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bad egg
n 1: (old-fashioned slang) a bad person [ant: {good egg}]

English Dictionary: batch	by the DICT Development Group
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bad guy n any person who is not on your side Antonym(s): good guy
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Badaga n a member of an agricultural people of southern India the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga
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badge n an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in" any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability" v put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
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batch n all the loaves of bread baked at the same time (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad a collection of things or persons to be handled together Synonym(s): batch, clutch v batch together; assemble or process as a batch
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bathhouse n a building containing dressing rooms for bathers [syn: bathhouse, bathing machine] a building containing public baths Synonym(s): bathhouse, bagnio
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bathos n triteness or triviality of style insincere pathos Synonym(s): mawkishness, bathos a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one Synonym(s): anticlimax, bathos
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batik n a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted v dye with wax; "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked"
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Batis n small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs Synonym(s): Batis, genus Batis
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bats adj informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" Synonym(s): balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
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bawdyhouse n a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house]
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beads n several beads threaded together on a string [syn: beads, string of beads]
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beats n a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) Synonym(s): beat generation, beats, beatniks
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beauteous adj (poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight
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bedaze v overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" Synonym(s): stun, bedaze, daze
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bedeck v decorate; "deck the halls with holly" [syn: deck, bedight, bedeck]
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betise n a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility]
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bewitch v attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" Synonym(s): capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" Synonym(s): magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Synonym(s): hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
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bioattack n the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food Synonym(s): biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack
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bioethics n the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
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biotech n the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem" Synonym(s): biotechnology, biotech
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biotic adj of or relating to living organisms
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bitch n an unpleasant difficulty; "this problem is a real bitch" a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch" Synonym(s): cunt, bitch informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" Synonym(s): gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk female of any member of the dog family v complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler] say mean things Synonym(s): backbite, bitch
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bitchy adj marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark" [syn: bitchy, catty, cattish]
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Bitis n a genus of Viperidae Synonym(s): Bitis, genus Bitis
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bitok n a Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream
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boat deck n the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored
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boat hook n pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats
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boathouse n a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
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bodega n a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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bodge v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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bodice n part of a dress above the waist
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Boethius n a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524) Synonym(s): Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
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Bootes n a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major
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boothose n protective stockings worn with or in place of boots
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botch n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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botchy adj poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" Synonym(s): botchy, butcherly, unskillful
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Botox n a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily Synonym(s): botulinum toxin A, Botox
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boutique n a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry [syn: boutique, dress shop]
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Budge n United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) Synonym(s): Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge v move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate]
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budgie n small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors Synonym(s): budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus
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butch adj used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner Synonym(s): butch, macho (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance n (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine Synonym(s): butch, dike, dyke
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buttock n either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump Synonym(s): buttock, cheek
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buttocks n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
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BVD's n trademark for men's underwear Synonym(s): BVD, BVD's
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Bryonin \Bry"o*nin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony ({Bryonia alba} and {B. dioica}). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.
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Bryony \Bry"ony\ (br[imac]"[osl]n[ycr]), n. [L. bryonia, Gr. brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus {Bryonia}. The root of {B. alba} (rough or {white bryony}) and of {B. dioica} is a strong, irritating cathartic. {Black bryony}, a plant ({Tamus communis}) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
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Baddish \Bad"dish\, a. Somewhat bad; inferior. --Jeffrey.
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Badge \Badge\, v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
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Badge \Badge\, n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. be[a0]g, be[a0]h, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b[?]g- in comp., AS. b[?]gan to bow, bend, G. biegen. See {Bow} to bend.] 1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. [bd]Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. [b8] --Prescott. 2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. --Shak. 3. (Naut.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
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5. (Mach.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc. {Spider ant}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Solitary ant}, under {Solitary}. {Spider crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab ({Macrocheira Kempferi}), measuring sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they are extended. {Spider fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of parasitic dipterous insects of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}. They are mostly destitute of wings, and live among the feathers of birds and the hair of bats. Called also {bird tick}, and {bat tick}. {Spider hunter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian sunbirds of the genus {Arachnothera}. {Spider lines}, filaments of a spider's web crossing the field of vision in optical instruments; -- used for determining the exact position of objects and making delicate measurements. Fine wires, silk fibers, or lines on glass similarly placed, are called spider lines. {Spider mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of parasitic mites of the genus {Argas} and allied genera. See {Argas}. (b) Any one of numerous small mites injurious to plants. {Spider monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of South American monkeys of the genus {Ateles}, having very long legs and a long prehensile tail. {Spider orchis} (Bot.), a European orchidaceous plant ({Ophrys aranifera}), having flowers which resemble spiders. {Spider shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus {Pteroceras}. See {Pteroceras}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[edh]r-blaka (le[edh]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See {Cheiroptera} and {Vampire}. {Bat tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.
