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   Badger
         n 1: a native or resident of Wisconsin [syn: {Wisconsinite},
               {Badger}]
         2: sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely
            distributed in the northern hemisphere
         v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
               his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {pester}, {bug},
               {beleaguer}]
         2: persuade through constant efforts

English Dictionary: badkrukan	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
badger dog n small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows Synonym(s): dachshund, dachsie, badger dog
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badger skunk n large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico Synonym(s): hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Badger State n a midwestern state in north central United States [syn: Wisconsin, Badger State, WI]
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badgerer n someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections Synonym(s): heckler, badgerer
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badgering n the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment]
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Baedeker n German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859) Synonym(s): Baedeker, Karl Baedeker any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
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bath chair n a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa
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beauty quark n a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron Synonym(s): bottom quark, beauty quark
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bed ground n an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night Synonym(s): bed ground, bed-ground, bedground
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bed-ground n an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night Synonym(s): bed ground, bed-ground, bedground
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bedground n an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night Synonym(s): bed ground, bed-ground, bedground
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bedsore n a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) Synonym(s): bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus ulcer
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beet green n young leaves of the beetroot
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Beta Crucis n the second brightest star in the Southern Cross
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beta-carotene n an isomer of carotene that is found in dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables
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Betsy Ross n American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) Synonym(s): Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
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bewitchery n magnetic personal charm [syn: bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism]
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biodegradable adj capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria; "a biodegradable detergent"
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biodegradable pollution n pollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm Antonym(s): nonbiodegradable pollution
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biodegrade v break down naturally through the action of biological agents; "Plastic bottles do not biodegrade"
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bitchery n aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman
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Bitis arietans n large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed Synonym(s): puff adder, Bitis arietans
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bodice ripper n a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated
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Bodo-Garo n Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India Synonym(s): Bodo-Garo, Barish
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body guard v accompany and protect from physical harm
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body servant n a valet or personal maid
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body-surf v ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard
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bodyguard n someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: bodyguard, escort] a group of men who escort and protect some important person
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botcher n someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup]
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budgereegah n small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Synonym(s): budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
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budgerigar n small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Synonym(s): budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
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budgerygah n small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Synonym(s): budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
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butcher n a retailer of meat Synonym(s): butcher, meatman a brutal indiscriminate murderer a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market Synonym(s): butcher, slaughterer someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence Synonym(s): bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup v kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" Synonym(s): butcher, slaughter
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butcher block n a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood Synonym(s): butcher board, butcher block
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butcher board n a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood Synonym(s): butcher board, butcher block
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Butcher Cumberland n English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) Synonym(s): Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland
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butcher knife n a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
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butcher paper n a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
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butcher shop n a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold Synonym(s): butcher shop, meat market
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butcher's broom n shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms Synonym(s): butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus
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butcherbird n shrikes that impale their prey on thorns large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
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butchering n the business of a butcher Synonym(s): butchery, butchering
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butcherly adj poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" Synonym(s): botchy, butcherly, unskillful accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" Synonym(s): gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
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butchery n a building where animals are butchered [syn: abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse] the business of a butcher Synonym(s): butchery, butchering the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonym(s): slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered} ([?]);p. pr. & vb. n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see 1st {Badger}.] 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dachshund \[d8]Dachs"hund`\, n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also {badger dog}. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dachshund \[d8]Dachs"hund`\, n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also {badger dog}. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
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Badger game \Badg"er game\ The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure. [Cant]
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Badger State \Badger State\ Wisconsin; -- a nickname.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered} ([?]);p. pr. & vb. n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see 1st {Badger}.] 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badgerer \Badg"er*er\, n. 1. One who badgers. 2. A kind of dog used in badger baiting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badgering \Badg"er*ing\, n. 1. The act of one who badgers. 2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered} ([?]);p. pr. & vb. n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see 1st {Badger}.] 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badger-legged \Badg"er-legged`\, a. Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. --Shak.
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bathygraphic \Bath`y*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] deep + graphic.] Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart.
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Bed screw \Bed" screw`\ 1. (Naut.) A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. 2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
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Bedchair \Bed"chair`\, n. A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.
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Bedcord \Bed"cord`\, n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
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d8Bedeguar \[d8]Bed"eguar\, Bedegar \Bed"egar\, n. [F., fr. Per. b[be]d-[be]ward, or b[be]d-[be]wardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly ({Rhodites ros[91]}). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
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Bedsore \Bed"sore`\, n. (Med.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.
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Bedswerver \Bed"swerv`er\, n. One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. [Poetic] --Shak.
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Bewitcher \Be*witch"er\, n. One who bewitches.
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Bewitchery \Bewitch"ery\, n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodyguard \Bod"y*guard`\, n. 1. A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard. 2. Retinue; attendance; following. --Bp. Porteus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crimp \Crimp\, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Boot crimp}. See under {Boot}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botcher \Botch"er\, n. 1. One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler. --Shak. 2. A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A young salmon; a grilse.
