B
         n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
               occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
               [syn: {bacillus}, {B}]
         2: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated
            into several B vitamins [syn: {B-complex vitamin}, {B
            complex}, {vitamin B complex}, {vitamin B}, {B vitamin}, {B}]
         3: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
            crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
            {boron}, {B}, {atomic number 5}]
         4: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
            [syn: {Bel}, {B}]
         5: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective
            circular area that one particle presents to another as a
            target for an encounter [syn: {barn}, {b}]
         6: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {B}, {b}]
         7: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn:
            {B}, {type B}, {group B}]

English Dictionary: B19	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
B-52 n United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber
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B.O. n malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe [syn: body odor, body odour, B.O.]
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Ba n a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite Synonym(s): barium, Ba, atomic number 56 a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences Synonym(s): Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baa n the cry made by sheep v cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat, blate, blat, baa]
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Bahai adj of or relating to Bahaism n a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
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Bai n the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan Synonym(s): Bai, Baic
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bay adj (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color n an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf Synonym(s): bay, embayment the sound of a hound on the scent small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors Synonym(s): true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay" a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay" a small recess opening off a larger room Synonym(s): alcove, bay a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color v utter in deep prolonged tones bark with prolonged noises, of dogs Synonym(s): bay, quest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baya n common Indian weaverbird [syn: baya, {Ploceus philippinus}]
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bayou n a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
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BB n a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun [syn: BB, BB shot]
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Be n a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element Synonym(s): beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4 v have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" Synonym(s): exist, be happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" Synonym(s): equal, be Antonym(s): differ form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" Synonym(s): constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" Synonym(s): be, follow represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" Synonym(s): embody, be, personify spend or use time; "I may be an hour" have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" Synonym(s): be, live to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" Synonym(s): cost, be
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beau n a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" Synonym(s): boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance Synonym(s): dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bee n any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
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bey n (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt; "he introduced me to Ahmet Bey" the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
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Bh n a transuranic element [syn: bohrium, Bh, element 107, atomic number 107]
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Bi n a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals Synonym(s): bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83
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Bo Hai n an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China Synonym(s): Bo Hai, Po Hai
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boa n a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur [syn: {feather boa}, boa] any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
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boo n a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Synonym(s): boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird v show displeasure, as after a performance or speech [syn: boo, hiss] Antonym(s): acclaim, applaud, clap, spat
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Bouyei n a branch of the Tai languages Synonym(s): Bouyei, Buyi
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bow n a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces Synonym(s): bow, bowknot a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow, stem a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow something curved in shape Synonym(s): bow, arc bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting Synonym(s): bow, bowing, obeisance an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience Synonym(s): bow, curtain call a decorative interlacing of ribbons a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments v bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" Synonym(s): bow, bow down yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" Synonym(s): submit, bow, defer, accede, give in bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King" bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" Synonym(s): crouch, stoop, bend, bow play on a string instrument with a bow
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bow-wow n the bark of a dog informal terms for dogs Synonym(s): pooch, doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow
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Bowie n United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836) Synonym(s): Bowie, Jim Bowie, James Bowie
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Bowiea n small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae Synonym(s): Bowiea, genus Bowiea
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boy n a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" Synonym(s): male child, boy Antonym(s): female child, girl, little girl a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys" a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" Synonym(s): son, boy Antonym(s): daughter, girl (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"
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BPH n enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process Synonym(s): benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH
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bpi n a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium Synonym(s): bits per inch, bpi
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buoy n bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards v float on the surface of water keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" Synonym(s): buoy, buoy up mark with a buoy
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buy n an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" Synonym(s): bargain, buy, steal v obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" Synonym(s): buy, purchase Antonym(s): sell make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" Synonym(s): bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Buyi n a branch of the Tai languages Synonym(s): Bouyei, Buyi
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BW n the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food Synonym(s): biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack
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by adv so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" Synonym(s): by, past in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" Synonym(s): aside, by, away
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bye n you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" Synonym(s): bye, pass a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" Synonym(s): adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
byway n a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) [syn: byway, bypath, byroad]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \La"bi*al\, n.       1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an             articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the             lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.          2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue             pipe.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a             fish or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mute \Mute\, n.       1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,             unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:             (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from                   early life, is unable to use articulate language; a                   deaf-mute.             (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.             (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to                   speak.             (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is                   selected for his place because he can not speak.          2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent             letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech             formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the             passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}.          3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other             material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect             position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument,             in order to deaden or soften the tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
B \B\ (b[emac])       is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to       Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically       related to p, v, f, w and m, letters representing sounds       having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng.       bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and       Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,       Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`,       Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B       (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual       change from the capital B.          Note: In Music, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the                model major scale (the scale of C major ), or of the                second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A                minor ) . B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half                step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands                for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H                (pronounced h[84]).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Labial \La"bi*al\, n.       1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an             articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the             lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.          2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue             pipe.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a             fish or reptile.
