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   Batis maritima
         n 1: low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of
               the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes
               and thick succulent leaves [syn: {saltwort}, {Batis
               maritima}]

English Dictionary: betoken	by the DICT Development Group
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batsman n (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman]
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Batswana n a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa Synonym(s): Tswana, Bechuana, Batswana
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beadsman n a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman]
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beat generation n a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) Synonym(s): beat generation, beats, beatniks
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beauteousness n the quality of being good looking and attractive [syn: comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness]
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beautician n someone who works in a beauty parlor [syn: beautician, cosmetician]
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beauty consultant n someone who gives you advice about your personal appearance
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bedchamber n a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber]
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bedesman n a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman]
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bedizen v decorate tastelessly dress up garishly and tastelessly Synonym(s): bedizen, dizen
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Beta Centauri n the second brightest star in Centaurus
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betake oneself v displace oneself; go from one location to another
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betoken v be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" Synonym(s): bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" Synonym(s): bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
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bewitching adj capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" Synonym(s): bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
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bewitchingly adv in a bewitching manner; "she was bewitchingly beautiful" Synonym(s): bewitchingly, captivatingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly
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bewitchment n a magical spell Synonym(s): enchantment, bewitchment
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biotechnology n the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem" Synonym(s): biotechnology, biotech the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments Synonym(s): biotechnology, bioengineering, ergonomics
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biotic community n (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other Synonym(s): community, biotic community
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bitchiness n malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty Synonym(s): cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness
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boatswain n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
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boatswain bird n mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land Synonym(s): tropic bird, tropicbird, boatswain bird
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boatswain's chair n a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship Synonym(s): boatswain's chair, bosun's chair
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bodkin n a dagger with a slender blade Synonym(s): poniard, bodkin formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops Synonym(s): bodkin, threader
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body count n a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; "the daily body count increased as the war went on"
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body snatcher n someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection Synonym(s): graverobber, ghoul, body snatcher
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boot camp n camp for training military recruits
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Botswana n a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s Synonym(s): Botswana, Republic of Botswana
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Botswana monetary unit n monetary unit in Botswana
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Botswanan adj of or pertaining to Botswana or the people of Botswana
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Buddhism n a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
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butacaine n a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic Synonym(s): butacaine, butacaine sulfate
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butacaine sulfate n a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic Synonym(s): butacaine, butacaine sulfate
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butea gum n dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent [syn: gum butea, butea gum, butea kino, Bengal kino]
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butea kino n dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent [syn: gum butea, butea gum, butea kino, Bengal kino]
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Buteo jamaicensis n dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail Synonym(s): redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
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butt against v lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonym(s): border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" Synonym(s): run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against
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butt joint n a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping Synonym(s): butt joint, butt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bayad \[d8]Bayad"\, Bayatte \Bayatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species ({Bagrina bayad} and {B. docmac}).
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Badigeon \Badi"geon\ (b[adot]d[icr]j"[ucr]n), n. [F.] A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, etc.
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Badigeon \Badi"geon\ (b[adot]d[icr]j"[ucr]n), n. [F.] A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
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Saltwort \Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}. {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort.
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Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. {Batsmen}. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.
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Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. {Batsmen}. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.
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Bat's-wing \Bat's"-wing"\or Batwing \Bat"wing\, a. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.
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d8Batz \[d8]Batz\, n.; pl. {Batzen}. [Ger. batz, batze, batzen, a coin bearing the image of a bear, Ger. b[84]tz, betz, bear.] A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.
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Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See {Baldachin}.] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin}, {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares.
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Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See {Baldachin}.] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin}, {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares.
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Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See {Baldachin}.] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin}, {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares.
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Baudekin \Bau"de*kin\, n. [OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See {Baldachin}.] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also {baudkin}, {baudkyn}, {bawdekin}, and {baldakin}.] --Nares.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller.
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Beadsnake \Bead"snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small poisonous snake of North America ({Elaps fulvius}), banded with yellow, red, and black.
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Beadswoman \Beads"wom`an\, Bedeswoman \Bedes"wom`an\, n.; pl. {-women}. Fem. of {Beadsman}.
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Beauteous \Beau"teous\, a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [Mostly poetic] -- {Beau"teously}, adv. -- {Beau"teous*ness}, n.
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Bedash \Be*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedashed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedashing}.] To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. [bd]Trees bedashed with rain.[b8] --Shak.
