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   B.T.U.
         n 1: a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000
               watts operating for one hour [syn: {kilowatt hour}, {kW-
               hr}, {Board of Trade unit}, {B.T.U.}]

English Dictionary: bad by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
B.Th.U.
n
  1. a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
    Synonym(s): British thermal unit, BTU, B.Th.U.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bad
adv
  1. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
    Synonym(s): badly, bad
  2. very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
    Synonym(s): badly, bad
adj
  1. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
    Antonym(s): good
  2. very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
    Synonym(s): bad, big
  3. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
    Synonym(s): bad, tough
  4. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
    Synonym(s): bad, spoiled, spoilt
  5. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
    Synonym(s): regretful, sorry, bad
    Antonym(s): unregretful, unregretting
  6. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
    Synonym(s): bad, uncollectible
  7. below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
  8. nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
  9. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
    Synonym(s): bad, risky, high-risk, speculative
  10. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
    Synonym(s): bad, unfit, unsound
  11. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
  12. characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
  13. reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
    Synonym(s): bad, forged
  14. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
    Synonym(s): bad, defective
n
  1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
    Synonym(s): bad, badness
    Antonym(s): good, goodness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baddie
n
  1. the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
    Synonym(s): villain, baddie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bade
n
  1. a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Baeda
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
    Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baht
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Thailand
    Synonym(s): baht, tical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bait
n
  1. anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, {come- on}, hook, lure, sweetener]
  2. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
    Synonym(s): bait, decoy, lure
v
  1. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
    Synonym(s): tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
  2. lure, entice, or entrap with bait
  3. attack with dogs or set dogs upon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bat
n
  1. nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    Synonym(s): bat, chiropteran
  2. (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"
    Synonym(s): bat, at-bat
  3. a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
    Synonym(s): squash racket, squash racquet, bat
  4. the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting"
    Synonym(s): cricket bat, bat
  5. a club used for hitting a ball in various games
v
  1. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
  2. wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
    Synonym(s): bat, flutter
  3. have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
  4. use a bat; "Who's batting?"
  5. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
    Synonym(s): cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bata
n
  1. a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bate
v
  1. moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
  2. flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
  3. soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bath
n
  1. a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"
  2. you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"
  3. a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
    Synonym(s): bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub
  4. an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
  5. a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains
  6. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
    Synonym(s): bathroom, bath
v
  1. clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
    Synonym(s): bathe, bath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bathe
n
  1. the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
v
  1. cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
  2. suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
  3. clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
    Synonym(s): bathe, bath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battue
n
  1. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
  2. indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
    Synonym(s): bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batty
adj
  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
    Synonym(s): balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baud
n
  1. (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
    Synonym(s): baud, baud rate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bawd
n
  1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bawdy
adj
  1. humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
    Synonym(s): bawdy, off-color, ribald
n
  1. lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
    Synonym(s): bawdry, bawdy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bayat
n
  1. an oath of allegiance to an emir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
BD
n
  1. a bachelor's degree in religion [syn: {Bachelor of Divinity}, BD]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
be due
v
  1. be the result of
    Synonym(s): be due, flow from
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bead
n
  1. a small ball with a hole through the middle
  2. a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
    Synonym(s): drop, bead, pearl
  3. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
    Synonym(s): beading, bead, beadwork, astragal
v
  1. form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
  2. decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
  3. string together like beads
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beady
adj
  1. small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"
    Synonym(s): beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike
  2. covered with beads or jewels or sequins
    Synonym(s): beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beat
adj
  1. very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
    Synonym(s): all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
n
  1. a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
    Synonym(s): beat, round
  2. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
    Synonym(s): pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
  3. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
    Synonym(s): rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
  4. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
  5. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
    Synonym(s): beatnik, beat
  6. the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
  7. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    Synonym(s): meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
  8. a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
  9. a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
  10. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
v
  1. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
    Synonym(s): beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
  2. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
    Synonym(s): beat, beat up, work over
  3. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
  4. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
    Synonym(s): beat, pound, thump
  5. shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
  6. make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
    Synonym(s): drum, beat, thrum
  7. glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
  8. move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
    Synonym(s): beat, flap
  9. sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
  10. stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
    Synonym(s): beat, scramble
  11. strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
  12. be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
  13. avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
    Synonym(s): beat, bunk
  14. make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
    Synonym(s): tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
  15. move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
    Synonym(s): beat, flap
  16. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
  17. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
    Synonym(s): pulsate, beat, quiver
  18. make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
  19. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
  20. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  21. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
    Synonym(s): outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
  22. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
  23. wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
    Synonym(s): exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beaut
n
  1. an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
    Synonym(s): beauty, beaut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beauty
n
  1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant: ugliness]
  2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
    Synonym(s): smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
  3. an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
    Synonym(s): beauty, beaut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bed
n
  1. a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
  2. a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
  3. a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
    Synonym(s): bed, bottom
  4. (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
  5. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
    Synonym(s): seam, bed
  6. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
    Synonym(s): layer, bed
  7. the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
  8. a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"
v
  1. furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
  2. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
  3. put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"
  4. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
  5. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
    Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire
    Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Beda
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
    Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bede
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
    Synonym(s): Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bedew
v
  1. cover with drops of dew or as with dew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beet
n
  1. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
    Synonym(s): beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris
  2. round red root vegetable
    Synonym(s): beet, beetroot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behead
v
  1. cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"
    Synonym(s): decapitate, behead, decollate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bet
n
  1. the money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager]
  2. the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"
    Synonym(s): bet, wager
v
  1. maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
    Synonym(s): bet, wager
  2. stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
    Synonym(s): bet, wager, play
  3. have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
    Synonym(s): count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beta
adj
  1. second in order of importance; "the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory"
  2. preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; "a beta version"; "beta software"
n
  1. the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
  2. beets
    Synonym(s): Beta, genus Beta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beth
n
  1. the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bethe
n
  1. United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005)
    Synonym(s): Bethe, Hans Bethe, Hans Albrecht Bethe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bid
n
  1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
    Synonym(s): command, bid, bidding, dictation
  2. an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
    Synonym(s): bid, play
  3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
    Synonym(s): bid, tender
  4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
    Synonym(s): bid, bidding
v
  1. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
    Synonym(s): offer, bid, tender
  2. invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
    Synonym(s): wish, bid
  3. ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
    Synonym(s): bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
  4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
    Synonym(s): bid, call
  5. make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
  6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
    Synonym(s): invite, bid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bida
n
  1. the capital and chief port of Qatar [syn: Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biddy
n
  1. adult female chicken
    Synonym(s): hen, biddy
  2. young bird especially of domestic fowl
    Synonym(s): chick, biddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bide
v
  1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
    Synonym(s): bide, abide, stay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biota
n
  1. all the plant and animal life of a particular region [syn: biota, biology]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bit
n
  1. a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"
    Synonym(s): spot, bit
  2. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
    Synonym(s): bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
  3. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
    Synonym(s): moment, mo, minute, second, bit
  4. an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
    Synonym(s): piece, bit
  5. piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"
  6. a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"
  7. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
    Synonym(s): morsel, bit, bite
  8. a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
    Synonym(s): snatch, bit
  9. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
    Synonym(s): act, routine, number, turn, bit
  10. the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
  11. the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bite
n
  1. a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
  2. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
    Synonym(s): morsel, bit, bite
  3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
    Synonym(s): sting, bite, insect bite
  4. a light informal meal
    Synonym(s): bite, collation, snack
  5. (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
  6. wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
    Synonym(s): pungency, bite
  7. a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine"
    Synonym(s): pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness
  8. the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
    Synonym(s): bite, chomp
  9. a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
v
  1. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
    Synonym(s): bite, seize with teeth
  2. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
    Synonym(s): bite, sting, burn
  3. penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
  4. deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
    Synonym(s): sting, bite, prick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bitt
n
  1. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"
    Synonym(s): bollard, bitt
v
  1. secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bittie
adj
  1. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bitty
adj
  1. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boat
n
  1. a small vessel for travel on water
  2. a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
    Synonym(s): gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat
v
  1. ride in a boat on water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bod
n
  1. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
    Synonym(s): human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bode
v
  1. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
body
n
  1. the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
    Synonym(s): body, organic structure, physical structure
  2. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"
  3. a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"
    Synonym(s): body, dead body
  4. an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
  5. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
    Synonym(s): torso, trunk, body
  6. a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
  7. the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
    Synonym(s): consistency, consistence, eubstance, body
  8. the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"
  9. the main mass of a thing
  10. a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
    Synonym(s): soundbox, body
  11. the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
v
  1. invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: body, personify]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boeotia
n
  1. a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boidae
n
  1. boas and pythons
    Synonym(s): Boidae, family Boidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boot
n
  1. footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  2. British term for the luggage compartment in a car
  3. the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
    Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
  4. protective casing for something that resembles a leg
  5. an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
    Synonym(s): boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel
  6. a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
  7. the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
    Synonym(s): kick, boot, kicking
v
  1. kick; give a boot to
  2. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
    Synonym(s): boot, reboot, bring up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bootee
n
  1. a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booth
n
  1. a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high- backed benches
  2. small area set off by walls for special use
    Synonym(s): booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk
  3. United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
    Synonym(s): Booth, John Wilkes Booth
  4. a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bootie
n
  1. a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booty
n
  1. goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bot
n
  1. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bota
n
  1. a wine bottle made of leather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
both
adj
  1. (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two; "both girls are pretty"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bout
n
  1. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
    Synonym(s): turn, bout, round
  2. a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"
  3. a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
  4. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
    Synonym(s): bust, tear, binge, bout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bow out
v
  1. remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
    Synonym(s): chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
  2. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
    Synonym(s): bow out, withdraw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bow tie
n
  1. a man's tie that ties in a bow [syn: bow tie, bow-tie, bowtie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bow wood
n
  1. small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge
    Synonym(s): osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bow-tie
n
  1. a man's tie that ties in a bow [syn: bow tie, bow-tie, bowtie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bowed
adj
  1. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
    Antonym(s): plucked
  2. forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
    Synonym(s): arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
  3. have legs that curve outward at the knees
    Synonym(s): bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged
  4. showing an excessively deferential manner
    Synonym(s): bowed, bowing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bowhead
n
  1. large-mouthed Arctic whale [syn: bowhead, {bowhead whale}, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bowtie
n
  1. a man's tie that ties in a bow [syn: bow tie, bow-tie, bowtie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boyhood
n
  1. the childhood of a boy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
BTU
n
  1. a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
    Synonym(s): British thermal unit, BTU, B.Th.U.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bud
n
  1. a partially opened flower
  2. a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
v
  1. develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"
  2. start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Buddha
n
  1. founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
    Synonym(s): Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha
  2. one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buddy
n
  1. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
    Synonym(s): buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
but
adv
  1. and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
    Synonym(s): merely, simply, just, only, but
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Butea
n
  1. genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak [syn: Butea, genus Butea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Buteo
n
  1. broad-winged soaring hawks
    Synonym(s): Buteo, genus Buteo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butt
n
  1. thick end of the handle
    Synonym(s): butt, butt end
  2. the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
  3. a victim of ridicule or pranks
    Synonym(s): butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
  4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
    Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
  5. sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
    Synonym(s): target, butt
  6. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
    Synonym(s): cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag
  7. a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
    Synonym(s): butt joint, butt
  8. a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
  9. the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
    Synonym(s): butt, stub
v
  1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
    Synonym(s): border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
  2. to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
    Synonym(s): butt, bunt
  3. place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butte
n
  1. a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
  2. a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butty
n
  1. a sandwich; "a bacon butty"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy at
v
  1. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
    Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
    Antonym(s): boycott
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy it
v
  1. be killed or die;
    Synonym(s): buy it, pip out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy out
v
  1. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies [syn: take over, buy out, buy up]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buyout
n
  1. acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
BVD
n
  1. trademark for men's underwear
    Synonym(s): BVD, BVD's
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
by the way
adv
  1. introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party"
    Synonym(s): by the way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
byte
n
  1. a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keep \Keep\ (k[emac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[?]pen, AS. c[?]pan to keep, regard,
      desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE.
      copnien to desire.]
      1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
  
                     I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
            go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
            lose; to retain; to detain.
  
                     If we lose the field, We can not keep the town.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     That I may know what keeps me here with you.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
                     considering, that would instruct us.   --Locke.
  
      3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
            maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
            tenor.
  
                     His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
  
                     Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
               adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
               to keep in, out, or off, etc. [bd]To keep off
               impertinence and solicitation from his superior.[b8]
               --Addison.
  
      4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
            preservation; to take charge of.
  
                     The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
                     always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
  
      5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
  
                     Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
                                                                              xxviii. 15.
  
      6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
            communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
  
                     Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
  
                     And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
                     garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
                                                                              ii. 15.
  
                     In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                                              --Carew.
  
      8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
            keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
            records, etc. ) in a book.
  
      9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
            like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
  
                     Like a pedant that keeps a school.      --Shak.
  
                     Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
  
      10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
            keep boarders.
  
      11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
            assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
  
                     I keep but three men and a boy.         --Shak.
  
