Baal
         n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities
               worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews
               considered Baal a false god

English Dictionary: below	by the DICT Development Group
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bail n (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman" Synonym(s): bail, bail bond, bond the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail" v release after a security has been paid deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period secure the release of (someone) by providing security empty (a vessel) by bailing remove (water) from a vessel with a container
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bailee n the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
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Bailey n United States singer (1918-1990) [syn: Bailey, {Pearl Bailey}, Pearl Mae Bailey] English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742) Synonym(s): Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey the outer courtyard of a castle the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
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bale n a large bundle bound for storage or transport a city in northwestern Switzerland Synonym(s): Basel, Basle, Bale v make into a bale; "bale hay"
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Bali n an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
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ball n round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" Synonym(s): musket ball, ball an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" Synonym(s): ball, globe, orb the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded" one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" Synonym(s): testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) Synonym(s): Ball, Lucille Ball a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" Synonym(s): ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk a lavish dance requiring formal attire Synonym(s): ball, formal a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" the game of baseball a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" v form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool"
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bally adj informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" Synonym(s): bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)
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ballyhoo n blatant or sensational promotion [syn: ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug] v advertize noisily or blatantly
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bawl v shout loudly and without restraint Synonym(s): bawl, bellow make a raucous noise Synonym(s): yawp, bawl cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"
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bay willow n European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States Synonym(s): bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra
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bbl n any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" Synonym(s): barrel, bbl
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be well v be healthy; feel good; "She has not been well lately" [ant: hurt, suffer]
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Bel n a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels Synonym(s): Bel, B Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
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Belau n a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean Synonym(s): Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew
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belay n something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured v turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
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belie v be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie, negate] represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" Synonym(s): misrepresent, belie
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bell n a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed Synonym(s): doorbell, bell, buzzer the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" Synonym(s): bell, toll (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. Synonym(s): bell, ship's bell the shape of a bell Synonym(s): bell, bell shape, campana a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) Synonym(s): Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) Synonym(s): Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) Synonym(s): Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument Synonym(s): chime, bell, gong the flared opening of a tubular device v attach a bell to; "bell cows"
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belle n a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
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bellow n a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" Synonym(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005) Synonym(s): Bellow, Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow v shout loudly and without restraint Synonym(s): bawl, bellow make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" Synonym(s): bellow, roar
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belly n the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis Synonym(s): abdomen, venter, stomach, belly a protruding abdomen Synonym(s): belly, paunch a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship" the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish v swell out or bulge out Synonym(s): belly, belly out
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below adv in or to a place that is lower [syn: below, {at a lower place}, to a lower place, beneath] Antonym(s): above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place at a later place; "see below" Antonym(s): above, supra (in writing) see below; "vide infra" Synonym(s): below, infra on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" Synonym(s): downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor, below Antonym(s): on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs further down; "see under for further discussion" Synonym(s): under, below
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bewail v regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" Synonym(s): deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan
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bialy n flat crusty-bottomed onion roll [syn: bialy, bialystoker]
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bile n a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats Synonym(s): bile, gall
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bill n a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" Synonym(s): bill, measure an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" Synonym(s): bill, account, invoice a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" Synonym(s): bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback the entertainment offered at a public presentation an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" Synonym(s): circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" Synonym(s): poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" Synonym(s): bill, billhook a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" Synonym(s): bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor horny projecting mouth of a bird Synonym(s): beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker v demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" Synonym(s): charge, bill advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" publicize or announce by placards Synonym(s): placard, bill
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billow n a large sea wave Synonym(s): billow, surge v rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky" Synonym(s): billow, wallow move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" Synonym(s): billow, surge, heave become inflated; "The sails ballooned" Synonym(s): balloon, inflate, billow
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billowy adj characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves" Synonym(s): billowy, billowing(a), surging
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billy n a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] male goat Synonym(s): billy, billy goat, he-goat
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billy-ho n an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'" Synonym(s): billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out
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billyo n an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'" Synonym(s): billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out
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billyoh n an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'" Synonym(s): billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out
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blae adj of bluish-black or grey-blue
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blah n pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bleu n cheese containing a blue mold Synonym(s): bleu, blue cheese
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blow n a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" Synonym(s): blow, bump an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating Synonym(s): reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" Synonym(s): shock, blow a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Synonym(s): gust, blast, blow street names for cocaine Synonym(s): coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" Synonym(s): blow, puff v exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West" free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose" be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" Synonym(s): float, drift, be adrift, blow make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew" shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase" 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 spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" Synonym(s): waste, blow, squander Antonym(s): conserve, economise, economize, husband spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew" play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn" provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation Synonym(s): fellate, suck, blow, go down on cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry" cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew" leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" Synonym(s): shove off, shove along, blow lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow" cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" show off Synonym(s): boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse" melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" Synonym(s): blow out, burn out, blow burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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blowy adj abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff" Synonym(s): blowy, breezy, windy
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BLU-82 n a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan Synonym(s): Big Blue, BLU-82
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blue adj of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" Synonym(s): blue, bluish, blueish used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line" filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" Synonym(s): gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" Synonym(s): blasphemous, blue, profane suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" Synonym(s): aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" Synonym(s): blue(a), puritanic, puritanical causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" Synonym(s): blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary n blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue" Synonym(s): blue, blueness blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue" the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" Synonym(s): blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge Synonym(s): bluing, blueing, blue the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic Synonym(s): amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae v turn blue
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Boell n German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985) Synonym(s): Boell, Heinrich Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell
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boil n a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus [syn: boil, furuncle] the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil" Synonym(s): boiling point, boil v come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" Antonym(s): freeze immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool" bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" Synonym(s): churn, boil, moil, roil be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" Synonym(s): seethe, boil
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bola n a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie Synonym(s): bolo tie, bolo, bola tie, bola a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin
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bole n a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber Synonym(s): trunk, tree trunk, bole a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa Synonym(s): Bole, Bolanci
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boll n the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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bolo n a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie Synonym(s): bolo tie, bolo, bola tie, bola long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin Synonym(s): bolo, bolo knife
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Boole n English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864) Synonym(s): Boole, George Boole
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boule n an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork Synonym(s): boulle, boule, buhl
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boulle n an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork Synonym(s): boulle, boule, buhl
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bowel n the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus Synonym(s): intestine, bowel, gut
