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   bar line
         n 1: a vertical line before the accented beat marking the
               boundary between musical bars

English Dictionary: beryllium by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrel maker
n
  1. a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
    Synonym(s): cooper, barrel maker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berlin
n
  1. capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn: Berlin, German capital]
  2. United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
    Synonym(s): Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline
  3. a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berlin airlift
n
  1. airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berlin doughnut
n
  1. a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam [syn: {Berlin doughnut}, bismark, jelly doughnut]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berliner
n
  1. an inhabitant of Berlin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beryllium
n
  1. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
    Synonym(s): beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beryllium bronze
n
  1. a copper-base alloy containing beryllium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
birling
n
  1. rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
    Synonym(s): birling, logrolling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliance
n
  1. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
    Synonym(s): glare, blaze, brilliance
  2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
    Synonym(s): magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
  3. unusual mental ability
    Synonym(s): brilliance, genius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliancy
n
  1. a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliant
adj
  1. of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"
    Synonym(s): brilliant, superb
  2. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
    Synonym(s): brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
  3. characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
    Synonym(s): brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid
  4. having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
    Synonym(s): bright, brilliant, vivid
  5. full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"
  6. clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
    Synonym(s): bright, brilliant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliant pebble
n
  1. a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliantine
n
  1. a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliantly
adv
  1. with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"
    Synonym(s): brilliantly, brightly, bright
  2. in an extremely intelligent way; "he solved the problem brilliantly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
broiling
n
  1. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
    Synonym(s): broil, broiling, grilling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial mound
n
  1. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
    Synonym(s): burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Burlington
n
  1. the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[acr]r"r[ecr]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Barreled} (-r[ecr]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.]
      To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[acr]r"r[ecr]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Barreled} (-r[ecr]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.]
      To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Black \Black\, n.
      1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest
            color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth
            has a good black.
  
                     Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and
                     the suit of night.                              --Shak.
  
      2. A black pigment or dye.
  
      3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or
            shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain
            African races.
  
      4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.)
            Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
  
                     Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the
                     like show death terrible.                  --Bacon.
  
                     That was the full time they used to wear blacks for
                     the death of their fathers.               --Sir T.
                                                                              North.
  
      5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest
            by being black.
  
                     The black or sight of the eye.            --Sir K.
                                                                              Digby.
  
      6. A stain; a spot; a smooch.
  
                     Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks
                     of lust.                                             --Rowley.
  
      {Black and white}, writing or print; as, I must have that
            statement in black and white.
  
      {Blue black}, a pigment of a blue black color.
  
      {Ivory black}, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by
            calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief
            ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing.
  
      {Berlin black}. See under {Berlin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F.
      prussien.]
      Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
      Prussia.
  
      {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double
            cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark
            blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained
            by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow
            prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in
            dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue},
            {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc.
  
      {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}.
  
      {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under
            {Berlin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Continental system \Continental system\ (Hist.)
      The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England
      from commerce with the Continent instituted by the
  
      {Berlin decree}, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov.
            21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of
            blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise
            subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all
            parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory
            measures of England were followed by the
  
      {Milan decree}, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807,
            imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship
            going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be
            lawful prize.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F.
      prussien.]
      Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
      Prussia.
  
      {Prussian blue} (Chem.), any one of several complex double
            cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark
            blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained
            by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow
            prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in
            dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also {Williamson's blue},
            {insoluble Prussian blue}, {Berlin blue}, etc.
  
      {Prussian carp} (Zo[94]l.) See {Gibel}.
  
      {Prussian green}. (Chem.) Same as {Berlin green}, under
            {Berlin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\ (gren), n.
      1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
            spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  
      2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
            verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  
                     O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.
  
      3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
            wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  
                     In that soft season when descending showers Call
                     forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
            etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  
      5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  
      {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
            derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
            green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.
  
      {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.
  
      {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
            emerald green in composition.
  
      {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.
  
      {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.
  
      {Emerald green}. (Chem.)
            (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
                  metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
                  dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
                  brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},
                  {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},
                  {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double
                  chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
            (b) See {Paris green} (below).
  
      {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
            French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
            of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  
      {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
            obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
            luster; -- called also {light-green}.
  
      {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.
  
