B-flat clarinet
         n 1: the ordinary clarinet with a middle range [syn: {B-flat
               clarinet}, {licorice stick}]

English Dictionary: bald cypress	by the DICT Development Group
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bald cypress n smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum Synonym(s): pond cypress, bald cypress, Taxodium ascendens common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms Synonym(s): bald cypress, swamp cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, Taxodium distichum
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bald eagle n a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body Synonym(s): bald eagle, American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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baldachin n ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
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ballet company n a company that produces ballets
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ballet skirt n very short skirt worn by ballerinas [syn: ballet skirt, tutu]
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balletic adj characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet
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Balthasar n (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus Synonym(s): Balthazar, Balthasar
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Balthazar n (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus Synonym(s): Balthazar, Balthasar
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Baltic adj of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics" n a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy Synonym(s): Baltic, Baltic Sea a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto- Indo European Synonym(s): Baltic, Baltic language
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Baltic language n a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European Synonym(s): Baltic, Baltic language
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Baltic Republic n European countries bordering the Baltic Sea [syn: {Baltic State}, Baltic Republic]
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Baltic Sea n a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy Synonym(s): Baltic, Baltic Sea
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Baltic State n European countries bordering the Baltic Sea [syn: {Baltic State}, Baltic Republic]
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Baltic-Finnic n a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian
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Balto-Slavic n a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages Synonym(s): Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
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Balto-Slavic language n a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages Synonym(s): Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
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Balto-Slavonic n a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages Synonym(s): Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
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bell deck n a floor under the bells of an open belfry
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bell the cat v take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?"
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belt-shaped adj shaped like a belt
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bile duct n a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum Synonym(s): common bile duct, bile duct
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billet doux n a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection [syn: love letter, billet doux]
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Billie the Kid n United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881) Synonym(s): Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid
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Bletia striata n Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia Synonym(s): Bletilla striata, Bletia striata
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blewits n edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap Synonym(s): blewits, Clitocybe nuda
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blithesome adj carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" Synonym(s): blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted
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blitz n (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line Synonym(s): safety blitz, linebacker blitzing, blitz a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment Synonym(s): blitz, blitzkrieg v attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"
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blitzkrieg n a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment Synonym(s): blitz, blitzkrieg v fight a quick and surprising war
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Blitzstein n United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) Synonym(s): Blitzstein, Marc Blitzstein
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blood agar n a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
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blood cell n either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets Synonym(s): blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle
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blood clam n red-blooded clam
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blood clot n a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells Synonym(s): blood clot, grume
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blood clotting n a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) Synonym(s): blood coagulation, blood clotting
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blood coagulation n a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) Synonym(s): blood coagulation, blood clotting
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blood corpuscle n either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets Synonym(s): blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle
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blood count n the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
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blood cup n a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp [syn: blood cup, fairy cup, Peziza coccinea]
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blood cyst n a cyst containing blood [syn: hemorrhagic cyst, {blood cyst}, hematocyst]
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blood disease n a disease or disorder of the blood [syn: blood disease, blood disorder]
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blood disorder n a disease or disorder of the blood [syn: blood disease, blood disorder]
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blood dyscrasia n any abnormal condition of the blood
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blood extravasation n the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions
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blood glucose n glucose in the bloodstream [syn: blood sugar, {blood glucose}]
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blood group n human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens Synonym(s): blood group, blood type
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blood kinship n (anthropology) related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation] Antonym(s): affinity
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blood knot n a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times Synonym(s): barrel knot, blood knot
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blood sausage n a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients Synonym(s): blood sausage, blood pudding, black pudding
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blood serum n an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates Synonym(s): serum, blood serum
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blood spavin n spavin caused by distension of the veins
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blood sport n sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
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blood stream n the blood flowing through the circulatory system [syn: bloodstream, blood stream]
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blood sugar n glucose in the bloodstream [syn: blood sugar, {blood glucose}]
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blood test n a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
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blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging n functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation Synonym(s): blood- oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging, BOLD FMRI
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blood-twig n European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers Synonym(s): common European dogwood, red dogwood, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea
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bloodcurdling adj extremely alarming [syn: bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish]
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bloodguilt n the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder
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bloodguilty adj guilty of murder or bloodshed
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bloodshed n the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" Synonym(s): bloodshed, gore 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
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bloodshot adj (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes"
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bloodstain n a discoloration caused by blood
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bloodstained adj covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" Synonym(s): bloodstained, gory
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bloodstock n thoroughbred horses (collectively)
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bloodstone n green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope]
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bloodstream n the blood flowing through the circulatory system [syn: bloodstream, blood stream]
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bloodsucker n carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end Synonym(s): leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean
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bloodsucking adj drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" Synonym(s): parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking
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bloody shame n a Bloody Mary made without alcohol [syn: Virgin Mary, bloody shame]
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blotch n an irregularly shaped spot [syn: blotch, splodge, splotch] v mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained Synonym(s): mottle, streak, blotch
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blotched adj marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots [syn: blotched, blotchy, splotched]
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blotchy adj marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots [syn: blotched, blotchy, splotched] marred by discolored spots or blotches; "blotchy skin"
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bludgeon n a club used as a weapon v overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" strike with a club or a bludgeon Synonym(s): club, bludgeon
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bludgeoner n an assailant who uses a bludgeon
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blue daisy n hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays Synonym(s): blue daisy, blue marguerite, Felicia amelloides
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blue thistle n a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): blueweed, blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare
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blue-eyed grass n plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
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bluetick n a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey
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boiled egg n egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water Synonym(s): boiled egg, coddled egg
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Boletaceae n family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other Synonym(s): Boletaceae, family Boletaceae
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Boletus n type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible Synonym(s): Boletus, genus Boletus
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Boletus chrysenteron n a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk
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Boletus edulis n an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk
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Boletus frostii n a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk Synonym(s): Frost's bolete, Boletus frostii
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Boletus luridus n a poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk
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Boletus mirabilis n a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk
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Boletus pallidus n a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color; the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellow
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Boletus pulcherrimus n a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk
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Boletus pulverulentus n an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base
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Boletus roxanae n a fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk
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Boletus subvelutipes n a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap; injured areas turn blue instantly
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Boletus variipes n an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk
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Boletus zelleri n an edible and choice fungus that has a brown cap with greenish yellow under surface and a stalk that become dull red with age
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bolt cutter n an implement for cutting bolts
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Boltzmann n Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906) Synonym(s): Boltzmann, Ludwig Boltzmann
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Boltzmann distribution law n (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium Synonym(s): Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law, Boltzmann distribution law
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Boltzmann's constant n constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant
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built-soap powder n soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders [syn: soap powder, built-soap powder, washing powder]
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bull thistle n European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States Synonym(s): bull thistle, boar thistle, spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare, Cirsium lanceolatum
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bulldog n a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting Synonym(s): bulldog, English bulldog v attack viciously and ferociously throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
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bulldog ant n any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia
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bulldog clip n a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws [syn: bulldog clip, alligator clip]
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bulldog wrench n a wrench designed to provide a firm grip on something
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bulldoze v flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
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bulldozer n large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground Synonym(s): bulldozer, dozer
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bullhead catfish n any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States Synonym(s): bullhead, bullhead catfish
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by all odds adv without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" Synonym(s): decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.       bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of       African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.       Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and       cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B.             bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of             the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is             larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of             marshy places and rivers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same             genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also             {Cape buffalo}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America.          5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below.          6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below.          {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri             ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries.          {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus             {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon             buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.          {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}.          {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for             fuel. [U.S.]          {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium             reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient             grazing grounds of the American bison.          {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish             ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; --             called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}.          {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water             fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi             valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the             big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the             small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important             species used as food.          {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small             dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the             black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in             the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great             injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of             cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a             species with similar habits.          {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass             ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high,             covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,             feed. [U.S.]          {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an             American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub             itself; oilnut.          {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America,             prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in             sleighs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bald \Bald\, a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to       reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing       hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's       forehead.]       1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or             top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a             bald head; a bald oak.                         On the bald top of an eminence.         --Wordsworth.          2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.                         In the preface to his own bald translation.                                                                               --Dryden.          3. Undisguised. [bd] Bald egotism.[b8] --Lowell.          4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]          5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.          6. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Destitute of the natural covering.             (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.          {Bald buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the fishhawk or osprey.          {Bald coot} (Zo[94]l.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica             atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the             head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.       named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.       Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,             esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle             is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,             keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most             noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila             chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.             mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle             ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle             ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus             harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,             is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for             standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},             {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.          2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten             dollars.          3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a             star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.          4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard             of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or             standard of any people.                         Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.          Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France                under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their                national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for                an emblem a double-headed eagle.          {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.          {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.          {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty             dollars.          {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American             hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.          {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},             and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo             Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.             maximus}). See {Horned owl}.          {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus             {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).          {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid             ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several             respects, between the eagles and vultures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bald eagle \Bald" ea"gle\ (Zo[94]l.)       The white-headed eagle ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}) of       America. The young, until several years old, lack the white       feathers on the head.          Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and                on the coins, of the United States.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baldachin \Bal"da*chin\, n. [LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a       canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It.       Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks       came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. {Baudekin}.]       1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]          2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes             supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the             roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an             altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.          3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.             [Written also {baldachino}, {baldaquin}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baldachin \Bal"da*chin\, n. [LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a       canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It.       Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks       came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. {Baudekin}.]       1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]          2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes             supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the             roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an             altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.          3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.             [Written also {baldachino}, {baldaquin}, etc.]
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Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF.       baudequin. See {Baldachin}.]       The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle       Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery       : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin},       {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares.
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Baldachin \Bal"da*chin\, n. [LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a       canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It.       Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks       came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. {Baudekin}.]       1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]          2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes             supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the             roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an             altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.          3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.             [Written also {baldachino}, {baldaquin}, etc.]
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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.       vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,       -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially       those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus       {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the       American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important       species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate},       {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and       {whitebelly}.          {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American             widgeon.          {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.          {Gray widgeon}.       (a) The gadwall.       (b) The pintail duck.          {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.          {Pied widgeon}.       (a) The poachard.       (b) The goosander.          {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.          {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]          {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.          {White widgeon}, the smew.          {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.
