English Dictionary: bride-to-be | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barded \Bard"ed\, p.a. [See {Bard} horse armor.] 1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. 2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons. Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. --Stow. | |
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Bareheaded \Bare"head`ed\, Barehead \Bare"head\, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl. | |
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Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); -- called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie}, {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump borer}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Beard \Beard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bearded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearding}.] 1. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt. 2. To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance. No admiral, bearded by three corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. --Macaulay. 3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bustard \Bus"tard\ (b[ucr]s"t[etil]rd), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. --Plin. 10, 22; [bd]proxim[91] iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Gr[91]cia 'wti`das.[b8]] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Otis}. Note: The great or {bearded bustard} ({Otis tarda}) is the largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in Great Britain. The {little bustard} ({O. tetrax}) inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species are known in Asia and Africa. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\, Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, n. [G. l[84]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l[84]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large vulture ({Gypa[89]tus barbatus}), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called {bonebreaker} and {ossifrage}. It is supposed to be the {ossifrage} of the Bible. Called also {bearded vulture} and {bearded eagle}. [Written also {lammergeyer}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\, Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, n. [G. l[84]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l[84]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large vulture ({Gypa[89]tus barbatus}), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called {bonebreaker} and {ossifrage}. It is supposed to be the {ossifrage} of the Bible. Called also {bearded vulture} and {bearded eagle}. [Written also {lammergeyer}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
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Reedling \Reed"ling\ (-l?ng), n. (Zo[94]l.) The European bearded titmouse ({Panurus biarmicus}); -- called also {reed bunting}, {bearded pinnock}, and {lesser butcher bird}. Note: It is orange brown, marked with black, white, and yellow on the wings. The male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face. | |
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Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\, Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, n. [G. l[84]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l[84]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large vulture ({Gypa[89]tus barbatus}), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called {bonebreaker} and {ossifrage}. It is supposed to be the {ossifrage} of the Bible. Called also {bearded vulture} and {bearded eagle}. [Written also {lammergeyer}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\, Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, n. [G. l[84]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l[84]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large vulture ({Gypa[89]tus barbatus}), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called {bonebreaker} and {ossifrage}. It is supposed to be the {ossifrage} of the Bible. Called also {bearded vulture} and {bearded eagle}. [Written also {lammergeyer}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. [bd]Bearded fellow.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bearded grain.[b8] --Dryden. {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Matamata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Berate \Be*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berating}.] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Berth \Berth\, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. [bd]He has a good berth.[b8] --Totten. 3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in. {Berth deck}, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {To give} (the land or any object) {a wide berth}, to keep at a distance from it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Berth \Berth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berthed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berthing}.] 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company. --Totten. | |
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Biradiate \Bi*ra"di*ate\, Biradiated \Bi*ra"di*a`ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + radiate.] Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin. | |
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Biradiate \Bi*ra"di*ate\, Biradiated \Bi*ra"di*a`ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + radiate.] Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin. | |
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Bird-eyed \Bird"-eyed`\, a. Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes. | |
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Bird-witted \Bird"-wit`ted\, a. Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention. --Bacon. | |
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Birthday \Birth"day`\ (b[etil]rth"d[amac]`), n. 1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. --Cowper. 2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius born. --Shak. | |
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Birthday \Birth"day`\, a. Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities. | |
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Birthdom \Birth"dom\, n. [Birth + -dom.] The land of one's birth; one's inheritance. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Board \Board\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boarding}.] 1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. [bd]The boarded hovel.[b8] --Cowper. 2. [Cf. {Board} to accost, and see {Board}, n.] To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. --Totten. 3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.] 4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. 5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. | |
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Braid \Braid\ (br[amac]d), v. t. [imp. &. p. p. {Braided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Braiding}.] [OE. braiden, breiden, to pull, reach, braid, AS. bregdan to move to and fro, to weave; akin. to Icel. breg[edh]a, D. breiden to knit, OS. bregdan to weave, OHG. brettan to brandish. Cf. {Broid}.] 1. To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. --Milton. 2. To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations. 3. To reproach. [Obs.] See {Upbraid}. --Shak. | |
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Breaded \Bread"ed\, a. Braided [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Breathe \Breathe\ (br[emac][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Breathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breathing}.] [From {Breath}.] 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. [bd]I am in health, I breathe.[b8] --Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak. 3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak. There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. --Byron. | |
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Bred \Bred\, imp. & p. p. of {Breed}. {Bred out}, degenerated. [bd]The strain of man's bred out into baboon and monkey.[b8] --Shak. {Bred to arms}. See under {Arms}. {Well bred}. (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. [bd]A gentleman well bred and of good name.[b8] --Shak. [Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.] (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite. | |
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Brood \Brood\ (br[omac]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooding}.] 1. To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. --Milton. 2. To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. Brooding on unprofitable gold. --Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. --Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. --Tennyson. | |
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Brouded \Broud"ed\, p.a. Braided; broidered. [Obs.] Alle his clothes brouded up and down. --Chaucer. | |
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Bruit \Bruit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruiting}.] To report; to noise abroad. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak. | |
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Berthoud, CO (town, FIPS 6255) Location: 40.30570 N, 105.08120 W Population (1990): 2990 (1168 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80513 | |
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Breathitt County, KY (county, FIPS 25) Location: 37.51943 N, 83.32183 W Population (1990): 15703 (6127 housing units) Area: 1282.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Broadwater, NE (village, FIPS 6470) Location: 41.59759 N, 102.85151 W Population (1990): 160 (86 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69125 | |
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Broadwater County, MT (county, FIPS 7) Location: 46.33184 N, 111.49536 W Population (1990): 3318 (1593 housing units) Area: 3085.9 sq km (land), 122.9 sq km (water) | |
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Brodhead, KY (city, FIPS 9838) Location: 37.40293 N, 84.41695 W Population (1990): 1140 (463 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40409 Brodhead, WI (city, FIPS 9925) Location: 42.61669 N, 89.37617 W Population (1990): 3165 (1297 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53520 | |
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Brodheadsville, PA (CDP, FIPS 9000) Location: 40.92406 N, 75.40331 W Population (1990): 1389 (578 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18322 | |
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Burdette, AR (town, FIPS 9880) Location: 35.81486 N, 89.94593 W Population (1990): 148 (48 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72321 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Birth-day The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of Herod's birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded (Matt. 14:6). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Berothath, of a well |