      {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
            of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
            arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
            pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
            particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
            bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial
            green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis
            green}.
  
      {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
            essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
            also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments
            called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},
            {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berlin \Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
      1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
            the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
            century, at Berlin.
  
      2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
            also {Berlin wool}.
  
      {Berlin black}, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
            surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
            --Ure.
  
      {Berlin blue}, Prussian blue. --Ure.
  
      {Berlin green}, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
            dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
  
      {Berlin iron}, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
            which figures and other delicate articles are
            manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
            imitation of bronze.
  
      {Berlin shop}, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
            the materials for such work.
  
      {Berlin work}, worsted embroidery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berylline \Ber"yl*line\, a.
      Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beryllium \Be*ryl"li*um\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
      A metallic element found in the beryl. See {Glucinum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glucinum \Glu*ci"num\, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr.
      [?], sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] (Chem.)
      A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low
      specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs
      naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually
      with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals
      phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and
      danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was
      known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic
      weight 9.1. Called also {beryllium}. [Formerly written also
      {glucinium}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beryllium \Be*ryl"li*um\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
      A metallic element found in the beryl. See {Glucinum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glucinum \Glu*ci"num\, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr.
      [?], sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] (Chem.)
      A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low
      specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs
      naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually
      with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals
      phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and
      danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was
      known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic
      weight 9.1. Called also {beryllium}. [Formerly written also
      {glucinium}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brawl \Brawl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Brawling}.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry,
      make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr[?]ulen, G.
      prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W.
      bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut,
      W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. [?]95.]
      1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
  
                     Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool
                     that brawleth openly with his wife.   --Golden Boke.
  
      2. To complain loudly; to scold.
  
      3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid
            stream running over stones.
  
                     Where the brook brawls along the painful road.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      Syn: To wrangle; squabble; contend.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brawling \Brawl"ing\, a.
      1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
  
                     She is an irksome brawling scold.      --Shak.
  
      2. Making a loud confused noise. See {Brawl}, v. i., 3.
  
                     A brawling stream.                              --J. S.
                                                                              Shairp.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brawlingly \Brawl"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a brawling manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brillance \Bril"lance\, n.
      Brilliancy. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brillancy \Bril"lan*cy\, n. [See {Brilliant}.]
      The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great
      brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
  
               With many readers brilliancy of style passes for
               affluence of thought.                              --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brilliant \Bril"liant\, n. [F. brillant. See {Brilliant}, a.]
      1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into
            faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light,
            by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the
            middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which
            is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a
            bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to
            the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of
            elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose
            diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the
            surface, and is flat below.
  
                     This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England
            printing.
  
      Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant.
  
      3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brilliant \Bril"liant\ (br[icr]l"y[ait]nt), a. [F. brillant, p.
      pr. of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar,
      It. brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green
      color, Prov. It. brill. See {Beryl}.]
      1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a
            brilliant star.
  
      2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration;
            splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
  
                     Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
                     mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits.
                                                                              --Fisher Ames.
  
      Syn: See {Shining}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\ (gren), n.
      1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
            spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  
      2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
            verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  
                     O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.
  
      3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
            wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  
                     In that soft season when descending showers Call
                     forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
            etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  
      5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  
      {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
            derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
            green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.
  
      {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.
  
      {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
            emerald green in composition.
  
      {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.
  
      {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.
  
      {Emerald green}. (Chem.)
            (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
                  metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
                  dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
                  brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},
                  {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},
                  {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double
                  chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
            (b) See {Paris green} (below).
  
      {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
            French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
            of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  
      {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
            obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
            luster; -- called also {light-green}.
  
      {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.
  
      {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
            of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
            arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
            pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
            particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
            bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial
            green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis
            green}.
  
      {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
            essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
            also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments
            called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},
            {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brilliantine \Bril"lian*tine\, n. [F. brillantine. See lst
      {Brilliant}.]
      1. An oily composition used to make the hair glossy.
  
      2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides,
            resembling alpaca but of superior quality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brilliantly \Bril"liant*ly\, adv.
      In a brilliant manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brilliantness \Bril"liant*ness\, n.
      Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broiling \Broil"ing\, a.
      Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun. -- n. The act of causing
      anything to broil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
      burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br[81]ejen, G. br[81]hen, to
      scald, akin to E. brood.]
      1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
            a gridiron over coals.
  