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Ballotage \Bal"lot*age\, n. [F. ballottage.]       In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first       ballot to decide between two or several candidates.
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Baltic \Bal"tic\, a. [NL. mare Balticum, fr. L. balteus belt,       from certain straits or channels surrounding its isles,       called belts. See {Belt}.]       Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden       from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic       Sea.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]       1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a             cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,             and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.          Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best                have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and                tin.          {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State             House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared             the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had             been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim             liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants             thereof.[b8]          2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose             ball which causes it to sound when moved.          3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a             flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included             between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the             naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist             within the leafage of a capital.          5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;             or the time so designated.          Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck                eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after                it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,                and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes                is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,                which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.          {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the             prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.             --Fuller.          {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion             to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a             team or drove, when wearing a bell.          {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of             excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the             bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose             being used, and three candles being extinguished with             certain ceremonies. --Nares.          {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single             fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.          {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.          Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,                bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;                bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are                self-explaining.          {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the             curve of an ogee.          {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame             constructed to carry one or more large bells.          {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,             frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and             used to contain and support one or more bells.          {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a             roof to the rooms below.          {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast             bells.          {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are             founded or cast.          {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,             pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain             bells.          {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.          {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.          {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell             or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.             --Aytoun.          {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell             when used.          {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose             business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of             musical bells for public entertainment.          {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general             lines of a bell.          {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.                      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.          {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,       G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.       sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.       {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]       1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning             food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found             native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation             and crystallization, from sea water and other water             impregnated with saline particles.          2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.                         Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .                      . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.          3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.          4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.                         I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen                      of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.          5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]                         Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing                      and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.          6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an             acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the             salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.          Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,                it is the acid radical which unites with the base or                basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of                water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In                the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic                and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary                in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or                acid salts. See Phrases below.          7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that             which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an             allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken             with a grain of salt.                         Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.          8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,             especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.          9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]          {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have             survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,             of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long             table, the places above which were assigned to the guests             of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,             and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.                         His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is                      beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the                      salt.                                                --B. Jonson.          {Acid salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several                   replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially                   exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,                   acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.             (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives                   an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is                   composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is                   an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is                   a neutral salt.          {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline             reaction, as sodium carbonate.          {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly             regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic             oxide. [Obsolescent]          {Basic salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent                   than is required to neutralize the acid.             (b) An alkaline salt.          {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently             regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a             haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.          {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union             of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium             sulphate. See under {Double}.          {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by             crystallizing plant juices.          {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.          {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.          {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as             sodium chloride.          {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.          {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)             (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)                   neutralize each other.             (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.          {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.          {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a             peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]          {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on             exposure to the air.          {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or             analogous compound.          {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.          {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.          {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate             of iron.          {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)             (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.             (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under                   {Hartshorn}.          {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.          {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --             the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.          {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.          {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.          {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or             potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;             -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also             sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.          {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so             called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,             or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]          {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;             -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.          {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.          {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.          {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base             or analogous compound.          {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.          {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but             containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
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Andromede \An"dro*mede\, Andromed \An"dro*med\, n.] (Astron.)       A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the       constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.          Note: A shower of these meteors takes place every year on                November 27th or 28th. The Andromedes are also called                {Bielids}, as they are connected with Biela's comet and                move in its orbit.
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d8Billet-doux \[d8]Bil`let-doux"\, n.; pl. {Billets-doux}. [F.       billet note + doux sweet, L. dulcis.]       A love letter or note.                   A lover chanting out a billet-doux.         --Spectator.
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Biolytic \Bi`o*lyt"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] life + [?] to destroy.]       Relating to the destruction of life.
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Bladesmith \Blade"smith`\, n.       A sword cutler. [Obs.]
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Drummer \Drum"mer\, n.       1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military             exercises and marching.          2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq.             U.S.] --Bartlett.          3. (Zo[94]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:             (a) The squeteague.             (b) A California sculpin.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A large West Indian cockroach ({Blatta             gigantea}) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
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Blithesome \Blithe"some\ (-s[ucr]m), a.       Cheery; gay; merry.                   The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.       -- {Blithe"some*ly}, adv. -- {Blithe"some*ness}, n.
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Blithesome \Blithe"some\ (-s[ucr]m), a.       Cheery; gay; merry.                   The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.       -- {Blithe"some*ly}, adv. -- {Blithe"some*ness}, n.
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Blithesome \Blithe"some\ (-s[ucr]m), a.       Cheery; gay; merry.                   The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.       -- {Blithe"some*ly}, adv. -- {Blithe"some*ness}, n.