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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Mute \Mute\, n.       1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,             unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:             (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from                   early life, is unable to use articulate language; a                   deaf-mute.             (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.             (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to                   speak.             (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is                   selected for his place because he can not speak.          2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent             letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech             formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the             passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}.          3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other             material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect             position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument,             in order to deaden or soften the tone.
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B \B\ (b[emac])       is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to       Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically       related to p, v, f, w and m, letters representing sounds       having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng.       bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and       Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,       Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`,       Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B       (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual       change from the capital B.          Note: In Music, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the                model major scale (the scale of C major ), or of the                second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A                minor ) . B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half                step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands                for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H                (pronounced h[84]).
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Labial \La"bi*al\, n.       1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an             articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the             lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.          2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue             pipe.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a             fish or reptile.
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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Mute \Mute\, n.       1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,             unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:             (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from                   early life, is unable to use articulate language; a                   deaf-mute.             (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.             (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to                   speak.             (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is                   selected for his place because he can not speak.          2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent             letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech             formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the             passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}.          3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other             material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect             position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument,             in order to deaden or soften the tone.
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B \B\ (b[emac])       is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to       Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically       related to p, v, f, w and m, letters representing sounds       having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng.       bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and       Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,       Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`,       Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B       (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual       change from the capital B.          Note: In Music, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the                model major scale (the scale of C major ), or of the                second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A                minor ) . B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half                step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands                for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H                (pronounced h[84]).
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Ba \Ba\ (b[aum]), v. i. [Cf. OF. baer to open the mouth, F.       bayer.]       To kiss. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Baa \Baa\ (b[aum]), v. i. [Cf. G. b[84]en; an imitative word.]       To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.                   He treble baas for help, but none can get. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.
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Baa \Baa\ (b[aum]), n.; pl. {Baas} (b[aum]z). [Cf. G. b[84].]       The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
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Bah \Bah\, interj.       An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.                   Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was                utterly unknown to the English public.   --De Quincey.
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Bahai \Ba*hai"\ (b[adot]*h[imac]"), n.; pl. {Bahais}       (-h[imac]z).       A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents       of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled [bd]Baha 'u 'llah,[b8]       or, [bd]the Splendor of God[b8]), the elder half brother of       Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the       Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of       the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards       of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.
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Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[91]wen to bathe, and G. b[84]hen to       foment.]       To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Bay \Bay\, n.       A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Bay \Bay\, v. t.       To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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Bay \Bay\, a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; --       used only of horses.]       Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the       color of horses.          {Bay cat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East             Indies ({Felis aurata}).          {Bay lynx} (Zo[94]l.), the common American lynx ({Felis, or             Lynx, rufa}).
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Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and       other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a       berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.]       1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.]          2. The laurel tree ({Laurus nobilis}). Hence, in the plural,             an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for             victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of             branches of the laurel.                         The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.                                                                               --Trumbull.          3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.]          {Bay leaf}, the leaf of the bay tree ({Laurus nobilis}). It             has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.
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Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf.       Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay harbor, creek; Bisc. baia,       baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.]       1. (Geol.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf,             but of the same general character.          Note: The name is not used with much precision, and is often                applied to large tracts of water, around which the land                forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not                restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance,                but is used foe any recess or inlet between capes or                headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay.          2. A small body of water set off from the main body; as a             compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a             canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.          3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.          4. A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part             of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by             the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one             of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a             bridge between two piers.          5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in             the stalks.          6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.          {Sick bay}, in vessels of war, that part of a deck             appropriated to the use of the sick. --Totten.
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Bay \Bay\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bayed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Baying}.] [ OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to       bark; of uncertain origin.]       To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.                   The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. --Dryden.
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Bay \Bay\, v. t.       To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive       to bay; as, to bay the bear. --Shak.