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bowl n a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; a concave shape with an open top Synonym(s): bowl, trough a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods the quantity contained in a bowl Synonym(s): bowl, bowlful a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments Synonym(s): stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling Synonym(s): bowling ball, bowl a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco Synonym(s): bowl, pipe bowl the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) Synonym(s): roll, bowl v roll (a ball) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
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Boyle n United States writer (1902-1992) [syn: Boyle, {Kay Boyle}] Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691) Synonym(s): Boyle, Robert Boyle
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buhl n an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork Synonym(s): boulle, boule, buhl
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Bulawayo n industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe
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bull n uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" Synonym(s): bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" Synonym(s): bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" uncomplimentary terms for a policeman Synonym(s): bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later Antonym(s): bear (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus Synonym(s): Taurus, Bull the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 Synonym(s): Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull the center of a target Synonym(s): bull's eye, bull a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) Synonym(s): bull, papal bull mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle v push or force; "He bulled through his demands" [syn: bull, bull through] try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" Synonym(s): talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
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bulla n (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid Synonym(s): blister, bulla, bleb the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
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bully adj very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing n a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo] a hired thug v be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" Synonym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate Synonym(s): browbeat, bully, swagger
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bylaw n a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baal \Ba"al\ (b[amac]"[ait]l), n.; Heb. pl. {Baalim} (-[icr]m).       [Heb. ba'al lord.]       1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and             Canaanitish nations.          Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and                elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering                to the different ideas of his character; as,                Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of                the fly).          2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal             was applied. --Judges x. 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bel \Bel\ (b[ecr]l), n.       The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as       {Baal}. See {Baal}. --Baruch vi. 41.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, v.[?]t. [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L.       bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus [?]       who bears burdens.]       1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]                         Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. (Law)             (a) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of                   custody, on the undertaking of some other person or                   persons that he or they will be responsible for the                   appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person                   bailed.          Note: The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety.                The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a                man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment                upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a                person when he procures his release from arrest by                giving bond for his appearance. --Blackstone.             (b) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object                   or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied,                   that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the                   part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail                   cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail                   goods to a carrier. --Blackstone. Kent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim.       of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. {Bac}.]       A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]                   The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull.                                                                               --Capt. Cook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bailed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bailing}.]       1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to             bail water out of a boat.                         Buckets . . . to bail out the water.   --Capt. J.                                                                               Smith.          2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express             completeness; as, to bail a boat.                         By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed                      her out.                                             --R. H. Dana,                                                                               Jr.
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Bail \Bail\, n. [OE. beyl; cf. Dan. b[94]ile an bending, ring,       hoop, Sw. b[94]gel, bygel, and Icel. beyla hump, swelling,       akin to E. bow to bend.]       1. The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel,             usually movable. --Forby.          2. A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon,             awning of a boat, etc.
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Bail \Bail\, n. [OF. bail, baille. See {Bailey}.]       1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior             defense. [Written also {bayle}.] [Obs.]          2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space             inclosed by it; the outer court. --Holinshed.          3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]          4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.          5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two             cross pieces) of the wicket.
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Bail \Bail\, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L.       bajulus. See {Bail} to deliver.]       1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.]                         Silly Faunus now within their bail.   --Spenser.          2. (Law)             (a) The person or persons who procure the release of a                   prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from                   imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in                   court.                               The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen.                                                                               --Blackstone.                               A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at                            law.                                             --Kent.             (b) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in                   order to obtain his release from custody of the                   officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for                   any one.                               Excessive bail ought not to be required.                                                                               --Blackstone.
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Bailee \Bail`ee"\, n. [OF. baill[82], p. p. of bailler. See       {Bail} to deliver.] (Law)       The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has       a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for       the purposes of the trust. --Blackstone.          Note: In penal statutes the word includes those who receive                goods for another in good faith. --Wharton.
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Bailey \Bai"ley\, n. [The same word as bail line of palisades;       cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade,       baillier to inclose, shut.]       1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [Obs.]          2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or             fortress. [Obs.]          3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper             names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in             Manchester. [Eng.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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Bailie \Bail"ie\, n. [See {Bailiff}.]       An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to       that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English       alderman.
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Baillie \Bail"lie\, n.       1. Bailiff. [Obs.]          2. Same as {Bailie}. [Scot.]
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Halfbeak \Half"beak`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, having       the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also       {balahoo}.
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Bale \Bale\, n. [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr.       OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round       pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. {Ball} a round body.]       A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for       storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw [?] hay,       etc., put up compactly for transportation.          {Bale of dice}, a pair of dice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Bale \Bale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baled} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Baling}.]       To make up in a bale. --Goldsmith.
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Bale \Bale\ (b[amac]l), n. [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS.       balu, OHG. balo, Icel. b[94]l, Goth. balweins.]       1. Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.                         Let now your bliss be turned into bale. --Spenser.          2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing             great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]
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Bale \Bale\, v. t.       See {Bail}, v. t., to lade.
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Ball \Ball\, n. (Baseball)       A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to       pass over the home base at a height not greater than the       batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee.
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Ball \Ball\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balled} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Balling}.]       To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or       clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow       balls.
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Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,       palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st       {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.]       1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,             a ball of twine; a ball of snow.          2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play             with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.          3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,             kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}.          4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of             lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a             cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,             powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms             are commonly called {bullets}.          5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into             the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst             and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;             as, a fire ball; a stink ball.          6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle             called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for             inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.          7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;             as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.          8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly             given to horses; a bolus. --White.          9. The globe or earth. --Pope.                         Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.          {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within             a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction             within certain limits.          {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the             friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal             balls.          {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as             distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only             powder.          {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by             the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of             a lever.          {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits             lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining             the pivot in its socket. --Knight.          {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock.          {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its             lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.          {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed             in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a             valve.          {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose             masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.                      {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign             or shop.          Syn: See {Globe}.
