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   back-blast
         n 1: backfire from a recoilless weapon [syn: {backblast}, {back-
               blast}]

English Dictionary: Big Bill Tilden	by the DICT Development Group
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backblast n backfire from a recoilless weapon [syn: backblast, {back- blast}]
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backfield n the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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backflow n a flow that returns toward its source [syn: backflow, backflowing]
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backflowing n a flow that returns toward its source [syn: backflow, backflowing]
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backplate n plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
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backup file n (computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
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bagful n the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn" Synonym(s): bag, bagful
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bakeapple n creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries Synonym(s): cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, salmonberry, Rubus chamaemorus
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bas bleu n a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn: bluestocking, bas bleu]
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baseball n a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" Synonym(s): baseball, baseball game a ball used in playing baseball
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baseball bat n an implement used in baseball by the batter [syn: {baseball bat}, lumber]
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baseball cap n a cap with a bill [syn: baseball cap, jockey cap, {golf cap}]
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baseball card n a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record
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baseball clinic n a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction; "a summer baseball clinic for promising young players"
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baseball club n a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" Synonym(s): baseball club, ball club, club, nine
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baseball coach n a coach of baseball players [syn: baseball coach, baseball manager]
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baseball diamond n the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate Synonym(s): baseball diamond, diamond, infield Antonym(s): outfield
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baseball equipment n equipment used in playing baseball
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baseball field n the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, {baseball field}, diamond]
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baseball game n a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" Synonym(s): baseball, baseball game
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baseball glove n the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt]
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baseball league n a league of baseball teams
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baseball manager n a coach of baseball players [syn: baseball coach, baseball manager]
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baseball mitt n the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt]
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baseball play n (baseball) a play executed by a baseball team
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baseball player n an athlete who plays baseball [syn: ballplayer, {baseball player}]
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baseball score n the score of a baseball game
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baseball season n the season when baseball is played
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baseball swing n in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" Synonym(s): baseball swing, swing, cut
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baseball team n a team that plays baseball
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bashful adj self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) Synonym(s): bashful, blate
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bashfully adv in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly" Synonym(s): shyly, timidly, bashfully
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bashfulness n feeling embarrassed due to modesty [syn: abashment, bashfulness]
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basophil n a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains Synonym(s): basophil, basophile
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basophile n a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains Synonym(s): basophil, basophile
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basophilia n the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes; "cytoplasmic basophilia"
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basophilic adj staining readily with basic dyes
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bass viol n viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello Synonym(s): viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol largest and lowest member of the violin family Synonym(s): bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass
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beach ball n large and light ball; for play at the seaside [syn: {beach ball}, beachball]
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beach flea n small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches Synonym(s): beach flea, sand hopper, sandhopper, sand flea
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beach plum n seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit Synonym(s): beach plum, beach plum bush, Prunus maritima small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies
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beach plum bush n seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit Synonym(s): beach plum, beach plum bush, Prunus maritima
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beachball n large and light ball; for play at the seaside [syn: {beach ball}, beachball]
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bicephalous adj having two heads
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Big Bill Haywood n United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928) Synonym(s): Haywood, Big Bill Haywood, William Dudley Haywood
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Big Bill Tilden n United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953) Synonym(s): Tilden, Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr.
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Big Blue n a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan Synonym(s): Big Blue, BLU-82
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big-bellied adj having a prominent belly [syn: big-bellied, {great bellied}]
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Bishop Ulfila n a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382) Synonym(s): Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
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Bishop Ulfilas n a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382) Synonym(s): Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
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Bishop Wulfila n a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382) Synonym(s): Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
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bocce ball n wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce Synonym(s): bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball
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bocci ball n wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce Synonym(s): bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball
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boccie ball n wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce Synonym(s): bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball
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bog bilberry n an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves [syn: {bog bilberry}, bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum]
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bog plant n a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath Synonym(s): marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
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Book of Lamentations n an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah Synonym(s): Lamentations, Book of Lamentations
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Book of Leviticus n the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents Synonym(s): Leviticus, Book of Leviticus
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book value n the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation
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bookable adj subject to being reserved or booked; "all seats bookable in advance"
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bookplate n a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted Synonym(s): bookplate, ex libris
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bosie ball n a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way Synonym(s): googly, wrong 'un, bosie, bosie ball
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box pleat n a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
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boxful n the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" Synonym(s): box, boxful
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Bucephala n buffleheads and goldeneyes [syn: Bucephala, {genus Bucephala}]
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Bucephala islandica n North American goldeneye diving duck [syn: {Barrow's goldeneye}, Bucephala islandica]
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Bucephela albeola n small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage Synonym(s): bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola
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Bucephela clangula n large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions Synonym(s): goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula
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buckyball n a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene Synonym(s): buckminsterfullerene, buckyball
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bush violet n any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers Synonym(s): bush violet, browallia
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Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[91]na mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[91]na cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({B. Sieboldii}); a bone whale. {Pygmy right whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small New Zealand whale {(Neobal[91]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.
