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   bacon
         n 1: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually
               sliced thin and fried
         2: English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the
            importance of experimentation; first showed that air is
            required for combustion and first used lenses to correct
            vision (1220-1292) [syn: {Bacon}, {Roger Bacon}]
         3: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British
            empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn:
            {Bacon}, {Francis Bacon}, {Sir Francis Bacon}, {Baron
            Verulam}, {1st Baron Verulam}, {Viscount St. Albans}]

English Dictionary: begin	by the DICT Development Group
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bagnio n a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house] a building containing public baths Synonym(s): bathhouse, bagnio
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Bahaism n a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States; "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private"
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basin n a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" Synonym(s): basin, basinful a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" Synonym(s): river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" Synonym(s): washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
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bassine n coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
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bassoon n a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
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Bayesian adj of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem
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BB gun n an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air
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beacon n a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance Synonym(s): beacon, beacon fire a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes Synonym(s): radio beacon, beacon a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships Synonym(s): beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos v shine like a beacon guide with a beacon
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Bechuana n a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa Synonym(s): Tswana, Bechuana, Batswana
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beckon v signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" Synonym(s): beckon, wave appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned" summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
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become v enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" Synonym(s): become, go, get undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" Synonym(s): become, turn come into existence; "What becomes has duration" enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" Synonym(s): become, suit
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beechen adj consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree
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Begin n Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) Synonym(s): Begin, Menachem Begin v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" Synonym(s): get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" Synonym(s): begin, start Antonym(s): cease, end, finish, stop, terminate set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" Synonym(s): begin, lead off, start, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester" have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month" have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" Synonym(s): begin, start begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" Synonym(s): begin, start achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war" begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
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begonia n any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
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Beguine n (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
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begum n a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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beseem v accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" Synonym(s): befit, suit, beseem
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besom n a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
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Bewick's swan n Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan; smaller than the whooper Synonym(s): Bewick's swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii
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big game n large animals that are hunted for sport
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big gun n an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" Synonym(s): big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho
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bigamy n having two spouses at the same time the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
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biggin n a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
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Bikini n an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons a woman's very brief bathing suit Synonym(s): bikini, two- piece
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biogeny n the production of living organisms from other living organisms Synonym(s): biogenesis, biogeny
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Bisayan n a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines Synonym(s): Visayan, Bisayan
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bison n any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
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bo's'n n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
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bo'sun n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
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bocconia n herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers Synonym(s): plume poppy, bocconia, Macleaya cordata small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple- tinted green flowers Synonym(s): bocconia, tree celandine, Bocconia frutescens
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bos'n n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
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Bosnia n the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims Synonym(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia
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bosom n the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret" a person's breast or chest cloth that covers the chest or breasts a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" Synonym(s): embrace, bosom the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" Synonym(s): heart, bosom either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman Synonym(s): breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty v hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters" squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" Synonym(s): embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
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bosomy adj (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" Synonym(s): bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well- endowed
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boson n any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
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bosun n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
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box in v enclose or confine as if in a box Synonym(s): box in, box up
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Boykinia n genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan Synonym(s): Boykinia, genus Boykinia
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buckskin n horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
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buskin n a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot]
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buxom adj (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" Synonym(s): bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well- endowed (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous ; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; Synonym(s): buxom, zaftig, zoftig
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bygone adj well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" Synonym(s): bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone n past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones" [syn: bygone, water under the bridge]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bacon \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. {Bacon beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Dermestes lardarius}) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See {Dermestes}. {To save one's bacon}, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]
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Bagnio \Bagn"io\, n. [It. bagno, fr. L. balneum. Cf. {Bain}.] 1. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.] 2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
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Bahaism \Ba*ha"ism\, n. The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.
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Baigne \Baigne\, v. i. [F. baigner to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath.] To soak or drench. [Obs.]
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Baken \Bak"en\, p. p. of {Bake}. [Obs. or. Archaic]
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Basan \Bas"an\, n. Same as {Basil}, a sheepskin.