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5. (Mach.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc. {Spider ant}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Solitary ant}, under {Solitary}. {Spider crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab ({Macrocheira Kempferi}), measuring sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they are extended. {Spider fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of parasitic dipterous insects of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}. They are mostly destitute of wings, and live among the feathers of birds and the hair of bats. Called also {bird tick}, and {bat tick}. {Spider hunter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian sunbirds of the genus {Arachnothera}. {Spider lines}, filaments of a spider's web crossing the field of vision in optical instruments; -- used for determining the exact position of objects and making delicate measurements. Fine wires, silk fibers, or lines on glass similarly placed, are called spider lines. {Spider mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of parasitic mites of the genus {Argas} and allied genera. See {Argas}. (b) Any one of numerous small mites injurious to plants. {Spider monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of South American monkeys of the genus {Ateles}, having very long legs and a long prehensile tail. {Spider orchis} (Bot.), a European orchidaceous plant ({Ophrys aranifera}), having flowers which resemble spiders. {Spider shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus {Pteroceras}. See {Pteroceras}.
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Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[edh]r-blaka (le[edh]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See {Cheiroptera} and {Vampire}. {Bat tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.
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Batch \Batch\, n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geb[84]ck and D. baksel. See {Bake}, v. t.] 1. The quantity of bread baked at one time. 2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. [bd]A new batch of Lords.[b8] --Lady M. W. Montagu.
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d8Bateau \[d8]Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. {Bateaux}. [F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boa, which agrees with AS. b[be]t boat: cf. W. bad boat. See {Boat}, n.] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, {batteau}.] {Bateau bridge}, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.
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Bath \Bath\ (b[adot]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[adot]thz). [AS. b[91][edh]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[edh], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b[84]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. {Douche bath}. See {Douche}. {Order of the Bath}, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. {Russian bath}, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. {Turkish bath}, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. {Bath house}, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.
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Bathos \Ba"thos\, n. [Gr. [?] depth, fr. [?] deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
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Bath \Bath\ (b[adot]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[adot]thz). [AS. b[91][edh]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[edh], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b[84]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. {Douche bath}. See {Douche}. {Order of the Bath}, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. {Russian bath}, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. {Turkish bath}, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. {Bath house}, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.
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Bawdyhouse \Baw"dy*house`\, n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
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Be \Be\, v. i. [imp. {Was}; p. p. {Been}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[a2]n to be, be[a2]m I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to be, Lith. bu-ti, O. Slav. by-ti, to be, L. fu-i I have been, fu-turus about to be, fo-re to be about to be, and perh to fieri to become, Gr. [?] to be born, to be, Skr. bh[?] to be. This verb is defective, and the parts lacking are supplied by verbs from other roots, is, was, which have no radical connection with be. The various forms, am, are, is, was, were, etc., are considered grammatically as parts of the verb [bd]to be[b8], which, with its conjugational forms, is often called the substantive verb. [?]97. Cf. {Future}, {Physic}.] 1. To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex[?]stence. To be contents his natural desire. --Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. --Shak. 2. To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man. 3. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday. 4. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to. The field is the world. --Matt. xiii. 38. The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. --Rev. i. 20. Note: The verb to be (including the forms is, was, etc.) is used in forming the passive voice of other verbs; as, John has been struck by James. It is also used with the past participle of many intransitive verbs to express a state of the subject. But have is now more commonly used as the auxiliary, though expressing a different sense; as, [bd]Ye have come too late -- but ye are come. [b8] [bd]The minstrel boy to the war is gone.[b8] The present and imperfect tenses form, with the infinitive, a particular future tense, which expresses necessity, duty, or purpose; as, government is to be supported; we are to pay our just debts; the deed is to be signed to-morrow. Note: Have or had been, followed by to, implies movement. [bd]I have been to Paris.[b8] --Sydney Smith. [bd]Have you been to Franchard ?[b8] --R. L. Stevenson. Note: Been, or ben, was anciently the plural of the indicative present. [bd]Ye ben light of the world.[b8] --Wyclif, Matt. v. 14. Afterwards be was used, as in our Bible: [bd]They that be with us are more than they that be with them.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 16. Ben was also the old infinitive: [bd]To ben of such power.[b8] --R. of Gloucester. Be is used as a form of the present subjunctive: [bd]But if it be a question of words and names.[b8] --Acts xviii. 15. But the indicative forms, is and are, with if, are more commonly used. {Be it so}, a phrase of supposition, equivalent to suppose it to be so; or of permission, signifying let it be so. --Shak. {If so be}, in case. {To be from}, to have come from; as, from what place are you ? I am from Chicago. {To let be}, to omit, or leave untouched; to let alone. [bd]Let be, therefore, my vengeance to dissuade.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: {To be}, {Exist}. Usage: The verb to be, except in a few rare case, like that of Shakespeare's [bd]To be, or not to be[b8], is used simply as a copula, to connect a subject with its predicate; as, man is mortal; the soul is immortal. The verb to exist is never properly used as a mere copula, but points to things that stand forth, or have a substantive being; as, when the soul is freed from all corporeal alliance, then it truly exists. It is not, therefore, properly synonymous with to be when used as a copula, though occasionally made so by some writers for the sake of variety; as in the phrase [bd]there exists [is] no reason for laying new taxes.[b8] We may, indeed, say, [bd]a friendship has long existed between them,[b8] instead of saying, [bd]there has long been a friendship between them;[b8] but in this case, exist is not a mere copula. It is used in its appropriate sense to mark the friendship as having been long in existence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadhouse \Bead"house`\, Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n. [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See {Bead}, n.] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
