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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Good form} [or] {Bad form}, the general appearance, condition or action, originally of horses, atterwards of persons; as, the members of a boat crew are said to be in good form when they pull together uniformly. The phrases are further used colloquially in description of conduct or manners in society; as, it is not good form to smoke in the presence of a lady. | |
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Bat printing \Bat" print`ing\ (Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware. | |
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d8Bateau \[d8]Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. {Bateaux}. [F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boa, which agrees with AS. b[be]t boat: cf. W. bad boat. See {Boat}, n.] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, {batteau}.] {Bateau bridge}, a floating bridge supported by bateaux. | |
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Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br[81]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[umac] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.] 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. 2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. 3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. 4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. 5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a {bridge wall}. {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}. {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}. {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose. {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}. {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}. {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders. {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}. {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}. {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bath \Bath\, n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects. {Bath brick}, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. {Bath chair}, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. [bd]People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs.[b8] --Dickens. {Bath metal}, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. {Bath note}, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. {Bath stone}, a species of limestone (o[94]lite) found near Bath, used for building. | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Bead proof \Bead" proof`\ 1. Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters. 2. A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. | |
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Beautifier \Beau"ti*fi`er\, n. One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful. | |
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Bedfere Bedphere \Bed"fere` Bed"phere`\, n. [Bed + AS. fera a companion.] A bedfellow. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Bedphere \Bed"phere`\, n. See {Bedfere}. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Bethabara wood \Beth*ab"a*ra wood`\ (Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. | |
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Bude burner \Bude" burn`er\ [See {Bude light}.] A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied. | |
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Pulas \Pu"las\, n. [Skr. pal[be][cced]a.] (Bot.) The East Indian leguminous tree {Butea frondosa}. See {Gum Butea}, under {Gum}. [Written also {pales} and {palasa}.] | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Red-tailed \Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a. Having a red tail. {Red-tailed hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hawk ({Buteo borealis}). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also {hen hawck}, and {red-tailed buzzard}. | |
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Hawk \Hawk\, n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h[94]k, Dan. h[94]g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family {Falconid[91]}. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}); the red-shouldered ({B. lineatus}); the broad-winged ({B. Pennsylvanicus}); the rough-legged ({Archibuteo lagopus}); the sharp-shinned {Accipiter fuscus}). See {Fishhawk}, {Goshawk}, {Marsh hawk}, under {Marsh}, {Night hawk}, under {Night}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Eagle hawk}. See under {Eagle}. {Hawk eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic bird of the genus {Spiz[91]tus}, or {Limn[91]tus}, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. {Hawk fly} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious fly of the family {Asilid[91]}. See {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}. {Hawk moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hawk moth}, in the Vocabulary. {Hawk owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A northern owl ({Surnia ulula}) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India ({Ninox scutellatus}). {Hawk's bill} (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock. | |
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Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[91]n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h[?]na, Dan. h[94]na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo[94]l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen. Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. {Hen clam}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See {Surf clam}. (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}. {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below). {Hen harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm}, {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}. {Hen hawk} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B. lineatus}), and the goshawk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Board \Board\, n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[?] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[?]tu-baurd]/> footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. 2. A table to put food upon. Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell. Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. --Milton. 3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board. 4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. --Clarendon. We may judge from their letters to the board. --Porteus. 5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. 7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. 8. [In this use originally perh. a different word meaning border, margin; cf. D. boord, G. bord, shipboard, and G. borte trimming; also F. bord (fr. G.) the side of a ship. Cf. {Border}.] The border or side of anything. (Naut.) (a) The side of a ship. [bd]Now board to board the rival vessels row.