English Dictionary: bona fide | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
B91nopod \B[91]"no*pod\, n. [Gr. [?] to walk + -pod.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods. | |
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d8Ban \[d8]Ban\ (b[acr]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F. ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon}, {Fame}.] 1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. 2. (Feudal & Mil.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army. 3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense). 4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. [bd]Under ban to touch.[b8] --Milton. 5. A curse or anathema. [bd]Hecate's ban.[b8] --Shak. 6. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. {Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away. | |
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Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf. {Boom} a spar.] 1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. 2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. --Totten. 3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another. 4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. --Pope. 5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. 6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden. 7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam. 8. The straight part or shank of an anchor. 9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. 10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also {working beam} or {walking beam}. 11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! --Shak. 12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort. Mercy with her genial beam. --Keble. 13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also {beam feather}. {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft. {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and that point of the compass toward which the ship steers. {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled with the keel. {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the wind. {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position. | |
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Neaped \Neaped\, a. (Naut.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also {beneaped}. | |
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Beneaped \Be*neaped"\, a. (Naut.) See {Neaped}. | |
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Neaped \Neaped\, a. (Naut.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also {beneaped}. | |
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Beneaped \Be*neaped"\, a. (Naut.) See {Neaped}. | |
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Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benefitting}.] To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. --Jer. xviii. 10. | |
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Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. i. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change. | |
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Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See {Bounty}, and {Fact}.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. --Ps. ciii. 2. 2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. --Burke. 3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use. 4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] --Webster (1623). 5. pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] [bd]The benefits of your own country.[b8] --Shak. {Benefit of clergy}. (Law) See under {Clergy}. Syn: Profit; service; use; avail. See {Advantage}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See {Bounty}, and {Fact}.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. --Ps. ciii. 2. 2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. --Burke. 3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use. 4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] --Webster (1623). 5. pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] [bd]The benefits of your own country.[b8] --Shak. {Benefit of clergy}. (Law) See under {Clergy}. Syn: Profit; service; use; avail. See {Advantage}. | |
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Clergy \Cler"gy\, n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergi[82], F. clerg[82], fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See {Clerk}.] 1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. --Hooker. 2. Learning; also, a learned profession. [Obs.] Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. --Guy of Warwick. Put their second sons to learn some clergy. --State Papers (1515). 3. The privilege or benefit of clergy. If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled equally to his clergy after as before conviction. --Blackstone. {Benefit of clergy} (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). {Regular clergy}, {Secular clergy} See {Regular}, n., and {Secular}, a. | |
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Benefit society \Benefit society\ A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called {friendly society} in Great Britain. | |
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Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benefitting}.] To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. --Jer. xviii. 10. | |
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Benefiter \Ben"e*fit`er\, n. One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit. | |
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Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benefitting}.] To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. --Jer. xviii. 10. | |
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
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d8Bummalo \[d8]Bum"ma*lo\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine Asiatic fish ({Saurus ophidon}) used in India as a relish; -- called also {Bombay duck}. | |
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Bumboat \Bum"boat`\, n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore. | |
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Bump \Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bumping}.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall. | |
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Bumptious \Bump"tious\, a. Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] --Halliwell. | |
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Bumptiousness \Bump"tious*ness\, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.] | |
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Benavides, TX (city, FIPS 7528) Location: 27.59773 N, 98.40916 W Population (1990): 1788 (765 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BBN Butterfly named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. It could have up to 512 {CPU}s connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its own. The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 {Motorola 68020}s. The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 {Motorola 88100}s. Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were {Butterfly Common LISP}, {Butterfly Scheme}, {Delirium}, and {MultiScheme}. {(http://www.paralogos.com/DeadSuper/Misc/BBN.html)}. (2003-11-10) |