      2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burliness \Bur"li*ness\ (b[ucir]r"l[icr]*n[ecr]s), n.
      Quality of being burly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burl \Burl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F.
      bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth,
      linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre.
      [fb]92. See {Bur}.]
      To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
      threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
  
      {Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
            in burling woolen cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burl \Burl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F.
      bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth,
      linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre.
      [fb]92. See {Bur}.]
      To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
      threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
  
      {Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
            in burling woolen cloth.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Barling, AR (city, FIPS 3640)
      Location: 35.32515 N, 94.30007 W
      Population (1990): 4078 (1499 housing units)
      Area: 27.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72923

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Berlin, CT
      Zip code(s): 06037
   Berlin, GA (town, FIPS 7304)
      Location: 31.06722 N, 83.62376 W
      Population (1990): 480 (181 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Berlin, IL (village, FIPS 5443)
      Location: 39.75766 N, 89.90251 W
      Population (1990): 180 (78 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Berlin, MA
      Zip code(s): 01503
   Berlin, MD (town, FIPS 6800)
      Location: 38.32516 N, 75.21806 W
      Population (1990): 2616 (1101 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21811
   Berlin, MI
      Zip code(s): 48002
   Berlin, ND (city, FIPS 6300)
      Location: 46.37844 N, 98.48749 W
      Population (1990): 32 (15 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58415
   Berlin, NH (city, FIPS 5140)
      Location: 44.48970 N, 71.25513 W
      Population (1990): 11824 (5416 housing units)
      Area: 159.9 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03570
   Berlin, NJ (borough, FIPS 5440)
      Location: 39.79404 N, 74.93787 W
      Population (1990): 5672 (2015 housing units)
      Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08009
   Berlin, NY
      Zip code(s): 12022
   Berlin, PA (borough, FIPS 5776)
      Location: 39.92237 N, 78.95250 W
      Population (1990): 2064 (838 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15530
   Berlin, WI (city, FIPS 6925)
      Location: 43.96997 N, 88.95019 W
      Population (1990): 5371 (2245 housing units)
      Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54923

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Berlin Center, OH
      Zip code(s): 44401

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Berlin Heights, OH (village, FIPS 5900)
      Location: 41.32090 N, 82.49269 W
      Population (1990): 691 (262 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44814

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Brilliant, AL (town, FIPS 9424)
      Location: 34.01672 N, 87.77581 W
      Population (1990): 751 (366 housing units)
      Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35548
   Brilliant, OH (village, FIPS 8812)
      Location: 40.26850 N, 80.62490 W
      Population (1990): 1672 (695 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43913

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Brillion, WI (city, FIPS 9725)
      Location: 44.17692 N, 88.06944 W
      Population (1990): 2840 (1069 housing units)
      Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54110

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlingame, CA (city, FIPS 9066)
      Location: 37.59030 N, 122.36260 W
      Population (1990): 26801 (12914 housing units)
      Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
   Burlingame, KS (city, FIPS 9350)
      Location: 38.75084 N, 95.83545 W
      Population (1990): 1074 (459 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66413