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Bedchamber \Bed"cham`ber\, n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. --Shak. {Lords of the bedchamber}, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] {Ladies of the bedchamber}, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]
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Bedeck \Be*deck"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedecked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedecking}.] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. --Pennant.
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Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.; pl. {-men}. A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller.
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Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n. Same as {Beadsman}. [Obs.]
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Beadswoman \Beads"wom`an\, Bedeswoman \Bedes"wom`an\, n.; pl. {-women}. Fem. of {Beadsman}.
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Bedgown \Bed"gown`\, n. A nightgown.
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Bedizen \Be*diz"en\, v. t. To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. --Sir W. Scott.
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Bedizenment \Bediz"enment\, n. That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.
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Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. --Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. --Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton. 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
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Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. --Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. --Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton. 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
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Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. --Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
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Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. --Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. --Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
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Bewitch \Be*witch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bewitching}.] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. --Shak. 2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. --Dryden. Syn: To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
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Bewitching \Bewitch"ing\, a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- {Bewitch"ingly}, adv. -- Bewitch"ing*ness, n.
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Bewitching \Bewitch"ing\, a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- {Bewitch"ingly}, adv. -- Bewitch"ing*ness, n.
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Bewitchment \Be*witch"ment\, n. 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. --Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. --Shak.
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Bitheism \Bi"the*ism\, n. [Pref. bi- + theism.] Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism.
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Boatsman \Boats"man\, n. A boatman. [Archaic]
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Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[84]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. {Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of gull of the genus {Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also {boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).
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Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk[?]fr, sk[?]mr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called also {boatswain}.
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Tropic \Trop"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. {Tropic bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus {Pha[89]thon}, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. {Pha[89]thon flavirostris} (called also {boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
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Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. {Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
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Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[84]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. {Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of gull of the genus {Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also {boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk[?]fr, sk[?]mr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called also {boatswain}.
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Tropic \Trop"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. {Tropic bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus {Pha[89]thon}, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. {Pha[89]thon flavirostris} (called also {boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. {Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. {Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
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Bodkin \Bod"kin\ (b[ocr]d"k[icr]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak. 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a [?]tiletto; an eyeleteer. 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking [?]ut letters from a column or page in making corrections. 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. --Pope. 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. {To sit}, {ride}, or {travel bodkin}, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Bodkin \Bod"kin\, n. See {Baudekin}. [Obs.] --Shirley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. --Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. --Addison. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. --Prescott. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. {Body of a church}, the nave. {Body cloth}; pl. {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. {Body clothes}. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat. {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part. {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See {Grayback}. {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8]. --Bouvier. {Body servant}, a valet. {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. --Chaucer. {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. --Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. --Addison. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. --Prescott. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. {Body of a church}, the nave. {Body cloth}; pl. {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. {Body clothes}. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat. {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part. {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See {Grayback}. {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8]. --Bouvier. {Body servant}, a valet. {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. --Chaucer. {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boodhism \Boodh"ism\, n. Same as {Buddhism}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bootikin \Boot"i*kin\, n. [Boot + -kin.] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter. 2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. --H. Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. 2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. --Bp. Burnet. 3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.] 4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. 5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. 6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. {Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift. {Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. {Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. {Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. {Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. {Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.] 