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Bay \Bay\, n. [See {Bay}, v. i.]       1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. [bd]The bay of curs.[b8]             --Cowper.          2. [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois,             prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when             surrounded by the dogs, barking (aboyant); aux abois at             bay.] A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a             difficulty, when escape has become impossible.                         Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. --Dryden.                         The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by                      incessant efforts.                              --I. Taylor
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Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. {Bayous}. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.       spelling bayouc, bayouque.]       An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a       large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without       perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.       S.]                   A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly                northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.                                                                               Cable.
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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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Be- \Be-\ [AS. be, and in accented form b[c6], akin to OS. be       and b[c6], OHG. bi, pi, and p[c6], MHG. be and b[c6], G. be       and bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. [?] about (cf. AS. bese[a2]n       to look about). [root]203. Cf. {By}, {Amb-}.]       A prefix, originally the same word as by; joined with verbs,       it serves:       (a) To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.       (b) To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to             fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).       (c) To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as,             beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).          Note: It is joined with certain substantives, and a few                adjectives, to form verbs; as, bedew, befriend,                benight, besot; belate (to make late); belittle (to                make little). It also occurs in certain nouns, adverbs,                and prepositions, often with something of the force of                the preposition by, or about; as, belief (believe),                behalf, bequest (bequeath); because, before, beneath,                beside, between. In some words the original force of be                is obscured or lost; as, in become, begin, behave,                behoove, belong.
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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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Be- \Be-\ [AS. be, and in accented form b[c6], akin to OS. be       and b[c6], OHG. bi, pi, and p[c6], MHG. be and b[c6], G. be       and bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. [?] about (cf. AS. bese[a2]n       to look about). [root]203. Cf. {By}, {Amb-}.]       A prefix, originally the same word as by; joined with verbs,       it serves:       (a) To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.       (b) To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to             fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).       (c) To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as,             beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).          Note: It is joined with certain substantives, and a few                adjectives, to form verbs; as, bedew, befriend,                benight, besot; belate (to make late); belittle (to                make little). It also occurs in certain nouns, adverbs,                and prepositions, often with something of the force of                the preposition by, or about; as, belief (believe),                behalf, bequest (bequeath); because, before, beneath,                beside, between. In some words the original force of be                is obscured or lost; as, in become, begin, behave,                behoove, belong.
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Beau \Beau\, n.; pl. F. {Beaux} (E. pron. b[?]z), E. {Beaus}.       [F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr. L. bellus pretty,       fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See {Bounty}, and cf.       {Belle}, {Beauty}.]       1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion;             a dandy.          2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an             escort; a lover.
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Bee \Bee\,       p. p. of {Be}; -- used for been. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije,       Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir.       beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and             family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family             {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}.          Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee                ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has                its own queen, its males or drones, and its very                numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the                {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of                honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy;                the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt.                The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical                honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}.          2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united             labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a             quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]                         The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.                                                                               --S. G.                                                                               Goodrich.          3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See             1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the             sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays             through; -- called also {bee blocks}.          {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius})             parasitic in beehives.          {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the             European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.          {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus             {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some             resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.          {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family             {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are             parasitic upon bees.          {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an             apiary. --Mortimer.          {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement             the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called             also {propolis}.          {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard.          {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family             {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon             the honeybee. See {Robber fly}.          {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect             ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees.          {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus             Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees.          {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose             larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in             beehives.          {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See             Illust. of {Bee beetle}.          {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}.             (a) To be choleric. [Obs.]             (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.             (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's                   whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8]                   --Sir W. Scott.
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Bey \Bey\ (b[amac]), n. [See {Beg} a bey.]       A governor of a province or district in the Turkish       dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg;       as, the bey of Tunis.
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Bi- \Bi-\ [L. bis twice, which in composition drops the -s, akin       to E. two. See {Bis-}, {Two}, and cf. {Di-}, {Dis-}.]       1. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes             two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed;             biternate, doubly ternate, etc.          2. (Chem.) In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes             two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to             the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other             component, or that such constituent is present in double             the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be-             and di- are often used interchangeably.
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Bo \Bo\, interj. [Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or       frightening; n., terror, fear, dread.]       An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also {boh}       and {boo}.]