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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D.       bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod;       prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to       bloom.]       1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular             system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of             the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.             See under {Arterial}.          Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing                minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the                invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,                and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all                vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some                colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and                give the blood its uniformly red color. See                {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}.          2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;             consanguinity; kinship.                         To share the blood of Saxon royalty.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A friend of our own blood.                  --Waller.          {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent.          {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother.             In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole             blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.          3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest             royal lineage.                         Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.                         I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.          4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;             excellence or purity of breed.          Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one                half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or                warm blood, is the same as blood.          5. The fleshy nature of man.                         Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.          6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;             manslaughter; destruction.                         So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for                      blood atones.                                    --Hood.          7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]                         He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was                      timed with dying cries.                     --Shak.          8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as             if the blood were the seat of emotions.                         When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,                or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in                cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without                sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in                anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or                irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the                passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion                is signified; as, my blood was up.          9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;             a rake.                         Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all                      the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?                                                                               --Shak.                         It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.                                                                               --Thackeray.          10. The juice of anything, especially if red.                         He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.                                                                               --Gen. xiix.                                                                               11.          Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first                part of self-explaining compound words; as,                blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,                blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,                blood-warm, blood-won.          {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had             not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in             blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for             literal baptism.          {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody             serum, usually caused by an injury.          {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth.          {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca             and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American             coast. So named from the color of its flesh.          {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}.          {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the             separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of             the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood             does not yield blood crystals.          {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,             or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr.          {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from             the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.          {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp.          {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused             by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from             without, or the absorption or retention of such as are             produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia.          {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials.                      {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent.          {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}.          {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,             which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of             blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic             family.          {Flesh and blood}.             (a) A blood relation, esp. a child.             (b) Human nature.          {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.             --Shak.          {To let blood}. See under {Let}.          {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue             of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the             sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the             daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood             royal.
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Clam \Clam\, n. [Cf. {Clamp}, {Clam}, v. t., {Clammy}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially             those that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria}),             the quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria}), the sea             clam or hen clam ({Spisula solidissima}), and other             species of the United States. The name is said to have             been given originally to the {Tridacna gigas}, a huge East             Indian bivalve.                         You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or                      cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,                      or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John                                                                               Smith (1616).                         Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a                      coclke; it lieth under the sand.         --Wood (1634).          2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.          3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.          {Blood clam}. See under {Blood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D.       bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod;       prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to       bloom.]       1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular             system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of             the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.             See under {Arterial}.          Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing                minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the                invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,                and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all                vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some                colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and                give the blood its uniformly red color. See                {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}.          2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;             consanguinity; kinship.                         To share the blood of Saxon royalty.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A friend of our own blood.                  --Waller.          {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent.          {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother.             In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole             blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.          3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest             royal lineage.                         Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.                         I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.          4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;             excellence or purity of breed.          Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one                half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or                warm blood, is the same as blood.          5. The fleshy nature of man.                         Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.          6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;             manslaughter; destruction.                         So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for                      blood atones.                                    --Hood.          7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]                         He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was                      timed with dying cries.                     --Shak.          8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as             if the blood were the seat of emotions.                         When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,                or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in                cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without                sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in                anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or                irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the                passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion                is signified; as, my blood was up.          9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;             a rake.                         Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all                      the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?                                                                               --Shak.                         It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.                                                                               --Thackeray.          10. The juice of anything, especially if red.                         He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.                                                                               --Gen. xiix.                                                                               11.          Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first                part of self-explaining compound words; as,                blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,                blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,                blood-warm, blood-won.          {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had             not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in             blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for             literal baptism.          {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody             serum, usually caused by an injury.          {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth.          {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca             and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American             coast. So named from the color of its flesh.          {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}.          {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the             separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of             the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood             does not yield blood crystals.          {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,             or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr.          {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from             the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.          {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp.          {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused             by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from             without, or the absorption or retention of such as are             produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia.          {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials.                      {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent.          {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}.          {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,             which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of             blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic             family.          {Flesh and blood}.             (a) A blood relation, esp. a child.             (b) Human nature.          {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.             --Shak.          {To let blood}. See under {Let}.          {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue             of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the             sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the             daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood             royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D.       bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod;       prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to       bloom.]       1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular             system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of             the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.             See under {Arterial}.          Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing                minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the                invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,                and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all                vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some                colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and                give the blood its uniformly red color. See                {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}.          2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;             consanguinity; kinship.                         To share the blood of Saxon royalty.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A friend of our own blood.                  --Waller.          {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent.          {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother.             In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole             blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.          3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest             royal lineage.                         Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.                         I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.          4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;             excellence or purity of breed.          Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one                half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or                warm blood, is the same as blood.          5. The fleshy nature of man.                         Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.          6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;             manslaughter; destruction.                         So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for                      blood atones.                                    --Hood.          7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]                         He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was                      timed with dying cries.                     --Shak.          8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as             if the blood were the seat of emotions.                         When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,                or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in                cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without                sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in                anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or                irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the                passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion                is signified; as, my blood was up.          9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;             a rake.                         Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all                      the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?                                                                               --Shak.                         It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.                                                                               --Thackeray.          10. The juice of anything, especially if red.                         He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.                                                                               --Gen. xiix.                                                                               11.          Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first                part of self-explaining compound words; as,                blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,                blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,                blood-warm, blood-won.          {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had             not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in             blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for             literal baptism.          {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody             serum, usually caused by an injury.          {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth.          {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca             and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American             coast. So named from the color of its flesh.          {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}.          {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the             separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of             the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood             does not yield blood crystals.          {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,             or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr.          {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from             the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.          {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp.          {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused             by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from             without, or the absorption or retention of such as are             produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia.          {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials.                      {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent.          {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}.          {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,             which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of             blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic             family.          {Flesh and blood}.             (a) A blood relation, esp. a child.             (b) Human nature.          {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.             --Shak.          {To let blood}. See under {Let}.          {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue             of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the             sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the             daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood             royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crystal \Crys"tal\ (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L.       crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], fr.       [?][?][?][?] icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L.       crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See {Crust}, {Raw}.]       1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to             assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of             cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces,             symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has             fixed axial ratios. See {Crystallization}.          2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or             nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with             gray, or the like; -- called also {rock crystal}.             Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. {Smoky quartz},             {Pebble}; also {Brazilian pebble}, under {Brazilian}.          3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and             manufacture than common glass, and often cut into             ornamental forms. See {Flint glass}.          4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.          5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.                         The blue crystal of the seas.            --Byron.          {Blood crystal}. See under {Blood}.          {Compound crystal}. See under {Compound}.          {Iceland crystal}, a transparent variety of calcite, or             crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and             used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope.                      {Rock crystal}, [or] {Mountain crystal}, any transparent             crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless             quartz.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Serum \Se"rum\ (s[emac]"r[ucr]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. [?][?][?],       Skr. s[be]ra curd.] (Physiol.)       (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood,             milk, etc.       (b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin,             secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the             pericardium and peritoneum.          {Blood serum}, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the             clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid             portion of the blood, after removal of the blood             corpuscles and the fibrin.          {Muscle serum}, the thin watery fluid which separates from             the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the             watery portion of the plasma. See {Muscle plasma}, under             {Plasma}.          {Serum albumin} (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely             related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous             fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.          {Serum globulin} (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin.          {Serum of milk} (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion             of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.       [82]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.       [82]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[be]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.       sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the       infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See       {Sparrow}.] (Far.)       A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling       developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the       bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is       due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly       supposed. --Harbaugh.          {Bog spavin}, a soft swelling produced by distention of the             capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also {blood             spavin}.          {Bone spavin}, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary             spavin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D.       bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod;       prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to       bloom.]       1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular             system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of             the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.             See under {Arterial}.          Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing                minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the                invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,                and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all                vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some                colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and                give the blood its uniformly red color. See                {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}.          2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;             consanguinity; kinship.                         To share the blood of Saxon royalty.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A friend of our own blood.                  --Waller.          {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent.          {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother.             In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole             blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.          3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest             royal lineage.                         Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.                         I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.          4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;             excellence or purity of breed.          Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one                half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or                warm blood, is the same as blood.          5. The fleshy nature of man.                         Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.          6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;             manslaughter; destruction.                         So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for                      blood atones.                                    --Hood.          7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]                         He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was                      timed with dying cries.                     --Shak.          8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as             if the blood were the seat of emotions.                         When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,                or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in                cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without                sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in                anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or                irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the                passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion                is signified; as, my blood was up.          9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;             a rake.                         Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all                      the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?                                                                               --Shak.                         It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.                                                                               --Thackeray.          10. The juice of anything, especially if red.                         He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.                                                                               --Gen. xiix.                                                                               11.          Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first                part of self-explaining compound words; as,                blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,                blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,                blood-warm, blood-won.          {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had             not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in             blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for             literal baptism.          {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody             serum, usually caused by an injury.          {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth.          {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca             and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American             coast. So named from the color of its flesh.          {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}.          {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the             separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of             the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood             does not yield blood crystals.          {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,             or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr.          {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from             the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.          {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp.          {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused             by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from             without, or the absorption or retention of such as are             produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia.          {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials.                      {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent.          {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}.          {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,             which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of             blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic             family.          {Flesh and blood}.             (a) A blood relation, esp. a child.             (b) Human nature.          {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.             --Shak.          {To let blood}. See under {Let}.          {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue             of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the             sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the             daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood             royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.       [82]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.       [82]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[be]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.       sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the       infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See       {Sparrow}.] (Far.)       A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling       developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the       bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is       due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly       supposed. --Harbaugh.          {Bog spavin}, a soft swelling produced by distention of the             capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also {blood             spavin}.          {Bone spavin}, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary             spavin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D.       bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod;       prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to       bloom.]       1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular             system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of             the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted.             See under {Arterial}.          Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing                minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the                invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless,                and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all                vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some                colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and                give the blood its uniformly red color. See                {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}.          2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor;             consanguinity; kinship.                         To share the blood of Saxon royalty.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A friend of our own blood.                  --Waller.          {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent.          {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother.             In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole             blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.          3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest             royal lineage.                         Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.                         I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.          4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed;             excellence or purity of breed.          Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one                half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or                warm blood, is the same as blood.          5. The fleshy nature of man.                         Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.          6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder;             manslaughter; destruction.                         So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for                      blood atones.                                    --Hood.          7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]                         He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was                      timed with dying cries.                     --Shak.          8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as             if the blood were the seat of emotions.                         When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm,                or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in                cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without                sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in                anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or                irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the                passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion                is signified; as, my blood was up.          9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man;             a rake.                         Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all                      the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?                                                                               --Shak.                         It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.                                                                               --Thackeray.          10. The juice of anything, especially if red.                         He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.                                                                               --Gen. xiix.                                                                               11.          Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first                part of self-explaining compound words; as,                blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling,                blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained,                blood-warm, blood-won.          {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had             not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in             blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for             literal baptism.          {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody             serum, usually caused by an injury.          {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth.          {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca             and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American             coast. So named from the color of its flesh.          {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}.          {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the             separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of             the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood             does not yield blood crystals.          {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood,             or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr.          {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from             the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.          {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp.          {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused             by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from             without, or the absorption or retention of such as are             produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia.          {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials.                      {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent.          {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}.          {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families,             which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of             blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic             family.          {Flesh and blood}.             (a) A blood relation, esp. a child.             (b) Human nature.          {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor.             --Shak.          {To let blood}. See under {Let}.          {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue             of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the             sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the             daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood             royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodguilty \Blood"guilt`y\, a.       Guilty of murder or bloodshed. [bd]A bloodguilty life.[b8]       --Fairfax. -- {Blood"guilt`i*ness}, n. -- {Blood"guilt`less},       a.