      12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
  
      13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
            intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
            keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
  
                     Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
  
                     Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
  
      14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
            or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
            neglect; to be faithful to.
  
                     I have kept the faith.                     --2 Tim. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
                     Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great
                     command.                                          --Milton.
  
      15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
            to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
            frequent. --Shak.
  
                     'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and
                     satyrs do it keep.                           --J. Fletcher.
  
      16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
            solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
  
                     I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
                     multitude that kept holyday.            --Ps. xlii. 4.
  
      {To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
  
      {To keep back}.
            (a) To reserve; to withhold. [bd]I will keep nothing back
                  from you.[b8] --Jer. xlii. 4.
            (b) To restrain; to hold back. [bd]Keep back thy servant
                  also from presumptuous sins.[b8] --Ps. xix. 13.
  
      {To keep company with}.
            (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
                  let youth keep company with the wise and good.
            (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
                  one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
                  attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
                 
  
      {To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
  
      {To keep down}.
            (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
            (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
                  of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
                  not be diverted from the more important parts of the
                  work.
  
      {To keep good} ([or] {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early
            (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To
      keep house}.
            (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
                  one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
                  manage domestic affairs.
            (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
                  house in order to evade the demands of creditors. --
      {To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep
      open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law),
            to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep
      school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as
            a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up
            one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}.
            (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
            (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
                  in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
                  being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
  
      {To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
  
      {To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
  
      {To keep up}.
            (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
                  as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
                  credit.
            (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
                  [bd]In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
                  desire to continue it.[b8] --Locke.
  
      Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
               maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
  
      Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
                  often used where retain or preserve would too much
                  restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
                  denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
                  influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
                  which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
                  vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
                  to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
                  Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
                  which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
                  upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
                  appearances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar,
      OFries. weder, D. weder, we[88]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar,
      Icel. ve[edh]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[84]der wind, air, weather,
      and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.
      vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf.
      {Wither}.]
      1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or
            cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or
            cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena;
            meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm
            weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
  
                     Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation
            of the state of the air. --Bacon.
  
      3. Storm; tempest.
  
                     What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My
                     thoughts presage!                              --Dryden.
  
      4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
  
      {Stress of weather}, violent winds; force of tempests.
  
      {To make fair weather}, to flatter; to give flattering
            representations. [R.]
  
      {To make good}, [or] {bad}, {weather} (Naut.), to endure a
            gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak.
  
      {Under the weather}, ill; also, financially embarrassed.
            [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Weather box}. Same as {Weather house}, below. --Thackeray.
  
      {Weather breeder}, a fine day which is supposed to presage
            foul weather.
  
      {Weather bureau}, a popular name for the signal service. See
            {Signal service}, under {Signal}, a. [U. S.]
  
      {Weather cloth} (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin
            used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather
            when stowed in the nettings.
  
      {Weather door}. (Mining) See {Trapdoor}, 2.
  
      {Weather gall}. Same as {Water gall}, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
            --Halliwell.
  
      {Weather house}, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a
            house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions
            by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
  
                     Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised
                     the weather house, that useful toy!   --Cowper.
  
      {Weather molding}, [or]
  
      {Weather moulding} (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door
            or a window, to throw off the rain.
  
      {Weather of a windmill sail}, the obliquity of the sail, or
            the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.
  
      {Weather report}, a daily report of meteorological
            observations, and of probable changes in the weather;
            esp., one published by government authority.
  
      {Weather spy}, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather.
            [R.] --Donne.
  
      {Weather strip} (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other
            material, applied to an outer door or window so as to
            cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or
            threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bad \Bad\ (b[acr]d), imp. of {Bid}.
      Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bad \Bad\ (b[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Worse}; superl. {Worst}. ]
      [Probably fr. AS. b[91]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[91]dling
      effeminate fellow.]
      Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
      hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
      defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
      wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad
      conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad
      news.
  
      Note: Sometimes used substantively.
  
                        The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
  
      Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
               hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
               imperfect.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)
      {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]
      [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
      biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
      ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
      persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
      word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
      be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,
      Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
      bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
      learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
      OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
      the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
      to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]
      1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
            to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
            auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
            done under a contract).
  
      2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
            threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
            good morning, farewell, etc.
  
                     Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.
  
                     He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
  
      3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
            obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.
  
      4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  
                     That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
  
                     Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                                              xiv. 28
  
                     I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.
  
      5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  
                     As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                                              --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              9
  
      {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
            to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  
      {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.
  
      {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
            promise; to seem likely.
  
      Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
               direct; charge; enjoin.

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   Keep \Keep\ (k[emac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[?]pen, AS. c[?]pan to keep, regard,
      desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE.
      copnien to desire.]
      1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
  
                     I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
            go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
            lose; to retain; to detain.
  
                     If we lose the field, We can not keep the town.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     That I may know what keeps me here with you.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
                     considering, that would instruct us.   --Locke.
  
      3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
            maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
            tenor.
  
                     His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
  
                     Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
               adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
               to keep in, out, or off, etc. [bd]To keep off
               impertinence and solicitation from his superior.[b8]
               --Addison.
  
      4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
            preservation; to take charge of.
  
                     The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
                     always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
  
      5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
  
                     Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
                                                                              xxviii. 15.
  
      6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
            communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
  
                     Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
  
                     And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
                     garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
                                                                              ii. 15.
  
                     In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                                              --Carew.
  
      8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
            keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
            records, etc. ) in a book.
  
      9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
            like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
  
                     Like a pedant that keeps a school.      --Shak.
  
                     Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
  
      10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
            keep boarders.
  
      11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
            assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
  
                     I keep but three men and a boy.         --Shak.
  
      12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
  
      13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
            intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
            keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
  
                     Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
  
                     Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
  
      14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
            or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
            neglect; to be faithful to.
  
                     I have kept the faith.                     --2 Tim. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
                     Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great
                     command.                                          --Milton.
  
      15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
            to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
            frequent. --Shak.
  
                     'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and
                     satyrs do it keep.                           --J. Fletcher.
  
      16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
            solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
  
                     I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
                     multitude that kept holyday.            --Ps. xlii. 4.
  
      {To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
  
      {To keep back}.
            (a) To reserve; to withhold. [bd]I will keep nothing back
                  from you.[b8] --Jer. xlii. 4.
            (b) To restrain; to hold back. [bd]Keep back thy servant
                  also from presumptuous sins.[b8] --Ps. xix. 13.
  
      {To keep company with}.
            (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
                  let youth keep company with the wise and good.
            (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
                  one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
                  attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
                 
  
      {To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
  
      {To keep down}.
            (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
            (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
                  of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
                  not be diverted from the more important parts of the
                  work.
  
      {To keep good} ([or] {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early
            (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To
      keep house}.
            (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
                  one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
                  manage domestic affairs.
            (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
                  house in order to evade the demands of creditors. --
      {To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep
      open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law),
            to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep
      school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as
            a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up
            one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}.
            (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
            (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
                  in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
                  being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
  
      {To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
  
      {To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
  
      {To keep up}.
            (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
                  as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
                  credit.
            (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
                  [bd]In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
                  desire to continue it.[b8] --Locke.
  
      Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
               maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
  
      Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
                  often used where retain or preserve would too much
                  restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
                  denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
                  influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
                  which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
                  vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
                  to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
                  Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
                  which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
                  upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
                  appearances.

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   Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar,
      OFries. weder, D. weder, we[88]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar,
      Icel. ve[edh]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[84]der wind, air, weather,
      and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.
      vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf.
      {Wither}.]
      1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or
            cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or
            cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena;
            meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm
            weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
  
                     Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation
            of the state of the air. --Bacon.
  
      3. Storm; tempest.
  
                     What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My
                     thoughts presage!                              --Dryden.
  
      4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
  
      {Stress of weather}, violent winds; force of tempests.
  
      {To make fair weather}, to flatter; to give flattering
            representations. [R.]
  
      {To make good}, [or] {bad}, {weather} (Naut.), to endure a
            gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak.
  
      {Under the weather}, ill; also, financially embarrassed.
            [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Weather box}. Same as {Weather house}, below. --Thackeray.
  
      {Weather breeder}, a fine day which is supposed to presage
            foul weather.
  
      {Weather bureau}, a popular name for the signal service. See
            {Signal service}, under {Signal}, a. [U. S.]
  
      {Weather cloth} (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin
            used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather
            when stowed in the nettings.
  
      {Weather door}. (Mining) See {Trapdoor}, 2.
  
      {Weather gall}. Same as {Water gall}, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
            --Halliwell.
  
      {Weather house}, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a
            house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions
            by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
  
                     Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised
                     the weather house, that useful toy!   --Cowper.
  
      {Weather molding}, [or]
  
      {Weather moulding} (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door
            or a window, to throw off the rain.
  
      {Weather of a windmill sail}, the obliquity of the sail, or
            the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.
  
      {Weather report}, a daily report of meteorological
            observations, and of probable changes in the weather;
            esp., one published by government authority.
  
      {Weather spy}, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather.
            [R.] --Donne.
  
      {Weather strip} (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other
            material, applied to an outer door or window so as to
            cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or
            threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

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   Bad \Bad\ (b[acr]d), imp. of {Bid}.
      Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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   Bad \Bad\ (b[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Worse}; superl. {Worst}. ]
      [Probably fr. AS. b[91]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[91]dling
      effeminate fellow.]
      Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
      hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
      defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
      wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad
      conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad
      news.
  
      Note: Sometimes used substantively.
  
                        The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
  
      Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
               hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
               imperfect.

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   Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)
      {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]
      [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
      biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
      ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
      persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
      word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
      be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,
      Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
      bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
      learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
      OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
      the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
      to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]
      1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
            to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
            auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
            done under a contract).
  
      2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
            threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
            good morning, farewell, etc.
  
                     Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.
  
                     He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
  
      3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
            obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.
  
      4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  
                     That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
  
                     Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                                              xiv. 28
  
                     I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.
  
      5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  
                     As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                                              --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              9
  
      {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
            to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  
      {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.
  
      {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
            promise; to seem likely.
  
      Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
               direct; charge; enjoin.

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   Bade \Bade\
      A form of the pat tense of {Bid}.

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   Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)
      {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]
      [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
      biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
      ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
      persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
      word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
      be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,
      Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
      bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
      learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
      OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
      the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
      to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]
      1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
            to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
            auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
            done under a contract).
  
      2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
            threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
            good morning, farewell, etc.
  
                     Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.
  
                     He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
  
      3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
            obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.
  
      4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  
                     That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
  
                     Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                                              xiv. 28
  
                     I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.
  
      5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  
                     As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                                              --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              9
  
      {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
            to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  
      {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.
  
      {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
            promise; to seem likely.
  
      Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
               direct; charge; enjoin.

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   Bait \Bait\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Baiting}.] [OE. baiten, beit[?]n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel.
      beita, orig. to cause to bite, fr. b[c6]ta. [root]87. See
      {Bite}.]
      1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
            sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
  
      2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
            to bait horses. --Holland.
  
      3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
  
                     A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm.
                                                                              --W. Irving.

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   Bait \Bait\, n. [Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin to AS.
      b[be]t food, Sw. bete. See {Bait}, v. i.]
      1. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other
            animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or
            net.
  
      2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
            --Fairfax.
  
      3. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a
            journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
  
      4. A light or hasty luncheon.
  
      {Bait bug} (Zo[94]l), a crustacean of the genus {Hippa} found
            burrowing in sandy beaches. See {Anomura}.

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   Bait \Bait\, v. i.
      To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment
      of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
  
               Evil news rides post, while good news baits. --Milton.
  
               My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting
               at Newmarket.                                          --Evelyn.

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   Bait \Bait\, v. i. [F. battre de l'aile (or des ailes), to flap
      or flutter. See {Batter}, v. i.]
      To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a
      hawk when she stoops to her prey. [bd]Kites that bait and
      beat.[b8] --Shak.

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   Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i.
      1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]

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   Bat \Bat\, n.
      1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
  
      2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang]
  
      3. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  
      4. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] [bd]A vast host of fowl .
            . . making at full bat for the North Sea.[b8] --Pall Mall
            Mag.
  
      5. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.]
  
      6. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov.
            Eng.]

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   Bat \Bat\, n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the
      Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F.
      batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.]
      1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with
            one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing
            baseball, cricket, etc.
  
      2. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan.
  
      3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables;
            batting.
  
      4. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  
      {Bat bolt} (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt
            or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight.

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   Bat \Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Batted} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Batting}.]
      To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
      --Holland.

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   Bat \Bat\, v. i.
      To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

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   Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan.
      aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night),
      Icel. le[edh]r-blaka (le[edh]r leather), Icel. blaka to
      flutter.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which
      the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the
      elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small
      and insectivorous. See {Cheiroptera} and {Vampire}.
  
      {Bat tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the
            genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
      Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bating}.] [From abate.]
      1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
            abate; to beat down; to lower.
  
                     He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
                     employ or not pay him.                        --Locke.
  
      2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
  
                     To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with
                     the parliament.                                 --South.
  
      3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
  
                     Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He
                     lies that says it.                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      4. To remove. [Obs.]
  
                     About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
                     olives, and lay them bare.                  --Holland.
  