[b8] --Dryden. See {On board}, below. (b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure. {The American Board}, a shortened form of [bd]The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions[b8] (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches). {Bed and board}. See under {Bed}. {Board and board} (Naut.), side by side. {Board of control}, six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. --Stormonth. {Board rule}, a figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman. {Board of trade}, in England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce. {Board wages}. (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden. {By the board}, over the board, or side. [bd]The mast went by the board.[b8] --Totten. Hence (Fig.), {To go by the board}, to suffer complete destruction or overthrow. {To enter on the boards}, to have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge, England.] [bd]Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college.[b8] --Hallam. {To make a good board} (Naut.), to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward. {To make short boards}, to tack frequently. {On board}. (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. (b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.] {Returning board}, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. [U.S.] | |
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Forelock \Fore"lock`\, n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. 2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. {Forelock bolt}, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. {Forelock hook} (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight. {To take} {time, [or] occasion}, {by the forelock}, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. --Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton. | |
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Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV (town, FIPS 4876) Location: 39.62547 N, 78.22713 W Population (1990): 735 (420 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Bedford, IA (city, FIPS 5365) Location: 40.67106 N, 94.72414 W Population (1990): 1528 (778 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50833 Bedford, IN (city, FIPS 4114) Location: 38.86037 N, 86.49083 W Population (1990): 13817 (6158 housing units) Area: 30.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47421 Bedford, KY (city, FIPS 4816) Location: 38.59304 N, 85.31689 W Population (1990): 761 (312 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40006 Bedford, MA Zip code(s): 01730 Bedford, NH Zip code(s): 03110 Bedford, NY (CDP, FIPS 5309) Location: 41.19677 N, 73.64719 W Population (1990): 1828 (640 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10506 Bedford, OH (city, FIPS 4878) Location: 41.39127 N, 81.53727 W Population (1990): 14822 (7074 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44146 Bedford, PA (borough, FIPS 4944) Location: 40.01490 N, 78.50436 W Population (1990): 3137 (1579 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15522 Bedford, TX (city, FIPS 7132) Location: 32.84608 N, 97.13442 W Population (1990): 43762 (18848 housing units) Area: 25.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76021, 76022 Bedford, VA (city, FIPS 515) Location: 37.33782 N, 79.52111 W Population (1990): 6073 (2625 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bedford, VA (city, FIPS 5544) Location: 37.33782 N, 79.52111 W Population (1990): 6073 (2625 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24523 Bedford, WY Zip code(s): 83112 | |
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Bedford County, PA (county, FIPS 9) Location: 40.01043 N, 78.48962 W Population (1990): 47919 (21738 housing units) Area: 2627.8 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water) Bedford County, TN (county, FIPS 3) Location: 35.51376 N, 86.45805 W Population (1990): 30411 (12638 housing units) Area: 1226.9 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Bedford County, VA (county, FIPS 19) Location: 37.31169 N, 79.52878 W Population (1990): 45656 (19641 housing units) Area: 1955.0 sq km (land), 37.6 sq km (water) | |
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Bedford Heights, OH (city, FIPS 4920) Location: 41.40520 N, 81.50617 W Population (1990): 12131 (5736 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Bedford Hills, NY Zip code(s): 10507 | |
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Bedford Park, IL (village, FIPS 4572) Location: 41.76977 N, 87.79805 W Population (1990): 566 (217 housing units) Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60638 | |
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Biddeford, ME (city, FIPS 4860) Location: 43.46548 N, 70.44344 W Population (1990): 20710 (9051 housing units) Area: 77.7 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water) | |
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Biddeford Pool, ME Zip code(s): 04006 | |
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Boothbay Harbor, ME (CDP, FIPS 6085) Location: 43.85458 N, 69.62485 W Population (1990): 1267 (817 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Boyd Tavern, VA Zip code(s): 22947 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
baud barf /bawd barf/ n. The garbage one gets a terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (esp. line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely {random}, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. _Really_ experienced ones can identify particular speeds. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bit-paired keyboard n.,obs. (alt. `bit-shift keyboard') A non-standard keyboard layout that seems to have originated with the Teletype ASR-33 and remained common for several years on early computer equipment. The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see {EOU}), so the only way to generate the character codes from keystrokes was by some physical linkage. The design of the ASR-33 assigned each character key a basic pattern that could be modified by flipping bits if the SHIFT or the CTRL key was pressed. In order to avoid making the thing even more of a kluge than it already was, the design had to group characters that shared the same basic bit pattern on one key. Looking at the ASCII chart, we find: high low bits bits 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 010 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) 011 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This is why the characters !"