English Dictionary: brachycephalic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bargecourse \Barge"course`\, n. [See {Bargeboard}.] (Arch.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. --Gwilt. | |
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Barghest \Bar"ghest`\, n. [Perh. G. berg mountain + geist demon, or b[84]r a bear + geist.] A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written {barguest}.] | |
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Barghest \Bar"ghest`\, n. [Perh. G. berg mountain + geist demon, or b[84]r a bear + geist.] A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written {barguest}.] | |
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Barocyclonometer \Bar`o*cy`clon*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + cyclone + -meter.] (Meteorol.) An aneroid barometer for use with accompanying graphic diagrams and printed directions designed to aid mariners to interpret the indications of the barometer so as to determine the existence of a violent storm at a distance of several hundred miles. | |
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Betulin \Bet"u*lin\, n. [L. betula birch tree.] (Chem.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also {birch camphor}. --Watts. | |
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Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold. | |
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Boracic \Bo*rac"ic\, a. [Cf. F. boracique. See {Borax}.] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. | |
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Boracous \Bo"ra*cous\, a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax. | |
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Jaggery \Jag"ger*y\, n. [Hind j[be]gr[c6]. Cf. {Sugar}.] Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra ({Borassus flabelliformis}). [Written also {jagghery}.] | |
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Palmyra \Pal*my"ra\, n. (Bot.) A species of palm ({Borassus flabelliformis}) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. | |
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Boric \Bo"ric\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron. {Boric acid}, a white crystalline substance {B(OH)3}, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany. | |
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Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. {Burgess}.] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See {Type}. Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type. | |
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Brachioganoid \Brach`i*og"a*noid\, n. One of the Brachioganoidei. | |
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Brachycatalectic \Brach`y*cat`a*lec"tic\, n. [Gr. [?]; brachy`s short + [?] to leave off; cf. [?] incomplete.] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. | |
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Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous \Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + [?] head.] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. | |
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Brachycephaly \Brach`y*ceph"a*ly\, Brachycephalism \Brach`y*ceph"a*lism\, n. [Cf. F. Brachyc[82]phalie] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. | |
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Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous \Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + [?] head.] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. | |
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Brachycephaly \Brach`y*ceph"a*ly\, Brachycephalism \Brach`y*ceph"a*lism\, n. [Cf. F. Brachyc[82]phalie] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. | |
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Brachyceral \Bra*chyc"er*al\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + [?] horn.] (Zo[94]l.) Having short antenn[91], as certain insects. | |
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Flame \Flame\ (fl[amac]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See {Flagrant}, and cf. {Flamneau}, {Flamingo}.] 1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. 2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. [bd]In a flame of zeal severe.[b8] --Milton. Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. --Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope. 3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge. 4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray. Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See {Blaze}. {Flame bridge}, a bridge wall. See {Bridge}, n., 5. {Flame color}, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson. {Flame engine}, an early name for the gas engine. {Flame manometer}, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See {Manometer}. {Flame reaction} (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. {Spectrum analysis}, under {Spectrum}. {Flame tree} (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the {Rhododendron arboreum} in India, and the {Brachychiton acerifolium} of Australia. | |
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Brachygrapher \Bra*chyg"ra*pher\, n. A writer in short hand; a stenographer. He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. --Gayton. | |
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Brachygraphy \Bra*chyg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.] Stenography. --B. Jonson. | |
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Brachystochrone \Bra*chys"to*chrone\, n. [Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of brachy`s short) + [?] time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. | |
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Lubber \Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See {Looby}, {Lob}.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser. {Land lubber}, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. {Lubber grasshopper} (Zo[94]l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., {Brachystola magna}, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and {Romalea microptera}, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. {Lubber's hole} (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the [bd]top,[b8] next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. --Totten. {Lubber's line}, {point}, [or] {mark}, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. | |
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Brackish \Brack"ish\, a. [See {Brack} salt water.] Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil. Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be. --Byron. | |
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Brackishness \Brack"ish*ness\, n. The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt. | |
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}. | |
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Brassage \Bras"sage\, n. [F.] A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called {seigniorage}. | |
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Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also {Dutch gold}. | |
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d8Sinapis \[d8]Si*na"pis\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called {Brassica}. | |
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Sinalbin \Sin*al"bin\, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard ({Brassica alba}, formerly {Sinapis alba}), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Navew \Na"vew\, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}. See {Brassica}. [Writen also {naphew}.] | |