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Boa \Bo"a\, n.; pl. {Boas} . [L. boa a kind of water serpent.       Perh. fr. bos an ox.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large American serpents, including             the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico ({B.             imperator}), and the chevalier boa of Peru ({B. eques}).          Note: The name is also applied to related genera; as, the                dog-headed boa ({Xiphosoma caninum}).          2. A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its             resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
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Bo \Bo\, interj. [Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or       frightening; n., terror, fear, dread.]       An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also {boh}       and {boo}.]
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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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Bohea \Bo*hea"\, n. [From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i,       the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.]       Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under {Tea}.          Note: The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of                black tea, or to black tea in general.
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Bo \Bo\, interj. [Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or       frightening; n., terror, fear, dread.]       An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also {boh}       and {boo}.]
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Boohoe \Boo`hoe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boohooed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Boohooing}.] [An imitative word.]       To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] --Bartlett.
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Boohoo \Boo"hoo`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The sailfish; -- called also {woohoo}.
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Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bowing}.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[d4]gan (generally       v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,       Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b[94]ja, Dan. b[94]ie,       bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. [?], and       Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. {Fugitive}.]       1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to             inflect; to make crooked or curved.                         We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to                      their natural straightness.               --Milton.                         The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind                      of tyranny.                                       --Prescott.          2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to             bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.                         Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.                                                                               --Bacon.                         Not to bow and bias their opinions.   --Fuller.          3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of             respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.                         They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the                      ground before him.                              --2 Kings ii.                                                                               15.          4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;[?] to             crush; to subdue.                         Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.                                                                               --Shak.          5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bowing}.]       To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [Icel. b[d3]gr shoulder, bow of a ship.       See {Bough}.]       1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the             stream or prow.          2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the             bow oar.          {Bow chaser} (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while             chasing another vessel. --Totten.          {Bow piece}, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a             ship.          {On the bow} (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within             45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten.
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Bow \Bow\ (bou), n.       An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in       token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an       obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
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Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.       b[umac]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi.       See {Bow}, v. t.]       1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.                         I do set my bow in the cloud.            --Gen. ix. 13.          2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic             material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of             which an arrow is propelled.          3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by             doubling a ribbon or string.          4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and             fastens it to the yoke.          5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a             number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,             used in playing on a stringed instrument.          6. An arcograph.          7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic             rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving             reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and             arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.          8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking             the sun's altitude at sea.          9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the             arched forward part of a saddletree.          {Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest             who looked after trespassers.          {Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string.          {Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which             the tones are produced by the bow.          {Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}.          {To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
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Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. i.       1. To bend; to curve. [Obs.]          2. To stop. [Archaic]                         They stoop, they bow down together.   --Is. xlvi.                                                                               2[?]          3. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or             submission; -- often with down.                         O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel                      before the Lord our maker.                  --Ps. xcv. 6.          4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or             assent; to make bow.                         Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For                      wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed.                                                                               --Dryden.
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Bowwow \Bow"wow`\, n.       An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark. -- a.       Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow       word. [Jocose.]
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Boy \Boy\, n.       In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a       native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race.                   He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty,                and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances                                                                               Macnab.
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Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,       Icel. bofi rouge.]       A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,       a son.                   My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in                college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used                colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,                or party.          {Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in             old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other             insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies             in which the bishop usually officiated.          {The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]          {Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]          {Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood             ({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.          {Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.
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Boy \Boy\, v. t.       To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of       boys acting women's parts on the stage.                   I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.                                                                               --Shak.
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Buoy \Buoy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Buoying}.]       1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to             keep afloat; -- with up.          2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin             or despondency.                         Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous                      mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. --Burke.          3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to             buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.                         Not one rock near the surface was discovered which                      was not buoyed by this floating weed. --Darwin.
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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.
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Buoy \Buoy\, v. i.       To float; to rise like a buoy. [bd]Rising merit will buoy up       at last.[b8] --Pope.
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Buy \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS.       buggean, Goth. bugjan.]       1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an             accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing             to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;             to purchase; -- opposed to sell.                         Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou                      wilt sell thy necessaries.                  --B. Franklin.          2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in             exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or             sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.                         Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and                      instruction, and understanding.         --Prov. xxiii.                                                                               23.          {To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To buy off}.             (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield                   by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.             (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one                   from a party.          {To buy out}             (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.             (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,                   or partnership, by which the seller is separated from                   the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A                   buys out B.             (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good                   will of a business.          {To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.          {To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in             law, to make payment at a future day.          {To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration             for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future             time.
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Buy \Buy\, v. i.       To negotiate or treat about a purchase.                   I will buy with you, sell with you.         --Shak.
