassia Marilandica}, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] bladder + [?][?][?][?] tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo[94]l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork measle). Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] bladder + [?][?][?][?] tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo[94]l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork measle). Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}. | |
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2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm. 3. A disease of trees. [Obs.] 4. pl. (Zo[94]l.) The larv[91] of any tapeworm ({T[91]nia}) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also {bladder worms}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bladdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bladdering}.] 1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bladdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bladdering}.] 1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. 2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. | |
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Bladderwort \Blad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ({Utricularia}) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See {Ascidium}. | |
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Bladdery \Blad"der*y\, a. Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder. | |
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Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre, bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan. bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester. {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods. {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with inflated seed pods. {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with membranaceous, inflated pods. {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}. {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[acr][th]"[etil]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also {blether}.] [Icel. bla[edh]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also {blether}.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. --Hall Caine. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[acr][th]"[etil]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also {blether}.] [Icel. bla[edh]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[acr][th]"[etil]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also {blether}.] [Icel. bla[edh]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot. | |
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Blatherskite \Blath"er*skite\, n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] --Barllett. | |
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Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr. b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}. {Beetle mite} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of mites, of the family {Oribatid[91]}, parasitic on beetles. {Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). | |
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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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Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Blatta}, and allied genera. Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are {Blatta orientalis}, a large species often called {black beetle}, and the Croton bug ({Ectobia Germanica}). | |
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Blatter \Blat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat[82]rer to bleat.] To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [Archaic] [bd]The rain blattered.[b8] --Jeffrey. They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. --Latimer. | |
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Blatteration \Blat`ter*a"tion\, n. [L. blateratio a babbling.] Blattering. | |
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Blatter \Blat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat[82]rer to bleat.] To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [Archaic] [bd]The rain blattered.[b8] --Jeffrey. They procured . . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. --Latimer. | |
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Blatterer \Blat"ter*er\, n. One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster. | |
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Blattering \Blat"ter*ing\, n. Senseless babble or boasting. | |
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Blatteroon \Blat`ter*oon"\, n. [L. blatero, -onis.] A senseless babbler or boaster. [Obs.] [bd]I hate such blatteroons.[b8] --Howell. | |
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Bleater \Bleat"er\, n. One who bleats; a sheep. In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain Of gouty ails. --Dyer. | |
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Bleeder \Bleed"er\, n. (Med.) (a) One who, or that which, draws blood. (b) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\ (bl[acr][th]"[etil]r), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Blathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blathering}.] [Written also {blether}.] [Icel. bla[edh]ra. Cf. {Blatherskite}.] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. --G. Eliot. | |
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Blather \Blath"er\, n. [Written also {blether}.] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. --Hall Caine. | |
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Bloater \Bloat"er\ (-[etil]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also {bloat herring}. | |
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Bloater \Bloat"er\ (-[etil]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also {bloat herring}. | |
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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon. 4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. 5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. 7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. 8. (Naut.) (a) See {Footrope}, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten. Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc. {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes. {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); -- called also {horse emmet}. {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses. {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}. {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. {Horse car}. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse. {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. {Horse courser}. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman. {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}. {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[be]ranj, Per. n[be]ranj, n[be]rang; cf. Skr. n[be]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.] 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the {bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the {blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated. 2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. {Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}. {Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus {Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. {Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow berries. {Orange bird} (Zo[94]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast. {Orange cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypr[91]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. {Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow flowers. {Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. {Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea. {Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. {Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito. {Orange scale} (Zo[94]l.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[be]ranj, Per. n[be]ranj, n[be]rang; cf. Skr. n[be]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.] 