      5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
  
                     When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its
                     honor for the person's sake.               --Herbert.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. i.
      1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
  
                     Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. --Dryden.
  
      2. To waste away. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t.
      To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. {Bait}
      to flutter.]
      To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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   Bate \Bate\,
      imp. of {Bite}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
      See 2d {Bath}.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and
      E. bite.]
      An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
      animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
      --Knight.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t.
      To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

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   Grainer \Grain"er\, n.
      1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize
            the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; --
            called also {grains} and {bate.}
  
      2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  
      3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
            etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
      Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bating}.] [From abate.]
      1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
            abate; to beat down; to lower.
  
                     He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
                     employ or not pay him.                        --Locke.
  
      2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
  
                     To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with
                     the parliament.                                 --South.
  
      3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
  
                     Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He
                     lies that says it.                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      4. To remove. [Obs.]
  
                     About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
                     olives, and lay them bare.                  --Holland.
  
      5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
  
                     When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its
                     honor for the person's sake.               --Herbert.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. i.
      1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
  
                     Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. --Dryden.
  
      2. To waste away. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t.
      To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. {Bait}
      to flutter.]
      To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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   Bate \Bate\,
      imp. of {Bite}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
      See 2d {Bath}.

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   Bate \Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and
      E. bite.]
      An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
      animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
      --Knight.

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   Bate \Bate\, v. t.
      To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

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   Grainer \Grain"er\, n.
      1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize
            the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; --
            called also {grains} and {bate.}
  
      2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  
      3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
            etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

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   Bath \Bath\ (b[adot]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[adot]thz). [AS.
      b[91][edh]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[edh], Sw., Dan., D., & G.
      bad, and perh. to G. b[84]hen to foment.]
      1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for
            purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water,
            vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a
            medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
  
      2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
  
      3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash
            their bodies in water.
  
      4. A building containing an apartment or a series of
            apartments arranged for bathing.
  
                     Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing
                     extent and magnificence.                     --Gwilt.
  
      5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air,
            through which heat is applied to a body.
  
      6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are
            immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
  
      Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an
               obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom,
               bath tub, bath keeper.
  
      {Douche bath}. See {Douche}.
  
      {Order of the Bath}, a high order of British knighthood,
            composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross,
            knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated
            thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.
  
      {Russian bath}, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a
            prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the
            steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.
  
      {Turkish bath}, a kind of bath in which a profuse
            perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body
            is washed and shampooed.
  
      {Bath house}, a house used for the purpose of bathing; --
            also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather
            undresses and dresses.

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   Bath \Bath\, n. [Heb.]
      A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five
      gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two
      pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

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   Bath \Bath\, n.
      A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot
      springs, which has given its name to various objects.
  
      {Bath brick}, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form
            of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.
           
  
      {Bath chair}, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids
            at Bath. [bd]People walked out, or drove out, or were
            pushed out in their Bath chairs.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      {Bath metal}, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces
            of zinc and one pound of copper.
  
      {Bath note}, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.
  
      {Bath stone}, a species of limestone (o[94]lite) found near
            Bath, used for building.

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   Bathe \Bathe\, v. i.
      1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. [bd]They
            bathe in summer.[b8] --Waller.
  
      2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. [bd]To bathe
            in fiery floods.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Bathe in the dimples of
            her cheek.[b8] --Lloyd.
  
      3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Bathe \Bathe\, n.
      The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual
      bathe. --Edin. Rev.

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   Bathe \Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Bathing}.] [OE. ba[?]ien, AS. ba[?]ian, fr. b[91][?]
      bath. See 1st {Bath}, and cf. {Bay} to bathe.]
      1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
  
                     Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. To lave; to wet. [bd]The lake which bathed the foot of the
            Alban mountain.[b8] --T. Arnold.
  
      3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
  
                     And let us bathe our hands in C[91]sar's blood.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe
            the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's
            forehead with camphor.
  
      5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
            immersed. [bd]The rosy shadows bathe me. [b8] --Tennyson.
            [bd]The bright sunshine bathing all the world.[b8]
            --Longfellow.

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   d8Bateau \[d8]Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. {Bateaux}. [F. bateau, LL.
      batellus, fr. battus, batus, boa, which agrees with AS.
      b[be]t boat: cf. W. bad boat. See {Boat}, n.]
      A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the
      Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly,
      {batteau}.]
  
      {Bateau bridge}, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

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   Batty \Bat"ty\, a.
      Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. [bd]Batty wings.[b8]
      --Shak.

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   Bawd \Bawd\, n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry,
      perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf.
      {Bold}, {Bawdry}.]
      A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women
      for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person;
      -- usually applied to a woman.

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   Bawd \Bawd\, v. i.
      To procure women for lewd purposes.

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   Bawdy \Bawd"y\, a.
      1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.]
  
                     It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [bd]A bawdy story.[b8] --Burke.

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   d8Bayad \[d8]Ba*yad"\, Bayatte \Ba*yatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species
      ({Bagrina bayad} and {B. docmac}).

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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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   Bayed \Bayed\, a.
      Having a bay or bays. [bd]The large bayed barn.[b8]
      --Drayton.

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   Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed,
      prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid,
      G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere
      to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count
      their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every
      time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to
      count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.]
      1. A prayer. [Obs.]
  
      2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and
            worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting
            prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the
            phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads,
            etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
  
      3. Any small globular body; as,
            (a) A bubble in spirits.
            (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of
                  midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth.
            (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking
                  aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to
                  take aim).
            (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the
                  section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be
                  continuous, or broken into short embossments.
            (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or
                  microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for
                  several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron,
                  manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax
                  bead; the iron bead, etc.
  
      {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are
            flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges.
            --Knight.
  
      {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which
            consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to
            resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.]
           
  
      {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to
            make beads or beading.
  
      {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best
            known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers
            which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.

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   Bead \Bead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Beading}.]
      To ornament with beads or beading.

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   Bead \Bead\, v. i.
      To form beadlike bubbles.

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   Beady \Bead"y\, a.
      1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. [bd]Beady
            eyes.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
  
      3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

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   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the
            beat of him. [Colloq.]
  
      2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
            (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a
                  piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors;
                  also, the news itself; a scoop.
  
                           It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's
                                                                              Mag.
            (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a
                  tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those
                  so engaged, collectively. [bd]Driven out in the course
                  of a beat.[b8] --Encyc. of Sport.
  
                           Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the
                           last moment, when the beat is close to them.
                                                                              --Encyc. of
                                                                              Sport.
            (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

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   Undulation \Un`du*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ondulation.]
      1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as,
            the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the
            undulations of sound.
  
      2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. --Evelyn.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of
                  the finger on a string, as of a violin.
            (b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two
                  tones not quite in unison; -- called also {beat}.
  
      4. (Physics) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side
            to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated
            continuously among its particles, but with no translation
            of the particles themselves in the direction of the
            propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.

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   Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin
      to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]
      1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to
            beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat
            grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and
            sugar; to beat a drum.
  
                     Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.
                                                                              --Ex. xxx. 36.
  
                     They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxix. 3.
  
      2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
  
      3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the
            noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of
            rousing game.
  
                     To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
  
                     A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. To tread, as a path.
  
                     Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.
                                                                              --Blackmore.
  
      6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,
            etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
  
                     He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.
  
                     For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.
                                                                              Arnold.
  
      7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with
            out. [Colloq.]
  
      8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  
                     Why should any one . . . beat his head about the
                     Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound
            by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,
            a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
            See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.
  
      {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower
            price; to force down. [Colloq.]
  
      {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.
  
      {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.
  
      {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.
  
      {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give
            it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it
            to this day.[b8] --South.
  
      {To beat the dust}. (Man.)
            (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a
                  horse.
            (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
  
      {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.
  
      {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering
            agitation.
  
      {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the
            motion of the hand or foot.
  
      {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to
            beat up an enemy's quarters.
  
      Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;
               baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;
               defeat; vanquish; overcome.

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   Beat \Beat\, v. i.
      1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
            vigorously or loudly.
  
                     The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
                                                                              --Judges. xix.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  
                     A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.
  
      3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
            to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
  
                     Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
  
                     They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
                     fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
                                                                              8.
  
                     Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
  
                     To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.
  
      5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
            zigzag line or traverse.
  
      6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
  
      7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
            drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
  
      8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
            alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
            produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
            or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
  
      {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
            in order to make progress.
  
      {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means
            or ways. --Addison.
  
      {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.
           
  
      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and
            then another; -- said of a stag.
  
      {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to
            get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

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   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. A stroke; a blow.
  
                     He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute
                     creation at a heat.                           --Dryden.
  
      2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of
            the heart; the beat of the pulse.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the
                  divisions of time; a division of the measure so
                  marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
            (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the
                  one it is intended to ornament.
  
      4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re[89]nforcement
            of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced
            by the interference of sound waves of slightly different
            periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other
            kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced
            by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in
            unison. See {Beat}, v. i., 8.
  
      5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a
            watchman's beat.
  
      6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
  
      7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often
            emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low]
  
      {Beat of drum} (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in
            different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a
            march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to
            direct an attack, or retreat, etc.
  
      {Beat of a watch}, [or] {clock}, the stroke or sound made by
            the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of
            beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal
            intervals.

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   Beat \Beat\, a.
      Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
  
               Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed.
                                                                              --Dickens.

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   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the
            beat of him. [Colloq.]
  
      2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
            (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a
                  piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors;
                  also, the news itself; a scoop.
  
                           It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's
                                                                              Mag.
            (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a
                  tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those
                  so engaged, collectively. [bd]Driven out in the course
                  of a beat.[b8] --Encyc. of Sport.
  
                           Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the
                           last moment, when the beat is close to them.
                                                                              --Encyc. of
                                                                              Sport.
            (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Undulation \Un`du*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ondulation.]
      1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as,
            the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the
            undulations of sound.
  
      2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. --Evelyn.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of
                  the finger on a string, as of a violin.
            (b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two
                  tones not quite in unison; -- called also {beat}.
  
      4. (Physics) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side
            to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated
            continuously among its particles, but with no translation
            of the particles themselves in the direction of the
            propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin
      to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]
      1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to
            beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat
            grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and
            sugar; to beat a drum.
  
                     Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.
                                                                              --Ex. xxx. 36.
  
                     They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxix. 3.
  
      2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
  
      3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the
            noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of
            rousing game.
  
                     To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
  
                     A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. To tread, as a path.
  
                     Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.
                                                                              --Blackmore.
  
      6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,
            etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
  
                     He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.
  
                     For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.
                                                                              Arnold.
  
      7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with
            out. [Colloq.]
  
      8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  
                     Why should any one . . . beat his head about the
                     Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound
            by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,
            a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
            See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.
  
      {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower
            price; to force down. [Colloq.]
  
      {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.
  
      {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.
  
      {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.
  
      {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give
            it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it
            to this day.[b8] --South.
  
      {To beat the dust}. (Man.)
            (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a
                  horse.
            (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
  
      {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.
  
      {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering
            agitation.
  
      {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the
            motion of the hand or foot.
  
      {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to
            beat up an enemy's quarters.
  
      Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;
               baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;
               defeat; vanquish; overcome.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, v. i.
      1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
            vigorously or loudly.
  
                     The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
                                                                              --Judges. xix.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  
                     A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.
  
      3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
            to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
  
                     Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
  
                     They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
                     fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
                                                                              8.
  
                     Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
  
                     To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.
  
      5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
            zigzag line or traverse.
  
      6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
  
      7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
            drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
  
      8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
            alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
            produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
            or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
  
      {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
            in order to make progress.
  
      {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means
            or ways. --Addison.
  
      {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.
           
  
      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and
            then another; -- said of a stag.
  
      {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to
            get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. A stroke; a blow.
  
                     He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute
                     creation at a heat.                           --Dryden.
  
      2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of
            the heart; the beat of the pulse.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the
                  divisions of time; a division of the measure so
                  marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
            (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the
                  one it is intended to ornament.
  
      4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re[89]nforcement
            of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced
            by the interference of sound waves of slightly different
            periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other
            kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced
            by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in
            unison. See {Beat}, v. i., 8.
  
      5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a
            watchman's beat.
  
      6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
  
      7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often
            emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low]
  
      {Beat of drum} (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in
            different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a
            march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to
            direct an attack, or retreat, etc.
  
      {Beat of a watch}, [or] {clock}, the stroke or sound made by
            the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of
            beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal
            intervals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, a.
      Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
  
               Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed.
                                                                              --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the
            beat of him. [Colloq.]
  
      2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
            (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a
                  piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors;
                  also, the news itself; a scoop.
  
                           It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's
                                                                              Mag.
            (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a
                  tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those
                  so engaged, collectively. [bd]Driven out in the course
                  of a beat.[b8] --Encyc. of Sport.
  
                           Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the
                           last moment, when the beat is close to them.
                                                                              --Encyc. of
                                                                              Sport.
            (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Undulation \Un`du*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ondulation.]
      1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as,
            the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the
            undulations of sound.
  
      2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. --Evelyn.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of
                  the finger on a string, as of a violin.
            (b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two
                  tones not quite in unison; -- called also {beat}.
  