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Ball \Ball\, v. t.       1. (Metal.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for             rolling.          2. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
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Ball \Ball\, n. [F. bal, fr. OF. baler to dance, fr. LL.       ballare. Of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [?] to toss or throw,       or [?], [?], to leap, bound, [?] to dance, jump about; or cf.       1st {Ball}, n.]       A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
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Ballahoo \Bal"la*hoo\, Ballahou \Bal"la*hou\, n.       A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West       Indies.
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Ballahoo \Bal"la*hoo\, Ballahou \Bal"la*hou\, n.       A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West       Indies.
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Ballow \Bal"low\, n.       A cudgel. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Bawl \Bawl\, n.       A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
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Bawl \Bawl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bawled} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bawling}.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to       Sw. b[94]la; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow,       bull.]       1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence,             as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.          2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
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Bawl \Bawl\, v. t.       To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or       town-crier does. --Swift.
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Bail \Bail\, n. [OF. bail, baille. See {Bailey}.]       1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior             defense. [Written also {bayle}.] [Obs.]          2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space             inclosed by it; the outer court. --Holinshed.          3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]          4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.          5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two             cross pieces) of the wicket.
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Beal \Beal\, n. [See Boil a tumor.] (Med.) A small inflammatory       tumor; a pustule. [Prov. Eng.] Beal \Beal\, v. i. [imp. & p.       p. {Bealed}; p. pr & vb. n. {Bealing}.]       To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.       [Prov. Eng.]
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Be-all \Be"-all`\, n.       The whole; all that is to be. [Poetic] --Shak.
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Behowl \Be*howl"\, v. t.       To howl at. [Obs.]                   The wolf behowls the moon.                     --Shak.
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Bel \Bel\, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.]       A thorny rutaceous tree ({[92]gle marmelos}) of India, and       its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also {Bengal       quince}, {golden apple}, {wood apple}. The fruit is used       medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
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Bel \Bel\ (b[ecr]l), n.       The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as       {Baal}. See {Baal}. --Baruch vi. 41.
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Belay \Be*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belaid}, {Belayed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Belaying}.] [For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to       cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for       sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. {Be-}, and       {Lay} to place.]       1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.]                         Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. --Spenser.          2. (Naut.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns             with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. --Totten.          3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block             up or obstruct. [Obs.] --Dryden.          {Belay thee!} Stop.
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Belee \Be*lee"\, v. t.       To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. --Shak.
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Belie \Be*lie"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Belying}.] [OE. bilien, bili[?]en, AS. bele[a2]gan; pref.       be- + le[a2]gan to lie. See {Lie}, n.]       1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with,             falsehood.                         Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To give a false representation or account of.                         Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. --Shak.          3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.                         Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.                                                                               --Shak.          4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.] --Dryden.          5. To fill with lies. [Obs.] [bd]The breath of slander doth             belie all corners of the world.[b8] --Shak.
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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.
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Bell \Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Belling}.]       To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.          2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
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Bell \Bell\, v. i.       To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to       blossom; as, hops bell.
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Bell \Bell\, v. t. [AS. bellan. See {Bellow}.]       To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]
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Bell \Bell\, v. i.       To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a       bellowing sound; to roar.                   As loud as belleth wind in hell.            --Chaucer.                   The wild buck bells from ferny brake.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Belle \Belle\ (b[ecr]l), n. [F. belle, fem. of bel, beau,       beautiful, fine. See {Beau}.]       A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome       lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
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Bellow \Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bellowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bellowing}.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr.       bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep,       OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. {Bell}, n. &       v., {Bawl}, {Bull}.]       1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.          2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.          3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when             violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.                         The bellowing voice of boiling seas.   --Dryden.
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Bellow \Bel"low\, v. t.       To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.       [bd]Would bellow out a laugh.[b8] --Dryden.
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Bellow \Bel"low\, n.       A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a       roar.
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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.
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Belly \Bel"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bellying}.]       To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]                   Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak.
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Belly \Bel"ly\, v. i.       To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.                   The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden.
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Below \Be*low"\, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.]       1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below             the moon; below the knee. --Shak.          2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount,             price, etc.; lower in quality. [bd]One degree below             kings.[b8] --Addison.          3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.                         They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . .                      how below all history the persons and their actions                      were.                                                --Milton.                         Who thinks no fact below his regard.   --Hallam.          Syn: Underneath; under; beneath.
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Below \Be*low"\, adv.       1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower             room; beneath.                         Lord Marmion waits below.                  --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.                         The fairest child of Jove below.         --Prior.          3. In hell, or the regions of the dead.                         What business brought him to the realms below.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the             trial below. --Wheaton.          5. In some part or page following.
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Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewailed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bewailing}.]       To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail       over.                   Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this                hour bewail the injury.                           --Shak.          Syn: To bemoan; grieve. -- See {Deplore}.
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Bewail \Be*wail"\, v. i.       To express grief; to lament. --Shak.
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Bile \Bile\, n. [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]       1. (Physiol.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually             alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes             into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive             process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile             salts, and coloring matters.          2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to             stir one's bile. --Prescott.          Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the                [bd]humor[b8] which caused irascibility.
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Bile \Bile\, n. [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b[?]le, b[?]l; skin       to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf.       {Boil} a tumor, {Bulge}.]       A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Ripper act \Rip"per act\ [or] bill \bill\       An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a       governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of       heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit.       Cant, U. S.]
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Bill \Bill\, n.       The bell, or boom, of the bittern                   The bittern's hollow bill was heard.      --Wordsworth.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bil, AS. bill, bil; akin to OS. bil sword,       OHG. bill pickax, G. bille. Cf. {Bill} bea[?].]       1. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted             with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When             short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.          2. A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A             common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy,             double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at             the back and another at the top, and attached to the end             of a long staff.                         France had no infantry that dared to face the                      English bows end bills.                     --Macaulay.          3. One who wields a bill; a billman. --Strype.          4. A pickax, or mattock. [Obs.]          5. (Naut.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point             of or beyond the fluke.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bile, bille, AS. bile beak of a bird,       proboscis; cf. Ir. & Gael. bil, bile, mouth, lip, bird's       bill. Cf. {Bill} a weapon.]       A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other       animal. --Milton.
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Bill \Bill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Billed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Billing}.]       1. To strike; to peck. [Obs.]          2. To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness. [bd]As             pigeons bill.[b8] --Shak.          {To bill and coo}, to interchange caresses; -- said of doves;             also of demonstrative lovers. --Thackeray.