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Basin \Ba"sin\, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr. bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. 2. The quantity contained in a basin. 3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. 4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. 5. (Physical Geog.) (a) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. (b) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. 6. (Geol.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called {coal basins} or {coal fields}.
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Bason \Ba"son\, n. A basin. [Obs. or Special form]
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Bassoon \Bas*soon"\, n. [F. basson, fr. basse bass; or perh. fr. bas son low sound. See {Bass} a part in music. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot.
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Bawsin \Baw"sin\, Bawson \Baw"son\, n. [OE. bawson, baucyne, badger (named from its color), OF. bauzan, baucant, bauchant, spotted with white, pied; cf. It. balzano, F. balzan, a white-footed horse, It. balza border, trimming, fr. L. balteus belt, border, edge. Cf. Belt.] 1. A badger. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] --Nares.
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Bawsin \Baw"sin\, Bawson \Baw"son\, n. [OE. bawson, baucyne, badger (named from its color), OF. bauzan, baucant, bauchant, spotted with white, pied; cf. It. balzano, F. balzan, a white-footed horse, It. balza border, trimming, fr. L. balteus belt, border, edge. Cf. Belt.] 1. A badger. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] --Nares.
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Beacon \Bea"con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beaconed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beaconing}.] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. That beacons the darkness of heaven. --Campbell. 2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
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Beacon \Bea"con\, n. [OE. bekene, AS. be[a0]cen, b[?]cen; akin to OS. b[?]kan, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. {Beckon}.] 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. --Gay. 2. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. 3. A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.] 4. That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. --Shak. {Beacon fire}, a signal fire.
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Became \Be*came"\, imp. of {Become}.
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Become \Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. {Became}; p. p. {Become}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Becoming}.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu[89]man, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See {Be-}, and {Come}.] 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. --Milton. 2. To come; to get. [Obs.] But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak. {To become of}, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of. What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beckoned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beckoning}.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak.
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Beckon \Beck"on\, n. A sign made without words; a beck. [bd]At the first beckon.[b8] --Bolingbroke.
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Become \Be*come"\, v. i. [imp. {Became}; p. p. {Become}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Becoming}.] [OE. bicumen, becumen, AS. becuman to come to, to happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piqu[89]man, Goth. biquiman to come upon, G. bekommen to get, suit. See {Be-}, and {Come}.] 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. --Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. --Milton. 2. To come; to get. [Obs.] But, madam, where is Warwick then become! --Shak. {To become of}, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of. What is then become of so huge a multitude? --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Become \Be*come"\, v. t. To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things. It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. --Dryden. I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them, as to convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actually to become the dress. --Coleridge.
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Beechen \Beech"en\, a. [AS. b[?]cen.] Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech. [bd]Plain beechen vessels.[b8] --Dryden.
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Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See {Gin} to begin.] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. 2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. [bd]Tears began to flow.[b8] --Dryden. When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12.
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Begem \Be*gem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begemming}.] To adorn with gems, or as with gems. Begemmed with dewdrops. --Sir W. Scott. Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. --Shelley.
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Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See {Gin} to begin.] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. 2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. [bd]Tears began to flow.[b8] --Dryden. When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12.
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Begin \Begin"\, v. t. 1. To enter on; to commence. Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin* the song. --Pope. 2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke. Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.
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Begin \Be*gin"\, n. Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.
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Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. {Begnawed}, (R.) {Begnawn}.] [AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.] To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak.
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Begohm \Beg"ohm`\, n. (Elec.) A unit of resistance equal to one billion ohms, or one thousand megohms.
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Begone \Be*gone"\, interj. [Be, v. i. + gone, p. p.] Go away; depart; get you gone.
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Begone \Be*gone"\, p. p. [OE. begon, AS. big[be]n; pref. be- + g[be]n to go.] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone). [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer.