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Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[aemac]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus}); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.] {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}. {Turnip flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, [or] Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}. {Turnip fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[91] live in the turnip root. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. [?], [?], G. r[81]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B. oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}. {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary. {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the seed. {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}. {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}. | |
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Sinigrin \Sin"i*grin\, n. [From NL. Sinapis nigra.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard ({Brassica nigra}, formerly {Sinapis nigra}) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid. | |
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Broccoli \Broc"co*li\, n. [It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See {Broach}, n.] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species ({Brassica oleracea}) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The [bd]curd,[b8] or flowering head, is the part used for food. | |
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Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[acr]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild {Brassica oleracea} of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below. 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. {Cabbage aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis brassic[91]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. {Cabbage beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle ({Phyllotreta vittata}) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. {Cabbage butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris rap[91]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {P. oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See {Cabbage worm}, below. {Cabbage fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia brassic[91]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. {Cabbage head}, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. {Cabbage palmetto}, a species of palm tree ({Sabal Palmetto}) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. {Cabbage rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia}) having large and heavy blossoms. {Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the {Sabal Palmetto} of the United States, and the {Euterpe oleracea} and {Oreodoxa oleracea} of the West Indies. {Cabbage worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See {Cabbage butterfly}, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv[91] of several species of moths, of the genus {Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}. {Sea cabbage}.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. {Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cauliflower \Cau"li*flow`er\, n. [F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See {Cole}, and {Flower}.] 1. (Bot.) An annual variety of {Brassica oleracea}, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or [bd]curd[b8] of a cauliflower plant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colza \Col"za\, n. [F., fr. D. koolzaad, prop., cabbage seed; kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad, akin to E. seed.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage ({Brassica oleracea}), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Savoy \Sa*voy"\, n. [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.) A variety of the common cabbage ({Brassica oleracea major}), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. le[a0]c leek. Cf. {Hemlock}.] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant ({Brassica sinapistrum}) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also {chardock}, {chardlock}, {chedlock}, and {kedlock}. {Jointed charlock}, {White charlock}, a troublesome weed ({Raphanus Raphanistrum}) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brassicaceous \Bras`si*ca"ceous\, a. [L. brassica cabbage.] (Bot.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breakage \Break"age\, n. 1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken. 2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breech action \Breech action\ The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic and machine guns; -- used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech-loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to loading position. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breech pin \Breech" pin`\, Breech screw \Breech" screw`\ . A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breech sight \Breech" sight`\ A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breechcloth \Breech"cloth`\, n. A cloth worn around the breech. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breeches \Breech"es\, n. pl. [OE. brech, brek, AS. br[c7]k, pl. of br[d3]c breech, breeches; akin to Icel. br[d3]k breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. {Brail}.] 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. --Coleridge. 2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.] {Breeches buoy}, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. {Breeches pipe}, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. {Knee breeches}, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. {To wear the breeches}, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breeches \Breech"es\, n. pl. [OE. brech, brek, AS. br[c7]k, pl. of br[d3]c breech, breeches; akin to Icel. br[d3]k breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. {Brail}.] 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. --Coleridge. 2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.] {Breeches buoy}, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. {Breeches pipe}, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. {Knee breeches}, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. {To wear the breeches}, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou[82]e a buoy, from L. boia. [bd]Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.[b8] --Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. {Anchor buoy}, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. {Bell buoy}, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. {Breeches buoy}. See under {Breeches}. {Cable buoy}, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. {Can buoy}, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. {Life buoy}, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. {Nut} [or] {Nun buoy}, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. {To stream the buoy}, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. {Whistling buoy}, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Breeches \Breech"es\, n. pl. [OE. brech, brek, AS. br[c7]k, pl. of br[d3]c breech, breeches; akin to Icel. br[d3]k breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. {Brail}.] 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. --Coleridge. 2. Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.] {Breeches buoy}, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. {Breeches pipe}, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. {Knee breeches}, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. {To wear the breeches}, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brie cheese \Brie" cheese"\ A kind of soft French cream cheese; -- so called from the district in France where it is made; -- called also {fromage de Brie}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brigose \Bri*gose"\, a. [LL. brigosus, It. brigoso. See {Brigue}, n.] Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] --Puller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brocage \Bro"cage\, n. See {Brokkerage}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brockish \Brock"ish\, a. Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] --Bale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brogues \Brogues\, n. pl. [Cf. {Breeches}.] Breeches. [Obs.] --Shenstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brokage \Bro"kage\, n. See {Brokerage}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses. 2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos}, {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}. {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos sph[91]rospermus} and its seed. {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana}, having showy blossoms. {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}. {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}. {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}. {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n. {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue. {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and {Orris}. {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}. {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}. {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove. {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas. {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China. {Pea vine}. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species). {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi}) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}. {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus}; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. {Bureaus}, F. {Bureaux}. [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. [?] flame-colored, prob. fr. [?] fire. See {Fire}, n., and cf. {Borel}, n.] 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. --Swift. 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the [bd]Pension Bureau,[b8] a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] {Bureau system}. See {Bureaucracy}. {Bureau Veritas}, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and re[89]stablished in Brussels in 1870. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgage \Burg"age\, n. [From {Burg}: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgeois \Bur*geois"\ (b[ucir]r*jois"), n. (Print.) See 1st {Bourgeois}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgess \Bur"gess\, n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st {Borough}, and cf. 2d {Bourgeois}.] 1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. --Blackstone. Note: [bd]A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city.[b8] --Burrill. 2. One who represents a borough in Parliament. 3. A magistrate of a borough. 4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers. Note: Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates. {Burgess oath}. See {Burgher}, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgess \Bur"gess\, n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st {Borough}, and cf. 2d {Bourgeois}.] 1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. --Blackstone. Note: [bd]A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city.[b8] --Burrill. 2. One who represents a borough in Parliament. 3. A magistrate of a borough. 4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers. Note: Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates. {Burgess oath}. See {Burgher}, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burgess-ship \Bur"gess-ship\, n. The state of privilege of a burgess. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Burkism \Burk"ism\, n. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bursiculate \Bur*sic"u*late\, a. [See {Burse}.] (Bot.) Bursiform. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Baraga County, MI (county, FIPS 13) Location: 46.71540 N, 88.34200 W Population (1990): 7954 (4684 housing units) Area: 2341.8 sq km (land), 427.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Birch Creek, AK (CDP, FIPS 7620) Location: 66.24545 N, 145.83027 W Population (1990): 42 (21 housing units) Area: 26.0 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Birch Island, ME Zip code(s): 04011 | |
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Borrego Springs, CA (CDP, FIPS 7596) Location: 33.23871 N, 116.35454 W Population (1990): 2244 (1948 housing units) Area: 110.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brass Castle, NJ (CDP, FIPS 7360) Location: 40.76083 N, 75.01219 W Population (1990): 1419 (493 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brazos County, TX (county, FIPS 41) Location: 30.66165 N, 96.30053 W Population (1990): 121862 (48799 housing units) Area: 1517.3 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brickeys, AR Zip code(s): 72320 | |
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Briscoe County, TX (county, FIPS 45) Location: 34.52563 N, 101.20688 W Population (1990): 1971 (1074 housing units) Area: 2331.8 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brooke County, WV (county, FIPS 9) Location: 40.26970 N, 80.58436 W Population (1990): 26992 (10838 housing units) Area: 230.1 sq km (land), 8.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookesmith, TX Zip code(s): 76827 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bruce Crossing, MI Zip code(s): 49912 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brush Creek, TN Zip code(s): 38547 | |
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Brushy Creek, TX (CDP, FIPS 10897) Location: 30.51329 N, 97.73939 W Population (1990): 5833 (2026 housing units) Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bryce Canyon, UT Zip code(s): 84717 | |
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Burgess, MO (town, FIPS 9802) Location: 37.55617 N, 94.61485 W Population (1990): 97 (40 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Burgess, VA Zip code(s): 22432 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burke County, GA (county, FIPS 33) Location: 33.05837 N, 81.99939 W Population (1990): 20579 (8329 housing units) Area: 2151.2 sq km (land), 11.6 sq km (water) Burke County, NC (county, FIPS 23) Location: 35.74722 N, 81.70555 W Population (1990): 75744 (31575 housing units) Area: 1312.5 sq km (land), 21.2 sq km (water) Burke County, ND (county, FIPS 13) Location: 48.79033 N, 102.51945 W Population (1990): 3002 (1691 housing units) Area: 2858.3 sq km (land), 66.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burkesville, KY (city, FIPS 11098) Location: 36.79068 N, 85.36879 W Population (1990): 1815 (817 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42717 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Burge's Language Unnamed functional language based on lambda-calculus. Recursive Programming techniques", W.H. Burge, A-W 1975. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Burroughs Corporation {Unisys Corporation}. (1994-11-22) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Barachias, Berechiah 4 (q.v.), whom Jehovah hath blessed, father of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1:1,7; Matt. 23:35). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bar-jesus son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Barkos painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Breeches (Ex. 28:42), rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee, worn by the priests (Ezek. 44:17, 18). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Barachias, same as Barachel | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Barjesus, son of Jesus or Joshua |