1. To mark with, or as with, botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. --Garth. 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up. Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boydekin \Boy"de*kin\, n. A dagger; a bodkin. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buddhism \Bud"dhism\, n. The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, [bd]the awakened or enlightened,[b8] in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirv[83]na) as the greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. Their number was estimated in 1881 at 470,000,000.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budgeness \Budge"ness\, n. Sternness; severity. [Obs.] A Sara for goodness, a great Bellona for budgeness. --Stanyhurst.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See {Boil}, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. 2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}. 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. 6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. 8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called {butt joint}. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}. 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under 2d {But}. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}. {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See {Weld}. {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8] --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. 2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}. 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. 6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. 8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called {butt joint}. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}. 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under 2d {But}. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}. {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See {Weld}. {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8] --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt joint \Butt" joint`\ A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st {Butt}, 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. 2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}. 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. 6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. 8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called {butt joint}. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}. 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under 2d {But}. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}. {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See {Weld}. {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8] --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt joint \Butt" joint`\ A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st {Butt}, 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. 2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}. 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. 6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. 8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called {butt joint}. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}. 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under 2d {But}. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}. {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See {Weld}. {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8] --Marryat.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bates County, MO (county, FIPS 13) Location: 38.25805 N, 94.33941 W Population (1990): 15025 (6782 housing units) Area: 2197.7 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bath County, KY (county, FIPS 11) Location: 38.14025 N, 83.74085 W Population (1990): 9692 (4021 housing units) Area: 723.8 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water) Bath County, VA (county, FIPS 17) Location: 38.05885 N, 79.73615 W Population (1990): 4799 (2596 housing units) Area: 1377.6 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Batson, TX Zip code(s): 77519
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Botkins, OH (village, FIPS 7832) Location: 40.46723 N, 84.18262 W Population (1990): 1340 (467 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45306
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boyd County, KY (county, FIPS 19) Location: 38.35857 N, 82.68939 W Population (1990): 51150 (21365 housing units) Area: 414.9 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water) Boyd County, NE (county, FIPS 15) Location: 42.89596 N, 98.77171 W Population (1990): 2835 (1538 housing units) Area: 1398.8 sq km (land), 11.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Butte County, CA (county, FIPS 7) Location: 39.66237 N, 121.59606 W Population (1990): 182120 (76115 housing units) Area: 4246.6 sq km (land), 97.4 sq km (water) Butte County, ID (county, FIPS 23) Location: 43.72477 N, 113.17393 W Population (1990): 2918 (1265 housing units) Area: 5783.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Butte County, SD (county, FIPS 19) Location: 44.90914 N, 103.49126 W Population (1990): 7914 (3502 housing units) Area: 5823.8 sq km (land), 46.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Butts County, GA (county, FIPS 35) Location: 33.28834 N, 83.95713 W Population (1990): 15326 (5536 housing units) Area: 483.3 sq km (land), 8.8 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bad command or file name The error message printed by {MS DOS} when it can't find a program or command to execute due to a typing error, incorrect PATH variable, or misplaced or missing executable. (1996-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
beta conversion A term from {lambda-calculus} for {beta reduction} or {beta abstraction}. (1999-01-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
byte compiler {byte-code compiler}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bed-chamber an apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general arrangement of the public sleeping-room for the males of the family and for guests, but there were usually besides distinct bed-chambers of a more private character (2 Kings 4:10; Ex. 8:3; 2 Kings 6:12). In 2 Kings 11:2 this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beth-gamul camel-house, a city in the "plain country" of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer. 48:23); probably the modern Um-el-Jemal, near Bozrah, one of the deserted cities of the Hauran.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beth-shean house of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:29), on the west of Jordan. The bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened to its walls. In Solomon's time it gave its name to a district (1 Kings 4:12). The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1 Sam. 31:10, 12 and 2 Sam. 21:12. It is on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, about 5 miles from the Jordan, and 14 from the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret. After the Captivity it was called Scythopolis, i.e., "the city of the Scythians," who about B.C. 640 came down from the steppes of Southern Russia and settled in different places in Syria. It is now called Beisan.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beth-shemesh house of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Judah, in which the latter was made prisoner (2 Kings 14:11, 13). It was afterwards taken by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is the modern ruined Arabic village 'Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes of the mountains of Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem. (2.) A city between Dothan and the Jordan, near the southern border of Issachar (Josh. 19:22), 7 1/2 miles south of Beth-shean. It is the modern Ain-esh-Shemsiyeh. (3.) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), between Mount Tabor and the Jordan. Now Khurbet Shema, 3 miles west of Safed. But perhaps the same as No. 2. (4.) An idol sanctuary in Egypt (Jer. 43:13); called by the Greeks Heliopolis, and by the Egyptians On (q.v.), Gen. 41:45.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-azmaveth, house of death's strength
