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Bairava
n 1: epithet of Siva; "the terrible Bairava"

English Dictionary: barb	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bar hop v go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham" Synonym(s): pub- crawl, bar hop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barb n an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" Synonym(s): shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe the pointed part of barbed wire a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather v provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbu n found along western Atlantic coast [syn: barbu, Polydactylus virginicus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barf n the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf] v eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrow-boy n a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow [syn: costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bear off v remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" Synonym(s): take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off Antonym(s): bring, convey, fetch, get
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bear paw n almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw Synonym(s): bear claw, bear paw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bear up v endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bereave v deprive through death
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brave adj possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" Synonym(s): brave, courageous Antonym(s): cowardly, fearful invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" Synonym(s): audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" Synonym(s): brave, braw, gay n a North American Indian warrior people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" Antonym(s): cautious, timid v face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonym(s): weather, endure, brave, brave out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bravo n a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" Synonym(s): assassin, assassinator, bravo a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance v applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breve n a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bribe n payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment Synonym(s): bribe, payoff v make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" Synonym(s): bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brief adj of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country" concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement" (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" Synonym(s): abbreviated, brief n a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case Synonym(s): brief, legal brief a condensed written summary or abstract v give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burp n a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth Synonym(s): belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation v expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" Synonym(s): burp, bubble, belch, eruct
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Brassica \[d8]Bras"si*ca\, n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage ({B. oleracea}), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip ({B. campestris}); the common turnip ({B. rapa}); the rape or coleseed ({B. napus}), etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus}, especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting}, and {barb}. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}. (d) The queenfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. Barbarie.] 1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [Corrupted fr. bard.] Armor for a horse. Same as 2d {Bard}, n., 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth. --Walton. 2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.] 3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also {barbel} and {barble}.] 4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. [bd]Having two barbs or points.[b8] --Ascham. 5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called {whiting}. 8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbing}.] 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.] 2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston. 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus}, especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting}, and {barb}. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}. (d) The queenfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. Barbarie.] 1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [Corrupted fr. bard.] Armor for a horse. Same as 2d {Bard}, n., 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth. --Walton. 2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.] 3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also {barbel} and {barble}.] 4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. [bd]Having two barbs or points.[b8] --Ascham. 5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called {whiting}. 8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbing}.] 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.] 2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston. 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bereave \Be*reave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved}, {Bereft}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[a0]fian. See {Be-}, and {Reave.}] 1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell. 2. To take away from. [Obs.] All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. --Shak. 3. To take away. [Obs.] Shall move you to bereave my life. --Marlowe. Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength. Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Berob \Be*rob"\, v. t. To rob; to plunder. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bewrap \Be*wrap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewrapped}.] To wrap up; to cover. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brave \Brave\ (br[amac]v), a. [Compar. {Braver}; superl. {Bravest}.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See {Barbarous}, and cf. {Bravo}.] 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to {cowardly}; as, a brave man; a brave act. 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. --Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. --Pepys. 3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic] Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak. For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert Greene. Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson. Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See {Gallant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brave \Brave\, n. 1. A brave person; one who is daring. The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. --F. S. Key. 2. Specifically, an Indian warrior. 3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden. 4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.] Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved} (br[amac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Braving}.] 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravo \Bra"vo\, interj. [It. See {Brave}.] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravo \Bra"vo\, n.; pl. {Bravoes}. [I. See {Brave}, a.] A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. --Churchill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breve \Breve\ (br[emac]v), n. [It. & (in sense 2) LL. breve, fr. L. brevis short. See {Brief}.] 1. (Mus.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: [?] ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service. --Moore. 2. (Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court. 3. (Print.) A curved mark [[breve]] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra ({Pitta gigas}), which has a very short tail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.] 1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. --Hobart. 3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement. Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever[?]blooming sweets. --Akenside.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bribing}.] 1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. --F. W. Robertson. 3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. i. 1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.] 2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise. An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. --Bouvier. The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brief \Brief\, a. [OE. bref, F. brief, bref, fr. L. brevis; akin to Gr. [?] short, and perh. to Skr. barh to tear. Cf. {Breve}.] 1. Short in duration. How brief the life of man. --Shak. 2. Concise; terse; succinct. The brief style is that which expresseth much in little. --B. Jonson. 3. Rife; common; prevalent. [Prov. Eng.] {In brief}. See under {Brief}, n. Syn: Short; concise; succinct; summary; compendious; condensed; terse; curt; transitory; short-lived.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brief \Brief\, adv. 1. Briefly. [Obs. or Poetic] Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief. --Milton. 2. Soon; quickly. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brief \Brief\ (br[emac]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf. {Breve}.] 1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. --Shak. And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. --Shak. 2. An epitome. Each woman is a brief of womankind. --Overbury. 3. (Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. --Sir J. Stephen. Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in the United States, counsel generally make up their own briefs. 4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See {Breve}, n., 2. 5. (Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence. 6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. [Eng.] {Apostolical brief}, a letter of the pope written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the secretary of briefs, dated [bd]a die Nativitatis,[b8] i. e., [bd]from the day of the Nativity,[b8] and sealed with the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its parchment, written character, date, and seal. See {Bull}. {Brief of title}, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds and other papers constituting the chain of title to any real estate. {In brief}, in a few words; in short; briefly. [bd]Open the matter in brief.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brief \Brief\, v. t. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brob \Brob\, n. [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baraboo, WI (city, FIPS 4625) Location: 43.46853 N, 89.74151 W Population (1990): 9203 (3934 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53913
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Barbeau, MI Zip code(s): 49710
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Barview, OR (CDP, FIPS 4400) Location: 43.34761 N, 124.30796 W Population (1990): 1402 (643 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Borup, MN (city, FIPS 7030) Location: 47.18080 N, 96.50585 W Population (1990): 119 (57 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56519
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
barf /barf/ n.,v. [common; from mainstream slang meaning `vomit'] 1. interj. Term of disgust. This is the closest hackish equivalent of the Valspeak "gag me with a spoon". (Like, euwww!) See {bletch}. 2. vi. To say "Barf!" or emit some similar expression of disgust. "I showed him my latest hack and he barfed" means only that he complained about it, not that he literally vomited. 3. vi. To fail to work because of unacceptable input, perhaps with a suitable error message, perhaps not. Examples: "The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0." (That is, the division operation checks for an attempt to divide by zero, and if one is encountered it causes the operation to fail in some unspecified, but generally obvious, manner.) "The text editor barfs if you try to read in a new file before writing out the old one." See {choke}, {gag}. In Commonwealth Hackish, `barf' is generally replaced by `puke' or `vom'. {barf} is sometimes also used as a {metasyntactic variable}, like {foo} or {bar}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
barf /barf/ [mainstream slang for "vomit"] 1. Term of disgust. This is the closest hackish equivalent of the Val\-speak "gag me with a spoon". (Like, euwww!) See {bletch}. 2. To say "Barf!" or emit some similar expression of disgust. "I showed him my latest hack and he barfed" means only that he complained about it, not that he literally vomited. 3. To fail to work because of unacceptable input, perhaps with a suitable error message, perhaps not. Examples: "The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0." (That is, the division operation checks for an attempt to divide by zero, and if one is encountered it causes the operation to fail in some unspecified, but generally obvious, manner.) "The text editor barfs if you try to read in a new file before writing out the old one". See {choke}, {gag}. In Commonwealth Hackish, "barf" is generally replaced by "puke" or "vom". {barf} is sometimes also used as a {metasyntactic variable}, like {foo} or {bar}. (1996-02-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bear paw The {Vulcan nerve pinch} for {SGI} computers. The five key keyboard combination Shift> resets the graphics subsystem, including the {window manager}. (1996-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
borf To uncerimoniously disconnect someone from a system without prior warning. {BBS} {Sysops} routinely "borf" pest users by turning off the modem or by hitting the "auto-borf" key sequence. You can also be "borfed" by software dropping {carrier} due to a {bug}. The origin of the term is unknown but it has been in use since at least 1982. (1997-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BRB (I will) be right back. (1998-01-18)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bribe None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).