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   back down
         v 1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to
               back down" [syn: {back up}, {back off}, {back down}]
         2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he
            heard how much work was involved" [syn: {chicken out}, {back
            off}, {pull out}, {back down}, {bow out}]

English Dictionary: basket-handle arch by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backdown
n
  1. a retraction of a previously held position [syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basidiomycete
n
  1. any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota [syn: basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Basidiomycetes
n
  1. large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
    Synonym(s): Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basidiomycetous
adj
  1. pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basidiomycetous fungi
n
  1. any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota [syn: basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Basidiomycota
n
  1. comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
    Synonym(s): Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Basidiomycotina
n
  1. comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
    Synonym(s): Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basidium
n
  1. a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
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Basket Maker
n
  1. early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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basket-handle arch
n
  1. a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
    Synonym(s): three-centered arch, basket-handle arch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basketmaker
n
  1. someone skilled in weaving baskets [syn: basketweaver, basketmaker]
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basset hound
n
  1. smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
    Synonym(s): basset, basset hound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bastinado
n
  1. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
  2. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
    Synonym(s): bastinado, falanga
v
  1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basting
n
  1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
    Synonym(s): baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking
  2. moistening a roast as it is cooking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basting stitch
n
  1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
    Synonym(s): baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bastion
n
  1. a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
  2. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
    Synonym(s): bastion, citadel
  3. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bastioned
adj
  1. secured with bastions or fortifications [syn: bastioned, fortified]
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bastnaesite
n
  1. a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
    Synonym(s): bastnasite, bastnaesite
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bastnasite
n
  1. a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
    Synonym(s): bastnasite, bastnaesite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bee sting
n
  1. a sting inflicted by a bee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
begotten
adj
  1. (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Best and Greatest
n
  1. an epithet for Jupiter [syn: Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Best and Greatest]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
best man
n
  1. the principal groomsman at a wedding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bestowment
n
  1. a gift that is bestowed or conferred [syn: bestowal, bestowment]
  2. the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
    Synonym(s): bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big time
n
  1. the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boasting
n
  1. speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bog down
v
  1. get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
    Synonym(s): bog down, bog
  2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
    Synonym(s): mire, bog down
  3. be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
    Synonym(s): grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire
  4. cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"
    Synonym(s): bog down, bog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston
n
  1. state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
    Synonym(s): Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston baked beans
n
  1. dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork
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Boston brown bread
n
  1. dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
    Synonym(s): brown bread, Boston brown bread
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston bull
n
  1. small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings
    Synonym(s): Boston bull, Boston terrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston cream pie
n
  1. layer cake filled with custard
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Boston fern
n
  1. a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant
    Synonym(s): Boston fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston Harbor
n
  1. the seaport at Boston
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Boston ivy
n
  1. Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries
    Synonym(s): Boston ivy, Japanese ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston lettuce
n
  1. lettuce with relatively soft leaves
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Boston rocker
n
  1. a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel
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Boston Tea Party
n
  1. demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boston terrier
n
  1. small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings
    Synonym(s): Boston bull, Boston terrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bostonian
n
  1. a native or resident of Boston
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boughten
adj
  1. purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store- bought dress"
    Synonym(s): boughten, store-bought
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boxed in
adj
  1. enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic"
    Synonym(s): boxed, boxed-in(a), boxed in(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boxed-in
adj
  1. enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic"
    Synonym(s): boxed, boxed-in(a), boxed in(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bush administration
n
  1. the executive under President George H. W. Bush
  2. the executive under President George W. Bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bystander
n
  1. a nonparticipant spectator
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
      Holothurioidea.
  
      Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea
               cucumbers}, {sea slugs}, {trepang}, and {b[88]che de
               m[8a]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
               See {Trepang}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[c6]pang.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
      which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
      called also {b[88]che de mer}, {sea cucumber}, and {sea
      slug}. [Written also {tripang}.]
  
      Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
               {Holothuria}, especially {H. edulis}. They are taken in
               vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are
               dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are
               used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Backdown \Back"down`\, n.
      A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bakemeat \Bake"meat`\ (b[amac]k"m[emac]t`), Baked-meat
   \Baked"-meat`\ (b[amac]kt"-), n.
      A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fungi \Fun"gi\, n. pl. (Bot.)
      A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute
      of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished
      by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great
      variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur
      in certain {Phycomycetes}, or so-called algal fungi.
  
      Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration
               from various alg[91], losing their chlorophyll on
               assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they
               are divided into the subclasses {Phycomycetes}, the
               lower or algal fungi; the {Mesomycetes}, or
               intermediate fungi; and the {Mycomycetes}, or the
               higher fungi; by others into the {Phycomycetes}; the
               {Ascomycetes}, or sac-spore fungi; and the
               {Basidiomycetes}, or basidial-spore fungi.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Basset hound \Bas"set hound`\ [F. basset.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used
      as an earth dog.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Basset \Bas"set\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basseted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Basseting}.] (Geol.)
      To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop
      out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Basseting \Bas"set*ing\, n.
      The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a
      stratum at the surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinade \Bas`ti*nade"\, n.
      See {Bastinado}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinade \Bas`ti*nade"\, v. t.
      To bastinado. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
      (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[?]ton) a stick or
      staff. See {Baston}.]
      1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  
      2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
            form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
            consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
            feet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
      To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
      the feet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
      (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[?]ton) a stick or
      staff. See {Baston}.]
      1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  
      2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
            form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
            consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
            feet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
      To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
      the feet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
      To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
      the feet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baste \Baste\ (b[amac]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw.
      basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
      1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
  
                     One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
                     people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
  
      2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
            fat on, as on meat in roasting.
  
      3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastion \Bas"tion\, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL.
      bastire to build (cf. F. b[?]tir, It. bastire), perh. from
      the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. [?] to
      lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.)
      A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a
      fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so
      constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the
      adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to
      another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain,
      which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the
      other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called
      the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See {Ravelin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bastioned \Bas"tioned\, a.
      Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Front \Front\, n. [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh.
      akin to E. brow.]
      1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes;
            sometimes, also, the whole face.
  
                     Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's
                     tongue.                                             --Pope.
  
                     Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
      2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as
            expressive of character or temper, and especially, of
            boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming;
            as, a bold front; a hardened front.
  
                     With smiling fronts encountering.      --Shak.
  
                     The inhabitants showed a bold front.   --Macaulay.
  
      3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out,
            or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the
            foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear;
            as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
  
                     Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front. --Shak.
  
      4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before
            the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person,
            of the troops, or of a house.
  
      5. The most conspicuous part.
  
                     The very head and front of my offending. --Shak.
  
      6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front
            piece of false hair worn by women.
  
                     Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front.
                                                                              --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      7. The beginning. [bd]Summer's front.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Bastioned front} (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half
            bastions.
  
      {Front door}, the door in the front wall of a building,
            usually the principal entrance.
  
      {Front of fortification}, the works constructed upon any one
            side of a polygon. --Farrow.
  
      {Front of operations}, all that part of the field of
            operations in front of the successive positions occupied
            by the army as it moves forward. --Farrow.
  
      {To come to the front}, to attain prominence or leadership.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baston \Bas"ton\, n. [OF. baston, F. b[acir]ton, LL. basto. See
      {Bastion}, and cf. {Baton}, and 3d {Batten}.]
      1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] [bd]To fight with blunt
            bastons.[b8] --Holland.
  
      2. (Her.) See {Baton}.
  
      3. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in
            attendance upon the king's court to take into custody
            persons committed by the court. --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beastings \Beast"ings\, n. pl.
      See {Biestings}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biestings \Biest"ings\, Beestings \Beest"ings\, n. pl. [OE.
      bestynge, AS. b[ymac]sting, fr. b[ymac]st, beost; akin to D.
      biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
      The first milk given by a cow after calving. --B. Jonson.
  
               The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called
               biestings.                                             --Newton.
                                                                              (1574).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beestings \Beest"ings\, n.
      Same as {Biestings}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beget \Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p.
      {Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE.
      bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref.
      be- + gitan. See {Get}, v. t. ]
      1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; --
            commonly said of the father.
  
                     Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
  
                     Love is begot by fancy.                     --Granville.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beget \Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p.
      {Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE.
      bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref.
      be- + gitan. See {Get}, v. t. ]
      1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; --
            commonly said of the father.
  
                     Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
  
                     Love is begot by fancy.                     --Granville.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Begotten \Be*got"ten\,
      p. p. of {Beget}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bequeath \Be*queath"\ (b[esl]*kw[emac][th]"), v. t. [imp. & p.
      p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE.
      biquethen, AS. becwe[edh]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref.
      be- + cwe[edh]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.]
      1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said
            especially of personal property.
  
                     My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to
                     me.                                                   --Shak.
  
      2. To hand down; to transmit.
  
                     To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it.
                                                                              --Glanvill.
  
      3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]
  
                     To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do
                     bequeath my faithful services And true subjection
                     everlastingly.                                    --Shak.
  
      Syn: To {Bequeath}, {Devise}.
  
      Usage: Both these words denote the giving or disposing of
                  property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property
                  used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he
                  to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is
                  properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e.,
                  of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and
                  he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular
                  usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to
                  embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by
                  courts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bequeathment \Be*queath"ment\, n.
      The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a
      bequest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bequethen \Be*queth"en\,
      old p. p. of {Bequeath}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Besetment \Be*set"ment\, n.
      The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that
      which besets one, as a sin. [bd]Fearing a besetment.[b8]
      --Kane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Besetting \Be*set"ting\, a.
      Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about;
      as, a besetting sin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
      besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
      {Set}.]
      1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
            objects.
  
                     A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
                                                                              --Spectator.
  
                     The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
                     shrubs that it perfumes the air.         --Evelyn.
  
      2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
            blockade. [bd]Beset with foes.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Let thy troops beset our gates.         --Addison.
  
      3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
            of dangers, obstacles, etc. [bd]Adam, sore beset,
            replied.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Beset with ills.[b8] --Addison.
            [bd]Incommodities which beset old age.[b8] --Burke.
  
      4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
               encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Besot \Be*sot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Besotting}.]
      To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to
      infatuate.
  
               Fools besotted with their crimes.            --Hudibras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Besottingly \Be*sot"ting*ly\, adv.
      In a besotting manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Best \Best\ (b[ecr]st), a.; superl. of Good. [AS. besta, best,
      contr. from betest, betst, betsta; akin to Goth. batists,
      OHG. pezzisto, G. best, beste, D. best, Icel. beztr, Dan.
      best, Sw. b[84]st. This word has no connection in origin with
      good. See {Better}.]
      1. Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good,
            kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the
            best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best
            abilities.
  
                     When he is best, he is a little worse than a man.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best
            scholar; the best view of a subject.
  
      3. Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
  
      {Best man}, the only or principal groomsman at a wedding
            ceremony.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bestain \Be*stain"\, v. t.
      To stain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
      {Stow}.]
      1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
            to place; to put. [bd]He bestowed it in a pouch.[b8] --Sir
            W. Scott.
  
                     See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
  
      2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
            occupation.
  
      3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
  
      4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
  
                     Empire is on us bestowed.                  --Cowper.
  
                     Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
                                                                              Cor. xiii. 3.
  
      5. To give in marriage.
  
                     I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
            reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
  
                     How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
                     his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
  
      Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bestowment \Be*stow"ment\, n.
      1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
  
                     If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this
                     view.                                                --Chauncy.
  
      2. That which is given or bestowed.
  
                     They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to
                     God's own bestowments.                        --I. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biestings \Biest"ings\, Beestings \Beest"ings\, n. pl. [OE.
      bestynge, AS. b[ymac]sting, fr. b[ymac]st, beost; akin to D.
      biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
      The first milk given by a cow after calving. --B. Jonson.
  
               The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called
               biestings.                                             --Newton.
                                                                              (1574).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
  
      {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
            alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
            also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
            United States and mexico. Called also {Spanish daggers}.
           
  
      {Spanish bean} (Bot.) See the Note under {Bean}.
  
      {Spanish black}, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
            --Ure.
  
      {Spanish broom} (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
            junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
  
      {Spanish brown}, a species of earth used in painting, having
            a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
            sesquioxide of iron.
  
