Begonia rex : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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English Dictionary: Begonia rex	by the DICT Development Group
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backswimmer n predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites Synonym(s): backswimmer, Notonecta undulata
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bacon rind n the rind of bacon
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Basse-Normandie n a division of Normandy [syn: Basse-Normandie, {Lower- Normandy}]
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beach morning glory n a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas Synonym(s): railroad vine, beach morning glory, Ipomoea pes-caprae
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beech marten n Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat Synonym(s): stone marten, beech marten, Martes foina
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beginner n someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate] a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" Synonym(s): founder, beginner, founding father, father
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Begonia erythrophylla n rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath Synonym(s): beefsteak begonia, kidney begonia, Begonia erythrophylla, Begonia feastii
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Begonia heracleifolia n rhizomatous begonia having leaves with pointed lobes suggestive of stars and pink flowers Synonym(s): star begonia, star-leaf begonia, Begonia heracleifolia
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Begonia rex n any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers Synonym(s): rex begonia, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, beefsteak geranium, Begonia rex
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besmear v spread or daub (a surface) Synonym(s): bedaub, besmear
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besmirch v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch smear so as to make dirty or stained Synonym(s): smirch, besmirch
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Bessemer n British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898) Synonym(s): Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer
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Bessemer converter n a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process
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Bessemer process n an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost
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bicameral adj composed of two legislative bodies Antonym(s): unicameral consisting of two chambers; "the bicameral heart of a fish" Synonym(s): bicameral, two-chambered
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bicameral script n a script having two distinct cases
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big marigold n a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America Synonym(s): African marigold, big marigold, Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta
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bigeneric adj resulting from a cross between species of different genera
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Bismarck n German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) Synonym(s): Bismarck, von Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river Synonym(s): Bismarck, capital of North Dakota
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Bismarck Archipelago n a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea
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Bismarck Sea n an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943 Synonym(s): Bismarck Sea, battle of the Bismarck Sea
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Bismarckian adj of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments
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bismark n a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam [syn: {Berlin doughnut}, bismark, jelly doughnut]
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bog myrtle n perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface Synonym(s): water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata
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bookmark n a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place Synonym(s): bookmark, bookmarker
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bookmarker n a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place Synonym(s): bookmark, bookmarker
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Bosna i Hercegovina n a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims Synonym(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia
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Bosnia-Herzegovina n a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims Synonym(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia
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box camera n a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box [syn: {box camera}, box Kodak]
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buccaneer n someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Synonym(s): pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover v live like a buccaneer
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buccaneering n hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it; "air piracy" Synonym(s): piracy, buccaneering
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Buchner n German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917) Synonym(s): Buchner, Eduard Buchner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Baignoire \[d8]Bai`gnoire"\, n. [Written also {baignoir}.] [F., lit., bath tub.] A box of the lowest tier in a theater. --Du Maurier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. {Beeches}. [OE. beche, AS. b[?]ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b[94]g, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. [?] oak, [?] to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See {Book}, and cf. 7th {Buck}, {Buckwheat}.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Fagus}. Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The {Fagus sylvatica} is the European species, and the {F. ferruginea} that of America. {Beech drops} (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches ({Epiphegus Americana}). {Beech marten} (Zo[94]l.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela foina}). {Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. {Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. {Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. {Beeches}. [OE. beche, AS. b[?]ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b[94]g, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. [?] oak, [?] to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See {Book}, and cf. 7th {Buck}, {Buckwheat}.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Fagus}. Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The {Fagus sylvatica} is the European species, and the {F. ferruginea} that of America. {Beech drops} (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches ({Epiphegus Americana}). {Beech marten} (Zo[94]l.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela foina}). {Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. {Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. {Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beginner \Be*gin"ner\, n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. A sermon of a new beginner. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bescumber \Bescum"ber\, Bescummer \Bescum"mer\, v. t. [Pref. be- + scumber, scummer.] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmear \Be*smear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmearing}.] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmear \Be*smear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmearing}.] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmearer \Be*smear"er\, n. One that besmears.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmear \Be*smear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmearing}.] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmirching}.] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmirching}.] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besmirching}.] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besomer \Be"som*er\, n. One who uses a besom. [Archaic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steel \Steel\, n. [AS. st[c7]l, st[df]l, st[df]le; akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[be]l, Dan. staal, Sw. st[86]l, Old Prussian stakla.] 1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. 2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as: (a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. [bd]Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel.[b8] --Shak. While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. --Dryden. (b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. (c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. 3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. [bd]Heads of steel.[b8] --Johnson. [bd]Manhood's heart of steel.[b8] --Byron. 4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison. Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds, generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed, etc. {Bessemer steel} (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. {Blister steel}. (Metal.) See under {Blister}. {Cast steel} (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast. {Cromium steel} (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety containing a little cromium, and somewhat resembling {tungsten steel}. {Mild steel} (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it softer and more malleable. {Puddled steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from cast iron by the puddling process. {Steel duck} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov. Eng.] {Steel mill}. (a) (Firearms) See {Wheel lock}, under {Wheel}. (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces. (c) A mill where steel is manufactured. {Steel trap}, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by which they are kept open. {Steel wine}, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a medicine. {Tincture of steel} (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron. {Tungsten steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bessemer steel \Bes"se*mer steel`\ Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.
