bighearted : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   baccarat
         n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
               gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
               cards that total closest to nine [syn: {baccarat}, {chemin
               de fer}]

English Dictionary: bighearted	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
back-geared adj (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back- geared lathe" Synonym(s): back-geared, double-geared
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backscratcher n someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backsword n a stick used instead of a sword for fencing [syn: singlestick, fencing stick, backsword] a sword with only one cutting edge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backward adv at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Synonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards Antonym(s): forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" Synonym(s): backward, backwards in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" Synonym(s): back, backward Antonym(s): ahead, forward adj directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" Antonym(s): forward (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" Antonym(s): forward retarded in intellectual development Synonym(s): backward, half- witted, slow-witted, feebleminded having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backward and forward adv moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day" Synonym(s): back and forth, backward and forward, to and fro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backwardness n lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backwards adv at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Synonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards Antonym(s): forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" Synonym(s): backward, backwards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backyard n the grounds in back of a house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
base rate n the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beaux arts n the study and creation of visual works of art [syn: {fine arts}, beaux arts]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beggar-ticks n the seed of bur marigolds [syn: Spanish needles, {beggar- ticks}] any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing Synonym(s): bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beggarweed n West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil Synonym(s): beggarweed, Desmodium tortuosum, Desmodium purpureum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
begrudge v be envious of; set one's heart on Synonym(s): envy, begrudge wish ill or allow unwillingly Synonym(s): begrudge, resent Antonym(s): wish, wish well
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Beograd n capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube Synonym(s): Belgrade, Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bewhiskered adj having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big-eared bat n large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears [syn: big-eared bat, Megaderma lyra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigarade n any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock Synonym(s): sour orange, Seville orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, bigarade, marmalade orange, Citrus aurantium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bighearted adj given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" Synonym(s): big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigheartedness n the quality of being kind and generous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biohazard n hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare Synonym(s): biological agent, biohazard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biohazard suit n a loose one-piece garment worn to protect the wearer against dangerous biological or chemical agents
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biserrate adj having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bog whortleberry n an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves [syn: {bog bilberry}, bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bogart n United States film actor (1899-1957) [syn: Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bogartian adj of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Booker T. Washington n United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) Synonym(s): Washington, Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Booker Taliaferro Washington n United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) Synonym(s): Washington, Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bosworth Field n the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
box girder n a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section Synonym(s): box beam, box girder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bucerotidae n hornbills Synonym(s): Bucerotidae, family Bucerotidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bus route n the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buzzard n a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States Synonym(s): buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura the common European short-winged hawk Synonym(s): buzzard, Buteo buteo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Buzzards Bay n an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buzzword n stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition Synonym(s): buzzword, cant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Baccara \[d8]Bac`cara"\, Baccarat \Bac`carat"\, n. [F.] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backsword \Back"sword`\, n. [2d back,n.+ sword.] 1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backward \Back"ward\, n. The state behind or past. [Obs.] In the dark backward and abysm of time. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backward \Back"ward\, v. i. To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backward \Back"ward\, Backwards \Back"wards\, adv. [Back, adv. + -ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. --Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Some reigns backward. --Locke. 5. By way of reflection; reflexively. --Sir J. Davies. 6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. --Dryden. 7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. We might have . . . beat them backward home. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backward \Back"ward\, a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. 2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. --Pope. 3. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. [bd]The backward learner.[b8] --South. 4. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. 5. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state. 6. Already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backwardation \Back`war*da"tion\, n. [Backward, v. i.+ -ation.] (Stock Exchange) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See {Contango}. --Biddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backwardly \Back"ward*ly\, adv. 1. Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. Perversely; ill. [Obs.] And does he think so backwardly of me? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backwardness \Back"ward*ness\, n. The state of being backward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backward \Back"ward\, Backwards \Back"wards\, adv. [Back, adv. + -ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. --Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Some reigns backward. --Locke. 5. By way of reflection; reflexively. --Sir J. Davies. 6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. --Dryden. 7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. We might have . . . beat them backward home. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beggar \Beg"gar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beggared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beggaring}.] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. --Milton. 2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beggarhood \Beg"gar*hood\, n. The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beghard \Beghard"\ Beguard \Beguard"\, n. [F. b[82]gard, b[82]guard; cf. G. beghard, LL. Beghardus, Begihardus, Begardus. Prob. from the root of beguine + -ard or -hard. See {Beguine}.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begird \Be*gird"\, v. t. [imp. {Begirt}, {Begirded}; p. p. {Begirt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begirding}.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.] 1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. 2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begird \Be*gird"\, v. t. [imp. {Begirt}, {Begirded}; p. p. {Begirt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begirding}.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.] 1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. 2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begird \Be*gird"\, v. t. [imp. {Begirt}, {Begirded}; p. p. {Begirt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begirding}.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.] 1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. 2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begirdle \Be*gir"dle\, v. t. To surround as with a girdle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begird \Be*gird"\, v. t. [imp. {Begirt}, {Begirded}; p. p. {Begirt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begirding}.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.] 1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. 2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begirt \Be*girt"\, v. t. To encompass; to begird. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begrudge \Be*grudge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begrudging}.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begrudge \Be*grudge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begrudging}.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begrudge \Be*grudge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begrudging}.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beghard \Beghard"\ Beguard \Beguard"\, n. [F. b[82]gard, b[82]guard; cf. G. beghard, LL. Beghardus, Begihardus, Begardus. Prob. from the root of beguine + -ard or -hard. See {Beguine}.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bescratch \Be*scratch"\, v. t. To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beshroud \Be*shroud"\, v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besort \Be*sort"\, v. t. To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.] Such men as may besort your age. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besort \Be*sort"\, n. Befitting associates or attendants. [Obs.] With such accommodation and besort As levels with her breeding. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bezoardic \Bez`o*ar"dic\, a. [Cf. F. b[82]zoardique, b[82]zoartique.] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n. A medicine containing bezoar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bezoartic \Bez`oar"tic\, Bezoartical \Bez`oar"tic*al\, a. [See {Bezoardic}.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bezoartic \Bez`oar"tic\, Bezoartical \Bez`oar"tic*al\, a. [See {Bezoardic}.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. --Holland. 2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. --Barrow. 3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biserial \Bise"rial\, Biseriate \Bise"riate\, a. [Pref. bi- + serial, seriate.] In two rows or series.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biserrate \Bi*ser"rate\, a. [Pref. bi- + serrate.] 1. (Bot.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Serrate on both sides, as some antenn[91].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bocardo \Bo*car"do\, n. [A mnemonic word.] 1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative. Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. --Bowen. 2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bockelet \Bock"e*let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also {bockerel}, and {bockeret}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earth \Earth\, n. [AS. eor[?]e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j[94]r[?], Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[c6]rpa, OHG. ero, Gr. [?], adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.] 1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits. That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. --S. Rogers. In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell. --Milton. 2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land. God called the dry land earth. --Gen. i. 10. He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him. --Shak. 3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth. Give him a little earth for charity. --Shak. 4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land. Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak. 5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life. Our weary souls by earth beguiled. --Keble. 6. The people on the globe. The whole earth was of one language. --Gen. xi. 1. 7. (Chem.) (a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria. (b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta. 8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox. --Macaulay. They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. --Holland. Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple; earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or earth-closet. {Adamic earth}, {Bitter earth}, {Bog earth}, {Chian earth}, etc. See under {Adamic}, {Bitter}, etc. {Alkaline earths}. See under {Alkaline}. {Earth apple}. (Bot.) (a) A potato. (b) A cucumber. {Earth auger}, a form of auger for boring into the ground; -- called also {earth borer}. {Earth bath}, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in earth for healing purposes. {Earth battery} (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its moisture. {Earth chestnut}, the pignut. {Earth closet}, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the f[91]cal discharges. {Earth dog} (Zo[94]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or enter holes of foxes, etc. {Earth hog}, {Earth pig} (Zo[94]l.), the aard-vark. {Earth hunger}, an intense desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain. {Earth light} (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called also {earth shine}. --Sir J. Herschel. {Earth metal}. See 1st {Earth}, 7. (Chem.) {Earth oil}, petroleum. {Earth pillars} [or] {pyramids} (Geol.), high pillars or pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone, found in Switzerland. --Lyell. {Earth pitch} (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum. {Earth quadrant}, a fourth of the earth's circumference. {Earth table} (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in a building; the ground table. {On earth}, an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do? Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bog \Bog\, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] {Bog bean}. See {Buck bean}. {Bog bumper} (bump, to make a loud noise), {Bog blitter}, {Bog bluiter}, {Bog jumper}, the bittern. [Prov.] {Bog butter}, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. {Bog earth} (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. {Bog moss}. (Bot.) Same as {Sphagnum}. {Bog myrtle} (Bot.), the sweet gale. {Bog ore}. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. {Bog rush} (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. {Bog spavin}. See under {Spavin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boggard \Bog"gard\, n. A bogey. [Local, Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Box \Box\, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[81]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. 2. The quantity that a box contain. 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. 5. A small country house. [bd]A shooting box.[b8] --Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. [bd]A Christmas box.[b8] --Dickens. 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. 11. (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. {Box beam} (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box. {Box car} (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents. {Box chronometer}, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position. {Box coat}, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain. {Box coupling}, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery. {Box crab} (Zo[94]l.), a crab of the genus {Calappa}, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box. {Box drain} (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom. {Box girder} (Arch.), a box beam. {Box groove} (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond. {Box metal}, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc. {Box plait}, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left. {Box turtle} [or] {Box tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera {Cistudo} and {Emys}; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson. {In a box}, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) {In the wrong box}, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Girder \Gird"er\, n. [From {Gird} to encircle.] 1. One who, or that which, girds. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of {Frame}, and {Doubleframed floor}, under {Double}. {Bowstring girder}, {Box girder}, etc. See under {Bowstring}, {Box}, etc. {Girder bridge}. See under {Bridge}. {Lattice girder}, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. {Half-lattice girder}, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. --Knight. {Sandwich girder}, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bug \Bug\, n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the genus {Cimex}, especially the bedbug ({C. lectularius}). See {Bedbug}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle. 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc. Note: According to present popular usage in England, and among housekeepers in America, bug, when not joined with some qualifying word, is used specifically for bedbug. As a general term it is used very loosely in America, and was formerly used still more loosely in England. [bd]God's rare workmanship in the ant, the poorest bug that creeps.[b8] --Rogers (--Naaman). [bd]This bug with gilded wings.[b8] --Pope. {Bait bug}. See under {Bait}. {Bug word}, swaggering or threatening language. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugwort \Bug"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Bugbane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch. 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}. {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa}) of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust. of {Anemone}. {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}. {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill. {Wood betony}. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Betony}. (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura terebrans}). {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius sylvestris}). {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon. {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove. {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}). {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood. {Wood engraver}. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus xylographus}. {Wood engraving}. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}. {Wood fiber}. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}. {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity. {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}. {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) is common in Florida. {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne Laureola}). {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley. {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill bug}, under {Pill}. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]}, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}. {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}. {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade. {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert. {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See {Gurjun}. {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp}, below. {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the family {Columbid[91]}. (b) The ringdove. {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse. {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea}) growing in moist woods. {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula}, differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus} chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}. {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2. {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {Grallina}, {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}). {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood. {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of {Shamrock}. {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}. {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle. {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker. {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}. {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}. (b) The missel thrush. {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary. {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}. {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest. {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under {Sculptured}. {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony. {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above. {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}. (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); -- called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow wren}. {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[ucr]z"z[etil]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus {Buteo} and related genera. Note: The {Buteo vulgaris} is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are {B. borealis}, {B. Pennsylvanicus}, and {B. lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[91], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is {Circus [91]ruginosus}. See {Turkey buzzard}, and {Carrion buzzard}. {Bald buzzard}, the fishhawk or osprey. See {Fishhawk}. 