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Bain \Bain\, n. [F. bain, fr. L. balneum. Cf. {Bagnio}.] A bath; a bagnio. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Bam \Bam\ (b[acr]m), n. [Prob. a contr. of bamboozle.] An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. --Garrick. To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. --Prof. Wilson. | |
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Bam \Bam\, v. t. To cheat; to wheedle. [Slang] --Foote. | |
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Ban \Ban\, v. i. To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Ban \Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master[?] lord, Per. ban.] An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia. | |
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Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf. {Banish}.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron. | |
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Bane \Bane\ (b[amac]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. [root]31.] 1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.] 2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. --Milton. 3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. --Herbert. 4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest. | |
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Bane \Bane\, v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Baum82 \Bau`m[82]"\, a. Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by the French chemist Antoine Baum[82] in the graduation of his hydrometers; of or relating to Baum[82]'s scales or hydrometers. There are two Baum[82] hydrometers. One, which is used with liquids heavier than water, sinks to 0[deg] in pure water, and to 15[deg] in a 15 per cent salt solution; the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0[deg] in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10[deg] in pure water. In both cases the graduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points, is continued along the stem as far as desired. Note: Since all the degrees on a Baum[82] scale are thus equal in length, while those on a specific-gravity scale grow smaller as the density increases, there is no simple relation between degrees B[82]. and Sp. gr. However, readings on Baum[82]s scale may be approximately reduced to specific gravities by the following formul[91] (x in each case being the reading on Baum[82]'s scale) : (a) for liquids heavier than water, sp. gr. = 144 [div] (144 - x); (b) for liquids lighter than water, sp. gr. = 144 [div] (134 + x). | |
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Bawn \Bawn\, n. [Ir. & Gael. babhun inclosure, bulwark.] 1. An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A large house. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Bayamo \Ba*ya"mo\, n. (Meteor.) A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are modified foehn winds. | |
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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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Beam \Beam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beamed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beaming}.] To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light. | |
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Beam \Beam\, v. i. To emit beams of light. He beamed, the daystar of the rising age. --Trumbull. | |
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Beamy \Beam"y\, a. 1. Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. [bd]Beamy gold.[b8] --Tickell. | |
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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}. | |
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Beem \Beem\ (b[emac]m), n. [AS. b[emac]me, b[ymac]me.] A trumpet. [Obs.] | |
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Be \Be\, v. i. [imp. {Was}; p. p. {Been}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[a2]n to be, be[a2]m I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to be, Lith. bu-ti, O. Slav. by-ti, to be, L. fu-i I have been, fu-turus about to be, fo-re to be about to be, and perh to fieri to become, Gr. [?] to be born, to be, Skr. bh[?] to be. This verb is defective, and the parts lacking are supplied by verbs from other roots, is, was, which have no radical connection with be. The various forms, am, are, is, was, were, etc., are considered grammatically as parts of the verb [bd]to be[b8], which, with its conjugational forms, is often called the substantive verb. [?]97. Cf. {Future}, {Physic}.] 1. To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex[?]stence. To be contents his natural desire. --Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. --Shak. 2. To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man. 3. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday. 4. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to. The field is the world. --Matt. xiii. 38. The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. --Rev. i. 20. Note: The verb to be (including the forms is, was, etc.) is used in forming the passive voice of other verbs; as, John has been struck by James. It is also used with the past participle of many intransitive verbs to express a state of the subject. But have is now more commonly used as the auxiliary, though expressing a different sense; as, [bd]Ye have come too late -- but ye are come. [b8] [bd]The minstrel boy to the war is gone.[b8] The present and imperfect tenses form, with the infinitive, a particular future tense, which expresses necessity, duty, or purpose; as, government is to be supported; we are to pay our just debts; the deed is to be signed to-morrow. Note: Have or had been, followed by to, implies movement. [bd]I have been to Paris.[b8] --Sydney Smith. [bd]Have you been to Franchard ?[b8] --R. L. Stevenson. Note: Been, or ben, was anciently the plural of the indicative present. [bd]Ye ben light of the world.[b8] --Wyclif, Matt. v. 14. Afterwards be was used, as in our Bible: [bd]They that be with us are more than they that be with them.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 16. Ben was also the old infinitive: [bd]To ben of such power.[b8] --R. of Gloucester. Be is used as a form of the present subjunctive: [bd]But if it be a question of words and names.[b8] --Acts xviii. 15. But the indicative forms, is and are, with if, are more commonly used. {Be it so}, a phrase of supposition, equivalent to suppose it to be so; or of permission, signifying let it be so. --Shak. {If so be}, in case. {To be from}, to have come from; as, from what place are you ? I am from Chicago. {To let be}, to omit, or leave untouched; to let alone. [bd]Let be, therefore, my vengeance to dissuade.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: {To be}, {Exist}. Usage: The verb to be, except in a few rare case, like that of Shakespeare's [bd]To be, or not to be[b8], is used simply as a copula, to connect a subject with its predicate; as, man is mortal; the soul is immortal. The verb to exist is never properly used as a mere copula, but points to things that stand forth, or have a substantive being; as, when the soul is freed from all corporeal alliance, then it truly exists. It is not, therefore, properly synonymous with to be when used as a copula, though occasionally made so by some writers for the sake of variety; as in the phrase [bd]there exists [is] no reason for laying new taxes.[b8] We may, indeed, say, [bd]a friendship has long existed between them,[b8] instead of saying, [bd]there has long been a friendship between them;[b8] but in this case, exist is not a mere copula. It is used in its appropriate sense to mark the friendship as having been long in existence. | |