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Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus       strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See       {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.]       1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.             [Obs.] --Shak.                         Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn.                                                                               --Chapman.          2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the             production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency;             efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.                         Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue                      had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30.                         A man was driven to depend for his security against                      misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his                      syntax.                                             --De Quincey.                         The virtue of his midnight agony.      --Keble.          3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the             material or sensible substance.                         She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no                      part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J.                                                                               Davies.          4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.                         I made virtue of necessity.               --Chaucer.                         In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is                      better observed than in Terence, who thought the                      sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in                      of sentences.                                    --B. Jonson.          5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;             purity of soul; performance of duty.                         Virtue only makes our bliss below.      --Pope.                         If there's Power above us, And that there is all                      nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must                      delight in virtue.                              --Addison.          6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of             temperance, of charity, etc. [bd]The very virtue of             compassion.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Remember all his virtues.[b8]             --Addison.          7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity             of women; virginity.                         H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has,                      I should be the last man in the world to attempt to                      corrupt it.                                       --Goldsmith.          8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.                         Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.                                                                               --Milton.          {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a.          {In}, [or] {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by             authority of. [bd]He used to travel through Greece by             virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all             the towns.[b8] --Addison. [bd]This they shall attain,             partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in             virtue of piety.[b8] --Atterbury.          {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and             charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by,       of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,       D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.       E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.       {Be-}.]       1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;             close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913             Webster]                         By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them                      both.                                                --Milton.          2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.                         Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.                         By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.          3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side             of; past; as, to go by a church.          4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty             feet by forty.          5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].          6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with             aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city             is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take             by force.          Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,                belong, more or less closely, most of the following                uses of the word:             (a) It points out the author and producer; as,                   [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by                   Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.             (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or                   thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by                   all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a                   Christian; no, by Heaven.             (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;                   after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his                   account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a                   model to build by.             (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion                   of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth                   by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,                   meat by the pound; to board by the year.             (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or                   deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,                   it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;                   as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen                   by a third.             (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the                   course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.             (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in                   expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had                   risen; he will be here by two o'clock.          Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,                or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,                i.e., a point towards the east from the north;                northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than                northeast is.          Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with                which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;                the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But                there are many words which may be regarded as means or                processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and                whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter                of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a                reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;                he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them                with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of                his sufferings. see {With}.          {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.          {By and by}.             (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge                   knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer.             (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . .                   persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he                   is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21.             (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.          Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of                nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of                emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and                soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less                emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.          {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.          {By the bye}. See under {Bye}.          {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;             -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water             than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the             stern.          {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she             has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her             stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.          {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,             instead of slacking off.          {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental             or secondary remark or subject.          {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day,             each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or             separately; each severally.          {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain.          {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward.          {To set by}, to value, to esteem.          {To stand by}, to aid, to support.          Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,                and would be better written good-bye, as it is a                corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
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By \By\, adv.       1. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no             person by at the time.          2. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession             has gone by; a bird flew by.          3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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By \By\, a.       Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving       the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or       collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as,       by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more       freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business,       by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
