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Badly \Bad"ly\, adv. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. Note: Badly is often used colloquially for very much or very greatly, with words signifying to want or need. | |
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d8B91tulus \[d8]B[91]"tu*lus\, n.; pl. {B[ae]tuli}. [L., fr. Gr. bai`tylos a sacred meteorite.] (Antiq.) A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin. All the evidence goes to prove that these menhirs are b[91]tuli, i. e., traditional and elementary images of the deity. --I. Gonino (Perrot & Chipiez). | |
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Battalia \Bat*tal"ia\, n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of troops. See {Battle}, n.] 1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. A drawing up the armies in battalia. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Battel \Bat"tel\, n. [Obs. form. of {Battle}.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See {Wager of battel}, under {Wager}. | |
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Battel \Bat"tel\, n. [Of uncertain etymology.] Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] | |
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Battel \Bat"tel\, v. i. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] | |
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Battel \Bat"tel\, v. t. [Cf. {Batful}, {Batten}, v. i.] To make fertile. [Obs.] [bd]To battel barren land.[b8] --Ray. | |
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Battel \Bat"tel\, a. Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. --Fairfax. | |
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Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a. See {Draw}, v. t. & i. {Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. {Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl. {Drawn game} [or] {battle}, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. {Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak. {Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, a. Fertile. See {Battel}, a. [Obs.] | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[acr]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled} (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See {Battle}, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see {Batter}, v. t. ] 1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. 2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. --H. Morley. 3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.] The king divided his army into three battles. --Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. --Robertson. 4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] --Hayward. Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a [bd]brand[b8] or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song. {Battle piece}, a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle. {Battle royal}. (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor. --Grose. (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a m[88]l[82]e. --Thackeray. {Drawn battle}, one in which neither party gains the victory. {To give battle}, to attack an enemy. {To join battle}, to meet the attack; to engage in battle. {Pitched battle}, one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces. {Wager of battle}. See under {Wager}, n. Syn: Conflict; encounter; contest; action. Usage: {Battle}, {Combat}, {Fight}, {Engagement}. These words agree in denoting a close encounter between contending parties. Fight is a word of less dignity than the others. Except in poetry, it is more naturally applied to the encounter of a few individuals, and more commonly an accidental one; as, a street fight. A combat is a close encounter, whether between few or many, and is usually premeditated. A battle is commonly more general and prolonged. An engagement supposes large numbers on each side, engaged or intermingled in the conflict. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, v. t. To assail in battle; to fight. | |
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Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a. See {Draw}, v. t. & i. {Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. {Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl. {Drawn game} [or] {battle}, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. {Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak. {Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, a. Fertile. See {Battel}, a. [Obs.] | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[acr]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled} (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See {Battle}, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see {Batter}, v. t. ] 1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. 2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. --H. Morley. 3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.] The king divided his army into three battles. --Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. --Robertson. 4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] --Hayward. Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a [bd]brand[b8] or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song. {Battle piece}, a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle. {Battle royal}. (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor. --Grose. (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a m[88]l[82]e. --Thackeray. {Drawn battle}, one in which neither party gains the victory. {To give battle}, to attack an enemy. {To join battle}, to meet the attack; to engage in battle. {Pitched battle}, one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces. {Wager of battle}. See under {Wager}, n. Syn: Conflict; encounter; contest; action. Usage: {Battle}, {Combat}, {Fight}, {Engagement}. These words agree in denoting a close encounter between contending parties. Fight is a word of less dignity than the others. Except in poetry, it is more naturally applied to the encounter of a few individuals, and more commonly an accidental one; as, a street fight. A combat is a close encounter, whether between few or many, and is usually premeditated. A battle is commonly more general and prolonged. An engagement supposes large numbers on each side, engaged or intermingled in the conflict. | |
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Battle \Bat"tle\, v. t. To assail in battle; to fight. | |
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Batule \Bat"ule\, n. A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also {batule board}. | |
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Bawdily \Bawd"i*ly\, adv. Obscenely; lewdly. | |
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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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Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b[81]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. {Bid}, v.] 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an {apparitor} or {summoner}. 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. 3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc. | |
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Beau ideal \Beau" i*de"al\ [F. beau beautiful + id[82]al ideal.] A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model. | |
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Ideal \I*de"al\, n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc. The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame. --Fleming. {Beau ideal}. See {Beau ideal}. | |
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Bedel \Be"del\, Bedell \Be"dell\, n. Same as {Beadle}. | |
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Bedel \Be"del\, Bedell \Be"dell\, n. Same as {Beadle}. | |
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Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[emac]"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b[c6]tl, b[?]tl, mallet, hammer, fr. be[a0]tan to beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also {beetling machine}. --Knight. | |
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Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[emac]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beetled} (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beetling}.] 1. To beat with a heavy mallet. 2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods. | |
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Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr. b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}. {Beetle mite} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of mites, of the family {Oribatid[91]}, parasitic on beetles. {Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). | |
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Beetle \Bee"tle\, v. i. [See {Beetlebrowed}.] To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. --Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. --Wordsworth. | |