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Bicameral \Bicam"eral\, a. [Pref. bi- + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. --Bentham.
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Vesuvine \Ve*su"vine\, n. A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also {Bismarck brown}, {Manchester brown}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bismare \Bismare"\, Bismer \Bismer"\, n. [AS. bismer.] Shame; abuse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bismare \Bismare"\, Bismer \Bismer"\, n. [AS. bismer.] Shame; abuse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bismer \Bis"mer\, n. 1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) The fifteen-spined ({Gasterosteus spinachia}).
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Sea adder \Sea" ad"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback ({Gasterosteus spinachia}); -- called also {bismore}. (b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish ({Syngnathus acus}).
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Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bog \Bog\, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] {Bog bean}. See {Buck bean}. {Bog bumper} (bump, to make a loud noise), {Bog blitter}, {Bog bluiter}, {Bog jumper}, the bittern. [Prov.] {Bog butter}, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. {Bog earth} (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. {Bog moss}. (Bot.) Same as {Sphagnum}. {Bog myrtle} (Bot.), the sweet gale. {Bog ore}. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. {Bog rush} (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. {Bog spavin}. See under {Spavin}.
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Bookmark \Book"mark`\, n. Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
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Buccaneer \Buc`ca*neer"\, n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin.] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also {bucanier}.] Note: Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buccaneer \Buc`ca*neer"\, v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buccaneer \Buc`ca*neer"\, n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin.] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also {bucanier}.] Note: Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buccaneerish \Buc`ca*neer"ish\, a. Like a buccaneer; piratical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushhammer \Bush"ham`mer\, n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushhammer \Bush"ham`mer\, v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beckemeyer, IL (village, FIPS 4533) Location: 38.60514 N, 89.43396 W Population (1990): 1070 (414 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Bessemer, AL (city, FIPS 5980) Location: 33.37524 N, 86.96060 W Population (1990): 33497 (13783 housing units) Area: 100.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35020 Bessemer, MI (city, FIPS 7960) Location: 46.47759 N, 90.04963 W Population (1990): 2272 (1205 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49911 Bessemer, PA (borough, FIPS 5936) Location: 40.97678 N, 80.48746 W Population (1990): 1196 (500 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16112
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Bessemer City, NC (city, FIPS 5220) Location: 35.28402 N, 81.28518 W Population (1990): 4698 (1864 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28016
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Bismarck, AR Zip code(s): 71929 Bismarck, IL Zip code(s): 61814 Bismarck, MO (city, FIPS 5878) Location: 37.76737 N, 90.62271 W Population (1990): 1579 (655 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bismarck, ND (city, FIPS 7200) Location: 46.80547 N, 100.76730 W Population (1990): 49256 (20038 housing units) Area: 63.0 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58501
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Buckner, AR (city, FIPS 9550) Location: 33.35717 N, 93.43538 W Population (1990): 325 (126 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71827 Buckner, IL (village, FIPS 9330) Location: 37.98108 N, 89.01562 W Population (1990): 478 (225 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62819 Buckner, KY Zip code(s): 40010 Buckner, MO (city, FIPS 9424) Location: 39.13480 N, 94.19800 W Population (1990): 2873 (1069 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64016
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bookmark A user's reference to a document on the {World-Wide Web} or other hypermedia system, usually in the form of a {URL} and a title or comment string. Most World-Wide Web and {Gopher} {browsers} can save and load a file of bookmarks to allow you to quickly locate documents to which you want to refer again. (1997-06-09)