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backer
n 1: invests in a theatrical production [syn: {angel}, {backer}]

English Dictionary: bizarre	by the DICT Development Group
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bagger n a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn: packer, bagger, boxer] a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
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baker n someone who bakes commercially someone who bakes bread or cake Synonym(s): baker, bread maker
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bakery n a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold Synonym(s): bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse
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Basra n the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq Synonym(s): Basra, Basia
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bazaar n a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: bazaar, bazar] a street of small shops (especially in Orient) Synonym(s): bazaar, bazar a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" Synonym(s): bazaar, fair
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bazar n a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn: bazaar, bazar] a shop where a variety of goods are sold Synonym(s): bazaar, bazar
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beachwear n clothing to be worn at a beach
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beaker n a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry a cup (usually without a handle)
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Beecher n United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887) Synonym(s): Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher
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beggar n a pauper who lives by begging Synonym(s): beggar, mendicant v be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" reduce to beggary Synonym(s): beggar, pauperize, pauperise
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beggary n a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) Synonym(s): beggary, begging, mendicancy the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy" Synonym(s): beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
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beshrew v wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonym(s): curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict Antonym(s): bless
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Bessera n small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae Synonym(s): Bessera, genus Bessera
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bewhisker v furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: bewhisker, whisker]
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bicker n a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] v argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" Synonym(s): quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
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Big Sur n a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco
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bigger adj large or big relative to something else [syn: bigger, larger]
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bizarre adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" Synonym(s): bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off- the-wall, outlandish, outre
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booger n an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger] dried nasal mucus
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booker n someone who engages a person or company for performances Synonym(s): booker, booking agent
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boozer n a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]
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boxcar n a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
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boxer n someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: boxer, pugilist] a workman employed to pack things into containers Synonym(s): packer, bagger, boxer a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
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buckaroo n local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) Synonym(s): vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo
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buckeroo n local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) Synonym(s): vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo
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bugger n someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) Synonym(s): sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger v practice anal sex upon [syn: sodomize, sodomise, bugger]
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buggery n intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman Synonym(s): sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse
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busker n a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
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buzzer n a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed Synonym(s): doorbell, bell, buzzer a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
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d8Ouakari \[d8]Oua*ka"ri\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any South American monkey of the genus {Brachyurus}, especially {B. ouakari}.
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Baccare \Bacca"re\, Backare \Backa"re\, interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. --Shak.
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Baccare \Bacca"re\, Backare \Backa"re\, interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. --Shak.
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Backare \Bac*ka"re\, interj. Same as {Baccare}.
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Backer \Back"er\, n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}.
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Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[91]cere. See {Bake}, v. i.] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. 2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.] {A baker's dozen}, thirteen. {Baker foot}, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Baker's itch}, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. {Baker's salt}, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.
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Bakery \Bak"er*y\, n. 1. The trade of a baker. [R.] 2. The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.
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Bazaar \Bazaar"\ Bazar \Bazar"\(b[adot]*z[aum]r"), n. [Per. b[be]zar market.] 1. In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale. 2. A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair. 3. A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects. --Macaulay.
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Bazaar \Bazaar"\ Bazar \Bazar"\(b[adot]*z[aum]r"), n. [Per. b[be]zar market.] 1. In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale. 2. A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair. 3. A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects. --Macaulay.
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Sure \Sure\, a. [Compar. {Surer}; superl. {Surest}.] [OE. sur, OF. se[81]r, F. s[96]r, L. securus; se aside, without + cura care. See {Secure}, and cf. {Assure}, {Insure}, {Sicker} sure.] 1. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. --Rom. ii. 2. I'm sure care 's an enemy of life. --Shak. 2. Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health. 3. Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring. [bd]His sure word.[b8] --Keble. The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord. --1 Sam. xxv. 28. The testimony of the Lord is sure. --Ps. xix. 7. Which put in good sure leather sacks. --Chapman. 4. Betrothed; engaged to marry. [Obs.] The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God. --Sir T. More. I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife. --Brome. 5. Free from danger; safe; secure. Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that we are sure enough. --Shak. {To be sure}, [or] {Be sure}, certainly; without doubt; as, Shall you do? To be sure I shall. {To make sure}. (a) To make certain; to secure so that there can be no failure of the purpose or object. [bd]Make Cato sure.[b8] --Addison. [bd]A peace can not fail, provided we make sure of Spain.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. (b) To betroth. [Obs.] She that's made sure to him she loves not well. --Cotgrave. Syn: Certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent; steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident; positive.