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Botcherly \Botch"er*ly\, a. Bungling; awkward. [R.]
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Botchery \Botch"er*y\, n. A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship.
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Budger \Budg"er\, n. One who budges. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Butchered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butchering}.] 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. --Macaulay. [Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrike \Shrike\, n. [Akin to Icel. skr[c6]kja a shrieker, the shrike, and E. shriek; cf. AS. scr[c6]c a thrush. See {Shriek}, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family {Laniid[91]}, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike ({Lanius excubitor}), the great northern shrike ({L. borealis}), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also {butcher birds}. See under {Butcher}. Note: The ant shrikes, or bush shrikes, are clamatorial birds of the family {Formicarid[91]}. The cuckoo shrikes of the East Indies and Australia are Oscines of the family {Campephagid[91]}. The drongo shrikes of the same regions belong to the related family {Dicrurid[91]}. See {Drongo}. {Crow shrike}. See under {Crow}. {Shrike thrush}. (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic timaline birds of the genera {Thamnocataphus}, {Gampsorhynchus}, and allies. (b) Any one of several species of shrikelike Australian singing birds of the genus {Colluricincla}. {Shrike tit}. (a) Any one of several Australian birds of the genus {Falcunculus}, having a strong toothed bill and sharp claws. They creep over the bark of trees, like titmice, in search of insects. (b) Any one of several species of small Asiatic birds belonging to {Allotrius}, {Pteruthius}, {Cutia}, {Leioptila}, and allied genera, related to the true tits. Called also {hill tit}. {Swallow shrike}. See under {Swallow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Butchered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butchering}.] 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. --Macaulay. [Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Butchered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butchering}.] 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. --Macaulay. [Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butchering \Butch"er*ing\, n. 1. The business of a butcher. 2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly. That dreadful butchering of one another. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcherliness \Butch"erliness\, n. Butchery quality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcherly \Butch"er*ly\, a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. [bd]The victim of a butcherly murder.[b8] --D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher's broom \Butch"er's broom`\ (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Ruscus}); esp. {R. aculeatus}, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See {Cladophyll}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butchery \Butch"er*y\, n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See {Butcher}, n.] 1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.] 2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. --Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. --Prescott. 3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.] Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. --Fabyan. Syn: Murder; slaughter; carnage. See {Massacre}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees. 8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^{2}b^{3}c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax^{4} + bx^{2} = c, and mx^{2}y^{2} + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. 9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. 10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. 11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. {Accumulation of degrees}. (Eng. Univ.) See under {Accumulation}. {By degrees}, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. [bd]I'll leave it by degrees.[b8] --Shak. {Degree of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co[94]rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. {Degree of latitude} (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. {Degree of longitude}, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. {To a degree}, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof. Wilson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gross \Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See {Gross}, a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. [bd]The gross of the enemy.[b8] --Addison. For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. {Advowson in gross} (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor. {A great gross}, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen. {By the gross}, by the quantity; at wholesale. {Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n. {In the gross}, {In gross}, in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Badger, IA (city, FIPS 4195) Location: 42.61231 N, 94.14260 W Population (1990): 569 (214 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50516 Badger, MN (city, FIPS 3160) Location: 48.77609 N, 96.02071 W Population (1990): 381 (176 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56714 Badger, SD (town, FIPS 3060) Location: 44.48571 N, 97.20940 W Population (1990): 114 (53 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57214
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bodysurf code n. A program or segment of code written quickly in the heat of inspiration without the benefit of formal design or deep thought. Like its namesake sport, the result is too often a wipeout that leaves the programmer eating sand.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Badger this word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew _tachash_ and the Latin _taxus_, "a badger." The revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." The Arabs of the Sinaitic peninsula apply the name _tucash_ to the seals and dugongs which are common in the Red Sea, and the skins of which are largely used as leather and for sandals. Though the badger is common in Palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. The dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of the Red Sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long, something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water, but very easily caught. It grazes on seaweed, and is known by naturalists as Halicore tabernaculi.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beth-car sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:11).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beth-haccerem house of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians (Jer. 6:1). It is probable that this place is the modern 'Ain Karim, or "well of the vineyards," near which there is a ridge on which are cairns which may have served as beacons of old, one of which is 40 feet high and 130 in diameter.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bethzur house of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:58), about 4 miles to the north of Hebron. It was built by Rehoboam for the defence of his kingdom (2 Chr. 11:7). It stood near the modern ed-Dirweh. Its ruins are still seen on a hill which bears the name of Beit-Sur, and which commands the road from Beer-sheba and Hebron to Jerusalem from the south.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-car, the house of the lamb
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-haccerem, house of the vineyard
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-zur, house of a rock
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bidkar, in compunction, or sharp pain