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Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus       strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See       {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.]       1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.             [Obs.] --Shak.                         Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn.                                                                               --Chapman.          2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the             production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency;             efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.                         Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue                      had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30.                         A man was driven to depend for his security against                      misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his                      syntax.                                             --De Quincey.                         The virtue of his midnight agony.      --Keble.          3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the             material or sensible substance.                         She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no                      part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J.                                                                               Davies.          4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.                         I made virtue of necessity.               --Chaucer.                         In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is                      better observed than in Terence, who thought the                      sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in                      of sentences.                                    --B. Jonson.          5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;             purity of soul; performance of duty.                         Virtue only makes our bliss below.      --Pope.                         If there's Power above us, And that there is all                      nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must                      delight in virtue.                              --Addison.          6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of             temperance, of charity, etc. [bd]The very virtue of             compassion.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Remember all his virtues.[b8]             --Addison.          7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity             of women; virginity.                         H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has,                      I should be the last man in the world to attempt to                      corrupt it.                                       --Goldsmith.          8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.                         Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.                                                                               --Milton.          {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a.          {In}, [or] {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by             authority of. [bd]He used to travel through Greece by             virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all             the towns.[b8] --Addison. [bd]This they shall attain,             partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in             virtue of piety.[b8] --Atterbury.          {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and             charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by,       of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,       D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.       E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.       {Be-}.]       1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;             close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913             Webster]                         By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them                      both.                                                --Milton.          2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.                         Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.                         By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.          3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side             of; past; as, to go by a church.          4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty             feet by forty.          5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].          6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with             aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city             is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take             by force.          Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,                belong, more or less closely, most of the following                uses of the word:             (a) It points out the author and producer; as,                   [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by                   Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.             (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or                   thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by                   all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a                   Christian; no, by Heaven.             (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;                   after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his                   account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a                   model to build by.             (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion                   of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth                   by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,                   meat by the pound; to board by the year.             (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or                   deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,                   it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;                   as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen                   by a third.             (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the                   course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.             (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in                   expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had                   risen; he will be here by two o'clock.          Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,                or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,                i.e., a point towards the east from the north;                northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than                northeast is.          Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with                which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;                the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But                there are many words which may be regarded as means or                processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and                whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter                of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a                reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;                he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them                with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of                his sufferings. see {With}.          {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.          {By and by}.             (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge                   knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer.             (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . .                   persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he                   is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21.             (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.          Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of                nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of                emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and                soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less                emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.          {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.          {By the bye}. See under {Bye}.          {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;             -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water             than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the             stern.          {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she             has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her             stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.          {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,             instead of slacking off.          {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental             or secondary remark or subject.          {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day,             each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or             separately; each severally.          {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain.          {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward.          {To set by}, to value, to esteem.          {To stand by}, to aid, to support.          Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,                and would be better written good-bye, as it is a                corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
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By \By\, adv.       1. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no             person by at the time.          2. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession             has gone by; a bird flew by.          3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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By \By\, a.       Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving       the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or       collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as,       by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more       freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business,       by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