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Bill \Bill\, v. t.       To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a       bill.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),       for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,       edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.       bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a       paper.]       1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong             the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a             fault committed by some person against a law.          2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain             sum at a future day or on demand, with or without             interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]          Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a                note of hand, or a promissory note.          3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for             enactment; a proposed or projected law.          4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,             to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale             of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.                         She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.          5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,             with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's             claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.          6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a             bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of             mortality; a bill of fare, etc.          {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.          {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the             total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.                      {Bill of credit}.             (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper                   issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the                   State, and designed to circulate as money. No State                   shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.                   --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier             (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other                   person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to                   the bearer for goods or money.          {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the             husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was             dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.          {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the             customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.                      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.          {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from             one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay             to some person designated a certain sum of money therein             generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable             to order or to bearer. So also the order generally             expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is             drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called             the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before             acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the             acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be             paid is called the payee. The person making the order may             himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called             a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.          {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the             dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with             prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.                      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities             as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time             of her leaving port.          {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented             to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence             sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it             [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not             a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or             [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]          {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any             person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or             by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and             promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,             dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to             sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which             he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and             one is sent to the consignee of the goods.          {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of             deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a             district required to be covered by such statement; as, a             place within the bills of mortality of London.          {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature             which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons             supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any             conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.             --Bouvier. --Wharton.          {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the             buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of             each.          {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the             items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the             defendant's set-off.          {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed             by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the             Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of             Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they             became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration             of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the             several States.          {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or             transfer of goods and chattels.          {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which             goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of             full information, may be provisionally landed for             examination.          {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to             merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are             necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.          {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or             acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.          {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or             acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.          {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand             jury.
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Bill \Bill\, v. t.       1. To advertise by a bill or public notice.          2. To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
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Ripper act \Rip"per act\ [or] bill \bill\       An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a       governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of       heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit.       Cant, U. S.]
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Bill \Bill\, n.       The bell, or boom, of the bittern                   The bittern's hollow bill was heard.      --Wordsworth.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bil, AS. bill, bil; akin to OS. bil sword,       OHG. bill pickax, G. bille. Cf. {Bill} bea[?].]       1. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted             with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When             short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.          2. A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A             common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy,             double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at             the back and another at the top, and attached to the end             of a long staff.                         France had no infantry that dared to face the                      English bows end bills.                     --Macaulay.          3. One who wields a bill; a billman. --Strype.          4. A pickax, or mattock. [Obs.]          5. (Naut.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point             of or beyond the fluke.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bile, bille, AS. bile beak of a bird,       proboscis; cf. Ir. & Gael. bil, bile, mouth, lip, bird's       bill. Cf. {Bill} a weapon.]       A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other       animal. --Milton.
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Bill \Bill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Billed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Billing}.]       1. To strike; to peck. [Obs.]          2. To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness. [bd]As             pigeons bill.[b8] --Shak.          {To bill and coo}, to interchange caresses; -- said of doves;             also of demonstrative lovers. --Thackeray.
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Bill \Bill\, v. t.       To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a       bill.
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Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),       for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,       edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.       bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a       paper.]       1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong             the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a             fault committed by some person against a law.          2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain             sum at a future day or on demand, with or without             interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]          Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a                note of hand, or a promissory note.          3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for             enactment; a proposed or projected law.          4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,             to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale             of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.                         She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.          5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,             with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's             claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.          6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a             bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of             mortality; a bill of fare, etc.          {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.          {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the             total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.                      {Bill of credit}.             (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper                   issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the                   State, and designed to circulate as money. No State                   shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.                   --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier             (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other                   person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to                   the bearer for goods or money.          {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the             husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was             dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.          {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the             customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.                      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.          {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from             one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay             to some person designated a certain sum of money therein             generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable             to order or to bearer. So also the order generally             expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is             drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called             the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before             acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the             acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be             paid is called the payee. The person making the order may             himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called             a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.          {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the             dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with             prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.                      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities             as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time             of her leaving port.          {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented             to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence             sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it             [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not             a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or             [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]          {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any             person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or             by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and             promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,             dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to             sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which             he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and             one is sent to the consignee of the goods.          {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of             deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a             district required to be covered by such statement; as, a             place within the bills of mortality of London.          {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature             which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons             supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any             conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.             --Bouvier. --Wharton.          {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the             buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of             each.          {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the             items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the             defendant's set-off.          {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed             by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the             Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of             Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they             became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration             of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the             several States.          {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or             transfer of goods and chattels.          {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which             goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of             full information, may be provisionally landed for             examination.          {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to             merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are             necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.          {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or             acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.          {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or             acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.          {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand             jury.
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Bill \Bill\, v. t.       1. To advertise by a bill or public notice.          2. To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
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Billow \Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b[94]lge,       Sw. b[94]lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E.       bulge. See {Bulge}.]       1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused             usually by violent wind.                         Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.                                                                               --Cowper.          2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.
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Billow \Bil"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Billowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Billowing}.]       To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.       [bd]The billowing snow.[b8] --Prior.
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Billowy \Bil"low*y\, a.       Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large       waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.                   And whitening down the many-tinctured stream, Descends                the billowy foam.                                    --Thomson.
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Billy \Bil"ly\, n.       1. A club; esp., a policeman's club.          2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine.
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Bl91 \Bl[91]\, a. [See {Blue}.]       Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]
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Blay \Blay\, n. [AS. bl[?]ge, fr. bl[?]c, bleak, white; akin to       Icel. bleikja, OHG. bleicha, G. bleihe. See {Bleak}, n. & a.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A fish. See {Bleak}, n.
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Blea \Blea\, n.       The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the       alburnum or sapwood.
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Blee \Blee\, n. [AS. ble[a2], ble[a2]h.]       Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [Archaic]                   For him which is so bright of blee.         --Lament. of                                                                               Mary Magd.                   That boy has a strong blee of his father. --Forby.
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Blow \Blow\ (bl[omac]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p.       {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen,       AS. bl[omac]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[omac]jan, D.       bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl[uum]ejen, G. bl[81]hen, L.       florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff,       {Flourish}.]       To flower; to blossom; to bloom.                   How blows the citron grove.                     --Milton.