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Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk'.] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow. Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part). 2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}. (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See {Wax insect}, below. (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}. (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.] {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R. succedanea}. {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2 (f), above. {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}. {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}. {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax. {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called also {pela}. {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax. {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee moth}. {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}. {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted with hot irons and the color thus fixed. {Wax palm}. (Bot.) (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion, consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax, which, when melted with a third of fat, makes excellent candles. (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy secretion. {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and other ingredients. {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as: (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}). (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves. (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage. {Wax tree} (Bot.) (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on which certain insects make a thick deposit of a substance resembling white wax. (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the berries of which yield a sort of wax. (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del cera.[b8] {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of beeswax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begonia \Bego"nia\ (b[esl]g[omac]"n[icr][adot]), n. [From Michel Begon, a promoter of botany.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begin \Be*gin"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See {Gin} to begin.] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope. 2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. [bd]Tears began to flow.[b8] --Dryden. When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begun \Be*gun"\, p. p. of {Begin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beknow \Be*know"\, v. t. To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beseemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeming}.] [Pref. be- + seem.] Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. A duty well beseeming the preachers. --Clarendon. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ? --Hocker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] [bd]As beseemed best.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseen \Be*seen"\, a. [Properly the p. p. of besee.] 1. Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic] 2. Decked or adorned; clad. [Archaic] --Chaucer. 3. Accomplished; versed. [Archaic] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beshine \Beshine"\ (b[esl]sh[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beshone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beshining}.] To shine upon; to illumine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beshine \Beshine"\ (b[esl]sh[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beshone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beshining}.] To shine upon; to illumine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besnow \Be*snow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besnowed}.] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besn[c6]wan; pref. be- + sn[c6]wan to snow.] 1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.] --Gower. 2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besom \Be"som\, n. [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa. xiv. 23. The housemaid with her besom. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besom \Be"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besomed}.] To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] --Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. --Barlow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bigam \Big"am\, n. [L. bigamus twice married: cf. F. bigame. See {Bigamy.}] A bigamist. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bigamy \Big"a*my\, n. [OE. bigamie, fr. L. bigamus twice married; bis twice + Gr. [?] marriage; prob. akin to Skt. j[be]mis related, and L. gemini twins, the root meaning to bind, join: cf. F. bigamie. Cf. {Digamy}.] (Law) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. --Wharton. Note: It is not strictly correct to call this offense bigamy: it more properly denominated polygamy, i. e., having a plurality of wives or husbands at once, and in several statutes in the United States the offense is classed under the head of polygamy. In the canon law bigamy was the marrying of two virgins successively, or one after the death of the other, or once marrying a widow. This disqualified a man for orders, and for holding ecclesiastical offices. Shakespeare uses the word in the latter sense. --Blackstone. --Bouvier. Base declension and loathed bigamy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biggen \Big"gen\, v. t. & i. To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.] --Steele.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biggin \Big"gin\, n. [F. b[82]guin, prob. from the cap worn by the B[82]guines. Cf. {Beguine}, {Biggon}.] A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biggin \Big"gin\, n. A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biggin \Big"gin\, Bigging \Big"ging\, n. [OE. bigging. See {Big}, {Bigg}, v. t.] A building. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biggon \Big"gon\, Biggonnet \Big"gon*net\, n. [F. b[82]guin and OF. beguinet, dim of b[82]guin. See {Biggin} a cap.] A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biogen \Bi"o*gen\, n. [Gr. [?] life + -gen.] (Biol.) Bioplasm.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biogenesis \Bi`ogen"esis\, Biogeny \Biog"eny\, n. [Gr. [?] life + [?], [?], birth.] (Biol.) (a) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to {abiogenesis}. (b) Life development generally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biscayan \Bis*cay"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Biscay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bison \Bi"son\ (b[imac]"s[ocr]n; 277), n. [L. bison, Gr. bi`swn, a wild ox; akin to OHG. wisunt, wisant, G. wisent, AS. wesend, Icel. v[c6]sundr: cf. F. bison.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The aurochs or European bison. (b) The American bison buffalo ({Bison Americanus}), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bisson \Bis"son\, a. [OE. bisen, bisne, AS. bisen, prob. for b[c6]s[?]ne; bi by + s[?]ne clear, akin to se[a2]n to see; clear when near, hence short-sighted. See {See}.] Purblind; blinding. [Obs.] [bd]Bisson rheum.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bosomed} (-[ucr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bosoming}.] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. --Shak. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\ (b[oocr]z"[ucr]m), n. [AS. b[?]sm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. b[?]sm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.] 1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. --Shak. 2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it. --Shak. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. --Job xxxi. 33. 3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church. --Hooker. 4. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. [bd]The bosom of the ocean.[b8] --Addison. 5. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. --Ex. iv. 6. 6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom. 2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosomy \Bos"om*y\ (-[ycr]), a. Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boson \Bo"son\ (b[omac]"s'n), n. See {Boatswain}. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowssen \Bows"sen\, v. t. To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties). [Obs.] There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. --Carew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boxen \Box"en\ (b[ocr]ks"'n), a. Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box ({Buxus}). [R.] The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boyism \Boy"ism\, n. 1. Boyhood. [Obs.] --T. Warton. 2. The nature of a boy; childishness. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buccan \Buc"can\, n. [F. boucan. See {Buccaneer}.] 1. A wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire. 2. A place where meat is smoked. 3. Buccaned meat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buccan \Buc"can\, v. t. [F. boucaner. See {Buccaneer}.] To expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buckskin \Buck"skin`\, n. 1. The skin of a buck. 2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. 3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, An' did the buckskins claw, man. --Burns. 4. pl. Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buskin \Bus"kin\, n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See {Brodekin}.] 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the {Buxus sempervirens}, or common box tree. It is identical with {bebeerine}; -- called also {buxina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the {Buxus sempervirens}, or common box tree. It is identical with {bebeerine}; -- called also {buxina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b[d3]csum, b[d4]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b[d4]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See {Bow} to bend, and {-some}.] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.] So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser. I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. --Foxe. 2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton. A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. --Tatler. -- {Bux"omly}, adv. -- {Bux"omness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bygone \By"gone`\ (b[imac]"g[ocr]n`; 115), a. Past; gone by. [bd]Bygone fooleries.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bygone \By"gone`\, n. Something gone by or past; a past event. [bd]Let old bygones be[b8] --Tennyson. {Let bygones be bygones}, let the past be forgotten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Byssin \Bys"sin\, n. See {Byssus}, n., 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Byssus \[d8]Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also {byss} and {byssin}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the {Pinna} and {Mytilus}, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Byssin \Bys"sin\, n. See {Byssus}, n., 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Byssus \[d8]Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also {byss} and {byssin}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the {Pinna} and {Mytilus}, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Byssine \Bys"sine\, a. [L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr. by`ssinos See {Byssus}.] Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. --Coles.
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Basom, NY Zip code(s): 14013
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Big Chimney, WV Zip code(s): 25302
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Boscawen, NH Zip code(s): 03303