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Been \Been\ [OE. beon, ben, bin, p. p. of been, beon, to be. See {Be}.] The past participle of {Be}. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of {Be}. See 1st {Bee}. Assembled been a senate grave and stout. --Fairfax. | |
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Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The {Centaurea behen}, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The {Cucubalus behen}, or bladder campion, now called {Silene inflata}. (c) The {Statice limonium}, or sea lavender. | |
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Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The {Centaurea behen}, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The {Cucubalus behen}, or bladder campion, now called {Silene inflata}. (c) The {Statice limonium}, or sea lavender. | |
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d8Bene \[d8]Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}). | |
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Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[be]n, name of the tree.] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See {Moringa}. | |
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Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.] | |
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Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.] The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.] | |
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Ben \Ben\ An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.] | |
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Bene \Ben"e\, n. (Bot.) See {Benne}. | |
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Bene \Be"ne\, n. [AS. b[emac]n.] A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene ? --Wordsworth. | |
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Benne \Ben"ne\, n. [Malay bijen.] (Bot.) The name of two plants ({Sesamum orientale} and {S. indicum}), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. | |
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Bin \Bin\, n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.] A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin. | |
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Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binning}.] To put into a bin; as, to bin wine. | |
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Bin \Bin\ An old form of {Be} and {Been}. [Obs.] | |
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Bin- \Bin-\ A euphonic form of the prefix {Bi-}. | |
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Bin \Bin\, n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.] A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin. | |
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Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binning}.] To put into a bin; as, to bin wine. | |
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Bin \Bin\ An old form of {Be} and {Been}. [Obs.] | |
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Bin- \Bin-\ A euphonic form of the prefix {Bi-}. | |
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Bine \Bine\, n. [{Bind}, cf. {Woodbine}.] The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant. | |
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Binny \Bin"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large species of barbel ({Barbus bynni}), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food. | |
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Bion \Bi"on\, n. [Gr. [?] living, p. pr. of [?] to live.] (Biol.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon. | |
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Bohemia \Bo*he"mi*a\, n. 1. A country of central Europe. 2. Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See {Bohemian}, n., 3. She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. --Compton Reade. | |
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Bom \Bom\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes. | |
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Bone \Bone\, n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[be]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone. Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute cavities containing living matter and connected by minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals through which blood vessels ramify. 2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body. 3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace. 4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music. 5. pl. Dice. 6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset. 7. Fig.: The framework of anything. {A bone of contention}, a subject of contention or dispute. {A bone to pick}, something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). {Bone ash}, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. {Bone black} (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; -- called also {animal charcoal}. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See {Ivory black}, under {Black}. {Bone cave}, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones of man. --Am. Cyc. {Bone dust}, ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer. | |
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Bone \Bone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boning}.] 1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. [bd]To bone a turkey.[b8] --Soyer. 2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. --Ash. 3. To fertilize with bone. 4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang] | |
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Bone \Bone\, v. t. [F. bornoyer to look at with one eye, to sight, fr. borgne one-eyed.] To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. --Knight. Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges. W. --M. Buchanan. | |