2. A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzard \Buz"zard\, a. Senseless; stupid. [R. & Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzardet \Buz"zard*et`\ (-[ecr]t`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bakerton, KY Zip code(s): 42711
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beaux Arts, WA Zip code(s): 98004
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beaux Arts Village, WA (town, FIPS 4895) Location: 47.58606 N, 122.20320 W Population (1990): 303 (119 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boca Raton, FL (city, FIPS 7300) Location: 26.37270 N, 80.10662 W Population (1990): 61492 (33043 housing units) Area: 70.4 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33428, 33431, 33432, 33433, 33434, 33486, 33496, 33498
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bogard, MO (city, FIPS 6832) Location: 39.45795 N, 93.52409 W Population (1990): 228 (122 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64622
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bogart, GA (town, FIPS 9068) Location: 33.94731 N, 83.53232 W Population (1990): 1018 (424 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30622
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bosworth, MO (city, FIPS 7426) Location: 39.46975 N, 93.33558 W Population (1990): 334 (197 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64623
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buzzards Bay, MA (CDP, FIPS 10015) Location: 41.75501 N, 70.61495 W Population (1990): 3250 (1544 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
backward combatability /bak'wrd km-bat'-bil'-tee/ n. [CMU, Tektronix: from `backward compatibility'] A property of hardware or software revisions in which previous protocols, formats, layouts, etc. are irrevocably discarded in favor of `new and improved' protocols, formats, and layouts, leaving the previous ones not merely deprecated but actively defeated. (Too often, the old and new versions cannot definitively be distinguished, such that lingering instances of the previous ones yield crashes or other infelicitous effects, as opposed to a simple "version mismatch" message.) A backwards compatible change, on the other hand, allows old versions to coexist without crashes or error messages, but too many major changes incorporating elaborate backwards compatibility processing can lead to extreme {software bloat}. See also {flag day}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Big Red Switch n. [IBM] The power switch on a computer, esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM {mainframe} or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This !@%$% {bitty box} is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." Sources at IBM report that, in tune with the company's passion for {TLA}s, this is often abbreviated as `BRS' (this has also become established on FidoNet and in the PC {clone} world). It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also {molly-guard}). Compare {power cycle}, {three-finger salute}, {120 reset}; see also {scram switch}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backward analysis An analysis to determine properties of the inputs of a program from properties or context of the outputs. E.g. if the output of this function is needed then this argument is needed. Compare {forward analysis}. (1997-11-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backward chaining An {algorithm} for proving a goal by recursively braking it down into sub-goals and trying to prove these until facts are reached. Facts are goals with no sub-goals which are therefore always true. Backward training is the program execution mechanism used by most {logic programming} language like {Prolog}. Opposite: {forward chaining}. (1997-07-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backward combatability /bak'wd km-bat'-bil'-tee/ (Play on "{backward compatibility}") A property of hardware or software revisions in which previous {protocols}, formats, layouts, etc. are irrevocably discarded in favour of "new and improved" protocols, formats and layouts, leaving the previous ones not merely deprecated but actively defeated. (Too often, the old and new versions cannot definitively be distinguished, such that lingering instances of the previous ones yield crashes or other infelicitous effects, as opposed to a simple "version mismatch" message.) A backward compatible change, on the other hand, allows old versions to coexist without crashes or error messages, but too many major changes incorporating elaborate backward compatibility processing can lead to extreme {software bloat}. See also {flag day}. [{Jargon File}] (2003-06-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backward compatibility Able to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. Sometimes backward compatibility is limited to being able to read old data but does not extend to being able to write data in a format that can be read by old versions. For example, {WordPerfect} 6.0 can read WordPerfect 5.1 files, so it is backward compatible. It can be said that {Perl} is backward compatible with {awk}, because Perl was (among other things) intended to replace awk, and can, with a converter, run awk programs. See also: {backward combatability}. Compare: {forward compatible}. (2003-06-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backward compatible {backward compatibility}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backwards compatibility {backward compatibility}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backwards compatible {backward compatibility}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Big Red Switch [IBM] The power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM {mainframe} or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This !@%$% {bitty box} is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." Sources at IBM report that, in tune with the company's passion for {TLA}s, this is often abbreviated as "BRS" (this has also become established on FidoNet and in the {IBM PC} world). It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an {IBM 360}/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also {molly-guard}). Compare {power cycle}, {three-finger salute}, {120 reset}; see also {scram switch}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bookreader {DEC}'s {CD-ROM}-based on-line documentation browser.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bechorath, first fruits