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Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus       strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See       {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.]       1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.             [Obs.] --Shak.                         Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn.                                                                               --Chapman.          2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the             production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency;             efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.                         Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue                      had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30.                         A man was driven to depend for his security against                      misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his                      syntax.                                             --De Quincey.                         The virtue of his midnight agony.      --Keble.          3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the             material or sensible substance.                         She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no                      part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J.                                                                               Davies.          4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.                         I made virtue of necessity.               --Chaucer.                         In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is                      better observed than in Terence, who thought the                      sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in                      of sentences.                                    --B. Jonson.          5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;             purity of soul; performance of duty.                         Virtue only makes our bliss below.      --Pope.                         If there's Power above us, And that there is all                      nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must                      delight in virtue.                              --Addison.          6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of             temperance, of charity, etc. [bd]The very virtue of             compassion.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Remember all his virtues.[b8]             --Addison.          7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity             of women; virginity.                         H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has,                      I should be the last man in the world to attempt to                      corrupt it.                                       --Goldsmith.          8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.                         Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.                                                                               --Milton.          {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a.          {In}, [or] {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by             authority of. [bd]He used to travel through Greece by             virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all             the towns.[b8] --Addison. [bd]This they shall attain,             partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in             virtue of piety.[b8] --Atterbury.          {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and             charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by,       of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,       D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.       E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.       {Be-}.]       1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;             close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913             Webster]                         By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them                      both.                                                --Milton.          2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.                         Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.                         By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.          3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side             of; past; as, to go by a church.          4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty             feet by forty.          5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].          6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with             aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city             is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take             by force.          Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,                belong, more or less closely, most of the following                uses of the word:             (a) It points out the author and producer; as,                   [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by                   Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.             (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or                   thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by                   all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a                   Christian; no, by Heaven.             (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;                   after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his                   account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a                   model to build by.             (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion                   of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth                   by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,                   meat by the pound; to board by the year.             (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or                   deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,                   it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;                   as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen                   by a third.             (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the                   course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.             (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in                   expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had                   risen; he will be here by two o'clock.          Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,                or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,                i.e., a point towards the east from the north;                northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than                northeast is.          Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with                which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;                the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But                there are many words which may be regarded as means or                processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and                whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter                of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a                reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;                he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them                with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of                his sufferings. see {With}.          {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.          {By and by}.             (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge                   knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer.             (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . .                   persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he                   is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21.             (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.          Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of                nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of                emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and                soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less                emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.          {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.          {By the bye}. See under {Bye}.          {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;             -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water             than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the             stern.          {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she             has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her             stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.          {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,             instead of slacking off.          {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental             or secondary remark or subject.          {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day,             each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or             separately; each severally.          {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain.          {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward.          {To set by}, to value, to esteem.          {To stand by}, to aid, to support.          Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,                and would be better written good-bye, as it is a                corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By \By\, adv.       1. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no             person by at the time.          2. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession             has gone by; a bird flew by.          3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By \By\, a.       Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving       the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or       collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as,       by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more       freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business,       by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bye \Bye\, n.       1. In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in             pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent             in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw             a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.          2. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining             unplayed at the end of a match.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), n.       1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a             secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as             in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by             implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.]                         The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the                      discipline of the Church of England.   --Fuller.          2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a             bye. --T. Hughes.          {By the bye}, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to             the matter in hand. [Written also {by the by}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]) n. [AS. b[ymac]; cf. Icel. byg[edh]       dwelling, byggja, b[umac]a, to dwell [root]97.]       1. A dwelling. --Gibson.          2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual             player. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Byway \By"way`\, n.       A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside       from the main one. [bd] Take no byways.[b8] --Herbert.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bay, AR (city, FIPS 4180)       Location: 35.74003 N, 90.55919 W       Population (1990): 1660 (631 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72411    Bay, MO       Zip code(s): 65041
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bee, NE (village, FIPS 3600)       Location: 41.00692 N, 97.05768 W       Population (1990): 209 (79 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68314    Bee, VA       Zip code(s): 24217
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beowawe, NV       Zip code(s): 89821