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Bonnie \Bon"nie\, a. [Scot.] See {Bonny}, a. | |
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Bonny \Bon"ny\, a. [Spelled {bonnie} by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See {Bounty}, and cf. {Bonus}, {Boon}.] 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mati[?]chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Bonnie \Bon"nie\, a. [Scot.] See {Bonny}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bonny \Bon"ny\, a. [Spelled {bonnie} by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See {Bounty}, and cf. {Bonus}, {Boon}.] 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mati[?]chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bonny \Bon"ny\, a. [Spelled {bonnie} by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See {Bounty}, and cf. {Bonus}, {Boon}.] 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns. 2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mati[?]chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bonny \Bon"ny\, n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bony \Bon"y\, a. 1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. 2. Having large or prominent bones. {Bony fish} (Zo[94]l.), the menhaden. {Bony pike} (Zo[94]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. {Bum}, {Bump}, v. i., {Bomb}, v. i.] 1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson. 2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W. Irving. 3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. She comes booming down before it. --Totten. 4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See {Beam}.] 1. (Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc. 2. (Mech.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended. 3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.] 4. (Mil. & Naval) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage. 5. (Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away. {Boom iron}, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. {The booms}, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boom \Boom\, n. 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming. 2. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boom \Boom\, v. t. To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a [bd]boom[b8] for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boon \Boon\, a. [F. bon. See {Boon}, n.] 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.] 2. Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton. 3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. --Arbuthnot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boon \Boon\, n. [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.] The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boon \Boon\ (b[oomac]n), n. [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b[omac]n; akin to Sw. & Dan. b[aum]n, AS. b[emac]n, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. [root]86. See 2d {Ban}, {Bounty}.] 1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. --Spenser. 2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. --James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boun \Boun\, a. [See {Bound} ready.] Ready; prepared; destined; tending. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boun \Boun\, v. t. To make or get ready. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bowne \Bowne\, v. t. [See {Boun}.] To make ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.] We will all bowne ourselves for the banquet. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bum \Bum\, n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.] The buttock. [Low] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bum \Bum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bummed}; p. pr. & vb.n. {Bumming} ([?]).] [See {Boom}, v. i., to roar.] To make murmuring or humming sound. --Jamieson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bum \Bum\, n. A humming noise. --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bun \Bun\, Bunn \Bunn\, n. [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.] A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bun \Bun\, Bunn \Bunn\, n. [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.] A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bunn \Bunn\, n. See {Bun}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bunny \Bun"ny\, n. (Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bunny \Bun"ny\, n. A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bahama, NC Zip code(s): 27503 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bayonne, NJ (city, FIPS 3580) Location: 40.66498 N, 74.11046 W Population (1990): 61444 (26468 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07002 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bena, MN (city, FIPS 5104) Location: 47.34108 N, 94.20618 W Population (1990): 147 (74 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56626 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bim, WV Zip code(s): 25021 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bohemia, NY (CDP, FIPS 7157) Location: 40.77400 N, 73.12131 W Population (1990): 9556 (3200 housing units) Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11716 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bonneau, SC (town, FIPS 7525) Location: 33.30655 N, 79.95804 W Population (1990): 374 (152 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29431 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bonney, TX (village, FIPS 9388) Location: 29.30171 N, 95.45847 W Population (1990): 339 (133 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bonnie, IL (village, FIPS 7263) Location: 38.20146 N, 88.90746 W Population (1990): 411 (183 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62816 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bono, AR (town, FIPS 7630) Location: 35.91054 N, 90.79667 W Population (1990): 1220 (451 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72416 Bono, OH Zip code(s): 43445 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boon, MI Zip code(s): 49618 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boone, CO (town, FIPS 7795) Location: 38.25007 N, 104.25577 W Population (1990): 341 (147 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81025 Boone, IA (city, FIPS 7480) Location: 42.05248 N, 93.87924 W Population (1990): 12392 (5332 housing units) Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50036 Boone, NC (town, FIPS 7080) Location: 36.20950 N, 81.66986 W Population (1990): 12915 (4534 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28607 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bowen, IL (village, FIPS 7510) Location: 40.23202 N, 91.06358 W Population (1990): 462 (237 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62316 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buena, NJ (borough, FIPS 8680) Location: 39.52804 N, 74.94488 W Population (1990): 4441 (1761 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08310 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buna, TX (CDP, FIPS 11236) Location: 30.44431 N, 93.96171 W Population (1990): 2127 (887 housing units) Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77612 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bunn, NC (town, FIPS 8860) Location: 35.95866 N, 78.25264 W Population (1990): 364 (177 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
