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backstage adv out of view of the public; behind the scenes; "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal"; "many private deals were made backstage at the convention" in or to a backstage area of a theater; "costumes were changed backstage" adj concealed from public view or attention; "offstage political meetings" Synonym(s): offstage, backstage n a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing, offstage, backstage]
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backwoods n a remote and undeveloped area [syn: backwoods, {back country}, boondocks, hinterland]
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backwoodsman n a man who lives on the frontier [syn: frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man]
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baked egg n egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin Synonym(s): shirred egg, baked egg, egg en cocotte
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baked goods n foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
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Bakke decision n a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
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basidiocarp n the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
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basidiospore n a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
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basidiosporous adj of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia
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basket ash n vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn Synonym(s): black ash, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash, Fraxinus nigra
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basket oak n medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats Synonym(s): basket oak, cow oak, Quercus prinus, Quercus montana
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basket spikemoss n spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America [syn: meadow spikemoss, basket spikemoss, Selaginella apoda]
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basket star n any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc Synonym(s): basket star, basket fish
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basket-shaped adj shaped like a basket
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bauxitic adj resembling or containing bauxite
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beaked hazelnut n hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts Synonym(s): beaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta
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beaked salmon n fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand Synonym(s): beaked salmon, sandfish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus
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besides adv making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" Synonym(s): besides, in any case in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" Synonym(s): besides, too, also, likewise, as well
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best seller n a book that has had a large and rapid sale [syn: {best seller}, bestseller]
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best-known adj most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'"
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best-selling adj selling in great numbers; "a best-selling novel"
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bestseller n a book that has had a large and rapid sale [syn: {best seller}, bestseller]
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big stick n a display of force or power; "speak softly but carry a big stick"
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big-eyed scad n of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus]
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big-ticket adj very expensive; "big-ticket items like cars and furs"; "a big-ticket government program" Synonym(s): big-ticket(a), high-ticket(a)
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book token n a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher
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box Kodak n a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box [syn: {box camera}, box Kodak]
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box white oak n small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts Synonym(s): post oak, box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, Quercus stellata
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Boy Scouts n an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys
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Boy Scouts of America n a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training
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bucket seat n a low single seat as in cars or planes
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bucket shop n an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket
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buckwheat cake n a pancake made with buckwheat flour
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bus ticket n a ticket good for a ride on a bus
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by-catch n unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species; "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year" Synonym(s): by-catch, bycatch
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bycatch n unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species; "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year" Synonym(s): by-catch, bycatch
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Backwoods \Back"woods"\, n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.] The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
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Backwoodsman \Back"woods"man\, n.; pl. {Backwoodsmen}. A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. --Fisher Ames.
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Backwoodsman \Back"woods"man\, n.; pl. {Backwoodsmen}. A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. --Fisher Ames.
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Basedow's disease \Ba"sedow's disease"\ [Named for Dr. Basedow, a German physician.] (Med.) A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also {exophthalmic goiter}. --Flint.
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Basidiospore \Basid"iospore\, n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- {Basid`iospor"ous}, a.
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Basidiospore \Basid"iospore\, n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- {Basid`iospor"ous}, a.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows.
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Basutos \Ba*su"tos\, n. pl.; sing. {Basuto}. (Ethnol.) A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.
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Beaucatcher \Beau"catch`er\, n. A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]
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Besides \Besides"\, Beside \Beside"\, adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.] 1. On one side. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. 2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? --Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a C[91]sar dead. --Pope. Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical.
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Besides \Besides\, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See {Beside}, prep., 3, and Syn. under {Beside}. Besides* your cheer, you shall have sport. --Shak.
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Bestick \Be*stick"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestuck}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besticking}.] To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. --Milton.
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Bestick \Be*stick"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestuck}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besticking}.] To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. --Milton.
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Bestick \Be*stick"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestuck}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besticking}.] To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. --Milton.