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Bloodguilty \Blood"guilt`y\, a.       Guilty of murder or bloodshed. [bd]A bloodguilty life.[b8]       --Fairfax. -- {Blood"guilt`i*ness}, n. -- {Blood"guilt`less},       a.
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Bloodguilty \Blood"guilt`y\, a.       Guilty of murder or bloodshed. [bd]A bloodguilty life.[b8]       --Fairfax. -- {Blood"guilt`i*ness}, n. -- {Blood"guilt`less},       a.
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Bloodshed \Blood"shed`\, n. [Blood + shed]       The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of       shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or       murder.
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Bloodshedder \Blood"shed`der\, n.       One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
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Bloodshedding \Blood"shed`ding\, n.       Bloodshed. --Shak.
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Bloodshot \Blood"shot`\, a. [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to       variegate.]       Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels       turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or       irritated.                   His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled.                                                                               --Dickens.
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Blood-shotten \Blood"-shot`ten\, a.       Bloodshot. [Obs.]
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Bloodstick \Blood"stick"\, n. (Far.)       A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to       strike the fleam into the vein. --Youatt.
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Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.)       (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if             with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}.       (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or             [bd]streak.[b8]
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Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. [?] bloodlike, fr.       a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.)       An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because       of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent       rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; --       the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron},       {oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}.       See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.)       (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if             with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}.       (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or             [bd]streak.[b8]
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Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. [?] bloodlike, fr.       a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.)       An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because       of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent       rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; --       the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron},       {oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}.       See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}.
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Bloodstroke \Blood"stroke`\, n. [Cf. F. coup de sang.]       Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in       the brain. --Dunglison.
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Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech             ({Hirudo medicinalis}), and related species.          2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty             of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an             extortioner.
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Bloody sweat \Blood"y sweat`\       A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease,       called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and       other countries.
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Blotch \Blotch\, n. [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot,       akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See {Black}, a.,       or cf. {Blot} a spot.]       1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large             or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.                         Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow.                                                                               --Harvey.          2. (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.                         Foul scurf and blotches him defile.   --Thomson.
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Blotched \Blotched\, a.       Marked or covered with blotches.                   To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease.                                                                               --Drayton.
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Blotchy \Blotch"y\, a.       Having blotches.
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Blottesque \Blot*tesque"\ (bl[ocr]t*t[ecr]sk"), a. (Painting)       Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted;       wanting in delineation. --Ruskin.
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Bludgeon \Bludg"eon\, n. [Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael.       plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh.       connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. {Block}, {Blow} a       stroke.]       A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier       that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
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Blue-eyed grass \Blue-eyed grass\(Bot.)       a grasslike plant ({Sisyrinchium anceps}), with small flowers       of a delicate blue color.
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Quaker \Quak"er\, n.       1. One who quakes.          2. One of a religious sect founded by George {Fox}, of             Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of             which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers,             originally, in derision. See {Friend}, n., 4.                         Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of                      repentance . . . The trembling among the listening                      crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given                      to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and                      lay struggling as if for life.            --Encyc. Brit.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The nankeen bird.             (b) The sooty albatross.             (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ({Edipoda}; --                   so called from the quaking noise made during flight.          {Quaker buttons}. (Bot.) See {Nux vomica}.          {Quaker gun}, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material;             -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold             to the doctrine, of nonresistance.          {Quaker ladies} (Bot.), a low American biennial plant             ({Houstonia c[91]rulea}), with pretty four-lobed corollas             which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also             called {bluets}, and {little innocents}.
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Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See       {Blue}, a.] (Bot.)       A name given to several different species of plants having       blue flowers, as the {Houstonia c[d2]rulea}, the {Centaurea       cyanus} or bluebottle, and the {Vaccinium angustifolium}.