beam vt. [from Star Trek Classic's "Beam me up, Scotty!"] 1. To transfer {softcopy} of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as `beam me a copy' or `beam that over to his site'. 2. Palm Pilot users very commonly use this term for the act of exchanging bits via the infrared links on their machines (this term seams to have originated with the ill-fated Newton Message Pad). Compare {blast}, {snarf}, {BLT}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bum 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code." "I spent half the night bumming the interrupt code." In 1996, this term and the practice it describes are semi-obsolete. In {elder days}, John McCarthy (inventor of {LISP}) used to compare some efficiency-obsessed hackers among his students to "ski bums"; thus, optimization became "program bumming", and eventually just "bumming". 2. To squeeze out excess; to remove something in order to improve whatever it was removed from (without changing function; this distinguishes the process from a {featurectomy}). 3. n. A small change to an algorithm, program, or hardware device to make it more efficient. "This hardware bum makes the jump instruction faster." Usage: now uncommon, largely superseded by v. {tune} (and n. {tweak}, {hack}), though none of these exactly capture sense 2. All these uses are rare in Commonwealth hackish, because in the parent dialects of English the noun `bum' is a rude synonym for `buttocks' and the verb `bum' for buggery. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Baan {manufacturer resource planning} software. {Home (http://www.baan.com/)}. (1998-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
beam [Star Trek Classic's "Beam me up, Scotty!"] To transfer {softcopy} of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as "beam me a copy" or "beam that over to his site". Compare {blast}, {snarf}, {BLT}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bean {JavaBeans} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bm (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bn (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bon designed by {Ken Thompson} and later revised by him to produce {B}. [When? Features?] (1997-02-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bum 1. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code." "I spent half the night bumming the interrupt code." In {elder days}, {John McCarthy} (inventor of {Lisp}) used to compare some efficiency-obsessed hackers among his students to "ski bums"; thus, optimisation became "program bumming", and eventually just "bumming". 2. To squeeze out excess; to remove something in order to improve whatever it was removed from (without changing function; this distinguishes the process from a {featurectomy}). 3. A small change to an algorithm, program, or hardware device to make it more efficient. "This hardware bum makes the jump instruction faster." Usage: now uncommon, largely superseded by v. {tune} (and {tweak}, {hack}), though none of these exactly capture sense 2. All these uses are rare in Commonwealth hackish, because in the parent dialects of English "bum" is a rude synonym for "buttocks". [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Baana son of affliction. (1.) One of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:12). (2.) Son of Hushai, another of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:16). (3.) Father of Zadok (Neh. 3:4). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Baanah son of affliction. (1.) One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul's army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12). (2.) The father of Heled, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bamah a height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols (Ezek. 20:29). The plural is translated "high places" in Num. 22:41 and Ezek. 36:2. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bani built. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David's thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36). (3.) Ezra 2:10; 10:29,34,38. (4.) A Levite who was prominent in the reforms on the return from Babylon (Neh. 8:7; 9:4,5). His son Rehum took part in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:17). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beam occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cross-piece or rafter of a house; 1 Kings 7:6, an architectural ornament as a projecting step or moulding; Ezek. 41:25, a thick plank. In the New Testament the word occurs only in Matt. 7:3, 4, 5, and Luke 6:41, 42, where it means (Gr. dokos) a large piece of wood used for building purposes, as contrasted with "mote" (Gr. karphos), a small piece or mere splinter. "Mote" and "beam" became proverbial for little and great faults. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Benaiah built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam. 23:20, 21, 22; 1 Chr. 11:22. He remained faithful to Solomon (1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief (1 Kings 2:25, 29, 30, 34, 35; 4:4). (2.) 2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:31. (3.) A musical Levite (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (4.) A priest (1 Chr. 15:24; 16:6). (5.) The son of Jeiel (2 Chr. 20:14). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Baanah, in the answer; in affliction | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bamah, an eminence or high place | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ben, a son | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Benaiah, son of the Lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beno, his son | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beon, in affliction | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Binea, son of the Lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Binnui, building | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bohan, in them | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bunah, building; understanding | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bunni, building me |