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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bandelet \Band"e*let\, Bandlet \Band"let\, n. [F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See {Band}, n., and ch. {Bendlet}.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. --Gwilt. | |
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Bandle \Ban"dle\, n. [Ir. bannlamh cubit, fr. bann a measure + lamh hand, arm.] An Irish measure of two feet in length. | |
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Bandelet \Band"e*let\, Bandlet \Band"let\, n. [F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See {Band}, n., and ch. {Bendlet}.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. --Gwilt. | |
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Bandlet \Band"let\, n. Same as {Bandelet}. | |
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Bandoleer \Ban`do*leer"\, Bandolier \Ban`do*lier"\, n. [F. bandouli[8a]re (cf.It. bandoliera, Sp. bandolera), fr.F. bande band, Sp. & It. banda. See {Band}, n.] 1. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt. 2. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [Obs.] | |
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Bandoleer \Ban`do*leer"\, Bandolier \Ban`do*lier"\, n. [F. bandouli[8a]re (cf.It. bandoliera, Sp. bandolera), fr.F. bande band, Sp. & It. banda. See {Band}, n.] 1. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt. 2. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [Obs.] | |
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Bandoline \Ban"do*line\, n. [Perh. allied to band.] A glutinous pomatum for the fair. | |
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Bandy-legged \Ban"dy-legged`\, a. Having crooked legs. | |
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Bantling \Bant"ling\, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. b[84]ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. {Bastard}, n.] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. --W. Irving. | |
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Bay-antler \Bay"-ant`ler\, n. [See {Bez-Antler}.] (Zo[94]l.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under {Antler}. | |
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa. | |
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Bemuddle \Be*mud"dle\, v. t. To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse. | |
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Bendlet \Bend"let\, n. [Bend + -let: cf. E. bandlet.] (Her.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend. | |
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Benthal \Ben"thal\, a. [Gr. [?] the depth of the sea.] Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean. | |
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Bimedial \Bi*me"di*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + medial.] (Geom.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square). | |
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Bimetallic \Bi"me*tal"lic\, a. Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc. | |
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Bimetallic \Bi`me*tal"lic\, a. [Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bim[82]tallique.] Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency. | |
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Bimetallism \Bi*met"al*lism\, n. [F. bim[82]talisme.] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. Note: The words bim[82]tallisme and monom[82]tallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [1869]. --Littr[82]. | |
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Bimetallist \Bi*met"al*list\, n. An advocate of bimetallism. | |
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Bondholder \Bond"hold`er\, n. A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time. | |
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Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[ocr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.] 1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton. --Shak. 2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And p[?]i[?]s and bonnets waving high. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel. 4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers. 5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt. 6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal. 7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] {Bonnet head} (Zo[94]l.), a shark ({Sphyrna tiburio}) of the southern United States and West Indies. {Bonnet limpet} (Zo[94]l.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family {Calyptr[91]id[91]}). {Bonnet monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. {Bonnet piece}, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir W. Scott. {To have a bee in the bonnet}. See under {Bee}. {Black bonnet}. See under {Black}. {Blue bonnet}. See in the Vocabulary. | |
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Bonnetless \Bon"net*less\, a. Without a bonnet. | |
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Boundless \Bound"less\, a. Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. [bd]The boundless sky.[b8] --Bryant. [bd]The boundless ocean.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Boundless rapacity.[b8] [bd]Boundless prospect of gain.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. -- {Bound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Bound"less*ness}, n. | |
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Boundless \Bound"less\, a. Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. [bd]The boundless sky.[b8] --Bryant. [bd]The boundless ocean.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Boundless rapacity.[b8] [bd]Boundless prospect of gain.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. -- {Bound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Bound"less*ness}, n. | |
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Boundless \Bound"less\, a. Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. [bd]The boundless sky.[b8] --Bryant. [bd]The boundless ocean.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Boundless rapacity.[b8] [bd]Boundless prospect of gain.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. -- {Bound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Bound"less*ness}, n. | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. i. 1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony. 2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. --Bartlett. Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving. | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[ucr]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b[81]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. {Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale. | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bundling}.] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. 2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook. {To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. {To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. 2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See {Radius}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. 4. (Physics) (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under {Light}. 5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. --Pope. 6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See {Half-ray}. {Bundle of rays}. (Geom.) See {Pencil of rays}, below. {Extraordinary ray} (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. {Ordinary ray} (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. {Pencil of rays} (Geom.), a definite system of rays. {Ray flower}, [or] {Ray floret} (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. {Ray point} (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. {R[94]ntgen ray}(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[ucr]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b[81]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. {Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale. | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bundling}.] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. 2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook. {To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. {To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously. | |
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Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bundling}.] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. 2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook. {To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. {To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously. | |
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Buntline \Bunt"line\, n. [2d bunt + line.] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. --Totten. | |
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Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.] 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. [bd]Buoyant on the flood.[b8] --Pope. 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. --Dryden. 3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bentley, IL (town, FIPS 5287) Location: 40.34471 N, 91.11106 W Population (1990): 36 (20 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bentley, KS (city, FIPS 6125) Location: 37.88637 N, 97.51556 W Population (1990): 360 (151 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67016 Bentley, LA Zip code(s): 71407 Bentley, MI Zip code(s): 48613 Bentley, ND Zip code(s): 58562 | |
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Bentley Springs, MD Zip code(s): 21120 | |
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Bentleyville, OH (village, FIPS 5550) Location: 41.41347 N, 81.41316 W Population (1990): 674 (221 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bentleyville, PA (borough, FIPS 5672) Location: 40.11780 N, 80.00365 W Population (1990): 2673 (1269 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15314 | |
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Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA (CDP, FIPS 7379) Location: 36.95975 N, 119.89576 W Population (1990): 5705 (1741 housing units) Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Bonduel, WI (village, FIPS 8725) Location: 44.74129 N, 88.44835 W Population (1990): 1210 (501 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Bentley Systems, Inc. Address: Exton, PA, USA. {Home (http://www.bentley.com/)}. (2001-05-18) |