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bow, KY       Zip code(s): 42714    Bow, NH       Zip code(s): 03304    Bow, WA       Zip code(s): 98232
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bowie, MD (city, FIPS 8775)       Location: 38.95947 N, 76.73774 W       Population (1990): 37589 (13066 housing units)       Area: 33.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 20715, 20720    Bowie, TX (city, FIPS 9640)       Location: 33.55911 N, 97.84475 W       Population (1990): 4990 (2442 housing units)       Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76230
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
B1FF /bif/ [Usenet] (alt. `BIFF') n.   The most famous {pseudo},    and the prototypical {newbie}.   Articles from B1FF feature all    uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, `cute'    misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE"S A K00L DOOD AN    HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use    (and often misuse) of fragments of {talk mode} abbreviations, a long    {sig block} (sometimes even a {doubled sig}), and unbounded naivete.    B1FF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20.   B1FF's    location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety    of sites.   However, {BITNET} seems to be the most frequent origin.    The theory that B1FF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by B1FF's    (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail address: B1FF@BIT.NET.          [1993: Now It Can Be Told!   My spies inform me that B1FF was    originally created by Joe Talmadge , also the author    of the infamous and much-plagiarized "Flamer's Bible".   The BIFF    filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted    BIFFisms much more widely.   Versions have since been posted for the    amusement of the net at large. --ESR]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
B5 //   [common] Abbreviation for "Babylon 5", a science-fiction    TV series as revered among hackers as was the original Star Trek.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BFI /B-F-I/ n.   See {brute force and ignorance}.   Also    encountered in the variants `BFMI', `brute force and _massive_    ignorance' and `BFBI' `brute force and bloody ignorance'.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BI //   Common written abbreviation for {Breidbart Index}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
boa [IBM] n.   Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the    floor in a {dinosaur pen}.   Possibly so called because they display    a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and    flat after they have been coiled for some time.   It is rumored    within IBM that channel cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet    because beyond that length the boas get dangerous -- and it is worth    noting that one of the major cable makers uses the trademark    `Anaconda'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
b          {bit} or maybe {byte} (B).          (1996-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B          1. {byte}.          2. A systems language written by {Ken Thompson} in       1970 mostly for his own use under {Unix} on the {PDP-11}.   B       was later improved by Kerninghan(?) and Ritchie to produce       {C}.   B was used as the systems language on {Honeywell}'s       {GCOS-3}.          B was, according to Ken, greatly influenced by {BCPL}, but the       name B had nothing to do with BCPL.   B was in fact a revision       of an earlier language, {bon}, named after Ken Thompson's       wife, Bonnie.          ["The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan,       CS TR 8, Bell Labs (Jan 1973)].          [Features?   Differences from C?]          (1997-02-02)          3. A simple interactive programming language by       Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton.   B was the predecessor       of {ABC}.          {(ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z)}.          ["Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert Meertens, CWI,       Amsterdam, 1981].          4. A specification language by       Jean-Raymond Abrial of {B Core UK}, Magdalen Centre, Oxford       Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA.   B is related to {Z} and       supports development of {C} code from specifications.   B has       been used in major {safety-critical system} specifications in       Europe, and is currently attracting increasing interest in       industry.   It has robust, commercially available tool support       for specification, design, proof and code generation.          E-mail: .          (1995-04-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
b          {bit} or maybe {byte} (B).          (1996-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B          1. {byte}.          2. A systems language written by {Ken Thompson} in       1970 mostly for his own use under {Unix} on the {PDP-11}.   B       was later improved by Kerninghan(?) and Ritchie to produce       {C}.   B was used as the systems language on {Honeywell}'s       {GCOS-3}.          B was, according to Ken, greatly influenced by {BCPL}, but the       name B had nothing to do with BCPL.   B was in fact a revision       of an earlier language, {bon}, named after Ken Thompson's       wife, Bonnie.          ["The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan,       CS TR 8, Bell Labs (Jan 1973)].          [Features?   Differences from C?]          (1997-02-02)          3. A simple interactive programming language by       Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton.   B was the predecessor       of {ABC}.          {(ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/languages/B.tar.Z)}.          ["Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert Meertens, CWI,       Amsterdam, 1981].          4. A specification language by       Jean-Raymond Abrial of {B Core UK}, Magdalen Centre, Oxford       Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA.   B is related to {Z} and       supports development of {C} code from specifications.   B has       been used in major {safety-critical system} specifications in       Europe, and is currently attracting increasing interest in       industry.   It has robust, commercially available tool support       for specification, design, proof and code generation.          E-mail: .          (1995-04-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B-0          The original name of {FLOW-MATIC} from {Remington       Rand}.   B-0 was used on the {UNIVAC} I or II about 1958.          (1997-01-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B1FF          {BIFF}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B2B          {business to business}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
b4          before.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ba          The {country code} for Bosnia and Herzegowina.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bay          (As in an aeroplane "cargo bay") A space in a       cabinet into which a device of a certain size can be       physically mounted and connected to power and data.          Common examples are a "drive bay" into which a {disk drive}       (usually either 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch) can be inserted or the       space in a {docking station} where you insert a {notebook       computer} or {laptop computer} to work in desktop mode or to       charge their batteries, print, or connect to the office       network, etc.          (1999-01-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bb          The {country code} for Barbados.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
be          The {country code} for Belgium.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BEA          Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical       Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bf          The {country code} for Burkina Faso.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BFI          {brute force and ignorance}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bh          The {country code} for Bahrain.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bi          The {country code} for Burundi.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bo          The {country code} for Bolivia.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boa          [IBM] Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a       {dinosaur pen}.   Possibly so called because they display a       ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight       and flat after they have been coiled for some time.   It is       rumored within IBM that channel cables for the 370 are limited       to 200 feet because beyond that length the boas get dangerous       --- and it is worth noting that one of the major cable makers       uses the trademark "Anaconda".          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BPI          {bits per inch}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bpp          {bits per pixel}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bv          The {country code} for Bouvet Island.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bw          The {country code} for Botswana.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
by          The {country code} for Belarus.          (1999-01-27)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bay       denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan       (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea       (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered "tongue" in Isa. 11:15,       where it is used with reference to the forked mouths of the       Nile.                Bay in Zech. 6:3, 7 denotes the colour of horses, but the       original Hebrew means strong, and is here used rather to       describe the horses as fleet or spirited.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bee       First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of       their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a       "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg.       14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and       in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the       "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and       Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bow       The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase       (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for       the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so       also were the Elamites (Isa. 22:6) and the Lydians (Jer. 46:9).       The Hebrew word commonly used for bow means properly to tread (1       Chr. 5:18; 8:40), and hence it is concluded that the foot was       employed in bending the bow. Bows of steel (correctly "copper")       are mentioned (2 Sam. 22:35; Ps. 18:34).                The arrows were carried in a quiver (Gen. 27:3; Isa. 22:6;       49:2; Ps. 127:5). They were apparently sometimes shot with some       burning material attached to them (Ps. 120:4).                The bow is a symbol of victory (Ps. 7:12). It denotes also       falsehood, deceit (Ps. 64:3, 4; Hos. 7:16; Jer. 9:3).                "The use of the bow" in 2 Sam. 1:18 (A.V.) ought to be "the       song of the bow," as in the Revised Version.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
By       in the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as       rendered in the Revised Version, "against myself."