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the {bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the {blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated. 2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. {Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}. {Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus {Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. {Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow berries. {Orange bird} (Zo[94]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast. {Orange cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypr[91]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. {Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow flowers. {Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. {Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea. {Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. {Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito. {Orange scale} (Zo[94]l.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodthirsty \Blood"thirst`y\, a. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- {Blood"thirst`i*ness} ([?]), n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodthirsty \Blood"thirst`y\, a. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- {Blood"thirst`i*ness} ([?]), n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, {Rumex sanguineus}, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), and to an extensive order of plants ({H[91]modorace[91]}), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, {Rumex sanguineus}, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), and to an extensive order of plants ({H[91]modorace[91]}), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blotter \Blot"ter\ (bl[ocr]t"t[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters. | |
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters. | |
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Bluethroat \Blue"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia ({Cyanecula Suecica}), related to the nightingales; -- called also {blue-throated robin} and {blue-throated warbler}. | |
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Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr[?][?] glory, fame, Goth. hr[?]peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula}), having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin redbreast}, {robinet}, and {ruddock}. (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria}), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also {robin redbreast}, and {migratory thrush}. (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera {Petroica}, {Melanadrays}, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor}). (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See {Indian robin}, below. {Beach robin} (Zo[94]l.), the robin snipe, or knot. See {Knot}. {Blue-throated robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluethroat}. {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird. {Golden robin} (Zo[94]l.), the Baltimore oriole. {Ground robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Indian robin} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera {Thamnobia} and {Pratincola}. They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings. {Magrie robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white. {Ragged robin}. (Bot.) See under {Ragged}. {Robin accentor} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic singing bird ({Accentor rubeculoides}), somewhat resembling the European robin. {Robin redbreast}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. (c) The American bluebird. {Robin snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher. (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot. {Robin's plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Plantain}. {Sea robin}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus {Prionotus}. They are excellent food fishes. Called also {wingfish}. The name is also applied to a European gurnard. (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.] {Water robin} (Zo[94]l.), a redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa}), native of India. | |
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Bluethroat \Blue"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia ({Cyanecula Suecica}), related to the nightingales; -- called also {blue-throated robin} and {blue-throated warbler}. | |
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Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr[?][?] glory, fame, Goth. hr[?]peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula}), having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin redbreast}, {robinet}, and {ruddock}. (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria}), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also {robin redbreast}, and {migratory thrush}. (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera {Petroica}, {Melanadrays}, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor}). (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See {Indian robin}, below. {Beach robin} (Zo[94]l.), the robin snipe, or knot. See {Knot}. {Blue-throated robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluethroat}. {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird. {Golden robin} (Zo[94]l.), the Baltimore oriole. {Ground robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Indian robin} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera {Thamnobia} and {Pratincola}. They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings. {Magrie robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white. {Ragged robin}. (Bot.) See under {Ragged}. {Robin accentor} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic singing bird ({Accentor rubeculoides}), somewhat resembling the European robin. {Robin redbreast}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. (c) The American bluebird. {Robin snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher. (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot. {Robin's plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Plantain}. {Sea robin}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus {Prionotus}. They are excellent food fishes. Called also {wingfish}. The name is also applied to a European gurnard. (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.] {Water robin} (Zo[94]l.), a redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa}), native of India. | |
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Bluethroat \Blue"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia ({Cyanecula Suecica}), related to the nightingales; -- called also {blue-throated robin} and {blue-throated warbler}. | |
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Bluethroat \Blue"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia ({Cyanecula Suecica}), related to the nightingales; -- called also {blue-throated robin} and {blue-throated warbler}. | |
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Bolter \Bolt"er\, n. A kind of fishing line. See {Boulter}. | |
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Bolter \Bolt"er\, n. One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party. | |
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Bolter \Bolt"er\, n. 1. One who sifts flour or meal. 2. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve. | |
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Boltrope \Bolt"rope`\, n. (Naut.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail. | |
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Bowlder \Bowl"der\, Boulder \Boul"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See {Drift}. {Bowlder clay}, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. {Bowlder wall}, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. | |
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Boulder \Boul"der\ (b[omac]l"d[etil]r), n. Same as {Bowlder}. | |
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Bouldery \Boul"der*y\, a. Characterized by bowlders. | |
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Boulter \Boul"ter\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached. | |
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Bowlder \Bowl"der\, Boulder \Boul"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See {Drift}. {Bowlder clay}, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. {Bowlder wall}, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. | |
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Bowlder \Bowl"der\, Boulder \Boul"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See {Drift}. {Bowlder clay}, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. {Bowlder wall}, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. | |