      4. (Physics) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side
            to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated
            continuously among its particles, but with no translation
            of the particles themselves in the direction of the
            propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[a0]tan; akin
      to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[?]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.]
      1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to
            beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat
            grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and
            sugar; to beat a drum.
  
                     Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.
                                                                              --Ex. xxx. 36.
  
                     They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxix. 3.
  
      2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
  
      3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the
            noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of
            rousing game.
  
                     To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
  
                     A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. To tread, as a path.
  
                     Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.
                                                                              --Blackmore.
  
      6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,
            etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
  
                     He beat them in a bloody battle.         --Prescott.
  
                     For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.
                                                                              Arnold.
  
      7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with
            out. [Colloq.]
  
      8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  
                     Why should any one . . . beat his head about the
                     Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound
            by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,
            a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
            See {Alarm}, {Charge}, {Parley}, etc.
  
      {To beat down}, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower
            price; to force down. [Colloq.]
  
      {To beat into}, to teach or instill, by repetition.
  
      {To beat off}, to repel or drive back.
  
      {To beat out}, to extend by hammering.
  
      {To beat out of} a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give
            it up. [bd]Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it
            to this day.[b8] --South.
  
      {To beat the dust}. (Man.)
            (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a
                  horse.
            (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
  
      {To beat the hoof}, to walk; to go on foot.
  
      {To beat the wing}, to flutter; to move with fluttering
            agitation.
  
      {To beat time}, to measure or regulate time in music by the
            motion of the hand or foot.
  
      {To beat up}, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to
            beat up an enemy's quarters.
  
      Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;
               baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;
               defeat; vanquish; overcome.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, v. i.
      1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
            vigorously or loudly.
  
                     The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
                                                                              --Judges. xix.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  
                     A thousand hearts beat happily.         --Byron.
  
      3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
            to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
  
                     Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
  
                     They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
                     fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
                                                                              8.
  
                     Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
  
                     To still my beating mind.                  --Shak.
  
      5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
            zigzag line or traverse.
  
      6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
  
      7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
            drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
  
      8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
            alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
            produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
            or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
  
      {A beating wind} (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
            in order to make progress.
  
      {To beat about}, to try to find; to search by various means
            or ways. --Addison.
  
      {To beat about the bush}, to approach a subject circuitously.
           
  
      {To beat up and down} (Hunting), to run first one way and
            then another; -- said of a stag.
  
      {To beat up for recruits}, to go diligently about in order to
            get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, n.
      1. A stroke; a blow.
  
                     He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute
                     creation at a heat.                           --Dryden.
  
      2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of
            the heart; the beat of the pulse.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the
                  divisions of time; a division of the measure so
                  marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
            (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the
                  one it is intended to ornament.
  
      4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re[89]nforcement
            of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced
            by the interference of sound waves of slightly different
            periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other
            kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced
            by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in
            unison. See {Beat}, v. i., 8.
  
      5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a
            watchman's beat.
  
      6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
  
      7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often
            emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low]
  
      {Beat of drum} (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in
            different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a
            march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to
            direct an attack, or retreat, etc.
  
      {Beat of a watch}, [or] {clock}, the stroke or sound made by
            the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of
            beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal
            intervals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beat \Beat\, a.
      Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
  
               Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed.
                                                                              --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beath \Beath\ (b[emac][th]), v. t. [AS. be[edh]ian to foment.]
      To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.]
      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beauty \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [OE. beaute, beute, OF.
      beaut[82], biaut[82], Pr. beltat, F. beaut[82], fr. an
      assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
      1. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
            the ear, the intellect, the [91]sthetic faculty, or the
            moral sense.
  
                     Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
                     and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
                     The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
                     symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
                     The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school,
                     was, [bd]multitude in unity;[b8] and there is no
                     doubt that such is the principle of beauty.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
            anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
  
      3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
  
                     All the admired beauties of Verona.   --Shak.
  
      4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
  
                     She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
                     beauty.                                             --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
            to heighten beauty by contrast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beauty \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [OE. beaute, beute, OF.
      beaut[82], biaut[82], Pr. beltat, F. beaut[82], fr. an
      assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
      1. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
            the ear, the intellect, the [91]sthetic faculty, or the
            moral sense.
  
                     Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
                     and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
                     The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
                     symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
                     The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school,
                     was, [bd]multitude in unity;[b8] and there is no
                     doubt that such is the principle of beauty.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
            anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
  
      3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
  
                     All the admired beauties of Verona.   --Shak.
  
      4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
  
                     She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
                     beauty.                                             --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
            to heighten beauty by contrast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bedding}.]
      1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
  
                     I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
  
      3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
  
      4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed
            of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
  
      5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and
            security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish
            with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a
            stone; it was bedded on a rock.
  
                     Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
                     large bodies of still water are bedded.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
            to serve as a bed.
  
      7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
            recumbent position. [bd]Bedded hair.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bed \Bed\, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde,
      Icel. be[?]r, Dan. bed, Sw. b[84]dd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti,
      G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain
      origin.]
      1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a
            couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some
            soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which
            it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the
            bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place
            used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of
            hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
  
                     And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. --Byron.
  
                     I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     In bed he slept not for my urging it. --Shak.
  
      2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
  
                     George, the eldest son of his second bed.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a
            little raised above the adjoining ground. [bd]Beds of
            hyacinth and roses.[b8] --Milton.
  
      4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed
            of ashes or coals.
  
      5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as,
            the bed of a river.
  
                     So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. --Milton.
  
      6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between
            layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
  
      7. (Gun.) See {Gun carriage}, and {Mortar bed}.
  
      8. (Masonry)
            (a) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the
                  upper and lower beds.
            (b) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
            (c) The place or material in which a block or brick is
                  laid.
            (d) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
                  --Knight.
  
      9. (Mech.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or
            framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid
            or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
  
      10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
  
      11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form
            is laid.
  
      Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed
               key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber;
               bedmaker, etc.
  
      {Bed of justice} (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed)
            occupied by the king when sitting in one of his
            parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a
            refractory parliament, at which the king was present for
            the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.
  
      {To be brought to bed}, to be delivered of a child; -- often
            followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.
  
      {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order
            a bed and its bedding.
  
      {From bed and board} (Law), a phrase applied to a separation
            by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the
            bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called
            a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the
            wife, she may have alimony.

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   Bed \Bed\, v. i.
      To go to bed; to cohabit.
  
               If he be married, and bed with his wife. --Wiseman.

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   Bede \Bede\, v. t. [See {Bid}, v. t.]
      To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] --R. of
      Gloucester. Chaucer.

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   Bede \Bede\, n. (Mining)
      A kind of pickax.

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   Bedew \Be*dew"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedewed} ([?]); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Bedewing}.]
      To moisten with dew, or as with dew. [bd]Falling tears his
      face bedew.[b8] --Dryden.

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   Bedewy \Be*dew"y\, a.
      Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.]
  
               Night with her bedewy wings.                  --A. Brewer.

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   Bedye \Be*dye"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bedyeing}.]
      To dye or stain.
  
               Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. --Spenser.

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   Beet \Beet\ (b[emac]t), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.]
      1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus {Beta}, which
            produces an edible root the first year and seed the second
            year.
  
      2. The root of plants of the genus {Beta}, different species
            and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding
            stock, or in making sugar.
  
      Note: There are many varieties of the common beet ({Beta
               vulgaris}). The Old [bd]white beet[b8], cultivated for
               its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ({Beta
               Cicla}).

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   Beete \Beete\, Bete \Bete\ (b[emac]t), v. t. [AS. b[emac]tan to
      mend. See {Better}.]
      1. To mend; to repair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Behead \Be*head"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beheaded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Beheading}.] [OE. bihefden, AS. behe[a0]fdian; pref. be-
      + he[a0]fod head. See {Head}.]
      To sever the head from; to take off the head of.

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   Behete \Be*hete"\, v. t.
      See {Behight}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Bet \Bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bet}, {Betted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Betting}.]
      To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to
      wager.
  
               John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on
               his head.                                                --Shak.
  
               I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. --O. W.
                                                                              Holmes.

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   Bet \Bet\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Beat}. [Obs.]

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   Bet \Bet\, a. & adv.
      An early form of {Better}. [Obs.]
  
      {To go bet}, to go fast; to hurry. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Bet \Bet\, n. [Prob. from OE. abet abetting, OF. abet, fr.
      abeter to excite, incite. See {Abet}.]
      That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two
      parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue;
      the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. [bd]Having made his
      bets.[b8] --Goldsmith.

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   Beta \Be"ta\, n. [Gr. bh^ta.]
      The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, [beta]. See {B},
      and cf. etymology of {Alphabet}.
  
      Note: Beta (B, [beta]) is used variously for classifying, as:
      (a) (Astron.) To designate some bright star, usually the
            second brightest, of a constellation, as, [beta]
            Aurig[91].
      (b) (Chem.) To distinguish one of two or more isomers; also,
            to indicate the position of substituting atoms or groups
            in certain compounds; as, [beta]-naphthol. With acids, it
            commonly indicates that the substituent is in union with
            the carbon atom next to that to which the carboxyl group
            is attached.

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   Beete \Beete\, Bete \Bete\ (b[emac]t), v. t. [AS. b[emac]tan to
      mend. See {Better}.]
      1. To mend; to repair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Bete \Bete\, v. t.
      To better; to mend. See {Beete}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Betty \Bet"ty\, n.
      1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as
            such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth)
            in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e.,
            Jane).] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
            [Written also {bettee}.]
  
                     The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.] A name of contempt given
            to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a
            household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  
      3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which
            olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by
            chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.] --Bartlett.

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   Betty \Bet"ty\, n.
      1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as
            such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth)
            in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e.,
            Jane).] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
            [Written also {bettee}.]
  
                     The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.] A name of contempt given
            to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a
            household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  
      3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which
            olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by
            chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.] --Bartlett.

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   Bewet \Be*wet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewet}, {Bewetted}.]
      To wet or moisten. --Gay.

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   Bewit \Bew"it\, n. [Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck
      collar, fetter. Cf. {Buoy}.]
      A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a
      hawk's legs.

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   Bid \Bid\ (b[icr]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[acr]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)
      {Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]
      [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
      biddian, Icel. bi[edh]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
      ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
      persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
      word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
      be[a2]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[omac][edh]a,
      Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
      bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
      learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
      OSlav. bud[emac]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
      the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
      to command, except in [bd]to bid beads.[b8] [root]30.]
      1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
            to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
            auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
            done under a contract).
  
      2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
            threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
            good morning, farewell, etc.
  
                     Neither bid him God speed.                  --2. John 10.
  
                     He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
  
      3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
            obs.] [bd]Our banns thrice bid ![b8] --Gay.
  
      4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  
                     That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
  
                     Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                                              xiv. 28
  
                     I was bid to pick up shells.               --D. Jerrold.
  
      5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  
                     As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                                              --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              9
  
      {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
            to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  
      {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.
  
      {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
            promise; to seem likely.
  
      Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
               direct; charge; enjoin.

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   Bid \Bid\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Bid}.

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   Bid \Bid\, n.
      An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a
      sum which one will give for something to be received, or will
      take for something to be done or furnished; that which is
      offered.

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   Bid \Bid\, v. i. [See {Bid}, v. t.]
      1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

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   Biddy \Bid"dy\, n. [Etymology uncertain.]
      A name used in calling a hen or chicken. --Shak.

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   Biddy \Bid"dy\, n. [A familiar form of Bridget.]
      An Irish serving woman or girl. [Colloq.]

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   Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[c6]dan; akin to OHG. b[c6]tan,
      Goth. beidan, Icel. b[c6][?][?]; perh. orig., to wait with
      trust, and akin to bid. See {Bid}, v. t., and cf. {Abide}.]
      1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
  
                     All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In
                     heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. --Milton.
  
      2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
            state; to continue to be. --Shak.

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   Bide \Bide\, v. t.
      1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to
            endure; to suffer; to undergo.
  
                     Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide
                     the pelting of this pitiless storm.   --Shak.
  
      2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See {Abide}.

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   Bit \Bit\, n.
      In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.

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   Bit \Bit\,
      3d sing. pr. of {Bid}, for biddeth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Bit \Bit\, n. [OE. bitt, bite, AS. bite, bite, fr. b[c6]tan to
      bite. See {Bite}, n. & v., and cf. {Bit} a morsel.]
      1. The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted
            in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which
            the reins are fastened. --Shak.
  
                     The foamy bridle with the bit of gold. --Chaucer.
  
      2. Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

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   Bit \Bit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bitting}.]
      To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.

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   Bit \Bit\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Bite}.

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   Bit \Bit\, n. [OE. bite, AS. bita, fr. b[c6]tan to bite; akin to
      D. beet, G. bissen bit, morsel, Icel. biti. See {Bite}, v.,
      and cf. {Bit} part of a bridle.]
      1. A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken
            into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of
            anything; a little; a mite.
  
      2. Somewhat; something, but not very great.
  
                     My young companion was a bit of a poet. --T. Hook.
  
      Note: This word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express
               the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser.
  
      3. A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually
            turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See {Bitstock}.
  