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Block \Block\, n. 1. In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors. 2. (Cricket) (a) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket. (b) A block hole. (c) The popping crease. [R.] {Back blocks}, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river.
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Back \Back\, a. 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. 2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. 3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action. {Back charges}, charges brought forward after an account has been made up. {Back filling} (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. {Back pressure}. (Steam Engine) See under {Pressure}. {Back rest}, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. {Back slang}, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. {Back stairs}, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See {Back stairs}, {Backstairs}, and {Backstair}, in the Vocabulary. {Back step} (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. {Back stream}, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. {To take the back track}, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]
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Filling \Fill"ing\, n. 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. 2. The woof in woven fabrics. 3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. {Back filling}. (Arch.) See under {Back}, a.
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Backfall \Back"fall`\, n. [2nd back,n. + fall] A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
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Backpiece \Back"piece`\, Backplate \Back"plate`\, n. [Back,n.or a. + piece, plate. ] A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott.
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Base viol \Base" vi`ol\ See {Bass viol}.
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Baseball \Base"ball"\, n. 1. A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball. 2. The ball used in this game.
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Bedpiece \Bed"piece`\, Bedplate \Bed"plate`\, n. (Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also {baseplate} and {soleplate}.
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Bashful \Bash"ful\, a. [See {Bash}.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.] 2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression. Syn: Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.
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Slow \Slow\, a. [Compar. {Slower}; superl. {Slowest}.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[be]w; akin to OS. sl[?]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[?]o blunt, dull, Icel. sl[?]r, sl[?]r, Dan. sl[94]v, Sw. sl[94]. Cf. {Sloe}, and {Sloth}.] 1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. 2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. --Milton. 3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden. 4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29. 5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. 6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. 7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray. Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like. {Slow coach}, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] {Slow lemur}, or {Slow loris} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal ({Nycticebus tardigradus}) about the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also {bashful Billy}. {Slow match}. See under {Match}. Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. Usage: {Slow}, {Tardy}, {Dilatory}. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts.
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Bashfully \Bash"ful*ly\, adv. In a bashful manner.
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Bashfulness \Bash"ful*ness\, n. The quality of being bashful. Syn: {Bashfulness}, {Modesty}, {Diffidence}, {Shyness}. Usage: Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves; bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust; shyness usually arises from an excessive self-consciousness, and a painful impression that every one is looking at us. Modesty of deportment is becoming at all; bashfulness often gives rise to mistakes and blundering; diffidence is society frequently makes a man a burden to himself; shyness usually produces a reserve or distance which is often mistaken for haughtiness.
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Bass viol \Bass" vi`ol\ (Mus.) A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d {Bass}, n., and {Violoncello}.
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Beach \Beach\ (b[emac]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} (-[ecr]z). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. {Beach flea} (Zo[94]l.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family {Orchestid[91]}, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. {Beach grass} (Bot.), a coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. {Beach wagon}, a light open wagon with two or more seats. {Raised beach}, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.
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Flea \Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle[a0], fle[a0]h; akin to D. [?], OHG. fl[?]h, G. floh, Icel. fl[?], Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. [?] 84. See {Flee}.] (Zo[94]l.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis}) takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See Illustration in Appendix. {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, etc.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.
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Beggable \Beg"ga*ble\, a. Capable of being begged.
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Bespawl \Be*spawl"\, v. t. To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Bicephalous \Biceph"alous\, a. [Pref. bi- + cephalous: cf. F. bic[82]phale.] Having two heads.