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Quaker \Quak"er\, n.       1. One who quakes.          2. One of a religious sect founded by George {Fox}, of             Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of             which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers,             originally, in derision. See {Friend}, n., 4.                         Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of                      repentance . . . The trembling among the listening                      crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given                      to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and                      lay struggling as if for life.            --Encyc. Brit.          3. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The nankeen bird.             (b) The sooty albatross.             (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ({Edipoda}; --                   so called from the quaking noise made during flight.          {Quaker buttons}. (Bot.) See {Nux vomica}.          {Quaker gun}, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material;             -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold             to the doctrine, of nonresistance.          {Quaker ladies} (Bot.), a low American biennial plant             ({Houstonia c[91]rulea}), with pretty four-lobed corollas             which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also             called {bluets}, and {little innocents}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See       {Blue}, a.] (Bot.)       A name given to several different species of plants having       blue flowers, as the {Houstonia c[d2]rulea}, the {Centaurea       cyanus} or bluebottle, and the {Vaccinium angustifolium}.
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Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,       the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or       less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of       {Wood hoopoe}, under {Wood}.          {Wedge-tailed eagle}, an Australian eagle ({Aquila audax})             which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on             lambs; -- called also {mountain eagle}, {bold eagle}, and             {eagle hawk}.          {Wedge-tailed gull}, an arctic gull ({Rhodostethia rosea}) in             which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also             {Ross's gull}.
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Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.       named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.       Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,             esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle             is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,             keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most             noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila             chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.             mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle             ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle             ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus             harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,             is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for             standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},             {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.          2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten             dollars.          3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a             star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.          4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard             of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or             standard of any people.                         Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.          Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France                under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their                national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for                an emblem a double-headed eagle.          {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.          {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.          {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty             dollars.          {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American             hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.          {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},             and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo             Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.             maximus}). See {Horned owl}.          {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus             {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).          {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid             ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several             respects, between the eagles and vultures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bold eagle \Bold eagle\, (Zo[94]l.)       an Australian eagle ({Aquila audax}), which destroys lambs       and even the kangaroo.          {To make bold}, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.          Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;                dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;                high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;                forward; impudent.
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Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,       the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or       less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of       {Wood hoopoe}, under {Wood}.          {Wedge-tailed eagle}, an Australian eagle ({Aquila audax})             which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on             lambs; -- called also {mountain eagle}, {bold eagle}, and             {eagle hawk}.          {Wedge-tailed gull}, an arctic gull ({Rhodostethia rosea}) in             which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also             {Ross's gull}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.       named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.       Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,             esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle             is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,             keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most             noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila             chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.             mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle             ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle             ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus             harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,             is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for             standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},             {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.          2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten             dollars.          3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a             star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.          4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard             of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or             standard of any people.                         Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.          Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France                under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their                national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for                an emblem a double-headed eagle.          {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.          {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.          {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty             dollars.          {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American             hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.          {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},             and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo             Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.             maximus}). See {Horned owl}.          {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus             {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).          {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid             ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several             respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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Bold eagle \Bold eagle\, (Zo[94]l.)       an Australian eagle ({Aquila audax}), which destroys lambs       and even the kangaroo.          {To make bold}, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.          Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;                dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;                high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;                forward; impudent.
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Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the {Boletus}.          {Boletic acid}, an acid obtained from the {Boletus             fomentarius}, variety {pseudo-igniarius}. Same as             {{Fumaric acid}}.
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Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the {Boletus}.          {Boletic acid}, an acid obtained from the {Boletus             fomentarius}, variety {pseudo-igniarius}. Same as             {{Fumaric acid}}.
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Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the {Boletus}.          {Boletic acid}, an acid obtained from the {Boletus             fomentarius}, variety {pseudo-igniarius}. Same as             {{Fumaric acid}}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolt \Bolt\, n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D.       bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.]       1. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or             catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a             quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a             dart.                         Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         A fool's bolt is soon shot.               --Shak.          2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.          3. A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or             hold something in place, often having a head at one end             and screw thread cut upon the other end.          4. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the             portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action             of the key.          5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a             fetter. [Obs.]                         Away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him.                                                                               --Shak.          6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk,             often containing about forty yards.          7. A bundle, as of oziers.          {Bolt auger}, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes             for the bolts used by shipwrights.          {Bolt and nut}, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one             end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread             cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.          Note: See {Tap bolt}, {Screw bolt}, and {Stud bolt}.
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Boltsprit \Bolt"sprit`\, n. [A corruption of bowsprit.] (Naut.)       See {Bowsprit}.