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlington, CO (city, FIPS 10600)
      Location: 39.30544 N, 102.27219 W
      Population (1990): 2941 (1288 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80807
   Burlington, CT
      Zip code(s): 06013
   Burlington, IA (city, FIPS 9550)
      Location: 40.80871 N, 91.12290 W
      Population (1990): 27208 (11777 housing units)
      Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52601
   Burlington, IL (village, FIPS 9759)
      Location: 42.05045 N, 88.54737 W
      Population (1990): 400 (153 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, IN (town, FIPS 9244)
      Location: 40.48127 N, 86.39447 W
      Population (1990): 568 (253 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, KS (city, FIPS 9400)
      Location: 38.19439 N, 95.74369 W
      Population (1990): 2735 (1221 housing units)
      Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, KY (CDP, FIPS 11170)
      Location: 39.02445 N, 84.72296 W
      Population (1990): 6070 (2170 housing units)
      Area: 22.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, MA (CDP, FIPS 9875)
      Location: 42.50311 N, 71.20206 W
      Population (1990): 23302 (8054 housing units)
      Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01803
   Burlington, ME
      Zip code(s): 04417
   Burlington, MI (village, FIPS 11800)
      Location: 42.10477 N, 85.07907 W
      Population (1990): 294 (105 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49029
   Burlington, NC (city, FIPS 9060)
      Location: 36.08440 N, 79.44723 W
      Population (1990): 39498 (17696 housing units)
      Area: 52.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27217
   Burlington, ND (city, FIPS 10940)
      Location: 48.27555 N, 101.42565 W
      Population (1990): 995 (372 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58722
   Burlington, NJ (city, FIPS 8920)
      Location: 40.07835 N, 74.85278 W
      Population (1990): 9835 (4056 housing units)
      Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08016
   Burlington, OH (CDP, FIPS 10352)
      Location: 38.40934 N, 82.52904 W
      Population (1990): 3003 (1195 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, OK (town, FIPS 10050)
      Location: 36.90083 N, 98.42329 W
      Population (1990): 169 (81 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73722
   Burlington, PA (borough, FIPS 10240)
      Location: 41.78283 N, 76.60888 W
      Population (1990): 479 (73 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Burlington, TX
      Zip code(s): 76519
   Burlington, VT (city, FIPS 10675)
      Location: 44.48809 N, 73.22618 W
      Population (1990): 39127 (15480 housing units)
      Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 12.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05401
   Burlington, WA (city, FIPS 8920)
      Location: 48.46916 N, 122.33183 W
      Population (1990): 4349 (1816 housing units)
      Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98233
   Burlington, WI (city, FIPS 11200)
      Location: 42.67793 N, 88.27819 W
      Population (1990): 8855 (3423 housing units)
      Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53105
   Burlington, WV
      Zip code(s): 26710
   Burlington, WY (town, FIPS 11120)
      Location: 44.44744 N, 108.43173 W
      Population (1990): 184 (60 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82411

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlington County, NJ (county, FIPS 5)
      Location: 39.87573 N, 74.66923 W
      Population (1990): 395066 (143236 housing units)
      Area: 2084.3 sq km (land), 38.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlington Flats, NY
      Zip code(s): 13315

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlington Junct, MO
      Zip code(s): 64428

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Burlington Junction, MO (city, FIPS 9838)
      Location: 40.44724 N, 95.06741 W
      Population (1990): 634 (289 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Borland International, Inc.
  
      {Borland Software Corporation}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Borland Software Corporation
  
      A company that sells a variety of {PC} software
      development and {database} systems.   Borland was founded in
      1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software,
      particularly {Turbo Pascal}, {Turbo C}, and {Turbo Prolog}.
  
      Current and past products include the {Borland C++} C++ and C
      developement environment, the {Paradox} and {dBASE}
      {databases}, {Delphi}, {JBuilder}, and {InterBase}.
  
      Borland has approximately 1000 employees worldwide and has
      operations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan,
      Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
  
      Borland sold {Quattro} Pro to {Novell} in 1994 for $100M.
      Novell later sold the product to {Corel Corporation}, who also
      bought {Paradox}.   dBASE was sold in March(?) 1999 to {dBase
      Inc.}
  
      In Febuary 1998 Borland bought {Visigenic Software, Inc.}.
  
      The company changed its name to Inprise Corporation on
      1998-04-29 and then on 2000-11-14 they announced they were
      changing it back to Borland from the first quarter of 2001.
  
      Quarterly sales $69M, profits $61M (Aug 1994).
      $56M, $6.4M (July 2001)
  
      {Home (http://www.borland.com/)}.
  
      Headquarters: 100 Borland Way, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066, USA.
      Telephone: +1 (408) 431 1000.
  
      (2002-03-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Braille embosser
  
      {Braille printer}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Brilliant
  
      One of five pedagogical languages based on {Markov}
      {algorithm}s, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine
      Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman,
      ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)].
  
      See also {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, {Pearl}, {Ruby}.
  
  

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   beryllium
   Symbol: Be
   Atomic number: 4
   Atomic weight: 9.0122
   Grey metallic element of group 2 of the periodic table. Is toxic and can
   cause severe lung diseases and dermatitis. Shows high covalent character.
   It was isolated independently by F. Wohler and A.A. Bussy in 1828.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Beer-elim
      well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where
      the chiefs of Israel dug a well (Num. 21:16; Isa. 15:8).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Beerelim, the well of Elim, or of rains
  
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