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Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown}       (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen,       AS. bl[amac]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[amac]jan,       G. bl[84]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr.       'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate,       etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]       1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move             rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.                         Hark how it rains and blows !            --Walton.          2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth             or from a pair of bellows.          3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.                         Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and                      blowing.                                             --Shak.          4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.                         There let the pealing organ blow.      --Milton.          5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.          6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in             from the street.                         The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M.                                                                               Arnold.          7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]                         You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything                      to my face.                                       --Bartlett.          {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of             [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it             coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to             oppose.          {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided             for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.                      {To blow out}.             (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or                   vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.             (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low]          {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be             dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.                      {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as             by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of             steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam             boiler blows up. [bd]The enemy's magazines blew up.[b8]             --Tatler.
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Blew \Blew\,       imp. of {Blow}.
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Blow \Blow\, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to       beat, G. bl[84]uen, Goth. bliggwan.]       1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument,             as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.                         Well struck ! there was blow for blow. --Shak.          2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.                         A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. --T.                                                                               Arnold.          3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which             produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss             (esp. when sudden); a buffet.                         A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.                                                                               --Shak.          {At a blow}, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous             act. [bd]They lose a province at a blow.[b8] --Dryden.          {To come to blows}, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of             individuals, armies, and nations.          Syn: Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.
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Blow \Blow\ (bl[omac]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p.       {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen,       AS. bl[omac]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[omac]jan, D.       bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl[uum]ejen, G. bl[81]hen, L.       florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff,       {Flourish}.]       To flower; to blossom; to bloom.                   How blows the citron grove.                     --Milton.
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Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown}       (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen,       AS. bl[amac]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[amac]jan,       G. bl[84]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr.       'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate,       etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]       1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move             rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.                         Hark how it rains and blows !            --Walton.          2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth             or from a pair of bellows.          3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.                         Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and                      blowing.                                             --Shak.          4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.                         There let the pealing organ blow.      --Milton.          5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.          6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in             from the street.                         The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M.                                                                               Arnold.          7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]                         You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything                      to my face.                                       --Bartlett.          {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of             [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it             coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to             oppose.          {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided             for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.                      {To blow out}.             (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or                   vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.             (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low]          {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be             dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.                      {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as             by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of             steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam             boiler blows up. [bd]The enemy's magazines blew up.[b8]             --Tatler.
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Blow \Blow\, v. t.       To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).                   The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled                hue.                                                      --Milton.
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Blow \Blow\, n. (Bot.)       A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of       blossoms. [bd]Such a blow of tulips.[b8] --Tatler.
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Blow \Blow\, v. t.       1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other             means; as, to blow the fire.          2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew             the ship ashore.                         Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from                      the spicy shore.                                 --Milton.          3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth,             or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as,             to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.                         Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a                      horn before her?                                 --Shak.                         Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast                      it off to float upon the skies.         --Parnell.          4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow             an egg; to blow one's nose.          5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually             with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a             building.          6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.                         Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden.                         His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting.          7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to             blow bubbles; to blow glass.          8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.                         Look how imagination blows him.         --Shak.          9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as,             to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott.          10. To deposit eggs or larv[91] upon, or in (meat, etc.).                         To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth. --Shak.          {To blow great guns}, to blow furiously and with roaring             blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast.          {To blow off}, to empty (a boiler) of water through the             blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject             (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.          {To blow one's own trumpet}, to vaunt one's own exploits, or             sound one's own praises.          {To blow out}, to extinguish by a current of air, as a             candle.          {To blow up}.             (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder                   or bubble.             (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to                   puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. [bd]Blown                   up with high conceits engendering pride.[b8]                   --Milton.             (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.             (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an                   explosion; as, to blow up a fort.             (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some                   offense. [Colloq.]                               I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I                            wink at what he does.                  --G. Eliot.          {To blow upon}.             (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to                   render stale, unsavory, or worthless.             (b) To inform against. [Colloq.]                               How far the very custom of hearing anything                            spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage,                            may be seen in those speeches from                            [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in                            the mouths of schoolboys.            --C. Lamb.                               A lady's maid whose character had been blown                            upon.                                          --Macaulay.
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Blow \Blow\, n.       1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale;             as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.          2. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from             some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or             horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.          3. The spouting of a whale.          4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer             converter. --Raymond.          5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or             the act of depositing it. --Chapman.
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Blowy \Blow"y\, a.       Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
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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.
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Blue \Blue\ (bl[umac]), n.       1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light             divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism;             the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that,             whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color.             Sometimes, poetically, the sky.          2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]          3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of             despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]          {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue.          {Mineral blue}. See under {Mineral}.          {Prussian blue}. See under {Prussian}.
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Blue \Blue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blued}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bluing}.]       To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by       heating, as metals, etc.
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.       gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.)       An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense       numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is       especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of       Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.          Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from                shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and                {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often                dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a                distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue},                {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs                to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under                {Buffalo}.          {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.          {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.             --McElrath.
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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.
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Blue \Blue\ (bl[umac]), n.       1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light             divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism;             the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that,             whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color.             Sometimes, poetically, the sky.          2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]          3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of             despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]          {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue.          {Mineral blue}. See under {Mineral}.          {Prussian blue}. See under {Prussian}.
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Blue \Blue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blued}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bluing}.]       To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by       heating, as metals, etc.
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.       gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.)       An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense       numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is       especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of       Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.          Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from                shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and                {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often                dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a                distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue},                {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs                to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under                {Buffalo}.          {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.          {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.             --McElrath.
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Blue-eye \Blue"-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
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Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia]       1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.                         We had to wring our blueys.               --Lawson.          2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket             is sometimes used as the outside covering.
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Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
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Bluey \Blue"y\,a.       Bluish. --Southey.
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Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia]       1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.                         We had to wring our blueys.               --Lawson.          2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket             is sometimes used as the outside covering.
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Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
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Bluey \Blue"y\,a.       Bluish. --Southey.
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Bluey \Blue"y\, n. [From {Blue}, a.] [Australasia]       1. A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.                         We had to wring our blueys.               --Lawson.          2. A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket             is sometimes used as the outside covering.