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to       D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,       Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)       Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those       of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name       is often also applied to other prickly plants.          {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it             was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of             venomous creatures.          {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large             thistle of neglected pastures.          {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but             introduced into the United States from Canada.          {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}.          {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel.          {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe},             {Melon}, etc.          {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the             Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the             involucre.          {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk             thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national             emblems of Scotland.          {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}.          {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}.          {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}.          {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus             Cereus. See {Cereus}.          {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}.          {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or             yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of             its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under             {Goldfinch}.          {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American             butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon             thistles; -- called also {painted lady}.          {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza             militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]          {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James             I., worth four shillings.          {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from             its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]          {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring             mouth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity,             courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from             being formerly employed in baiting bulls.          2. (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining,             obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling             furnace of a rolling mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, a.       Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog       courage; bulldog tenacity.          {Bulldog bat} (Zo'94l.), a bat of the genus {Nyctinomus}; --             so called from the shape of its face.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, a.       Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog       courage; bulldog tenacity.          {Bulldog bat} (Zo'94l.), a bat of the genus {Nyctinomus}; --             so called from the shape of its face.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldoze \Bull"doze`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bulldozed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bulldozing}.]       To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or       violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro       voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldoze \Bull"doze`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bulldozed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bulldozing}.]       To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or       violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro       voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldozer \Bull"do`zer\, n.       One who bulldozes. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulldoze \Bull"doze`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bulldozed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bulldozing}.]       To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or       violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro       voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,       palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st       {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.]       1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,             a ball of twine; a ball of snow.          2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play             with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.          3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,             kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}.          4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of             lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a             cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,             powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms             are commonly called {bullets}.          5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into             the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst             and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;             as, a fire ball; a stink ball.          6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle             called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for             inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.          7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;             as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.          8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly             given to horses; a bolus. --White.          9. The globe or earth. --Pope.                         Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.          {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within             a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction             within certain limits.          {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the             friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal             balls.          {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as             distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only             powder.          {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by             the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of             a lever.          {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits             lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining             the pivot in its socket. --Knight.          {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock.          {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its             lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.          {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed             in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a             valve.          {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose             masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.                      {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign             or shop.          Syn: See {Globe}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bald Knob, AR (city, FIPS 3280)       Location: 35.30818 N, 91.57252 W       Population (1990): 2653 (1143 housing units)       Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72010    Bald Knob, WV       Zip code(s): 25010
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baltic, CT       Zip code(s): 06330    Baltic, OH (village, FIPS 3744)       Location: 40.44133 N, 81.70184 W       Population (1990): 659 (229 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43804    Baltic, SD (city, FIPS 3380)       Location: 43.75963 N, 96.73838 W       Population (1990): 666 (249 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57003
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beltsville, MD (CDP, FIPS 6400)       Location: 39.03679 N, 76.92353 W       Population (1990): 14476 (5503 housing units)       Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 20705
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blades, DE (town, FIPS 6730)       Location: 38.63465 N, 75.60922 W       Population (1990): 834 (334 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bledsoe County, TN (county, FIPS 7)       Location: 35.59876 N, 85.20716 W       Population (1990): 9669 (3771 housing units)       Area: 1052.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blodgett, MO (town, FIPS 6346)       Location: 37.00425 N, 89.52616 W       Population (1990): 202 (91 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blodgett, OR       Zip code(s): 97326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bullhead City, AZ (city, FIPS 8255)       Location: 35.11419 N, 114.55859 W       Population (1990): 21951 (13453 housing units)       Area: 111.6 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 86430, 86442
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bullitt County, KY (county, FIPS 29)       Location: 37.97055 N, 85.69511 W       Population (1990): 47567 (16629 housing units)       Area: 774.7 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bletch /blech/ interj.   [very common; from Yiddish/German    `brechen', to vomit, poss.   via comic-strip exclamation `blech']    Term of disgust.   Often used in "Ugh, bletch".   Compare {barf}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bletcherous /blech'*-r*s/ adj.   Disgusting in design or    function; esthetically unappealing.   This word is seldom used of    people.   "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't    work very well, or are misplaced.)   See {losing}, {cretinous},    {bagbiting}, {bogus}, and {random}.   The term {bletcherous} applies    to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for    {cretinous}.   By contrast, something that is `losing' or `bagbiting'    may be failing to meet objective criteria.   See also {bogus} and    {random}, which have richer and wider shades of meaning than any of    the above.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BALITAC          Early system on IBM 650.   Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bletcherous          /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically       unappealing.   This word is seldom used of people.   "This       keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very       well, or are misplaced.)   The term {bletcherous} applies to       the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for       cretinous.   By contrast, something that is "losing" or       "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bletchley Park          A country house and grounds some 50 miles       North of London, England, where highly secret work deciphering       intercepted German military radio messages was carried out       during World War Two.   Thousands of people were working there       at the end of the war, including a number of early computer       pioneers such as {Alan Turing}.          The nature and scale of the work has only emerged recently,       with total secrecy having been observed by all the people       involved.   Throughout the war, Bletchley Park produced highly       important strategic and tactical intelligence used by the       Allies, (Churchill's "golden eggs"), and it has been claimed       that the war in Europe was probably shortened by two years as       a result.          An exhibition of wartime code-breaking memorabilia, including       an entire working {Colossus}, restored by Tony Sale, can be       seen at Bletchley Park on alternate weekends.          The {Computer Conservation Society} (CCS), a specialist group       of the {British Computer Society} runs a museum on the site       that includes a working {Elliot} {mainframe} computer and many       early {minicomputers} and {microcomputers}.   The CCS hope to       have substantial facilities for storage and restoration of old       artifacts, as well as archive, library and research       facilities.          Telephone: Bletchley Park Trust office +44 (908) 640 404       (office hours and open weekends).          (1998-12-18)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Belteshazzar       Beltis protect the king!, the Chaldee name given to Daniel by       Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:7).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bloody sweat       the sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Belteshazzar, who lays up treasures in secret