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Beauteous \Beau"teous\, a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [Mostly poetic] -- {Beau"teously}, adv. -- {Beau"teous*ness}, n.
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Bedash \Be*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedashed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedashing}.] To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. [bd]Trees bedashed with rain.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bedeck \Be*deck"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedecked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedecking}.] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. --Pennant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadhouse \Bead"house`\, Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n. [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See {Bead}, n.] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bedehouse \Bede"house`\, n. Same as {Beadhouse}.
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Bedkey \Bed"key`\, n. An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
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Bedtick \Bed"tick`\, n. A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.
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Beduck \Be*duck"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beducked}.] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. [bd]Deep himself beducked.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. --Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. --Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton. 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. --Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. --Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton. 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betook \Be*took"\, imp. of {Betake}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betoss \Be*toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betossed}.] To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. [bd]My betossed soul.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bewitch \Be*witch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewitching}.] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. --Shak. 2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. --Dryden. Syn: To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{On one's own hook}, on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {To go off the hooks}, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. {Bid hook}, a small boat hook. {Chain hook}. See under {Chain}. {Deck hook}, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests. {Hook and eye}, one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. {Hook bill} (Zo[94]l.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. {Hook ladder}, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall. {Hook motion} (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. {Hook squid}, any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera {Enoploteuthis} and {Onychteuthis}. {Hook wrench}, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biotaxy \Bi"o*tax`y\, n. [Gr. [?] life + [?] arrangement.] (Biol.) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biotic \Bi*ot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] pert. to life.] (Biol.) Relating to life; as, the biotic principle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitake \Bi*take"\, v. t. [See {Betake}, {Betaught}.] To commend; to commit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitch \Bitch\, n. [OE. biche, bicche, AS. bicce; cf. Icel. bikkja, G. betze, peize.] 1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox. 2. An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bittock \Bit"tock\, n. [See {Bit} a morsel.] A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitts \Bitts\, n. pl. [Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. [?]87.] (Naut.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. {Advice boat}. See under {Advice}. {Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. {Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a {painter}. {In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boatage \Boat"age\, n. Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boathouse \Boat"house`\, n. A house for sheltering boats. Half the latticed boathouse hides. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boddice \Bod"dice\, n. See {Bodick}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodge \Bodge\, n. A botch; a patch. [Dial.] --Whitlock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodge \Bodge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodged}.] To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch. [Obs. or Dial.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodge \Bodge\, v. i. See {Budge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodice \Bod"ice\, n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. {Corset}, and see {Body}.] 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. 2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Her bodice half way she unlaced. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. --Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. --Addison. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. --Prescott. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. {Body of a church}, the nave. {Body cloth}; pl. {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. {Body clothes}. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat. {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part. {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See {Grayback}. {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8]. --Bouvier. {Body servant}, a valet. {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. --Chaucer. {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bodock \Bo*dock"\, n. [Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc.] The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. 2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. --Bp. Burnet. 3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.] 4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. 5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. 6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. {Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift. {Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. {Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. {Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. {Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. {Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boothose \Boot"hose`\, n. 1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. --Shak. 2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boots \Boots\, n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botch \Botch\, n.; pl. {Botches}. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.] 1. To mark with, or as with, botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. --Garth. 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up. Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botchy \Botch"y\, a. Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. [bd]This botchy business.[b8] --Bp. Watson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bots \Bots\, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. botus belly worm, boiteag maggot.] (Zo[94]l.) The larv[91] of several species of botfly, especially those larv[91] which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. [Written also {botts}.] Note: See Illust. of {Botfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bots \Bots\, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. botus belly worm, boiteag maggot.] (Zo[94]l.) The larv[91] of several species of botfly, especially those larv[91] which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. [Written also {botts}.] Note: See Illust. of {Botfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botts \Botts\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bots}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bots \Bots\, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. botus belly worm, boiteag maggot.] (Zo[94]l.) The larv[91] of several species of botfly, especially those larv[91] which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. [Written also {botts}.] Note: See Illust. of {Botfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botts \Botts\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bots}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. [bd]Budge gowns.[b8] --Milton. 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. {Budge bachelor}, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. {Budge barrel} (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See {Boil}, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, a. [See {Budge}, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. {Budge}, n.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budgy \Budg"y\, a. [From {Budge}, n.] Consisting of fur. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttock \But"tock\, n. [From {Butt} an end.] 1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. 2. (Naut.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. --Mar. Dict.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bad Axe, MI (city, FIPS 4740) Location: 43.80281 N, 82.99689 W Population (1990): 3484 (1473 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48413
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bates, AR Zip code(s): 72924 Bates, IL Zip code(s): 62670
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bodcaw, AR (town, FIPS 7450) Location: 33.55662 N, 93.40111 W Population (1990): 161 (61 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bodega, CA Zip code(s): 94922
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boyds, MD Zip code(s): 20841 Boyds, WA Zip code(s): 99107
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
batch adj. 1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat more loosely than the traditional technical definitions justify; in particular, switches on a normally interactive program that prepare it to receive non-interactive command input are often referred to as `batch mode' switches. A `batch file' is a series of instructions written to be handed to an interactive program running in batch mode. 2. Performance of dreary tasks all at one sitting. "I finally sat down in batch mode and wrote out checks for all those bills; I guess they'll turn the electricity back on next week..." 3. `batching up': Accumulation of a number of small tasks that can be lumped together for greater efficiency. "I'm batching up those letters to send sometime" "I'm batching up bottles to take to the recycling center."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bit decay n. See {bit rot}. People with a physics background tend to prefer this variant for the analogy with particle decay. See also {computron}, {quantum bogodynamics}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bits pl.n. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file formats." ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare {core dump}, sense 4. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically as contrasted with paper: "I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File; does anyone know where I can get the bits?". See {softcopy}, {source of all good bits} See also {bit}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BDC {Backup Domain Controller}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bit decay {bit rot}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitwise A bitwise operator treats its operands as a {vector} of {bit}s rather than a single number. {Boolean} bitwise operators combine bit N of each operand using a {Boolean} function ({NOT}, {AND}, {OR}, {XOR}) to produce bit N of the result. For example, a bitwise AND operator ("&" in {C}) would evaluate 13 & 9 as (binary) 1101 & 1001 = 1001 = 9, whereas, the logical AND, ({C} "&&") would evaluate 13 && 9 as TRUE && TRUE = TRUE = 1. In some languages, e.g. {Acorn}'s {BASIC V}, the same operators are used for both bitwise and logical operations. This usually works except when applying NOT to a value x which is neither 0 (false) nor -1 (true), in which case both x and (NOT x) will be non-zero and thus treated as TRUE. Other operations at the bit level, which are not normally described as "bitwise" include shift and rotate. (1995-05-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boot disk The {magnetic disk} (usually a {hard disk}) from which an {operating system} {kernel} is loaded (or "bootstrapped"). This second phase in system start-up is performed by a simple bootstrap loader program held in {ROM}, possibly configured by data stored in some form of writable {non-volatile storage}. {MS-DOS} and {Microsoft Windows} can be configured (in the {BIOS}) to try to boot off either {floppy disk} or {hard disk}, in either order. By default they first check for the presence of a {floppy disk} in the drive at start-up and try to use that as a boot disk if present. If no disk is in the drive they then try to boot off the hard disk. Some {operating systems}, notably {SunOS} and {Solaris}, can be configured to boot from a network rather than from disk. Such a system can thus run as a {diskless workstation}. (1997-06-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BTOS {Convergent Technologies Operating System}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BTS {Bug Tracking System}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baths The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev. 14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration (Lev. 8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4, 24). The "pools" mentioned in Neh. 3:15, 16, 2 Kings 20:20, Isa. 22:11, John 9:7, were public bathing-places.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Botch the name given in Deut. 28:27, 35 to one of the Egyptian plagues (Ex. 9:9). The word so translated is usually rendered "boil" (q.v.).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bathsuha, same as Bathsheba