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Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
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Bluey \Blue"y\,a.       Bluish. --Southey.
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Boil \Boil\, v. t.       1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause             ebullition; as, to boil water.          2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to             boil sugar or salt.          3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as             to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing,             etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.                         The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate                      for them all.                                    --Gower.          4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]                         To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can                      not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new                      seeds will sprout sooner.                  --Bacon.          {To boil down}, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil             down sap or sirup.
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Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr.       & vb. n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.       bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from       bulla bubble; akin to Gr. [?], Lith. bumbuls. Cf. {Bull} an       edict, {Budge}, v., and {Ebullition}.]       1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the             generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or             of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;             to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.          2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than             heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.                         He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.                                                                               31.          3. To pass from a liquid to an a[89]riform state or vapor             when heated; as, the water boils away.          4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;             as, his blood boils with anger.                         Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.                                                                               --Surrey.          5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes             are boiling.          {To boil away}, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by             the action of heat.          {To boil over}, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid             when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause             of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so             as to lose self-control.
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Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See {Beal}, {Bile}.]       A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,       discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small       fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.          {A blind boil}, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to             come to a head.          {Delhi boil} (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin,             probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as             among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
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Boil \Boil\, n.       Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]
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Bole \Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[86]l,       Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or       board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. {Bulge}.]       The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.                   Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.
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Bole \Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.]       An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,       for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.       [Scot.]                   Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the                right Lord Geraldin.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Bole \Bole\, n.       A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.
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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.
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Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a       vessel.]       1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a             pericarp of a globular form.          2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it             contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and             potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.             avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.             [Sometimes spelled {bole}.]
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Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D.       klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,       Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.]       1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the             hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is             the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,             of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,             magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often             present as impurities.          2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the             elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human             body as formed from such particles.                         I also am formed out of the clay.      --Job xxxiii.                                                                               6.                         The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which                      her own clay shall cover.                  --Byron.          {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}.          {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and             therefore turning red when burned.          {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.          {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or             carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.          {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.          {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug             mill.          {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug.          {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.          {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical             compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite},             {bole}, etc.          {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,             iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for             fire brick.          {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from             the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}.                      {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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Bole \Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[86]l,       Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or       board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. {Bulge}.]       The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.                   Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.
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Bole \Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.]       An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,       for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.       [Scot.]                   Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the                right Lord Geraldin.                              --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Bole \Bole\, n.       A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.
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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.
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Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a       vessel.]       1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a             pericarp of a globular form.          2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it             contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and             potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.             avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.             [Sometimes spelled {bole}.]
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Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D.       klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,       Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.]       1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the             hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is             the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,             of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,             magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often             present as impurities.          2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the             elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human             body as formed from such particles.                         I also am formed out of the clay.      --Job xxxiii.                                                                               6.                         The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which                      her own clay shall cover.                  --Byron.          {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}.          {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and             therefore turning red when burned.          {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.          {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or             carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.          {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.          {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug             mill.          {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug.          {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.          {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical             compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite},             {bole}, etc.          {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,             iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for             fire brick.          {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from             the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}.                      {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Boley \Bo"ley\, Bolye \Bo"lye\, n.       Same as {Booly}.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Boley \Bo"ley\, Bolye \Bo"lye\, n.       Same as {Booly}.
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Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a       vessel.]       1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a             pericarp of a globular form.          2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it             contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and             potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.             avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.             [Sometimes spelled {bole}.]
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Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bolled}.]       To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.                   The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.                                                                               --Ex. ix. 31.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Boley \Bo"ley\, Bolye \Bo"lye\, n.       Same as {Booly}.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Boley \Bo"ley\, Bolye \Bo"lye\, n.       Same as {Booly}.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Booly \Boo"ly\, n.; pl. {Boolies}. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow       + giolla boy.]       A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering       from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on       their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain       pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.       [Obs.] [Written also {boley}, {bolye}, {bouillie}.]       --Spenser.
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Boul \Boul\ (b[oomac]l), n.       A curved handle. --Sir W. Scott.
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Boule \Bou"le\, n. [Gr. [?].]       1. (Gr. Antiq.) A legislative council of elders or chiefs; a             senate.          Note: The boule of Homeric times was an aristocratic body of                princes and leaders, merely advisory to the king. The                Athenian boule of Solon's time was an elective senate                of 400, acting as a check on the popular ecclesia, for                which it examined and prepared bills for discussion. It                later increased to 500, chosen by lot, and extended its                functions to embrace certain matters of administration                and oversight.          2. Legislature of modern Greece. See {Legislature}.
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Boule \Boule\, Boulework \Boule"work`\, n.       Same as {Buhl}, {Buhlwork}.
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Buhl \Buhl\, Buhlwork \Buhl"work\, n. [From A. Ch. Boule, a       French carver in wood.]       Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal,       white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches,       etc. [Written also {boule}, {boulework}.]
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Boule \Bou"le\, n. [Gr. [?].]       1. (Gr. Antiq.) A legislative council of elders or chiefs; a             senate.          Note: The boule of Homeric times was an aristocratic body of                princes and leaders, merely advisory to the king. The                Athenian boule of Solon's time was an elective senate                of 400, acting as a check on the popular ecclesia, for                which it examined and prepared bills for discussion. It                later increased to 500, chosen by lot, and extended its                functions to embrace certain matters of administration                and oversight.          2. Legislature of modern Greece. See {Legislature}.
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Boule \Boule\, Boulework \Boule"work`\, n.       Same as {Buhl}, {Buhlwork}.
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Buhl \Buhl\, Buhlwork \Buhl"work\, n. [From A. Ch. Boule, a       French carver in wood.]       Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal,       white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches,       etc. [Written also {boule}, {boulework}.]