      {Spanish buckeye} (Bot.), a small tree ({Ungnadia speciosa})
            of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
            having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
  
      {Spanish burton} (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
            blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
            single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
  
      {Spanish chalk} (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
            because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
  
      {Spanish cress} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({lepidium
            Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.
  
      {Spanish curiew} (Zo[94]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
           
  
      {Spanish daggers} (Bot.) See {Spanish bayonet}.
  
      {Spanish elm} (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
            Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.
  
      {Spanish feretto}, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
            calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
           
  
      {Spanish flag} (Zo[94]l.), the California rockfish
            ({Sebastichthys rubrivinctus}). It is conspicuously
            colored with bands of red and white.
  
      {Spanish fly} (Zo[94]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
            the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
            {Blister beetle} under {Blister}, and {Cantharis}.
  
      {Spanish fox} (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
  
      {Spanish grass}. (Bot.) See {Esparto}.
  
      {Spanish juice} (Bot.), licorice.
  
      {Spanish leather}. See {Cordwain}.
  
      {Spanish mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A species of mackerel ({Scomber colias}) found both in
            Europe and America. In America called {chub mackerel},
            {big-eyed mackerel}, and {bull mackerel}.
      (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
            yellow round spots ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), highly
            esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
            erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
            Mackerel.
  
      {Spanish main}, the name formerly given to the southern
            portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
            coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
            ships from the New to the Old World.
  
      {Spanish moss}. (Bot.) See {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Spanish needles} (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
            bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
  
      {Spanish nut} (Bot.), a bulbous plant ({Iris Sisyrinchium})
            of the south of Europe.
  
      {Spanish potato} (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
            {Potato}.
  
      {Spanish red}, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
            red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
  
      {Spanish reef} (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
            jib-headed sail.
  
      {Spanish sheep} (Zo[94]l.), a merino.
  
      {Spanish white}, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
            pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
            pigment.
  
      {Spanish windlass} (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
            wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
            serve as a lever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biscotin \Bis"co*tin\, n. [F. biscotin. See {Biscuit}.]
      A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a
      sweet biscuit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree
            ({Grevillea robusta}).
  
      {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
            mycelium of certain fungi.
  
      {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
            leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
            confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
  
      {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
            prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
  
      {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}.
  
      {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
            leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
  
      {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect.
  
      {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
            insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}.
  
      {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
  
      {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races
            (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
            instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
            from his estate.
  
      {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8]
            signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
            rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boastance \Boast"ance\, n.
      Boasting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
      noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
      Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[94]sa to swell; or W.
      bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
      be from English.]
      1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
            are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
            or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
            one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
  
                     By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
                     yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
                     boast.                                                --Eph. ii. 8,
                                                                              9.
  
      2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
            exult.
  
                     In God we boast all the day long.      --Ps. xliv. 8
  
      Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boasting \Boast"ing\, n.
      The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking;
      ostentatious display.
  
               When boasting ends, then dignity begins. --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boastingly \Boast"ing*ly\, adv.
      Boastfully; with boasting. [bd]He boastingly tells you.[b8]
      --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bell bearer \Bell" bear`er\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A Brazilian leaf hopper ({Bocydium tintinnabuliferum}),
      remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bokadam \Bo"ka*dam`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Cerberus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bookstand \Book"stand`\, n.
      1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a
            bookstall.
  
      2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boost \Boost\ (b[oomac]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boosted}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Boosting}.] [Cf. {Boast}, v. i.]
      To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to
      climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles,
      or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boston \Bos"ton\, n.
      A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of
      fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston,
      Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the
      French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh;
      akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel.
      mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to
      sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.]
      1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones;
            the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very
            fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty,
            and red or reddish in color.
  
      2. The essence; the best part.
  
                     It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and
                     marrow of our attribute.                     --Shak.
  
      3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael.
            maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an
            intimate associate. [Scot.]
  
                     Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief
                     or his marrow, for fear of ill end.   --Tusser.
  