      4. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the
            bolt and tumblers. --Knight.
  
      5. The cutting iron of a plane. --Knight.
  
      6. In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver
            coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth
            about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
  
      {Bit my bit}, piecemeal. --Pope.

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   Bite \Bite\, v. t. [imp. {Bit}; p. p. {Bitten}, {Bit}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Biting}.] [OE. biten, AS. b[c6]tan; akin to D.
      bijten, OS. b[c6]tan, OHG. b[c6]zan, G. beissen, Goth.
      beitan, Icel. b[c6]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to
      cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave. [root]87. Cf. {Fissure}.]
      1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
            thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
            as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
  
                     Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite
                     the holy cords atwain.                        --Shak.
  
      2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
            insects) used in taking food.
  
      3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
            in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
            mouth. [bd]Frosts do bite the meads.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
  
      5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
            anchor bites the ground.
  
                     The last screw of the rack having been turned so
                     often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
                     and turned with nothing to bite.         --Dickens.
  
      {To bite the dust}, {To bite the ground}, to fall in the
            agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
  
      {To bite in} (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
            plates by means of an acid.
  
      {To bite the thumb at} (any one), formerly a mark of
            contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. [bd]Do
            you bite your thumb at us?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To bite the tongue}, to keep silence. --Shak.

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   Bite \Bite\, v. i.
      1. To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with
            the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog
            bite?
  
      2. To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which
            causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like
            pepper or mustard.
  
      3. To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or
            injure; to have the property of so doing.
  
                     At the last it [wine] biteth like serpent, and
                     stingeth like an adder.                     --Prov. xxiii.
                                                                              32.
  
      4. To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to
            take a tempting offer.
  
      5. To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

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   Bite \Bite\, v. t. [imp. {Bit}; p. p. {Bitten}, {Bit}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Biting}.] [OE. biten, AS. b[c6]tan; akin to D.
      bijten, OS. b[c6]tan, OHG. b[c6]zan, G. beissen, Goth.
      beitan, Icel. b[c6]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to
      cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave. [root]87. Cf. {Fissure}.]
      1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
            thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
            as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
  
                     Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite
                     the holy cords atwain.                        --Shak.
  
      2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
            insects) used in taking food.
  
      3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
            in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
            mouth. [bd]Frosts do bite the meads.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
  
      5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
            anchor bites the ground.
  
                     The last screw of the rack having been turned so
                     often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
                     and turned with nothing to bite.         --Dickens.
  
      {To bite the dust}, {To bite the ground}, to fall in the
            agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
  
      {To bite in} (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
            plates by means of an acid.
  
      {To bite the thumb at} (any one), formerly a mark of
            contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. [bd]Do
            you bite your thumb at us?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To bite the tongue}, to keep silence. --Shak.

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   Bite \Bite\, n. [OE. bite, bit, bitt, AS. bite bite, fr.
      b[c6]tan to bite, akin to Icel. bit, OS. biti, G. biss. See
      {Bite}, v., and cf. {Bit}.]
      1. The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of
            wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure
            with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give
            anything a hard bite.
  
                     I have known a very good fisher angle diligently
                     four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a
                     bite.                                                --Walton.
  
      2. The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking
            food, as is done by some insects.
  
      3. The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or
            snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
  
      4. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
  
      5. The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing
            to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has
            upon another.
  
      6. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [Colloq.]
  
                     The baser methods of getting money by fraud and
                     bite, by deceiving and overreaching.   --Humorist.
  
      7. A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] --Johnson.
  
      8. (Print.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to
            a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening
            between the type and paper.

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   Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.]
      (Bot.)
      A small scrubby tree ({Balanites [92]gyptiaca}) growing in
      dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.
  
      Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in
               Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy
               fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an
               anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a
               beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called
               zachun. The African name of the tree is {hajilij}.

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   Bitt \Bitt\, n. (Naut.)
      See {Bitts}.

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   Bitt \Bitt\, v. t. [See {Bitts}.] (Naut.)
      To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to
      fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering
      away. --Totten.

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   Boat \Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[be]t; akin to Icel.
      b[be]tr, Sw. b[86]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. {Bateau}.]
      1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
            or paddles, but often by a sail.
  
      Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as,
               canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
  
      2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
            of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
            boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is
            sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
            class; as, the Cunard boats.
  
      3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
            shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

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   Boat \Boat\ (b[omac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Boating}.]
      1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
  
      2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
  
      {To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}.

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   Boat \Boat\, v. i.
      To go or row in a boat.
  
               I boated over, ran my craft aground.      --Tennyson.

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   Bode \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Boding}.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod
      command; akin to Icel. bo[?]a to announce, Sw. b[86]da to
      announce, portend. [root]89. See {Bid}.]
      To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to
      portend to presage; to foreshow.
  
               A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith.
  
               Good onset bodes good end.                     --Spenser.

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   Bode \Bode\, v. i.
      To foreshow something; to augur.
  
               Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.

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   Bode \Bode\, n.
      1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
  
                     The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] --Sir W. Scott

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   Bode \Bode\, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG.
      boto. See {Bode}, v. t.]
      A messenger; a herald. --Robertson.

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   Bode \Bode\, n. [See {Abide}.]
      A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]

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   Bode \Bode\, imp. & p. p. from {Bide}.
      Abode.
  
               There that night they bode.                     --Tennyson.

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   Bode \Bode\, p. p. of {Bid}.
      Bid or bidden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Body \Bod"y\, n. (A[89]ronautics)
      The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to
      which are attached the planes or a[89]rocurves, passenger
      accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel
      tanks, etc.

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   Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to
      OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.]
      1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether
            living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital
            principle; the physical person.
  
                     Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3
  
                     For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is
                     form, and doth the body make.            --Spenser.
  
      2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as
            distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central,
            or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
  
                     Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport
                     together?                                          --Shak.
  
                     The van of the king's army was led by the general; .
                     . . in the body was the king and the prince.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
                     Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as
            opposed to the shadow.
  
                     Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
                     is of Christ.                                    --Col. ii. 17.
  
      4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as,
            anybody, nobody.
  
                     A dry, shrewd kind of a body.            --W. Irving.
  
      5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as
            united by some common tie, or as organized for some
            purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation;
            as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
  
                     A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.
                                                                              --Prescott.
  
      6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a
            general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of
            laws or of divinity.
  
      7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from
            others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform
            body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley.
  
                     By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to
                     fire.                                                --Milton.
  
      8. Amount; quantity; extent.
  
      9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished
            from the parts covering the limbs.
  
      10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is
            placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
  
      11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank
            (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on
            an agate body.
  
      12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness;
            any solid figure.
  
      13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this
            color has body; wine of a good body.
  
      Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being
               ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with
               oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same
               color.
  
      {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
           
  
      {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the
            body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in
            mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and
            abdominal cavities.
  
      {Body of a church}, the nave.
  
      {Body cloth}; pl.
  
      {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.
  
      {Body clothes}. (pl.)
  
      1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.
  
      2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.
  
      {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat.
  
      {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency,
            thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.
  
      {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part.
  
      {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus
            vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and
            clothes. See {Grayback}.
  
      {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the
            conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her
            length.
  
      {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as
            politically organized, or as exercising political
            functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton.
  
                     As to the persons who compose the body politic or
                     associate themselves, they take collectively the
                     name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8].
                                                                              --Bouvier.
  
      {Body servant}, a valet.
  
      {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the
            planets. [Obs.]
  
                     Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars
                     yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe,
                     Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or
            authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a
            resurrectionist.
  
      {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead
            body from the grave; usually for the purpose of
            dissection.

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   Body \Bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodied} ([?]); p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Bodying}.]
      To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite
      shape; to embody.
  
      {To body forth}, to give from or shape to mentally.
  
                     Imagination bodies forth The forms of things
                     unknown.                                             --Shak.

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   Boodh \Boodh\, n.
      Same as {Buddha}. --Malcom.

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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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   Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:
      cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]
      One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:
      (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or
            chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for
            transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
      (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,
            warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,
            etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in
            England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
      (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,
            grain.
      (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the
            body, as the leg or the eye.
      (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of
            a bone.
  
      {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the
            upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in
            a grain elevator.

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   Boot \Boot\ (b[oomac]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends,
      cure, AS. b[omac]t; akin to Icel. b[omac]t, Sw. bot, Dan.
      bod, Goth. b[omac]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making
      good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.]
      1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings
            relief.
  
                     He gaf the sike man his boote.            --Chaucer.
  
                     Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a
                     wound.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Next her Son, our soul's best boot.   --Wordsworth.
  
      2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make
            up for the deficiency of value in one of the things
            exchanged.
  
                     I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
  
                     Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. --Shak.
  
      {To boot}, in addition; over and above; besides; as a
            compensation for the difference of value between things
            bartered.
  
                     Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. --Shak.
  
                     A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes
                     to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath
                     but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to
                     boot.                                                --Jer. Taylor.

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   Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Booting}.]
      1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
  
                     Coated and booted for it.                  --B. Jonson.
  
      2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

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   Boot \Boot\, v. i.
      To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

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   Boot \Boot\, n.
      Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.

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   Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of
      uncertain origin.]
      1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg,
            ordinarily made of leather.
  
      2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
            extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
  
                     So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they
                     call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots
                     close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and
                     the leg.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
      3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode;
            also, a low outside place before and behind the body of
            the coach. [Obs.]
  
      4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
            stagecoach.
  
      5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
            driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
  
      6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
            where it passes through a roof.
  
      {Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to
            pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
      {Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of
            boots.
  
      {Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for
            drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
  
      {Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
           
  
      {Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which
            is the first signal for mounted drill.
  
      {Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.

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   Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Booting}.]
      1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
            by it; as, what boots it?
  
                     What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
                     and do nothing for them?                     --Hooker.
  
                     What subdued To change like this a mind so far
                     imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     What boots to us your victories?         --Southey.
  
      2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
  
                     And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy
                     modesty can beg.                                 --Shak.

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   Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:
      cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]
      One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:
      (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or
            chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for
            transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
      (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,
            warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,
            etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in
            England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
      (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,
            grain.
      (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the
            body, as the leg or the eye.
      (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of
            a bone.
  
      {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the
            upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in
            a grain elevator.

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   Boot \Boot\ (b[oomac]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends,
      cure, AS. b[omac]t; akin to Icel. b[omac]t, Sw. bot, Dan.
      bod, Goth. b[omac]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making
      good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.]
      1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings
            relief.
  
                     He gaf the sike man his boote.            --Chaucer.
  
                     Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a
                     wound.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Next her Son, our soul's best boot.   --Wordsworth.
  
      2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make
            up for the deficiency of value in one of the things
            exchanged.
  
                     I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
  
                     Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. --Shak.
  
      {To boot}, in addition; over and above; besides; as a
            compensation for the difference of value between things
            bartered.
  
                     Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. --Shak.
  
                     A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes
                     to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath
                     but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to
                     boot.                                                --Jer. Taylor.

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   Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Booting}.]
      1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
  
                     Coated and booted for it.                  --B. Jonson.
  
      2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

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   Boot \Boot\, v. i.
      To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

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   Boot \Boot\, n.
      Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.

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   Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of
      uncertain origin.]
      1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg,
            ordinarily made of leather.
  
      2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
            extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
  
                     So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they
                     call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots
                     close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and
                     the leg.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
      3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode;
            also, a low outside place before and behind the body of
            the coach. [Obs.]
  
      4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
            stagecoach.
  
      5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
            driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
  
      6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
            where it passes through a roof.
  
      {Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to
            pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
      {Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of
            boots.
  
      {Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for
            drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
  
      {Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
           
  
      {Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which
            is the first signal for mounted drill.
  
      {Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.

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   Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Booting}.]
      1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
            by it; as, what boots it?
  
                     What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
                     and do nothing for them?                     --Hooker.
  
                     What subdued To change like this a mind so far
                     imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     What boots to us your victories?         --Southey.
  
      2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
  
                     And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy
                     modesty can beg.                                 --Shak.

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   Bootee \Boot*ee"\, n.
      A half boot or short boot.

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   Booth \Booth\ (b[oomac][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel.
      b[umac][edh], Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude;
      from the same root as AS. b[umac]an to dwell, E. boor, bower,
      be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W.
      bwth, pl. bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.]
      1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight
            materials, for temporary occupation. --Camden.
  
      2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or
            market, or at a polling place.

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   Boothy \Booth"y\, n.
      See {Bothy}.

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   Bothy \Both"y\Boothy \Booth"y\ n.; pl. {-ies} [Scottish. Cf.
      {Booth}.]
      A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for
      unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a
      booth. [Scot.]

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   Booty \Boo"ty\, n. [Cf. Icel. b[?]ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte
      barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute,
      and fr. Icel. byta, Sw. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute,
      exchange. The Scandinavian word was influenced in English by
      boot profit.]
      That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery,
      especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
      --Milton.
  
      {To play booty}, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose;
            to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in
            order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him
            afterwards. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

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   Bot \Bot\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Bots}.