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Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. 2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii. 6. The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron. {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}. {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug. {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite}, {bole}, etc. {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick. {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}. {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron. | |
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Bowlder \Bowl"der\, Boulder \Boul"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See {Drift}. {Bowlder clay}, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. {Bowlder wall}, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. | |
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Bowldery \Bowl"der*y\, a. Characterized by bowlders. | |
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Builder \Build"er\, n. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. --Eng. Cyc. | |
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Bull terrier \Bull" ter"ri*er\ (Zo[94]l.) A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier. | |
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Malma \Mal"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted trout ({Salvelinus malma}), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout}, {bull trout}, {red-spotted trout}, and {golet}. | |
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Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\ 1. A character in Dickens's novel [bd]Barnaby Rudge,[b8] a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. 2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. {Dolly Varden trout} (Zo[94]l.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also {bull trout}, {malma}, and {red-spotted trout}. See {Malma}. | |
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Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
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d8Huch \[d8]Huch\, d8Huchen \[d8]Hu"chen\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) A large salmon ({Salmo, [or] Salvelinus, hucho}) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also {huso}, and {bull trout}. | |
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Malma \Mal"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted trout ({Salvelinus malma}), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout}, {bull trout}, {red-spotted trout}, and {golet}. | |
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Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\ 1. A character in Dickens's novel [bd]Barnaby Rudge,[b8] a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. 2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. {Dolly Varden trout} (Zo[94]l.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also {bull trout}, {malma}, and {red-spotted trout}. See {Malma}. | |
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Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
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d8Huch \[d8]Huch\, d8Huchen \[d8]Hu"chen\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) A large salmon ({Salmo, [or] Salvelinus, hucho}) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also {huso}, and {bull trout}. | |
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Malma \Mal"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted trout ({Salvelinus malma}), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout}, {bull trout}, {red-spotted trout}, and {golet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\ 1. A character in Dickens's novel [bd]Barnaby Rudge,[b8] a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. 2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. {Dolly Varden trout} (Zo[94]l.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also {bull trout}, {malma}, and {red-spotted trout}. See {Malma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {S. Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; -- called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout} and {red-spotted trout}. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Huch \[d8]Huch\, d8Huchen \[d8]Hu"chen\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) A large salmon ({Salmo, [or] Salvelinus, hucho}) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also {huso}, and {bull trout}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullet-proof \Bul"let-proof`\, a. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. {Bullet tree}. See {Bully tree}. {Bullet wood}, the wood of the bullet tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bully tree \Bul"ly tree`\ (Bot.) The name of several West Indian trees of the order {Sapotace[91]}, as {Dipholis nigra} and species of {Sapota} and {Mimusops}. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Belle Terre, NY (village, FIPS 5672) Location: 40.96226 N, 73.06720 W Population (1990): 839 (280 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Beltrami, MN (city, FIPS 5014) Location: 47.54316 N, 96.52801 W Population (1990): 137 (66 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56517 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Beltrami County, MN (county, FIPS 7) Location: 48.01803 N, 94.92344 W Population (1990): 34384 (14670 housing units) Area: 6488.9 sq km (land), 1425.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bluewater, AZ (CDP, FIPS 7025) Location: 34.16853 N, 114.26412 W Population (1990): 505 (466 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Bluewater, CA (CDP, FIPS 7172) Location: 34.17456 N, 114.27066 W Population (1990): 261 (485 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Bluewater, NM Zip code(s): 87005 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder, CO (city, FIPS 7850) Location: 40.02688 N, 105.25102 W Population (1990): 83312 (36270 housing units) Area: 58.4 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80301, 80302, 80303, 80304 Boulder, MT (town, FIPS 8575) Location: 46.23605 N, 112.11946 W Population (1990): 1316 (521 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59632 Boulder, UT (town, FIPS 7470) Location: 37.92904 N, 111.42778 W Population (1990): 126 (89 housing units) Area: 54.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84716 Boulder, WY Zip code(s): 82923 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder City, NV (city, FIPS 6500) Location: 35.96597 N, 114.83807 W Population (1990): 12567 (5390 housing units) Area: 86.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89005 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder County, CO (county, FIPS 13) Location: 40.08847 N, 105.35729 W Population (1990): 225339 (94621 housing units) Area: 1923.0 sq km (land), 23.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder Creek, CA (CDP, FIPS 7652) Location: 37.13750 N, 122.12787 W Population (1990): 6725 (2961 housing units) Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder Hill, IL (CDP, FIPS 7419) Location: 41.71250 N, 88.33611 W Population (1990): 8894 (2969 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boulder Junction, WI Zip code(s): 54512 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
blitter /blit'r/ n. [common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform {blit} operations, esp. used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics. The Commodore Amiga and a few other micros have these, but since 1990 the trend has been away from them (however, see {cycle of reincarnation}). Syn. {raster blaster}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bloatware n. [common] Software that provides minimal functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of diskspace and memory. Especially used for application and OS upgrades. This term is very common in the Windows/NT world. So is its cause. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
blitter special-purpose {integrated circuit} or hardware system built to perform {blit} (or "{bit bang}") operations, especially used for fast implementation of {bit-mapped} graphics. The {Commodore} {Amiga} and a few other {microcomputers} have these, but in 1991 the trend is away from them (however, see {cycle of reincarnation}). [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bloatware (1995-10-14) |