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Bowel \Bow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boweled} or {Bowelled}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Boweling} or {Bowelling}.]       To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
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Bowel \Bow"el\, n. [OE. bouel, bouele, OF. boel, boele, F.       boyau, fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also       intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage.]       1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially             of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.                         He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels                      gushed out.                                       --Acts i. 18.          2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything;             as, the bowels of the earth.                         His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into                      the bowels of the battle.                  --Shak.          3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness;             compassion. [bd]Thou thing of no bowels.[b8] --Shak.                         Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one                      said) of guts, and empty of bowels.   --Fuller.          4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Bowl \Bowl\ (b[omac]l), n. [OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel.       bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor.       Cf. {Boll}.]       1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately             hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.                         Brought them food in bowls of basswood.                                                                               --Longfellow.          2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other             spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.          3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.          4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
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Bowl \Bowl\ (b[omac]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud.       Cf. {Bull} an edict, {Bill} a writing.]       1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a             level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side             heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when             rolled.          2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with             biased balls on a level plat of greensward.                         Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to                      attain the jack by delivering his bowl                      straightforward upon it.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bowling}.]       1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.                         Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And                      bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak.          2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we             were bowled rapidly along the road.          3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.                         Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And                      bowled to death with turnips[?]         --Shak.          {To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker             by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. i.       1. To play with bowls.          2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.          3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the             carriage bowled along.
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Buhl \Buhl\, Buhlwork \Buhl"work\, n. [From A. Ch. Boule, a       French carver in wood.]       Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal,       white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches,       etc. [Written also {boule}, {boulework}.]
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Bull \Bull\, a.       Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;       fierce.          {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the             loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the             evening.          {Bull calf}.       (a) A stupid fellow.          {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.          {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,             in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.          {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.                      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.          {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for             lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,             etc.
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Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle,       Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr.       the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any species of cattle             ({Bovid[91]}); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as             the elephant; also, the male of the whale.          Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the                oryx, a large species of antelope.          2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or             action. --Ps. xxii. 12.          3. (Astron.)             (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.             (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and                   Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.                               At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And                            the bright Bull receives him.      --Thomson.          4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise             in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.             See 4th {Bear}, n., 5.          {Bull baiting}, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering             them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.          {John Bull}, a humorous name for the English, collectively;             also, an Englishman. [bd]Good-looking young John Bull.[b8]             --W. D.Howells.          {To take the bull by the horns}, to grapple with a difficulty             instead of avoiding it.
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Bull \Bull\, v. i.       To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.       [Colloq.]
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Bull \Bull\, v. t. (Stock Exchange)       To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull       railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to       endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st       {Bull}, n., 4.
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Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob,       LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. {Bull} a writing,       {Bowl} a ball, {Boil}, v. i.]       1. A seal. See {Bulla}.          2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in             Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla,             and dated [bd]a die Incarnationis,[b8] i. e., [bd]from the             day of the Incarnation.[b8] See Apostolical brief, under             {Brief}.                         A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible                      the court of Rome was in the point of abuses.                                                                               --Atterbury.          3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity,             but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of             expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent             incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's             bulls and his professions of humility.                         And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman                      Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the                      pope's bulls, as if he should say universal                      particular; a Catholic schimatic.      --Milton.          {The Golden Bull}, an edict or imperial constitution made by             the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the             fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from             its golden seal.          Syn: See {Blunder}.
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d8Bulla \[d8]Bul"la\, n.; pl. {Bull[91]}. [L. bulla bubble. See       {Bull} an edict.]       1. (Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle,             containing a transparent watery fluid.          2. (Anat.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear             in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or             auditory bulla.          3. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal             attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a             representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other             the name of the pope who uses it.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine shells. See {Bubble shell}.
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Bully \Bul"ly\, n., Bully beef \Bul"ly beef`\ [F. bouilli boiled       meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli       was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.]       Pickled or canned beef.
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Bully \Bul"ly\, a.       1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] [bd]Bless thee,             bully doctor.[b8] --Shak.          2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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Bully \Bul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bullied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bullying}.]       To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering       demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.                   For the last fortnight there have been prodigious                shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French,                upon hearing the peace was just signing. --Tatler.          Syn: To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
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Bully \Bul"ly\, v. i.       To act as a bully.
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Bully \Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan,       bullerb[84]k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a       bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or       cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]       1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous;             one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent,             tyrannical fellow.                         Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.                                                                               --Palmerston.          2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] --Shak.
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By-law \By"-law`\ (b[imac]"-l[add]`), n. [Cf. Sw. bylag, D.       bylov, Icel. b[ymac]arl[94]g, fr. Sw. & Dan. by town, Icel.       b[91]r, byr (fr. b[96]a to dwell) + the word for law; hence,       a law for one town, a special law. Cf. {Birlaw} and see       {Law}.]       1. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation             made by a corporation for its own government.                         There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or                      ordinances of corporations.               --Bacon.                         The law or institution; to which are added two                      by-laws, as a comment upon the general law.                                                                               --Addison.          2. A law that is less important than a general law or             constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule             relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often             adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of             their members. In this sense the word has probably been             influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belle, MO (city, FIPS 4150)       Location: 38.28577 N, 91.72229 W       Population (1990): 1218 (587 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65013    Belle, WV (town, FIPS 5836)       Location: 38.23250 N, 81.53986 W       Population (1990): 1421 (688 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beulah, CO       Zip code(s): 81023    Beulah, MI (village, FIPS 8100)       Location: 44.62962 N, 86.09549 W       Population (1990): 421 (327 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49617    Beulah, MO       Zip code(s): 65436    Beulah, MS (town, FIPS 5820)       Location: 33.79038 N, 90.98040 W       Population (1990): 460 (126 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38726    Beulah, ND (city, FIPS 6660)       Location: 47.26689 N, 101.77336 W       Population (1990): 3363 (1437 housing units)       Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58523    Beulah, WY       Zip code(s): 82712