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   Bote \Bote\, n. [Old form of boot; -- used in composition. See
      1st {Boot}.] (Law)
      (a) Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man
            bote, a compensation or a man slain.
      (b) Payment of any kind. --Bouvier.
      (c) A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
  
      Note: This word is still used in composition as equivalent to
               the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as,
               housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or
               for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote,
               cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of
               husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges,
               fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants
               under the feudal system. --Burrill. --Bouvier.
               --Blackstone.

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   Both \Both\, a. or pron. [OE. bothe, ba[?]e, fr. Icel.
      b[be][?]ir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. b[86]da, Goth.
      baj[?][?]s, OHG. beid[?], b[?]d[?], G. & D. beide, also AS.
      begen, b[be], b[?], Goth. bai, and Gr. [?], L. ambo, Lith.
      ab[85], OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. [root]310. Cf. {Amb}-.]
      The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception
      of either.
  
      Note: It is generally used adjectively with nouns; as, both
               horses ran away; but with pronouns, and often with
               nous, it is used substantively, and followed by of.
  
      Note: It frequently stands as a pronoun.
  
                        She alone is heir to both of us.   --Shak.
  
                        Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
                        Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
                                                                              --Gen. xxi.
                                                                              27.
  
                        He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he
                        can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear
                        both, because he is prepared for both.
                                                                              --Bolingbroke.
  
      Note: It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns.
  
                        Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                        This said, they both betook them several ways.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Note: Both now always precedes any other attributive words;
               as, both their armies; both our eyes.
  
      Note: Both of is used before pronouns in the objective case;
               as, both of us, them, whom, etc.; but before
               substantives its used is colloquial, both (without of)
               being the preferred form; as, both the brothers.

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   Both \Both\, conj.
      As well; not only; equally.
  
      Note: Both precedes the first of two co[94]rdinate words or
               phrases, and is followed by and before the other, both
               . . . and . . .; as well the one as the other; not only
               this, but also that; equally the former and the latter.
               It is also sometimes followed by more than two
               co[94]rdinate words, connected by and expressed or
               understood.
  
                        To judge both quick and dead.         --Milton.
  
                        A masterpiece both for argument and style.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
                        To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                        Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
                        He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird
                        and beast.                                    --Coleridge.

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   Bothie \Both"ie\, n.
      Same as {Bothy}. [Scot.]

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   Bothy \Both"y\Boothy \Booth"y\ n.; pl. {-ies} [Scottish. Cf.
      {Booth}.]
      A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for
      unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a
      booth. [Scot.]

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   Boud \Boud\, n.
      A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc. [Obs.]
      --Tusser.

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   Bout \Bout\, n. [A different spelling and application of bought
      bend.]
      1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going
            and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a
            turn; a round.
  
                     In notes with many a winding bout Of linked
                     sweetness long drawn out.                  --Milton.
  
                     The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that
                     I am in no danger of starving for this bout.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything;
            as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
  
                     The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one
                     bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it.
                                                                              --Shak.

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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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   Bowhead \Bow"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The great Arctic or Greenland whale. ({Bal[91]na
      mysticetus}). See {Baleen}, and {Whale}.

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   Boyhood \Boy"hood\, n. [Boy + -hood.]
      The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.
      --Hood.

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   Bud \Bud\, v. t.
      To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by
      inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of
      the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit
      different from that which it would naturally bear.
  
               The apricot and the nectarine may be, and usually are,
               budded upon the peach; the plum and the peach are
               budded on each other.                              --Farm. Dict.

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   Bud \Bud\, n. [OE. budde; cf. D. bot, G. butze, butz, the core
      of a fruit, bud, LG. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of
      the dog-rose, or OF. boton, F. bouton, bud, button, OF. boter
      to bud, push; all akin to E. beat. See {Button}.]
      1. (Bot.) A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a
            plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers,
            or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.
  
      2. (Biol.) A small protuberance on certain low forms of
            animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism,
            either free or attached. See {Hydra}.
  
      {Bud moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepidopterous insect of several
            species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp.
            {Tmetocera ocellana} and {Eccopsis malana} on the apple
            tree.

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   Bud \Bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Budding}.]
      1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a
            bud does, into a flower or shoot.
  
      2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner
            of a bud, as a horn.
  
      3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or
            growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom.

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   Buddha \Bud"dha\, n. [Skr. buddha wise, sage, fr. budh to know.]
      The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and
      wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp.
      Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of
      Buddhism.

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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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   But \But\ (b[ucr]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS.
      b[umac]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref.
      be- + [umac]tan outward, without, fr. [umac]t out. Primarily,
      b[umac]tan, as well as [umac]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See
      {By}, {Out}; cf. {About}.]
      1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]
  
                     So insolent that he could not go but either spurning
                     equals or trampling on his inferiors. --Fuller.
  
                     Touch not the cat but a glove.            --Motto of the
                                                                              Mackintoshes.
  
      2. Except; besides; save.
  
                     Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? --E.
                                                                              Smith.
  
      Note: In this sense, but is often used with other particles;
               as, but for, without, had it not been for.
               [bd]Uncreated but for love divine.[b8] --Young.
  
      3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it
            not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
  
                     And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were
                     enough to put him to ill thinking.      --Shak.
  
      4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a
            negative, with that.
  
                     It cannot be but nature hath some director, of
                     infinite power, to guide her in all her ways.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
                     There is no question but the king of Spain will
                     reform most of the abuses.                  --Addison.
  
      5. Only; solely; merely.
  
                     Observe but how their own principles combat one
                     another.                                             --Milton.
  
                     If they kill us, we shall but die.      --2 Kings vii.
                                                                              4.
  
                     A formidable man but to his friends.   --Dryden.
  
      6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still;
            however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of
            sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or
            less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of
            Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented;
            our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  
                     Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but
                     the greatest of these is charity.      --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                                              13.
  
                     When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the
                     lowly is wisdom.                                 --Prov. xi. 2.
  
      {All but}. See under {All}.
  
      {But and if}, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's
            translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and
            adversative force of the Greek [?].
  
                     But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord
                     delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant
                     will come in a day when he looketh not for him.
                                                                              --Luke xii.
                                                                              45, 46.
  
      {But if}, unless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford,
                     full shortly I her dead shall see.      --Spenser.
  
      Syn: {But}, {However}, {Still}.
  
      Usage: These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one
                  thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition
                  with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not
                  winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my
                  assistance, but I shall not aid him at present.
                  However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it
                  were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it
                  is, however, almost as cold; he required my
                  assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford
                  him aid. The plan, however, is still under
                  consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is
                  stronger than but, and marks the opposition more
                  emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still
                  they do not convince me. See {Except}, {However}.
  
      Note: [bd]The chief error with but is to use it where and is
               enough; an error springing from the tendency to use
               strong words without sufficient occasion.[b8] --Bain.

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   But \But\, n. [Cf. {But}, prep., adv. & conj.]
      The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; --
      opposed to {ben}, the inner room. [Scot.]

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   But \But\, n. [See 1st {But}.]
      1. A limit; a boundary.
  
      2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in
            distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st {Butt}.
  
      {But end}, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a
            log; the but end of a musket. See {Butt}, n.

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   But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Butting}.]
      See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v.

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   Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll),
      or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push,
      butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan,
      akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.]
      1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  
                     Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea
                     mark of my utmost sail.                     --Shak.
  
      Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with
               mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary;
               the abuttal.
  
      2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}.
  
      3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And
                     bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden.
  
      4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed;
            as, the butt of the company.
  
                     I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I
                     thought very smart.                           --Addison.
  
      5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an
            animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  
      6. A thrust in fencing.
  
                     To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the
                     chalk on Robert's coat.                     --Prior.
  
      7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  
                     The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in
                     cornfields.                                       --Burrill.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
                  together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also
                  called {butt joint}.
            (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to
                  which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and
                  gib.
            (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of
                  a hose.
  
      9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake
            meet.
  
      10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; --
            so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which
            butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like
            the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}.
  
      11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned
            oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  
      12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the
            targets in rifle practice.
  
      {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of
            a tug.
  
      {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under
            2d {But}.
  
                     Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the
                     butt end of a mother's blessing.         --Shak.
  
      {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of
            shooting to the butt, or mark.
  
      {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries.
            In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the
            lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the
            sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed.
            --Burrill.
  
      {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}.
  
      {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as
            planks.
  
      {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together
            the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or
            of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See
            {Weld}.
  
      {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The
            corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8]
            --Marryat.

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   Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Butting}.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
      {Butt} an end, and cf. {Boutade}.]
      1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
            terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also {but}.]
  
                     And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
                     ground.                                             --Drayton.
  
      2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
            head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]
  
                     A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts
                     with his threatening brows.               --Dryden.

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   But \But\ (b[ucr]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS.
      b[umac]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref.
      be- + [umac]tan outward, without, fr. [umac]t out. Primarily,
      b[umac]tan, as well as [umac]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See
      {By}, {Out}; cf. {About}.]
      1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]
  
                     So insolent that he could not go but either spurning
                     equals or trampling on his inferiors. --Fuller.
  
                     Touch not the cat but a glove.            --Motto of the
                                                                              Mackintoshes.
  
      2. Except; besides; save.
  
                     Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? --E.
                                                                              Smith.
  
      Note: In this sense, but is often used with other particles;
               as, but for, without, had it not been for.
               [bd]Uncreated but for love divine.[b8] --Young.
  
      3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it
            not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
  
                     And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were
                     enough to put him to ill thinking.      --Shak.
  
      4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a
            negative, with that.
  
                     It cannot be but nature hath some director, of
                     infinite power, to guide her in all her ways.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
                     There is no question but the king of Spain will
                     reform most of the abuses.                  --Addison.
  
      5. Only; solely; merely.
  
                     Observe but how their own principles combat one
                     another.                                             --Milton.
  
                     If they kill us, we shall but die.      --2 Kings vii.
                                                                              4.
  
                     A formidable man but to his friends.   --Dryden.
  
      6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still;
            however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of
            sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or
            less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of
            Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented;
            our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  
                     Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but
                     the greatest of these is charity.      --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                                              13.
  
                     When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the
                     lowly is wisdom.                                 --Prov. xi. 2.
  
      {All but}. See under {All}.
  
      {But and if}, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's
            translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and
            adversative force of the Greek [?].
  
                     But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord
                     delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant
                     will come in a day when he looketh not for him.
                                                                              --Luke xii.
                                                                              45, 46.
  
      {But if}, unless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford,
                     full shortly I her dead shall see.      --Spenser.
  
      Syn: {But}, {However}, {Still}.
  
      Usage: These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one
                  thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition
                  with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not
                  winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my
                  assistance, but I shall not aid him at present.
                  However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it
                  were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it
                  is, however, almost as cold; he required my
                  assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford
                  him aid. The plan, however, is still under
                  consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is
                  stronger than but, and marks the opposition more
                  emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still
                  they do not convince me. See {Except}, {However}.
  
      Note: [bd]The chief error with but is to use it where and is
               enough; an error springing from the tendency to use
               strong words without sufficient occasion.[b8] --Bain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   But \But\, n. [Cf. {But}, prep., adv. & conj.]
      The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; --
      opposed to {ben}, the inner room. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   But \But\, n. [See 1st {But}.]
      1. A limit; a boundary.
  
      2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in
            distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st {Butt}.
  
      {But end}, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a
            log; the but end of a musket. See {Butt}, n.

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   But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Butting}.]
      See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v.

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   Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll),
      or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push,
      butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan,
      akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.]
      1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  
                     Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea
                     mark of my utmost sail.                     --Shak.
  
      Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with
               mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary;
               the abuttal.
  
      2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}.
  
      3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And
                     bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden.
  
      4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed;
            as, the butt of the company.
  
                     I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I
                     thought very smart.                           --Addison.
  
      5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an
            animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  
      6. A thrust in fencing.
  
                     To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the
                     chalk on Robert's coat.                     --Prior.
  
      7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  
                     The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in
                     cornfields.                                       --Burrill.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
                  together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also
                  called {butt joint}.
            (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to
                  which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and
                  gib.
            (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of
                  a hose.
  
      9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake
            meet.
  
      10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; --
            so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which
            butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like
            the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}.
  
      11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned
            oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  
      12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the
            targets in rifle practice.
  
      {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of
            a tug.
  
      {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under
            2d {But}.
  
                     Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the
                     butt end of a mother's blessing.         --Shak.
  
      {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of
            shooting to the butt, or mark.
  
      {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries.
            In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the
            lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the
            sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed.
            --Burrill.
  
      {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}.
  
      {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as
            planks.
  
      {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together
            the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or
            of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See
            {Weld}.
  
      {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The
            corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8]
            --Marryat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Butting}.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
      {Butt} an end, and cf. {Boutade}.]
      1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
            terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also {but}.]
  
                     And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
                     ground.                                             --Drayton.
  
      2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
            head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]
  
                     A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts
                     with his threatening brows.               --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll),
      or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push,
      butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan,
      akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.]
      1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  
                     Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea
                     mark of my utmost sail.                     --Shak.
  
      Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with
               mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary;
               the abuttal.
  
      2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}.
  
      3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And
                     bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden.
  
      4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed;
            as, the butt of the company.
  
                     I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I
                     thought very smart.                           --Addison.
  