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Beaker \Beak"er\, n. [OE. biker; akin to Icel. bikarr, Sw. b[84]gare, Dan. baeger, G. becher, It. bicchiere; -- all fr. LL. bicarium, prob. fr. Gr. [?] wine jar, or perh. L. bacar wine vessel. Cf. {Pitcher} a jug.] 1. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard. 2. An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat. --Knight.
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Becker \Beck"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish ({Pagellus centrodontus}); the sea bream or braise.
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Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.] 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. 2. One who makes it his business to ask alms. 3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use. 4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp. Tillotson.
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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.
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Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, a. Beggarly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, n. [OE. beggerie. See {Beggar}, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty. 2. Beggarly appearance. [R.] The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. --Thackeray. Syn: Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
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Begore \Begore"\ (b[esl]g[omac]r"), v. t. To besmear with gore.
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Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t. To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. --Shak. Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. --Schmidt.
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Bezoar \Be"zoar\, n. [F. b[82]zoard, fr. Ar. b[be]zahr, b[be]dizahr, fr. Per. p[be]d-zahr bezoar; p[be]d protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea. Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru. {Bezoar antelope}. See {Antelope}. {Bezoar goat} (Zo[94]l.), the wild goat ({Capra [91]gagrus}). {Bezoar mineral}, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. --Ure.
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Bicker \Bick"er\, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.] 2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
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Bicker \Bick"er\, n. [See {Beaker}.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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Bigarreau \Big`arreau"\, Bigaroon \Big`aroon"\, n. [F. bigarreau, fr. bigarr[82] variegated.] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry.
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Big \Big\, a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. [bd]He's too big to go in there.[b8] --Shak. 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison. 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor. Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. {To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first. --De Foe. Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
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Bigger \Big"ger\, a., compar. of {Big}.
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Bizarre \Bizarre"\, a. [F. bizarre* odd, fr. Sp. bizarro gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave.] Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. --C. Kingsley.
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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}.
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Booker \Book"er\, n. One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.
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Booser \Boos"er\, n. A toper; a guzzler. See {Boozer}.
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Boozer \Booz"er\, n. One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.
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Bouser \Bous"er\, n. A toper; a boozer.
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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)
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Boxer \Box"er\, n. A member of a powerful Chinese organization which committed numerous outrages on Europeans and Christian converts in the uprising against foreigners in 1900. Various names, as [bd]League of United Patriots[b8] and [bd]Great Knife [or Sword] Society,[b8] have been given as the Chinese name of the organization; why the members were called Boxers is uncertain.
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Boxer \Box"er\ (b[ocr]ks"[etil]r), n. One who packs boxes.
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Boxer \Box"er\, n. One who boxes; a pugilist.
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Bucker \Buck"er\, n. (Mining) 1. One who bucks ore. 2. A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
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Bucker \Buck"er\, n. A horse or mule that bucks.
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Buckra \Buck"ra\, a. White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.
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Buckra \Buck"ra\, n. [In the language of the Calabar coast, buckra means [bd]demon, a powerful and superior being.[b8] --J. L. Wilson.] A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.