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Bestuck \Be*stuck"\, imp. & p. p. {Bestick}.
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Scad \Scad\, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small carangoid fish ({Trachurus saurus}) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; -- called also {big-eyed scad}. See {Goggler}. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin.
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Goggler \Gog"gler\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A carangoid oceanic fish ({Trachurops crumenophthalmus}), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also {goggle-eye}, {big-eyed scad}, and {cicharra}.
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Bisetose \Bise"tose\, Bisetous \Bise"tous\, a. [Pref. bi- + setose, setous.] Having two bristles.
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Bisetose \Bise"tose\, Bisetous \Bise"tous\, a. [Pref. bi- + setose, setous.] Having two bristles.
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Boistous \Bois"tous\, a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Bois"tously}, adv. -- {Bois"tousness}, n. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Boistous \Bois"tous\, a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Bois"tously}, adv. -- {Bois"tousness}, n. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boistous \Bois"tous\, a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Bois"tously}, adv. -- {Bois"tousness}, n. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Boycottism \Boy"cott*ism\, n. Methods of boycotters.
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Bucket shop \Buck"et shop`\ An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. [Slang, U.S.]
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d8Potto \[d8]Pot"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}. (b) The kinkajou.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Potto \[d8]Pot"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}. (b) The kinkajou.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Busto \[d8]Bus"to\, n.; pl. {Bustoes}. [It.] A bust; a statue. With some antick bustoes in the niches. --Ashmole.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bostic, NC (town, FIPS 7220) Location: 35.36147 N, 81.83527 W Population (1990): 371 (151 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28018
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bostwick, GA (town, FIPS 9488) Location: 33.73809 N, 83.51529 W Population (1990): 307 (126 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boyes Hot Springs, CA (CDP, FIPS 7848) Location: 38.31305 N, 122.48501 W Population (1990): 5973 (2612 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
beige toaster n. A Macintosh. See {toaster}; compare {Macintrash}, {maggotbox}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
boxed comments n. Comments (explanatory notes attached to program instructions) that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style something like this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the `box' is implied. Oppose {winged comments}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bozotic /boh-zoh'tik/ or /boh-zo'tik/ adj. [from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald] Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish, ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous. Compare {wonky}, {demented}. Note that the noun `bozo' occurs in slang, but the mainstream adjectival form would be `bozo-like' or (in New England) `bozoish'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backside cache An implementation of {secondary cache} memory that allows it to be directly accessed by the {CPU}. Backside cache is used by {Apple Computers, Inc.} in their {PowerPC G3} processor. Previous PowerPC processors used the {system bus} to access both secondary cache and {main memory}. In the PowerPC G3 a dedicated bus handles only {CPU}/cache transactions. This bus can operate faster than the system bus thus improving the overall performance of the processor. The term apparently derives from the relocation of the secondary cache from the {motherboard} to the processor card itself, i.e. on the backside of the processor card. (1998-09-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backtick {back quote}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Base Technology The company which developed and distributes {Liana}. {Home (http://www.BaseTechnology.com/)}. E-mail: Jack Krupansky (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505. (1999-06-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
beige toaster {Macintosh}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boxed comments {Comments} that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in {assembler} and {C} code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment {delimiters} themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of {winged comments}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-07-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bozotic (From Bozo the Clown, a famous circus personality, via "bozo" - a clod, idiot or generally silly person) any form of clown-like or ludicrous behaviour. The word also has echoes of "robotic", so bozotic behaviour is mindless, automaton-like stupidity. [{Jargon File}] (1996-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BSD/OS {BSDI}'s commercial version of {Berkeley Standard Distribution} {Unix}. BSD/OS is a {POSIX}-compatible, {Unix}-like system for the {80386}, {486}, and {Pentium}. It is based on the {BSD} software from {UCB}, a number of other sources, and components engineered by BSDI. The initial production release of BSD/OS shipped in March, 1993. (1996-01-13)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bizjothjah, despite