      5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an
            animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  
      6. A thrust in fencing.
  
                     To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the
                     chalk on Robert's coat.                     --Prior.
  
      7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  
                     The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in
                     cornfields.                                       --Burrill.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
                  together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also
                  called {butt joint}.
            (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to
                  which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and
                  gib.
            (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of
                  a hose.
  
      9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake
            meet.
  
      10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; --
            so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which
            butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like
            the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}.
  
      11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned
            oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  
      12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the
            targets in rifle practice.
  
      {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of
            a tug.
  
      {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under
            2d {But}.
  
                     Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the
                     butt end of a mother's blessing.         --Shak.
  
      {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of
            shooting to the butt, or mark.
  
      {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries.
            In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the
            lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the
            sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed.
            --Burrill.
  
      {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}.
  
      {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as
            planks.
  
      {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together
            the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or
            of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See
            {Weld}.
  
      {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The
            corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8]
            --Marryat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, v. t.
      To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the
      head.
  
               Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, n. [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. {Bottle} a
      hollow vessel.]
      A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two
      hogsheads.
  
      Note: A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial
               gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about
               110 imperial gallons).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The common English flounder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Butting}.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
      {Butt} an end, and cf. {Boutade}.]
      1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
            terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also {but}.]
  
                     And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
                     ground.                                             --Drayton.
  
      2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
            head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]
  
                     A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts
                     with his threatening brows.               --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butty \But"ty\, n. (Mining)
      One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to
      OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel.
      auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko,
      Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr.
      akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic},
      {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.]
      1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
            generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
            orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
            most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or
            compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}.
            Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
            Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
            h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
            Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
            Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
            spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
            of the Optic Nerve.
  
      Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough
               outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
               it are attached, and which in front changes into the
               transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
               crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into
               two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
               with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
               behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
               The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
               membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
               back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
               retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
               The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
               has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
               admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
               focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
               light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
               cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
               nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
  
      2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
            judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
            objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the
            beautiful or picturesque.
  
      3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
            ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
  
                     In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
                     on.                                                   --Shak.
  
      4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
            vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
            which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
            presence.
  
                     We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
  
                     Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
  
      5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
            attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own
                     advantage.                                          --Addison.
  
      6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
            position, or appearance; as:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
            (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
                  oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
                  muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
                  scallop.
            (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a
                  potato.
            (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
            (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a
                  dress.
            (f) The hole through the head of a needle.
            (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
                  anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
                  as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
                  as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
            (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
  
      7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or
            beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
  
      8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
  
                     Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
  
      {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
  
      {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
            thimble and served.
  
      {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of
            which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
            --Brande & C.
  
      {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging
            to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it
            has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
  
      {Eye doctor}, an oculist.
  
      {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of
            volute.
  
      {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun.
            [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
  
      {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
            where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
            holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
            to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
            [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice.
  
      {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received
            and treated.
  
      {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to
            watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To keep an eye on}, to watch.
  
      {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
  
      {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
            the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
      G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,
      and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
      [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},
      {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]
      1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
            opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
            road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
            way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     The season and ways were very improper for his
                     majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
            long way.
  
                     And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began
                     to fail.                                             --Longfellow.
  
      3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
  
                     I prythee, now, lead the way.            --Shak.
  
      4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
            action; advance.
  
                     If that way be your walk, you have not far.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
  
      5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
            accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
  
                     My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
  
                     By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
  
                     What impious ways my wishes took!      --Prior.
  
      6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
            expressing one's ideas.
  
      7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
            conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of
            nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney.
  
                     Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
                     are peace.                                          --Prov. iii.
                                                                              17.
  
                     When men lived in a grander way.         --Longfellow.
  
      8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
            to have one's way.
  
      10. (Naut.)
            (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
            (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
  
      11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
            on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
            table or carriage moves.
  
      12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
  
      {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
            connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
           
  
      {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
           
  
      {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.
  
      {In the family way}. See under {Family}.
  
      {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
            etc.
  
      {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being
            with; in the presence of.
  
      {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.
  
      {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the
            Vocabulary.
  
      {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;
            advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
            country; on the way to success.
  
      {Out of the way}. See under {Out}.
  
      {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over
            another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
            prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
            well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
           
  
      {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in
            motion, as when a ship begins to move.
  
      {To give way}. See under {Give}.
  
      {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come;
            to depart or come along. --Shak.
  
      {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.

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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bath, IL (village, FIPS 4156)
      Location: 40.19113 N, 90.14238 W
      Population (1990): 388 (216 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bath, IN
      Zip code(s): 47010
   Bath, ME (city, FIPS 3355)
      Location: 43.93807 N, 69.83742 W
      Population (1990): 9799 (4236 housing units)
      Area: 23.7 sq km (land), 10.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 04530
   Bath, MI
      Zip code(s): 48808
   Bath, NC (town, FIPS 3840)
      Location: 35.46541 N, 76.81506 W
      Population (1990): 154 (108 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27808
   Bath, NH
      Zip code(s): 03740
   Bath, NY (village, FIPS 4759)
      Location: 42.33700 N, 77.31843 W
      Population (1990): 5801 (2640 housing units)
      Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bath, PA (borough, FIPS 4432)
      Location: 40.72758 N, 75.39179 W
      Population (1990): 2358 (914 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18014
   Bath, SD
      Zip code(s): 57427

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bay Head, NJ (borough, FIPS 3520)
      Location: 40.07020 N, 74.04866 W
      Population (1990): 1226 (1001 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08742

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Baywood, NY (CDP, FIPS 5039)
      Location: 40.75121 N, 73.29107 W
      Population (1990): 7351 (2214 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beattie, KS (city, FIPS 4900)
      Location: 39.86273 N, 96.41756 W
      Population (1990): 221 (111 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66406

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beatty, NV (CDP, FIPS 5100)
      Location: 36.94020 N, 116.70707 W
      Population (1990): 1623 (869 housing units)
      Area: 455.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Beatty, OR
      Zip code(s): 97621

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bode, IA (city, FIPS 7210)
      Location: 42.86810 N, 94.28642 W
      Population (1990): 335 (168 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50519

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Boody, IL
      Zip code(s): 62514

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Boutte, LA (CDP, FIPS 9130)
      Location: 29.89616 N, 90.39754 W
      Population (1990): 2702 (1001 housing units)
      Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70039

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Boyd, MN (city, FIPS 7138)
      Location: 44.85096 N, 95.90077 W
      Population (1990): 251 (134 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56218
   Boyd, TX (town, FIPS 9748)
      Location: 33.08052 N, 97.56158 W
      Population (1990): 1041 (429 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76023
   Boyd, WI (village, FIPS 9075)
      Location: 44.95351 N, 91.04015 W
      Population (1990): 683 (266 housing units)
      Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54726

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Buda, IL (village, FIPS 9356)
      Location: 41.32768 N, 89.67842 W
      Population (1990): 563 (256 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61314
   Buda, TX (city, FIPS 11080)
      Location: 30.08580 N, 97.83973 W
      Population (1990): 1795 (663 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78610

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bude, MS (town, FIPS 9460)
      Location: 31.46263 N, 90.85123 W
      Population (1990): 969 (436 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Butte, AK (CDP, FIPS 9710)
      Location: 61.54247 N, 149.05167 W
      Population (1990): 2039 (798 housing units)
      Area: 126.1 sq km (land), 10.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99645
   Butte, MT
      Zip code(s): 59750
   Butte, ND (city, FIPS 11180)
      Location: 47.83741 N, 100.66592 W
      Population (1990): 129 (90 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58723
   Butte, NE (village, FIPS 7485)
      Location: 42.91263 N, 98.84795 W
      Population (1990): 452 (221 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68722

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   BAD /B-A-D/ adj.   [IBM: acronym, `Broken As Designed'] Said of
   a program that is {bogus} because of bad design and misfeatures
   rather than because of bugginess.   See {working as designed}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   baud /bawd/ n.   [simplified from its technical meaning] n. Bits
   per second.   Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands of bits per second.
   The technical meaning is `level transitions per second'; this
   coincides with bps only for two-level modulation with no framing or
   stop bits.   Most hackers are aware of these nuances but blithely
   ignore them.
  
      Historical note: `baud' was originally a unit of telegraph
   signalling speed, set at one pulse per second.   It was proposed at
   the November, 1926 conference of the Comite' Consultatif
   International Des Communications Te'le'graphiques as an improvement
   on the then standard practice of referring to line speeds in terms
   of words per minute, and named for Jean Maurice Emile Baudot
   (1845-1903), a French engineer who did a lot of pioneering work in
   early teleprinters.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.   1. Mostly
   working, but still under test; usu. used with `in': `in beta'.   In
   the {Real World}, systems (hardware or software) software often go
   through two stages of release testing: Alpha (in-house) and Beta
   (out-house?).   Beta releases are generally made to a group of lucky
   (or unlucky) trusted customers.   2. Anything that is new and
   experimental.   "His girlfriend is in beta" means that he is still
   testing for compatibility and reserving judgment.   3. Flaky;
   dubious; suspect (since beta software is notoriously buggy).
  
      Historical note: More formally, to beta-test is to test a
   pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software
   by making it available to selected (or self-selected) customers and
   users.   This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product
   cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout
   the industry.   `Alpha Test' was the unit, module, or component test
   phase; `Beta Test' was initial system test.   These themselves came
   from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware.   The A-test was a
   feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any
   commitment to design and development.   The B-test was a
   demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified.
   The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed
   on early samples of the production design, and the D test was the C
   test repeated after the model had been in production a while.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   bit n.   [from the mainstream meaning and `Binary digIT'] 1.
   [techspeak] The unit of information; the amount of information
   obtained by asking a yes-or-no question for which the two outcomes
   are equally probable.   2. [techspeak] A computational quantity that
   can take on one of two values, such as true and false or 0 and 1.
   3. A mental flag: a reminder that something should be done
   eventually.   "I have a bit set for you."   (I haven't seen you for a
   while, and I'm supposed to tell or ask you something.)   4. More
   generally, a (possibly incorrect) mental state of belief.   "I have a
   bit set that says that you were the last guy to hack on EMACS."
   (Meaning "I think you were the last guy to hack on EMACS, and what I
   am about to say is predicated on this, so please stop me if this
   isn't true.")
  
      "I just need one bit from you" is a polite way of indicating that
   you intend only a short interruption for a question that can
   presumably be answered yes or no.
  
      A bit is said to be `set' if its value is true or 1, and `reset'
   or `clear' if its value is false or 0.   One speaks of setting and
   clearing bits.   To {toggle} or `invert' a bit is to change it,
   either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.   See also {flag}, {trit}, {mode
   bit}.
  
      The term `bit' first appeared in print in the computer-science
   sense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by early statistician
   and computer scientist John Tukey.   Tukey records that it evolved
   over a lunch table as a handier alternative to `bigit' or `binit'.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   boot v.,n.   [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and
   initialize the operating system on a machine.   This usage is no
   longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to
   some derivatives that are still jargon.
  
      The derivative `reboot' implies that the machine hasn't been down
   for long, or that the boot is a {bounce} (sense 4) intended to clear
   some state of {wedgitude}.   This is sometimes used of human thought
   processes, as in the following exchange: "You've lost me."   "OK,
   reboot.   Here's the theory...."
  
      This term is also found in the variants `cold boot' (from
   power-off condition) and `warm boot' (with the CPU and all devices
   already powered up, as after a hardware reset or software crash).
  
      Another variant: `soft boot', reinitialization of only part of a
   system, under control of other software still running: "If you're
   running the {mess-dos} emulator, control-alt-insert will cause a
   soft-boot of the emulator, while leaving the rest of the system
   running."
  
      Opposed to this there is `hard boot', which connotes hostility
   towards or frustration with the machine being booted:   "I'll have to
   hard-boot this losing Sun."   "I recommend booting it hard."   One
   often hard-boots by performing a {power cycle}.
  
      Historical note: this term derives from `bootstrap loader', a short
   program that was read in from cards or paper tape, or toggled in
   from the front panel switches.   This program was always very short
   (great efforts were expended on making it short in order to minimize
   the labor and chance of error involved in toggling it in), but was
   just smart enough to read in a slightly more complex program
   (usually from a card or paper tape reader), to which it handed
   control; this program in turn was smart enough to read the
   application or operating system from a magnetic tape drive or disk
   drive.   Thus, in successive steps, the computer `pulled itself up by
   its bootstraps' to a useful operating state.   Nowadays the bootstrap
   is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from
   a fixed location on the disk, called the `boot block'.   When this
   program gains control, it is powerful enough to load the actual OS
   and hand control over to it.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   bot n   [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1.
   An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually a program.   On IRC, typically
   the robot provides some useful service.   Examples are NickServ,
   which tries to prevent random users from adopting {nick}s already
   claimed by others, and MsgServ, which allows one to send
   asynchronous messages to be delivered when the recipient signs on.
   Also common are `annoybots', such as KissServ, which perform no
   useful function except to send cute messages to other people.
   Service bots are less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the
   `Julia' bot active in 1990-91, have been remarkably impressive
   Turing-test experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or
   fifteen minutes of conversation. 2. An AI-controlled player in a
   computer game (especially a first-person shooter such as Quake)
   which, unlike ordinary monsters, operates like a human-controlled
   player, with access to a player's weapons and abilities.   An example
   can be found at `http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/'.
  