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Bugger \Bug"ger\, n. [F. bougre, fr. LL. Bulgarus, a Bulgarian, and also a heretic; because the inhabitants of Bulgaria were infected with heresy. Those guilty of the crime of buggery were called heretics, because in the eyes of their adversaries there was nothing more heinous than heresy, and it was therefore thought that the origin of such a vice could only be owing to heretics.] 1. One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite. 2. A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement. [Low]
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Buggery \Bug"ger*y\, n. [OF. bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy. See {Bugger}.] Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harrow \Har"row\ (h[acr]r"r[osl]), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. [root]16.] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown. 2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. {Bush harrow}, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. {Drill harrow}. See under 6th {Drill}. {Under the harrow}, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzer \Buzz"er\ (b[ucr]z"[etil]r), n. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer. And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baker, CA Zip code(s): 92309 Baker, FL Zip code(s): 32531 Baker, LA (city, FIPS 3985) Location: 30.58545 N, 91.15699 W Population (1990): 13233 (4734 housing units) Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70714 Baker, MN Zip code(s): 56513 Baker, MO (village, FIPS 3034) Location: 36.77356 N, 89.76143 W Population (1990): 8 (3 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Baker, MT (city, FIPS 3475) Location: 46.36310 N, 104.27375 W Population (1990): 1818 (944 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59313 Baker, ND Zip code(s): 58386 Baker, NV Zip code(s): 89311 Baker, OK Zip code(s): 73950 Baker, OR (city, FIPS 3650) Location: 44.77419 N, 117.83164 W Population (1990): 9140 (4052 housing units) Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Baker, WV Zip code(s): 26801
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Basehor, KS (city, FIPS 4400) Location: 39.12715 N, 94.92906 W Population (1990): 1591 (586 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66007
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bay Shore, NY (CDP, FIPS 4935) Location: 40.72637 N, 73.25050 W Population (1990): 21279 (7938 housing units) Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bayshore, NC (CDP, FIPS 4015) Location: 34.28945 N, 77.78774 W Population (1990): 1661 (669 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beccaria, PA Zip code(s): 16616
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Becker, MN (city, FIPS 4618) Location: 45.37134 N, 93.87340 W Population (1990): 902 (329 housing units) Area: 22.4 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55308
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beecher, IL (village, FIPS 4585) Location: 41.34769 N, 87.61487 W Population (1990): 2032 (764 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60401 Beecher, MI (CDP, FIPS 6820) Location: 43.09080 N, 83.70488 W Population (1990): 14465 (5192 housing units) Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bexar, AR Zip code(s): 72515
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Big Sur, CA Zip code(s): 93920
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Booker, TX (town, FIPS 9448) Location: 36.45595 N, 100.53956 W Population (1990): 1236 (561 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79005
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bozrah, CT Zip code(s): 06334
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bazaar n.,adj. In 1997, after meditatating on the success of {Linux} for three years, the Jargon File's own editor ESR wrote an analytical paper on hacker culture and development models titled The Cathedral and the Bazaar (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/). The main argument of the paper was that {Brooks's Law} is not the whole story; given the right social machinery, debugging can be efficiently parallelized across large numbers of programmers. The title metaphor caught on (see also {cathedral}), and the style of development typical in the Linux community is now often referred to as the bazaar mode. Its characteristics include releasing code early and often, and actively seeking the largest possible pool of peer reviewers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bezier (After Frenchman Pierre Bézier from Regie Renault) A collection of formulae for describing curved lines ({Bezier curve}) and surfaces ({Bezier surface}), first used in 1972 to model automobile surfaces. Curves and surfaces are defined by a set of "control points" which can be moved interactively making Bezier curves and surfaces convenient for interactive graphic design. ["Principles of interactive computer graphics", William M. Newman, Graw-Hill]. (1995-04-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Boxer 1. A {visual language} by Hal Abelson and Andy diSessa of Berkeley which claims to be the successor to {Logo}. Boxes are used to represent {scope}. 2. A {text editor} for {MS-DOS} and {Microsoft Windows}. {Home (http://www.boxersoftware.com/users/dhamel)}. (2001-04-30)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Becher first-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Gen. 46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob. It is probable that he married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were consequently reckoned among the tribe of Ephraim (Num. 26:35; 1 Chr. 7:20, 21). They are not reckoned among the descendants of Benjamin (Num. 26:38).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Besor cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David's men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites (1 Sam. 30:9, 10, 21). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bezer ore of gold or silver. (1.) A city of the Reubenites; one of the three cities of refuge on the east of Jordan (Deut. 4: 43; Josh. 20:8). It has been identified with the modern ruined village of Burazin, some 12 miles north of Heshbon; also with Kasur-el-Besheir, 2 miles south-west of Dibon. (2.) A descendant of Asher (1 Chr. 7:37).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bosor the Chaldee or Aramaic form of the name Beor, the father of Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bozrah enclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah 2:12). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. (2.) A Moabite city in the "plain country" (Jer. 48:24), i.e., on the high level down on the east of the Dead Sea. It is probably the modern Buzrah.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Becher, first begotten; first fruits
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Besor, glad news; incarnation
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bezer, vine branches
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bichri, first-born; first fruits
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bocheru, the first born
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bozrah, in tribulation or distress