      {Marrow squash} (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of
            squash, esp. to the {Boston marrow}, an ovoid fruit,
            pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and
            to the {vegetable marrow}, a variety of an ovoid form, and
            having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
  
      {Spinal marrow}. (Anat.) See {Spinal cord}, under {Spinal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boughten \Bought"en\, a.
      Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boycott \Boy"cott`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boycotted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Boycotting}.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in
      Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.]
      To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other
      person), to withhold social or business relations from him,
      and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject
      to a boycott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bucket \Buck"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Bucketing}.]
      1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket
            water.
  
      2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
  
      3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
  
      4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a
            certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
            [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Furnace \Fur"nace\, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F.
      fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to
      E. forceps.]
      1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the
            combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting
            metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as,
            an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a
            boiler furnace, etc.
  
      Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when
               the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast
               furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection
               artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
               reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to
               the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon
               the materials operated upon.
  
      2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial;
            severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20.
  
      {Bustamente furnace}, a shaft furnace for roasting
            quicksilver ores.
  
      {Furnace bridge}, Same as {Bridge wall}. See {Bridge}, n., 5.
           
  
      {Furnace} {cadmiam [or] cadmia}, the oxide of zinc which
            accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting
            zinciferous ores. --Raymond.
  
      {Furnace hoist} (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal,
            etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bystander \By"stand`er\, n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by;
      cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.]
      One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with
      the business transacting.
  
               He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets
               among them.                                             --Palfrey.
  
      Syn: Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Baisden, WV
      Zip code(s): 25608

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bastian, VA
      Zip code(s): 24314

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Big Stone City, SD (city, FIPS 5540)
      Location: 45.29516 N, 96.46437 W
      Population (1990): 669 (323 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57216

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Big Stone County, MN (county, FIPS 11)
      Location: 45.42682 N, 96.41312 W
      Population (1990): 6285 (3192 housing units)
      Area: 1287.2 sq km (land), 80.1 sq km (water)

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   Big Stone Gap, VA (town, FIPS 7480)
      Location: 36.86003 N, 82.77792 W
      Population (1990): 4748 (1993 housing units)
      Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24219

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   Big Timber, MT (city, FIPS 6475)
      Location: 45.83410 N, 109.95061 W
      Population (1990): 1557 (771 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59011

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   Boggstown, IN
      Zip code(s): 46110

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   Boston, GA (city, FIPS 9460)
      Location: 30.79170 N, 83.79084 W
      Population (1990): 1395 (569 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31626
   Boston, IN (town, FIPS 6652)
      Location: 39.74152 N, 84.85114 W
      Population (1990): 159 (69 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Boston, KY
      Zip code(s): 40107
   Boston, MA (city, FIPS 7000)
      Location: 42.33603 N, 71.01789 W
      Population (1990): 574283 (250863 housing units)
      Area: 125.4 sq km (land), 106.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02199, 02210, 02215
   Boston, NY
      Zip code(s): 14025
   Boston, PA
      Zip code(s): 15135
   Boston, TX
      Zip code(s): 75570
   Boston, VA
      Zip code(s): 22713

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   Boston College, MA
      Zip code(s): 02167

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   Boston Heights, OH (village, FIPS 7790)
      Location: 41.25566 N, 81.50456 W
      Population (1990): 733 (266 housing units)
      Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Bostonia, CA (CDP, FIPS 7624)
      Location: 32.81976 N, 116.94573 W
      Population (1990): 13670 (5445 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Boys Town, NE (village, FIPS 6015)
      Location: 41.25945 N, 96.13116 W
      Population (1990): 794 (18 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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   Buckatunna, MS
      Zip code(s): 39322

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bushton, KS (city, FIPS 9700)
      Location: 38.51284 N, 98.39473 W
      Population (1990): 341 (185 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67427

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bustins Island, ME
      Zip code(s): 04013

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Buxton, ND (city, FIPS 11340)
      Location: 47.60217 N, 97.09919 W
      Population (1990): 343 (143 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58218
   Buxton, OR
      Zip code(s): 97109

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bastion host
  
      {proxy gateway}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BISDN
  
      Broadband {Integrated Services Digital Network}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BSD Unix
  
      {Berkeley Software Distribution}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bastinado
      beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred
      to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev.
      19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could
      not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bigthan
      one of the eunuchs who "kept the door" in the court of
      Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king's life.
      Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged
      (Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-3).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Bigthan, in the press; giving meat
  
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