#$%&'() appear where they do on a Teletype (thankfully, they didn't use shift-0 for space). The Teletype Model 33 was actually designed before ASCII existed, and was originally intended to use a code that contained these two rows: low bits high 0000 0010 0100 0110 1000 1010 1100 1110 bits 0001 0011 0101 0111 1001 1011 1101 1111 10 ) ! bel # $ % wru & * ( " : ? _ , . 11 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ' ; / - esc del The result would have been something closer to a normal keyboard. But as it happened, Teletype had to use a lot of persuasion just to keep ASCII, and the Model 33 keyboard, from looking like this instead: ! " ? $ ' & - ( ) ; : * / , . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + ~ < > × | Teletype's was _not_ the weirdest variant of the {QWERTY} layout widely seen, by the way; that prize should probably go to one of several (differing) arrangements on IBM's even clunkier 026 and 029 card punches. When electronic terminals became popular, in the early 1970s, there was no agreement in the industry over how the keyboards should be laid out. Some vendors opted to emulate the Teletype keyboard, while others used the flexibility of electronic circuitry to make their product look like an office typewriter. Either choice was supported by the ANSI computer keyboard standard, X4.14-1971, which referred to the alternatives as `logical bit pairing' and `typewriter pairing'. These alternatives became known as `bit-paired' and `typewriter-paired' keyboards. To a hacker, the bit-paired keyboard seemed far more logical -- and because most hackers in those days had never learned to touch-type, there was little pressure from the pioneering users to adapt keyboards to the typewriter standard. The doom of the bit-paired keyboard was the large-scale introduction of the computer terminal into the normal office environment, where out-and-out technophobes were expected to use the equipment. The `typewriter-paired' standard became universal, X4.14 was superseded by X4.23-1982, `bit-paired' hardware was quickly junked or relegated to dusty corners, and both terms passed into disuse. However, in countries without a long history of touch typing, the argument against the bit-paired keyboard layout was weak or nonexistent. As a result, the standard Japanese keyboard, used on PCs, Unix boxen etc. still has all of the !"#$%&'() characters above the numbers in the ASR-33 layout. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
baud barf screen} when using a {modem} connection with some {protocol} setting (especially line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely {random}, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the {terminal} is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds. [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
beta version {beta testing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bit-paired keyboard keyboard layout that seems to have originated with the {Teletype} {ASR-33} and remained common for several years on early computer equipment. The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see {EOU}), so the only way to generate the character codes from keystrokes was by some physical linkage. The design of the ASR-33 assigned each character key a basic pattern that could be modified by flipping bits if the SHIFT or the CTRL key was pressed. In order to avoid making the thing more of a Rube Goldberg {kluge} than it already was, the design had to group characters that shared the same basic bit pattern on one key. Looking at the {ASCII} chart, we find: high low bits bits 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 010 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) 011 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This is why the characters !"#$%&'() appear where they do on a Teletype (thankfully, they didn't use shift-0 for space). This was *not* the weirdest variant of the {QWERTY} layout widely seen, by the way; that prize should probably go to one of several (differing) arrangements on {IBM}'s even clunkier 026 and 029 card punches. When electronic {terminals} became popular, in the early 1970s, there was no agreement in the industry over how the keyboards should be laid out. Some vendors opted to emulate the Teletype keyboard, while others used the flexibility of electronic circuitry to make their product look like an office typewriter. These alternatives became known as "bit-paired" and "typewriter-paired" keyboards. To a hacker, the bit-paired keyboard seemed far more logical - and because most hackers in those days had never learned to touch-type, there was little pressure from the pioneering users to adapt keyboards to the typewriter standard. The doom of the bit-paired keyboard was the large-scale introduction of the computer terminal into the normal office environment, where out-and-out technophobes were expected to use the equipment. The "typewriter-paired" standard became universal, "bit-paired" hardware was quickly junked or relegated to dusty corners, and both terms passed into disuse. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
boot virus An {MS-DOS} {virus} that infects the {boot record} program on {hard disk}s and {floppy disk}s or the {master boot record} on hard disks. The virus gets loaded into memory before {MS-DOS} and takes control of the computer, infecting any floppy disks subsequently accessed. An infected {boot disk} may stop the computer starting up at all. (1995-02-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bethabara house of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing (John 1:28). It may be identical with Bethbarah, the ancient ford of Jordan of which the men of Ephraim took possession (Judg. 7:24). The Revised Version reads "Bethany beyond Jordan." It was the great ford, and still bears the name of "the ford," Makhadhet 'Abarah, "the ford of crossing over," about 25 miles from Nazareth. (See {BETHBARAH}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beth-barah house of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon's victory (Judg. 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he returned from Mesopotamia, near the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and at which Jephthah slew the Ephraimites (Judg. 12:4). Nothing, however, is certainly known of it. (See {BETHABARA}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beth-peor house of Peor; i.e., "temple of Baal-peor", a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was in the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:20; Deut. 3:29; 4:46). In the "ravine" or valley over against Beth-peor Moses was probably buried (Deut. 34:6). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bethabara, the house of confidence | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-barah, the chosen house | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-birei, the house of my Creator, the house of my health | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-peor, house of gaping, or opening |