      Note that bots in both senses were `robots' when the term first
   appeared in the early 1990s, but the shortened form is now habitual.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   byte /bi:t/ n.   [techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to
   the amount used to represent one character; on modern architectures
   this is usually 8 bits, but may be 9 on 36-bit machines.   Some older
   architectures used `byte' for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and the
   PDP-10 supported `bytes' that were actually bitfields of 1 to 36
   bits!   These usages are now obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have
   become rare in the general trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
  
      Historical note: The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956
   during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer;
   originally it was described as 1 to 6 bits (typical I/O equipment of
   the period used 6-bit chunks of information).   The move to an 8-bit
   byte happened in late 1956, and this size was later adopted and
   promulgated as a standard by the System/360.   The word was coined by
   mutating the word `bite' so it would not be accidentally misspelled
   as {bit}.   See also {nybble}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BAD
  
      /B-A-D/ Broken As Designed, a play on "{working as designed}",
      from {IBM}.   Failing because of bad design and misfeatures
      rather than because of bugs.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2002-04-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   baud
  
      /bawd/ (plural "baud") The unit in
      which the information carrying capacity or "{signalling rate}"
      of a communication channel is measured.   One baud is one
      symbol (state-transition or level-transition) per second.
      This coincides with bits per second only for two-level
      {modulation} with no {framing} or {stop bits}.
  
      A symbol is a unique state of the communication channel,
      distinguishable by the receiver from all other possible
      states.   For example, it may be one of two voltage levels on a
      wire for a direct digital connection or it might be the phase
      or frequency of a carrier.
  
      The term "baud" was originally a unit of telegraph signalling
      speed, set at one {Morse code} dot per second.   Or, more
      generally, the reciprocal of the duration of the shortest
      signalling element.   It was proposed at the International
      Telegraph Conference of 1927, and named after {J.M.E. Baudot}
      (1845-1903), the French engineer who constructed the first
      successful teleprinter.
  
      The UK {PSTN} will support a maximum rate of 600 baud but each
      baud may carry between 1 and 16 bits depending on the coding
      (e.g. {QAM}).
  
      Where data is transmitted as {packets}, e.g. characters, the
      actual "data rate" of a channel is
  
      R D / P
  
      where R is the "raw" rate in bits per second, D is the number
      of data bits in a packet and P is the total number of bits in
      a packet (including packet overhead).
  
      The term "baud" causes much confusion and is usually best
      avoided.   Use "bits per second" (bps), "bytes per second" or
      "characters per second" (cps) if that's what you mean.
  
      (1998-02-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bd
  
      The {country code} for Bangladesh.
  
      (1999-01-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BEDO
  
      {Burst Extended Data Out DRAM}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   beta
  
      /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/
  
      See {beta conversion}, {beta test}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BETA
  
      Kristensen, Madsen , Moller-Pedersen &
      Nygaard, 1983.   Object-oriented language with block structure,
      coroutines, concurrency, {strong typing}, part objects,
      separate objects and classless objects.   Central feature is a
      single abstraction mechanism called "patterns", a
      generalisation of classes, providing instantiation and
      hierarchical inheritance for all objects including procedures
      and processes.
  
      Mjolner Informatics ApS, Aarhus, implementations for Mac, Sun,
      HP, Apollo.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      Mailing list: .
  
      ["Object-Oriented Programming in the BETA Programming
      Language", Ole Lehrmann et al, A-W June 1993, ISBN
      0-201-62430-3].
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-10-31)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   beta
  
      /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/
  
      See {beta conversion}, {beta test}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BETA
  
      Kristensen, Madsen , Moller-Pedersen &
      Nygaard, 1983.   Object-oriented language with block structure,
      coroutines, concurrency, {strong typing}, part objects,
      separate objects and classless objects.   Central feature is a
      single abstraction mechanism called "patterns", a
      generalisation of classes, providing instantiation and
      hierarchical inheritance for all objects including procedures
      and processes.
  
      Mjolner Informatics ApS, Aarhus, implementations for Mac, Sun,
      HP, Apollo.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      Mailing list: .
  
      ["Object-Oriented Programming in the BETA Programming
      Language", Ole Lehrmann et al, A-W June 1993, ISBN
      0-201-62430-3].
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-10-31)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bit
  
      (b) {binary} digit.
  
      The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by
      asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can
      take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1;
      the smallest unit of storage - sufficient to hold one bit.
  
      A bit is said to be "set" if its value is true or 1, and
      "reset" or "clear" if its value is false or 0.   One speaks of
      setting and clearing bits.   To {toggle} or "invert" a bit is
      to change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  
      The term "bit" first appeared in print in the computer-science
      sense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by the eminent
      statistician, {John Tukey}.   Tukey records that it evolved
      over a lunch table as a handier alternative to "bigit" or
      "binit".
  
      See also {flag}, {trit}, {mode bit}, {byte}, {word}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2002-01-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bite
  
      It's spelled "{byte}" to avoid confusion with
      "{bit}".
  
      (1996-12-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   boot
  
      (from "{bootstrap}" or "to pull oneself up
      by one's bootstraps") To load and initialise the {operating
      system} on a computer.
  
      See {reboot}, {cold boot}, {warm boot}, {soft boot}, {hard
      boot}, {bootstrap}, {bootstrap loader}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-11-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bot
  
      (From "{robot}") Any type
      of autonomous {software} that operates as an {agent} for a
      user or a {program} or simulates a human activity.   On the
      {Internet}, the most popular bots are programs (called
      {spiders} or crawlers) used for searching.   They access {web
      sites}, retrieve documents and follow all the {hyperlinks} in
      them; then they generate catalogs that are accessed by {search
      engines}.
  
      A {chatbot} converses with humans (or other bots).   A
      {shopbot} searches the Web to find the best price for a
      product.   Other bots (such as {OpenSesame}) observe a user's
      patterns in navigating a web site and customises the site for
      that user.
  
      {Knowbots} collect specific information from {web sites}.
  
      (1999-05-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bt
  
      The {country code} for Bhutan.
  
      (1999-01-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   btoa
  
      /B too A/ A {binary}
      to {ASCII} conversion utility.
  
      btoa is a {uuencode} or {base 64} equivalent which addresses
      some of the problems with the uuencode standard but not as
      many as the base 64 standard.   It avoids problems that some
      {hosts} have with spaces (e.g. conversion of groups of spaces
      to tabs) by not including them in its character set, but may
      still have problems on non-ASCII systems (e.g. {EBCDIC}).
  
      btoa is primarily used to transfer {binary files} between
      systems across connections which are not {eight-bit clean},
      e.g. {electronic mail}.
  
      btoa takes adjacent sets of four binary {octets} and encodes
      them as five ASCII {octets} using ASCII characters '!' through
      to 'u'.   Special characters are also used: 'x' marks the
      beginning or end of the archive; 'z' marks four consecutive
      zeros and 'y' (version 5.2) four consecutive spaces.
  
      Each group of four octets is processed as a 32-bit integer.
      Call this 'I'.   Let 'D' = 85^4.   Divide I by D.   Call this
      result 'R'.   Make I = I - (R * D) to avoid {overflow} on the
      next step.   Repeat, for values of D = 85^3, 85^2, 85 and 1.
      At each step, to convert R to the output character add decimal
      33 (output octet = R + ASCII value for '!').   Five output
      octets are produced.
  
      btoa provides some integrity checking in the form of a line
      {checksum}, and facilities for patching corrupted downloads.
  
      The {algorithm} used by btoa is more efficient than uuencode
      or base 64.   ASCII files are encoded to about 120% the size of
      their binary sources.   This compares with 135% for uuencode or
      base 64.
  
      {C source (ftp://hpux.csc.liv.ac.uk/hpux/Misc/btoa-5.2/)}.
      (version 5.2 - ~1994).
  
      Pre-compiled {MS-DOS} versions are also available.
  
      (1997-08-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BTW
  
      By the way.
  
      (2002-06-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Byte
  
      A popular computing magazine.
  
      {Home (http://www.byte.com)}.
  
      (1997-03-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   byte
  
      /bi:t/ (B) A component in the machine {data hierarchy}
      usually larger than a {bit} and smaller than a {word}; now
      most often eight bits and the smallest addressable unit of
      storage.   A byte typically holds one {character}.
  
      A byte may be 9 bits on 36-bit computers.   Some older
      architectures used "byte" for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and
      the PDP-10 and IBM 7030 supported "bytes" that were actually
      {bit-fields} of 1 to 36 (or 64) bits!   These usages are now
      obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have become rare in the general
      trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
  
      The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 during the
      early design phase for the {IBM} {Stretch} computer.   It was a
      mutation of the word "bite" intended to avoid confusion with
      "bit".   In 1962 he described it as "a group of bits used to
      encode a character, or the number of bits transmitted in
      parallel to and from input-output units".   The move to an
      8-bit byte happened in late 1956, and this size was later
      adopted and promulgated as a standard by the {System/360}
      {operating system} (announced April 1964).
  
      James S. Jones adds:
  
      I am sure I read in a mid-1970's brochure by IBM that outlined
      the history of computers that BYTE was an acronym that stood
      for "Bit asYnchronous Transmission E__?__" which related to
      width of the bus between the Stretch CPU and its CRT-memory
      (prior to Core).
  
      Terry Carr says:
  
      In the early days IBM taught that a series of bits transferred
      together (like so many yoked oxen) formed a Binary Yoked
      Transfer Element (BYTE).
  
      [True origin?   First 8-bit byte architecture?]
  
      See also {nibble}, {octet}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2003-09-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Byte
  
      A popular computing magazine.
  
      {Home (http://www.byte.com)}.
  
      (1997-03-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   byte
  
      /bi:t/ (B) A component in the machine {data hierarchy}
      usually larger than a {bit} and smaller than a {word}; now
      most often eight bits and the smallest addressable unit of
      storage.   A byte typically holds one {character}.
  
      A byte may be 9 bits on 36-bit computers.   Some older
      architectures used "byte" for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and
      the PDP-10 and IBM 7030 supported "bytes" that were actually
      {bit-fields} of 1 to 36 (or 64) bits!   These usages are now
      obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have become rare in the general
      trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
  
      The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 during the
      early design phase for the {IBM} {Stretch} computer.   It was a
      mutation of the word "bite" intended to avoid confusion with
      "bit".   In 1962 he described it as "a group of bits used to
      encode a character, or the number of bits transmitted in
      parallel to and from input-output units".   The move to an
      8-bit byte happened in late 1956, and this size was later
      adopted and promulgated as a standard by the {System/360}
      {operating system} (announced April 1964).
  
      James S. Jones adds:
  
      I am sure I read in a mid-1970's brochure by IBM that outlined
      the history of computers that BYTE was an acronym that stood
      for "Bit asYnchronous Transmission E__?__" which related to
      width of the bus between the Stretch CPU and its CRT-memory
      (prior to Core).
  
      Terry Carr says:
  
      In the early days IBM taught that a series of bits transferred
      together (like so many yoked oxen) formed a Binary Yoked
      Transfer Element (BYTE).
  
      [True origin?   First 8-bit byte architecture?]
  
      See also {nibble}, {octet}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2003-09-21)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bat
      The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut.
      14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among
      the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the
      "moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or
      desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e.,
      to consign them to desolation or ruin.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bath
      a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings
      7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of
      our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa.
      5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bed
      (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16,
      etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a
      sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word
      (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with
      curtains (Deut. 3:11; Ps. 132:3), for sickness (Ps. 6:6; 41:3).
     
         In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a
      coverlet (Matt. 9:2, 6; Luke 5:18; Acts 5:15).
     
         The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or
      platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight
      portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The
      only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in 1 Sam. 19:13.
      Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping
      himself in his outer garment (Ex. 22:26,27; Deut. 24:12,13).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Behead
      a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen.
      40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also
      among the Hebrews (2 Sam. 4:8; 20:21,22; 2 Kings 10:6-8). It is
      also mentioned in the New Testament (Matt. 14:8-12; Acts 12:2).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Betah
      confidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which
      yielded much spoil of brass to David (2 Sam. 8:8). In 1 Chr.
      18:8 it is called Tibhath.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Beth
      occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or
      dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately
      following:
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bit
      the curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The
      Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps. 32:9 is elsewhere
      translated "bridle" (2 Kings 19:28; Prov. 26:3; Isa. 37:29).
      Bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also
      of gold or silver. In James 3:3 the Authorized Version
      translates the Greek word by "bits," but the Revised Version by
      "bridles."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Booth
      a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob
      sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance
      Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of
      Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode
      of the Israelites in the wilderness.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Booty
      captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan
      all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The
      "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed
      also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid
      down in Num. 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation
      that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the
      soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war
      for the temple (1 Sam. 30:24-26; 2 Sam. 8:11; 1 Chr. 26:27).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Bedaiah, Bedeiah, the only Lord
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Betah, confidence
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Bithiah, daughter of the Lord
  
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