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-gamul, house of recompense, or of the camel
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bethshan, Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beth-shemesh, house of the sun
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Botswana Botswana:Geography Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa Map references: Africa Area: total area: 600,370 sq km land area: 585,370 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas Land boundaries: total 4,013 km, Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: short section of boundary with Namibia is indefinite; quadripoint with Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe is in disagreement; dispute with Namibia over uninhabited Kasikili (Sidudu) Island in Linyanti (Chobe) River remained unresolved in mid-February 1995 and the parties agreed to refer the matter to the International Court of Justice Climate: semiarid; warm winters and hot summers Terrain: predominately flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 75% forest and woodland: 2% other: 21% Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: overgrazing, primarily as a result of the expansion of the cattle population; desertification; limited natural fresh water resources natural hazards: periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity Note: landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the country Botswana:People Population: 1,392,414 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 43% (female 300,598; male 303,333) 15-64 years: 53% (female 398,347; male 344,838) 65 years and over: 4% (female 25,773; male 19,525) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 31.01 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 7.41 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 38 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.56 years male: 60.54 years female: 66.67 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 3.86 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) Ethnic divisions: Batswana 95%, Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4%, white 1% Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50% Languages: English (official), Setswana Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 23% male: 32% female: 16% Labor force: 428,000 (1992) by occupation: 220,000 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1992 est.); 14,300 are employed in various mines in South Africa (March 1992) Botswana:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Botswana conventional short form: Botswana former: Bechuanaland Digraph: BC Type: parliamentary republic Capital: Gaborone Administrative divisions: 10 districts; Central, Chobe, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Ngamiland, North-East, South-East, Southern; in addition, there are 4 town councils - Francistown, Gaborone, Lobatse, Selebi-Phikwe Independence: 30 September 1966 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 30 September (1966) Constitution: March 1965, effective 30 September 1966 Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Sir Ketumile MASIRE (since 13 July 1980); Vice President Festus MOGAE (since 9 March 1992); election last held 15 October 1994 (next to be held October 1999); results - President Sir Ketumile MASIRE was reelected by the National Assembly cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament House of Chiefs: is a largely advisory 15-member body consisting of chiefs of the 8 principal tribes, 4 elected subchiefs, and 3 members selected by the other 12 National Assembly: elections last held 15 October 1994 (next to be held October 1999); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (44 total of which 40 are elected and 4 are appointed) BDP 27, BNF 13 Judicial branch: High Court, Court of Appeal Political parties and leaders: Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Sir Ketumile MASIRE; Botswana National Front (BNF), Kenneth KOMA; Botswana People's Party (BPP), Knight MARIPE; Botswana Independence Party (BIP), Motsamai MPHO Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UNOMUR, UNOSOM, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Botsweletse Kingsley SEBELE chancery: Suite 7M, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 244-4990, 4991 FAX: [1] (202) 244-4164 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Howard F. JETER embassy: address NA, Gaborone mailing address: P. O. Box 90, Gaborone telephone: [267] 353982 FAX: [267] 356947 Flag: light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center Economy Overview: The economy has historically been based on cattle raising and crops. Agriculture today provides a livelihood for more than 80% of the population but supplies only about 50% of food needs and accounts for only 5% of GDP. Subsistence farming and cattle raising predominate. The driving force behind the rapid economic growth of the 1970s and 1980s has been the mining industry. This sector, mostly on the strength of diamonds, has gone from generating 25% of GDP in 1980 to 39% in 1994. No other sector has experienced such growth, especially not agriculture, which is plagued by erratic rainfall and poor soils. The unemployment rate remains a problem at 25%. Hampered by a still sluggish diamond market in 1994, GDP grew by only 1%. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 1% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $3,130 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 25% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $1.7 billion expenditures: $1.99 billion, including capital expenditures of $652 million (FY93/94) Exports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b. 1994) commodities: diamonds 78%, copper and nickel 6%, meat 5% partners: Switzerland, UK, SACU (Southern African Customs Union) Imports: $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992) commodities: foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum products partners: Switzerland, SACU (Southern African Customs Union), UK, US External debt: $344 million (December 1991) Industrial production: growth rate 4.6% (FY92/93); accounts for about 43% of GDP, including mining Electricity: capacity: 220,000 kW production: 900 million kWh consumption per capita: 694 kWh (1993) Industries: mining of diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing Agriculture: sorghum, maize, millet, pulses, groundnuts, beans, cowpeas, sunflower seeds; livestock Economic aid: recipient: US aid (1992), $13 million; Norway (1992), $16 million; Sweden (1992), $15.5 million; Germany (1992), $3.6 million; EC/Lome-IV (1992), $3 million-$6 million in grants; $28.7 million in long-term projects (1992) Currency: 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe Exchange rates: pula (P) per US$1 - 1.7086 (January 1995), 2.6976 (November 1994), 2.4190 (1993), 2.1327 (1992), 2.0173 (1991), 1.8601 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Botswana:Transportation Railroads: total: 888 km narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (1992) Highways: total: 11,514 km paved: 1,600 km unpaved: crushed stone, gravel 1,700 km; improved earth 5,177 km; unimproved earth 3,037 km Ports: none Airports: total: 100 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2 with paved runways under 914 m: 23 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 5 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 62 Botswana:Communications Telephone system: 26,000 telephones; sparse system; telephone density - 18.67 telephones/1,000 persons local: NA intercity: small system of open wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radio communication stations international: 1 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Botswana:Defense Forces Branches: Botswana Defense Force (includes Army and Air Wing), Botswana National Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 306,878; males fit for military service 161,376; males reach military age (18) annually 15,403 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $198 million, 5.2% of GDP (FY93/94)