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blue, AZ       Zip code(s): 85922
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blue Eye, AR (town, FIPS 7150)       Location: 36.49597 N, 93.39692 W       Population (1990): 38 (18 housing units)       Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blue Eye, MO (town, FIPS 6526)       Location: 36.49986 N, 93.39641 W       Population (1990): 112 (56 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65611
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boley, OK (town, FIPS 7500)       Location: 35.49010 N, 96.47829 W       Population (1990): 908 (160 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74829
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boyle, MS (town, FIPS 8180)       Location: 33.70381 N, 90.72599 W       Population (1990): 651 (271 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38730
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buhl, AL       Zip code(s): 35446    Buhl, ID (city, FIPS 10810)       Location: 42.59856 N, 114.76071 W       Population (1990): 3516 (1549 housing units)       Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83316    Buhl, MN (city, FIPS 8524)       Location: 47.49851 N, 92.76689 W       Population (1990): 915 (422 housing units)       Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bula, TX       Zip code(s): 79320
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Byhalia, MS (town, FIPS 10060)       Location: 34.86451 N, 89.68737 W       Population (1990): 955 (391 housing units)       Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38611
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
blow away vt.   To remove (files and directories) from permanent    storage, generally by accident.   "He reformatted the wrong partition    and blew away last night's netnews."   Oppose {nuke}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BAL          {Basic Assembly Language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BBL          (I will) be back later.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BEL          {bell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BELL          An early system on the {IBM 650} and {Datatron 200} series.          Versions: BELL L2, BELL L3.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].          [Is Datatron version the same?]          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bell          {Bell Telephone} or {Bell Laboratories}.          (1997-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bell          {ASCII} 7, ASCII {mnemonic} "BEL", the {character       code} which prodces a standard audibile warning from the       computer or {terminal}.   In the {teletype} days it really was a       bell, since the advent of the {VDU} it is more likely to be a       sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a       loudspeaker.          Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.          The term "beep" is preferred among some {microcomputer}       hobbyists.          Compare {feep}, {visible bell}.          (1997-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BELL          An early system on the {IBM 650} and {Datatron 200} series.          Versions: BELL L2, BELL L3.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].          [Is Datatron version the same?]          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bell          {Bell Telephone} or {Bell Laboratories}.          (1997-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bell          {ASCII} 7, ASCII {mnemonic} "BEL", the {character       code} which prodces a standard audibile warning from the       computer or {terminal}.   In the {teletype} days it really was a       bell, since the advent of the {VDU} it is more likely to be a       sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a       loudspeaker.          Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.          The term "beep" is preferred among some {microcomputer}       hobbyists.          Compare {feep}, {visible bell}.          (1997-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BELL          An early system on the {IBM 650} and {Datatron 200} series.          Versions: BELL L2, BELL L3.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].          [Is Datatron version the same?]          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bell          {Bell Telephone} or {Bell Laboratories}.          (1997-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bell          {ASCII} 7, ASCII {mnemonic} "BEL", the {character       code} which prodces a standard audibile warning from the       computer or {terminal}.   In the {teletype} days it really was a       bell, since the advent of the {VDU} it is more likely to be a       sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a       loudspeaker.          Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.          The term "beep" is preferred among some {microcomputer}       hobbyists.          Compare {feep}, {visible bell}.          (1997-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bell 103          The original variant of {V.21} created by {AT&T}       when they had a telephone system monopoly in the USA.          (1995-02-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blow away          To remove (files and directories)       from permanent storage, generally by accident.   "He       reformatted the wrong partition and blew away last night's       netnews".          Compare: {nuke}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blue          A language proposed by Softech to meet the {DoD} {Ironman}       requirements which led to {Ada}.   ["On the BLUE Language       Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices       13(10):10-15 (Oct 1978)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bool          {Boolean}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bull          {Bull Information Systems}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal       lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of       the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural       BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17).       Baal is identified with Molech (Jer. 19:5). It was known to the       Israelites as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3), was worshipped       till the time of Samuel (1 Sam 7:4), and was afterwards the       religion of the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1 Kings       16:31-33; 18:19, 22). It prevailed also for a time in the       kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 8:27; comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2 Chr. 28:2),       till finally put an end to by the severe discipline of the       Captivity (Zeph. 1:4-6). The priests of Baal were in great       numbers (1 Kings 18:19), and of various classes (2 Kings 10:19).       Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1 Kings       18:25-29. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or       "lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each       locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were       summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords." Each Baal had a       wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself.                (2.) A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the       Gibeonites (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).                (3.) The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same       probably as Baal-ath-beer (1 Chr. 4:33; Josh. 19:8).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baalah       mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29),       elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29).       Now Khurbet Zebalah.                (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah       (Josh. 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1 Chr.       13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, 'Erma.                (3.) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan       (Josh. 15:11).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baali       my lord, a title the prophet (Hos. 2:16) reproaches the Jewish       church for applying to Jehovah, instead of the more endearing       title Ishi, meaning "my husband."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Balah       a city in the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:3), elsewhere called       Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29) and Baalah (Josh. 15:29).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bealiah       whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David's thirty heroes       of the sling and bow (1 Chr. 12:5).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bel       the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians       (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." (See {BAAL}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bela       a thing swallowed. (1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not       far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the       five cities that was spared at Lot's intercession (Gen.       19:20,23). It is first mentioned in Gen. 14:2,8.                (2.) The eldest son of Benjamin (Num. 26:38; "Belah," Gen.       46:21).                (3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1       Chr. 1:43).                (4.) A son of Azaz (1 Chr. 5:8).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bell       The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden       bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod (Ex. 28:33,       34, 35). The "bells of the horses" mentioned by Zechariah       (14:20) were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of       horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and       tumult.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Belly       the seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom.       16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8;       20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or       underworld (Jonah 2:2).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beulah       married, is used in Isa. 62:4 metaphorically as the name of       Judea: "Thy land shall be married," i.e., favoured and blessed       of the Lord.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bilhah       faltering; bashful, Rachel's handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob       (Gen. 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen.       30:3-8). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry       with her (35:22; 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right,       which was given to the sons of Joseph.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Blue       generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.).       It is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the       Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina of Linnaeus. The robe of the       high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour (Ex. 28:31),       also the loops of the curtains (26:4) and the ribbon of the       breastplate (28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various       sacred purposes (Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12). (See {COLOUR}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Boil       (rendered "botch" in Deut. 28:27, 35), an aggravated ulcer, as       in the case of Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:7; Isa. 38:21) or of the       Egyptians (Ex. 9:9, 10, 11; Deut. 28:27, 35). It designates the       disease of Job (2:7), which was probably the black leprosy.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bowl       The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the       tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20);       the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen.       44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for       oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of       the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so       also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bul       rainy, the eighth ecclesiastical month of the year (1 Kings       6:38), and the second month of the civil year; later called       Marchesvan (q.v.). (See {MONTH}.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal, master; lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baalah, her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baale, same as Baalath
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baali, my idol; lord over me
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bealiah, the god of an idol; in an assembly
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Belah, destroying
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beulah, married
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bilhah, Bilhan, who is old or confused
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bul, old age; perishing