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Big-bellied \Big"-bel`lied\, a. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bishoplike \Bish"op*like`\, a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. --Fulke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bishoply \Bish"op*ly\, a. Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bishoply \Bish"op*ly\, adv. In the manner of a bishop. [Obs.]
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}.
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookful \Book"ful\, n. As much as will fill a book; a book full. --Shak. -- a. Filled with book learning. [R.] [bd]The bookful blockhead.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookplate \Book"plate`\, n. A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coupling \Coup"ling\ (-l?ng), n. 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union. 2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. {Box coupling}, {Chain coupling}. See under {Box}, Chain. {Coupling box}, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. {Coupling pin}, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boce \Boce\ (b[omac]s), n. [L. box, bocis, Gr. bo`ax, bw^x.] (Zo[94]l.) A European fish ({Box vulgaris}), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also {box}, and {bogue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucephalus \Buceph"alus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., ox-headed; [?] ox + [?] head.] 1. The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great. 2. Hence, any riding horse. [Jocose] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Boomslange \[d8]Boom"slang*e\, n. [D. boom tree + slang snake.] (Zo[94]l.) A large South African tree snake ({Bucephalus Capensis}). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buggy \Bug"gy\, n.; pl. {Buggies}. 1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.] Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy. --Beaconsfield. 2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. [U.S.] {Buggy cultivator}, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. {Buggy plow}, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also {sulky plow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-spell \By"-spell`\, n. [AS. bigspell.] A proverb. [Obs.]
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Bassfield, MS (town, FIPS 3580) Location: 31.49733 N, 89.74247 W Population (1990): 249 (106 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39421
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BCPL // n. [abbreviation, `Basic Combined Programming Language') A programming language developed by Martin Richards in Cambridge in 1967. It is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size of compiler (it can be run in 16k) and extreme portability. It reached break-even point at a very early stage, and was the language in which the original {hello world} program was written. It has been ported to so many different systems that its creator confesses to having lost count. It has only one data type (a machine word) which can be used as an integer, a character, a floating point number, a pointer, or almost anything else, depending on context. BCPL was a precursor of C, which inherited some of its features.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backplane A {printed circuit board} with slots into which other cards are plugged. A backplane,is typically just a connector and does not usually have many active components on it. This contrasts with a {motherboard}. {Designing a backplane (http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/design_backplane/index.html)}. (2002-09-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BCPL (Basic CPL) A British systems language developed by Richards in 1969 and descended from {CPL} (Combined Programming Language). BCPL is low-level, typeless and block-structured, and provides only one-dimensional {arrays}. Case is not significant, but conventionally reserved words begin with a capital. Flow control constructs include: If-Then, Test-Then-Else, Unless-Do, While-Do, Until-Do, Repeat, Repeatwhile, Repeatuntil, For-to-By-Do, Loop, Break and Switchon-Into-Case-Default-Endcase. BCPL has conditional expressions, pointers, and manifest constants. It has both procedures: 'Let foo(bar) Be command' and functions: 'Let foo(bar) = expression'. 'Valof $(..Resultis..$)' causes a compound command to produce a value. Parameters are {call-by-value}. Program segments communicate via the global vector where system and user variables are stored in fixed numerical locations in a single array. The first BCPL {compiler} was written in {AED}. BCPL was used to implement the {TRIPOS} {operating system}, which was subsequently reincarnated as {AmigaDOS}. ["BCPL - The Language and its Compiler", Martin Richards & Colin Whitby-Stevens, Cambridge U Press 1979]. See {OCODE}, {INTCODE}. Oxford BCPL differed slightly: Test-Ifso-Ifnot, and section brackets in place of $( $). The original {INTCODE} {interpreter} for BCPL is available for {Amiga}, {Unix}, {MS-DOS} {(ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/programming/languages/BCPL/)}. A BCPL compiler {bootstrap} kit with an {INTCODE} {interpreter} in {C} was written by Ken Yap . (1995-03-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
big blue {International Business Machines}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baca, Valley of (Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of Palestine, or generally some one of the valleys through which pilgrims had to pass on their way to the sanctuary of Jehovah on Zion; or it may be figuratively "a valley of weeping."