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Buckskin, IN Zip code(s): 47647
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
big win n. 1. [common] Major success. 2. [MIT] Serendipity. "Yes, those two physicists discovered high-temperature superconductivity in a batch of ceramic that had been prepared incorrectly according to their experimental schedule. Small mistake; big win!" See {win big}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bixen pl.n. Users of BIX (the BIX Information eXchange, formerly the Byte Information eXchange). Parallels other plurals like boxen, {VAXen}, oxen.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bogon /boh'gon/ n. [very common; by analogy with proton/electron/neutron, but doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the similarity to Douglas Adams's `Vogons'; see the {Bibliography} in Appendix C and note that Arthur Dent actually mispronounces `Vogons' as `Bogons' at one point] 1. The elementary particle of bogosity (see {quantum bogodynamics}). For instance, "the Ethernet is emitting bogons again" means that it is broken or acting in an erratic or bogus fashion. 2. A query packet sent from a TCP/IP domain resolver to a root server, having the reply bit set instead of the query bit. 3. Any bogus or incorrectly formed packet sent on a network. 4. By synecdoche, used to refer to any bogus thing, as in "I'd like to go to lunch with you but I've got to go to the weekly staff bogon". 5. A person who is bogus or who says bogus things. This was historically the original usage, but has been overtaken by its derivative senses 1-4. See also {bogosity}, {bogus}; compare {psyton}, {fat electrons}, {magic smoke}. The bogon has become the type case for a whole bestiary of nonce particle names, including the `clutron' or `cluon' (indivisible particle of cluefulness, obviously the antiparticle of the bogon) and the futon (elementary particle of {randomness}, or sometimes of lameness). These are not so much live usages in themselves as examples of a live meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or linguistic maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious circumstances by inventing nonce particle names. And these imply nonce particle theories, with all their dignity or lack thereof (we might note parenthetically that this is a generalization from "(bogus particle) theories" to "bogus (particle theories)"!). Perhaps such particles are the modern-day equivalents of trolls and wood-nymphs as standard starting-points around which to construct explanatory myths. Of course, playing on an existing word (as in the `futon') yields additional flavor. Compare {magic smoke}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
boxen /bok'sn/ pl.n. [very common; by analogy with {VAXen}] Fanciful plural of {box} often encountered in the phrase `Unix boxen', used to describe commodity {{Unix}} hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BCNU Be seein' you.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
@Begin The {Scribe} equivalent of {\begin}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
\begin The {LaTeX} command used with \end to delimit an environment within which the text is formatted in a certain way. E.g. \begin{table}...\end{table}. Used humorously in writing to indicate a context or to remark on the surrounded text. For example: \begin{flame} Predicate logic is the only good programming language. Anyone who would use anything else is an idiot. Also, all computers should be tredecimal instead of binary. \end{flame} {Scribe} users at {CMU} and elsewhere used to use @Begin/@End in an identical way (LaTeX was built to resemble Scribe). On {Usenet}, this construct would more frequently be rendered as "" and "" (a la {HTML}), or "#ifdef FLAME" and "#endif FLAME" (a la {C preprocessor}). (1998-09-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
@Begin The {Scribe} equivalent of {\begin}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
\begin The {LaTeX} command used with \end to delimit an environment within which the text is formatted in a certain way. E.g. \begin{table}...\end{table}. Used humorously in writing to indicate a context or to remark on the surrounded text. For example: \begin{flame} Predicate logic is the only good programming language. Anyone who would use anything else is an idiot. Also, all computers should be tredecimal instead of binary. \end{flame} {Scribe} users at {CMU} and elsewhere used to use @Begin/@End in an identical way (LaTeX was built to resemble Scribe). On {Usenet}, this construct would more frequently be rendered as "" and "" (a la {HTML}), or "#ifdef FLAME" and "#endif FLAME" (a la {C preprocessor}). (1998-09-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
big win An {MIT} term for a {Good Thing} or a lucky accident. [{Jargon File}] (1996-03-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bison++ GNU's Yacc parser generator retargeted to C++ by Alain Coetmeur . Version 1.04. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/bison++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://psuvax1.cs.psu.edu/pub/src/gnu/bison++-1.04.tar.Z)}. (1993-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bison {GNU}'s replacement for the {yacc} {parser generator}. Bison runs under {Unix} and on {Atari} computers. It was written by Robert Corbett. Latest version: 1.28, as of 2000-05-22. As of version 1.24, Bison will no longer apply the {GNU} {General Public License} to your code. You can use the output files without restriction. {FTP GNU.org (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/)} or your nearest {GNU archive site}. E-mail: . {Bison++} is a version which produces {C++} output. (2000-07-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bison++ GNU's Yacc parser generator retargeted to C++ by Alain Coetmeur . Version 1.04. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/bison++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://psuvax1.cs.psu.edu/pub/src/gnu/bison++-1.04.tar.Z)}. (1993-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bison {GNU}'s replacement for the {yacc} {parser generator}. Bison runs under {Unix} and on {Atari} computers. It was written by Robert Corbett. Latest version: 1.28, as of 2000-05-22. As of version 1.24, Bison will no longer apply the {GNU} {General Public License} to your code. You can use the output files without restriction. {FTP GNU.org (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/)} or your nearest {GNU archive site}. E-mail: . {Bison++} is a version which produces {C++} output. (2000-07-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bogon /boh'gon/ [by analogy with proton/electron/neutron, but doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the similarity to Douglas Adams's "Vogons"] 1. The elementary particle of bogosity (see {quantum bogodynamics}). For instance, "the Ethernet is emitting bogons again" means that it is broken or acting in an erratic or bogus fashion. 2. A query {packet} sent from a {TCP/IP} {domain resolver} to a root server, having the reply bit set instead of the query bit. 3. Any bogus or incorrectly formed packet sent on a network. 4. A person who is bogus or who says bogus things. This was historically the original usage, but has been overtaken by its derivative senses. See also {bogosity}; compare {psyton}, {fat electrons}, {magic smoke}. The bogon has become the type case for a whole bestiary of nonce particle names, including the "clutron" or "cluon" (indivisible particle of cluefulness, obviously the antiparticle of the bogon) and the futon (elementary particle of {randomness}, or sometimes of lameness). These are not so much live usages in themselves as examples of a live meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or linguistic maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious circumstances by inventing nonce particle names. And these imply nonce particle theories, with all their dignity or lack thereof (we might note parenthetically that this is a generalisation from "(bogus particle) theories" to "bogus (particle theories)"!). Perhaps such particles are the modern-day equivalents of trolls and wood-nymphs as standard starting-points around which to construct explanatory myths. Of course, playing on an existing word (as in the "futon") yields additional flavour. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boxen /bok'sn/ (By analogy with {VAXen}) A fanciful plural of {box} often encountered in the phrase "Unix boxen", used to describe commodity {Unix} hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BSOM {Beats the shit outa me}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bashan light soil, first mentioned in Gen. 14:5, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth," where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed (Num. 21:33-35; Deut. 3:1-7). This country extended from Gilead in the south to Hermon in the north, and from the Jordan on the west to Salcah on the east. Along with the half of Gilead it was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:29-31). Golan, one of its cities, became a "city of refuge" (Josh. 21:27). Argob, in Bashan, was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (1 Kings 4:13). The cities of Bashan were taken by Hazael (2 Kings 10:33), but were soon after reconquered by Jehoash (2 Kings 13:25), who overcame the Syrians in three battles, according to the word of Elisha (19). From this time Bashan almost disappears from history, although we read of the wild cattle of its rich pastures (Ezek. 39:18; Ps. 22:12), the oaks of its forests (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 27:6; Zech. 11:2), and the beauty of its extensive plains (Amos 4:1; Jer. 50:19). Soon after the conquest, the name "Gilead" was given to the whole country beyond Jordan. After the Exile, Bashan was divided into four districts, (1.) Gaulonitis, or Jaulan, the most western; (2.) Auranitis, the Hauran (Ezek. 47:16); (3.) Argob or Trachonitis, now the Lejah; and (4.) Batanaea, now Ard-el-Bathanyeh, on the east of the Lejah, with many deserted towns almost as perfect as when they were inhabited. (See {HAURAN}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Basin or Bason. (1.) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan') for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also "goblet" (Cant. 7:2) and "cups" (Isa. 22:24). (2.) A covered dish or urn (Heb. k'for) among the vessels of the temple (1 Chr. 28:17; Ezra 1:10; 8:27). (3.) A vase (Heb. mizrak) from which to sprinkle anything. A metallic vessel; sometimes rendered "bowl" (Amos 6:6; Zech. 9:15). The vessels of the tabernacle were of brass (Ex. 27:3), while those of the temple were of gold (2 Chr. 4:8). (4.) A utensil (Heb. saph) for holding the blood of the victims (Ex. 12:22); also a basin for domestic purposes (2 Sam. 17:28). The various vessels spoken of by the names "basin, bowl, charger, cup, and dish," cannot now be accurately distinguished. The basin in which our Lord washed the disciples' feet (John 13:5) must have been larger and deeper than the hand-basin.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beacon a pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose (Isa. 30:17). In Isa. 33:23 and Ezek. 27:5, the same word is rendered "mast." (See {Banner}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Besom the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bochim weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judg. 2:1, 5). It lay probably at the head of one of the valleys between Gilgal and Shiloh.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bosom In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness, secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e., has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bashan, in the tooth, in ivory
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bochim, the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Boson, taking away