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Beheadal \Be*head"al\, n. Beheading. [Modern] | |
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Beteela \Be*tee"la\, n. [Pg. beatilha.] An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [Obs.] | |
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Betel \Be"tel\ (b[emac]"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil ve[tsdot][tsdot]ilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) A species of pepper ({Piper betle}), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves. | |
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Bethel \Beth"el\, n. [Heb. b[?]th-el house of God.] 1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot. --S. F. Adams. 2. A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.] 3. A house of worship for seamen. | |
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Bidale \Bid"ale`\, n. [Bid + ale.] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Boat-tail \Boat"-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large grackle or blackbird ({Quiscalus major}), found in the Southern United States. | |
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Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a. 1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. --Tatler. 2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. [bd]Bodily defects.[b8] --L'Estrange. 3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.] Be brought to bodily act. --Shak. {Bodily fear}, apprehension of physical injury. Syn: See {Corporal}. | |
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Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, adv. 1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. --Col. ii. 9 2. In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. [bd]Leapt bodily below.[b8] --Lowell. | |
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Bodle \Bo"dle\, n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Boodle \Boo"dle\, n. [Origin uncertain.] 1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett. 2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.] | |
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Boothale \Boot"hale`\, v. t. & i. [Boot, for booty + hale.] To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine. 3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle. Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles. {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size. {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}. {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. --Ure. {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc. {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and {green foxtail}. {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest. {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk. {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in feeding infants. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottled}p. pr. & vb. n. {Bottling}.] To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one's wrath. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. botel, OF. botel, dim. of F. botte; cf. OHG. bozo bunch. See {Boss} stud.] A bundle, esp. of hay. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. --Shak. | |
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Bowtel \Bow"tel\, n. See {Boultel}. | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Bowtel \Bow"tel\, n. See {Boultel}. | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Buddle \Bud"dle\, n. [Prov. E., to cleanse ore, also a vessel for this purpose; cf. G. butteln to shake.] (Mining) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions. | |
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Buddle \Bud"dle\, v. i. (Mining) To wash ore in a buddle. | |
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Butyl \Bu"tyl\, n. [L. butyrum butter + -yl. See {Butter}.] (Chem.) A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen. | |
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Lee \Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[emac], akin to AS. hle[a2], hle[a2]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[8a]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l[84], Dan. l[91].] 1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. We lurked under lee. --Morte d'Arthure. Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall. 2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a. {By the lee}, {To bring by the lee}. See under {By}, and {Bring}. {Under the lee of}, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship. | |
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]: | |
Bethel, AK (city, FIPS 6520) Location: 60.76821 N, 161.77222 W Population (1990): 4674 (1624 housing units) Area: 114.7 sq km (land), 14.9 sq km (water) Bethel, CT (CDP, FIPS 4790) Location: 41.37153 N, 73.41158 W Population (1990): 8835 (3615 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06801 Bethel, DE (town, FIPS 5820) Location: 38.57006 N, 75.61979 W Population (1990): 178 (86 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19931 Bethel, ME Zip code(s): 04217 Bethel, MN (city, FIPS 5554) Location: 45.40059 N, 93.26937 W Population (1990): 394 (135 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Bethel, MO (town, FIPS 5104) Location: 39.87823 N, 92.02272 W Population (1990): 117 (90 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63434 Bethel, NC (town, FIPS 5460) Location: 35.80759 N, 77.37608 W Population (1990): 1842 (743 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27812 Bethel, NY Zip code(s): 12720 Bethel, OH (village, FIPS 6068) Location: 38.96245 N, 84.08469 W Population (1990): 2407 (976 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45106 Bethel, OK Zip code(s): 74724 Bethel, PA Zip code(s): 19507 Bethel, VT Zip code(s): 05032 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Biddle, MT Zip code(s): 59314 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bidwell, OH Zip code(s): 45614 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bitely, MI Zip code(s): 49309 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bithlo, FL (CDP, FIPS 6625) Location: 28.56967 N, 81.10957 W Population (1990): 4834 (1968 housing units) Area: 27.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bothell, WA (city, FIPS 7380) Location: 47.76003 N, 122.19688 W Population (1990): 12345 (5146 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98011, 98021 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bowdle, SD (city, FIPS 6540) Location: 45.45166 N, 99.65589 W Population (1990): 589 (289 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57428 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BDL {Block Diagram Compiler} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beetle (Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, "which has legs above its feet, to leap withal." The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). This has been an article of food from the earliest times in the East to the present day. The word is rendered "cricket" in the Revised Version. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bethel house of God. (1.) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El-beth-el" (q.v.). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. 20:18, 31; 21:2). Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. 7:16). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). Hence the prophet Hosea (Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). At length all traces of the idolatries were extirpated by Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:15-18); and the place was still in existence after the Captivity (Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32). It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh. (2.) Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh. 16:1; 1 Sam. 13:2). (3.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 8:17; 12:16). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bethuel man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God. (1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50). (2.) A southern city of Judah (1 Chr. 4:30); called also Bethul (Josh. 19:4) and Bethel (12:16; 1 Sam. 30:27). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bottle a vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, 38), or milk (Judg. 4:19), or water (Gen. 21:14, 15, 19), or strong drink (Hab. 2:15). Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jer. 19:1-10; 1 Kings 14:3; Isa. 30:14). In Job 32:19 (comp. Matt. 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38; Mark 2:22) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the Authorized Version of Hos. 7:5 is properly rendered in the Revised Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its intoxicating strength. The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" (Job 38:37). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Ps. 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-el, the house of God | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bethuel, filiation of God |