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English Dictionary: bell ringer	by the DICT Development Group
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ballerina n a female ballet dancer Synonym(s): ballerina, danseuse
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ballroom n large room used mainly for dancing [syn: ballroom, {dance hall}, dance palace]
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ballroom dance n any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom Synonym(s): ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
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ballroom dancing n any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom Synonym(s): ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
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ballroom music n a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing Synonym(s): dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
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bell ringer n a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) Synonym(s): toller, bell ringer, ringer someone who plays musical handbells something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" Synonym(s): bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run
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bell ringing n the sound of someone playing a set of bells persuasion of voters in a political campaign Synonym(s): electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower Synonym(s): bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing
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Bellarmine n Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) [syn: Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine] a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) Synonym(s): bellarmine, longbeard, long-beard, greybeard
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Bellarmino n Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) [syn: Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine]
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Blarina n shrews Synonym(s): Blarina, genus Blarina
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Blarina brevicauda n North American shrew with tail less than half its body length Synonym(s): short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
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blaring adj unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" Synonym(s): blaring, blasting n a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blarney n flattery designed to gain favor [syn: blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk] v influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" Synonym(s): wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet- talk, inveigle
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Blarney Stone n a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it
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blue runner n fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil [syn: runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos]
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blurriness n the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines Synonym(s): indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness Antonym(s): distinctness, sharpness
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bollworm n any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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Bull Run n a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles Synonym(s): Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run
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bullhorn n a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier Synonym(s): bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer
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bullring n a stadium where bullfights take place
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballroom \Ball"room`\, n. A room for balls or dancing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.[b8] 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times. {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. --Fuller. {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. --Nares. {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax. {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak. Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are self-explaining. {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are founded or cast. {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}. {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells. {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. --Aytoun. {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent. {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[ecr]l"l[ycr]), n.; pl. {Bellies} (-l[icr]z). [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, b[91]lg, b[91]lig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b[84]lg, Dan. b[91]lg, D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg. Cf. {Bellows}, {Follicle}, {Fool}, {Bilge}.] 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen. Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head. --Dunglison. 2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak. 3. The womb. [Obs.] Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. --Jer. i. 5. 4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2. 5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. {Belly doublet}, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. --Shak. {Belly fretting}, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. --Johnson. {Belly timber}, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior. {Belly worm}, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity. --Chaucer. A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her. --L'Estrange. 2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. Note: The common European species are the house shrew ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh, shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is less common. The common European water shrews are {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under {Oared}). {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac. {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc. {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}. {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size, but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes. {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blare \Blare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaring}.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. pl[84]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. {Blore}.] To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. [bd]The trumpet blared.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[ycr]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. [bd]Blarneyed the landlord.[b8] --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[ycr]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. [bd]Blarneyed the landlord.[b8] --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. [bd]Blarneyed the landlord.[b8] --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blearing}.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See {Blink}, and cf. {Blur}.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. {To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wren \Wren\ (r[ecr]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[91]nna, perhaps akin to wr[aemac]ne lascivious.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family {Troglodytid[91]}. Note: Among the species best known are the house wren ({Troglodytes a[89]don}) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren ({T. hiemalis}). See also {Cactus wren}, {Marsh wren}, and {Rock wren}, under {Cactus}, {Marsh}, and {Rock}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits. Note: Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see {Reed warbler} (a), under {Reed}), the sedge wren (see {Sedge warbler}, under {Sedge}), the willow wren (see {Willow warbler}, under {Willow}), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see {Kinglet}). {Ant wren}, any one of numerous South American birds of the family {Formicarid[91]}, allied to the ant thrushes. {Blue wren}, a small Australian singing bird ({Malurus cyaneus}), the male of which in the breeding season is bright blue. Called also {superb warbler}. {Emu wren}. See in the Vocabulary. {Wren babbler}, any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to {Alcippe}, {Stachyris}, {Timalia}, and several allied genera. These birds are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Wren tit}. See {Ground wren}, under {Ground}. {Wren warbler}, any one of several species of small Asiatic and African singing birds belonging to {Prinia} and allied genera. These birds are closely allied to the tailor birds, and build their nests in a similar manner. See also {Pincpinc}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blur \Blur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurring}.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See {Blear}.] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. --Shak. 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. --J. R. Drake. 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. --Hudibras. Syn: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bole \Bole\, n. [Gr. [?] a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and also L. bolus morsel. Cf. {Bolus}.] 1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See {Clay}, and {Terra alba}. 2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge. {Armenian bole}. See under {Armenian}. {Bole Armoniac}, or {Armoniak}, Armenian bole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bollworm \Boll"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a moth ({Heliothis armigera}) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bel Air North, MD (CDP, FIPS 5825) Location: 39.55353 N, 76.37365 W Population (1990): 14880 (5116 housing units) Area: 42.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bell Ranch, NM Zip code(s): 88441
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Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL (CDP, FIPS 5025) Location: 30.18015 N, 81.74360 W Population (1990): 15606 (6170 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Bull Run, VA (CDP, FIPS 11230) Location: 38.78363 N, 77.52070 W Population (1990): 5525 (2878 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-hermon lord of Hermon. (1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr. 5:23). Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh. 11:17). (2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg. 3:3). Probably it may be the same as Mount Hermon, or one of its three peaks.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal-hermon, possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed