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   bay-leaved caper
         n 1: shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and
               South America [syn: {caper tree}, {bay-leaved caper},
               {Capparis flexuosa}]

English Dictionary: blab out	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bell-bottom adj (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers" Synonym(s): bell-bottomed, bell- bottom, bellbottom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bell-bottomed adj (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers" Synonym(s): bell-bottomed, bell- bottom, bellbottom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bell-bottoms n trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s Synonym(s): bellbottom trousers, bell-bottoms, bellbottom pants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellbottom adj (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; "bell-bottomed trousers" Synonym(s): bell-bottomed, bell- bottom, bellbottom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellbottom pants n trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s Synonym(s): bellbottom trousers, bell-bottoms, bellbottom pants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellbottom trousers n trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s Synonym(s): bellbottom trousers, bell-bottoms, bellbottom pants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belly button n a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" Synonym(s): navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellybutton n a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" Synonym(s): navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beloved adj dearly loved Synonym(s): beloved, darling, dear n a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belvedere n densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn Synonym(s): summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia a gazebo sited to command a fine view
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilabiate adj having two lips; "the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate" Synonym(s): bilabiate, two-lipped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bill of attainder n a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial; "bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
billy buttons n any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilobate adj having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf" [syn: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilobated adj having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf" [syn: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilobed adj having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf" [syn: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blab out v divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" Synonym(s): spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out Antonym(s): keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blebbed adj (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material Synonym(s): blebbed, blebby
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bloviate v orate verbosely and windily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue peter n a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue vitriol n hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate [syn: blue vitriol, blue copperas, blue stone, chalcanthite]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluebottle n an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers Synonym(s): cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight Synonym(s): bluebottle, Calliphora vicina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluff out v deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand Synonym(s): bluff, bluff out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bolbitis n terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere Synonym(s): Bolbitis, genus Bolbitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulbed adj having a bulb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bull fiddle n largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass fiddle}, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bullbat n mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker [syn: nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balbutiate \Balbu"tiate\, Balbucinate \Balbu"cinate\, v. i. [L. balbutire, fr. balbus stammering: cf. F. balbutier.] To stammer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bale \Bale\, n. [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr. OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. {Ball} a round body.] A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw [?] hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation. {Bale of dice}, a pair of dice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. 2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. 3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}. 4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called {bullets}. 5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball. 6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller. 7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. 8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. --White. 9. The globe or earth. --Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison. {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. --Knight. {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock. {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign or shop. Syn: See {Globe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balopticon \Balop"ticon\, n. [Gr. [?] to throw + stereopticon.] See {Projector}, below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balopticon \Balop"ticon\, n. [Gr. [?] to throw + stereopticon.] See {Projector}, below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleave \Be*leave"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Beleft}.] To leave or to be left. [Obs.] --May.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gel[?]fan, gel[?]fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil[?]bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See {Lief}, a., {Leave}, n.] To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). --Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts xxvi. 27. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts viii. 37. Syn: See {Expect}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellipotent \Bellip"otent\, a. [L. bellipotens; bellum war + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] --Blount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belove \Be*love"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beloved}.] [OE. bilufien. See pref. {Be-}, and {Love}, v. t.] To love. [Obs.] --Wodroephe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beloved \Be*loved"\, p. p. & a. Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of C[91]sar. --Shak. This is my beloved Son. --Matt. iii. 17.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beloved \Be*lov"ed\, n. One greatly loved. My beloved is mine, and I am his. --Cant. ii. 16.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belvedere \Bel`ve*dere"\, n. [It., fr. bello, bel, beautiful + vedere to see.] (Arch.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilabiate \Bila"biate\, a. [Pref. bi- + labiate.] (Bot.) Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.] 1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. 2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.] Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note. 3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. 4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens. 5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill. 6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc. {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}. {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action. {Bill of credit}. (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const. --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8. {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation. {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}. {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay to some person designated a certain sum of money therein generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable to order or to bearer. So also the order generally expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty. {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port. {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8] {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods. {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortality of London. {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of each. {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the defendant's set-off. {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States. {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels. {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination. {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton. {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm. {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath. {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attainder \At*tain"der\, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse, convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See {Attaint}, {Attain}.] 1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder. --Abbott. Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony, and involved the forfeiture of all the real and personal property of the condemned person, and such [bd]corruption of blood[b8] that he could neither receive nor transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or testify in any court, or claim any legal protection or rights. In England attainders are now abolished, and in the United States the Constitution provides that no bill of attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of treason (in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted. 2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation. [Obs.] He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak. {Bill of attainder}, a bill brought into, or passed by, a legislative body, condemning a person to death or outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divorce \Di*vorce"\, n. [F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See {Divert}.] 1. (Law) (a) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. [bd]from the bond of matrimony.[b8] (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro ([or] thoro), [bd]from bed board.[b8] 2. The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved. 3. Separation; disunion of things closely united. To make divorce of their incorporate league. --Shak. 4. That which separates. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bill of divorce}. See under {Bill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.] 1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. 2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.] Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note. 3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. 4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens. 5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill. 6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc. {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}. {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action. {Bill of credit}. (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const. --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8. {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation. {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}. {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay to some person designated a certain sum of money therein generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable to order or to bearer. So also the order generally expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty. {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc. {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port. {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8] {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods. {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortality of London. {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of each. {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the defendant's set-off. {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States. {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels. {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination. {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton. {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm. {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath. {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Billbeetle \Bill`bee"tle\, or Billbug \Bill"bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See {Curculio}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curculio \Curcu"lio\ (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. {Curculios} (-[?]z). [L., a grain weevil.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a large group of beetles ({Rhynchophora}) of many genera; -- called also {weevils}, {snout beetles}, {billbeetles}, and {billbugs}. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilobate \Bilo"bate\ (b[isl]l[omac]"b[asl]t or b[imac]"l[osl]*b[asl]t), a. [Pref. bi- + lobate.] Divided into two lobes or segments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilobed \Bi"lobed\ (b[imac]"l[omac]bd), a. [Pref. bi- + lobe.] Bilobate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blab \Blab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. --Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. --Tennyson.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [Canada] {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds. {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.] {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long. {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti. {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus.
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Vitriol \Vit"ri*ol\, n. [F. vitriol; cf. Pr. vitriol, vetriol, Sp. & Pg. vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous. See {Vitreous}.] (Chem.) (a) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. (b) Sulphuric acid; -- called also {oil of vitriol}. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}. [Colloq.] {Blue vitriol}. See under {Blue}. {Green vitriol}, ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under {Green}. {Oil of vitriol}, sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil. {Red vitriol}, a native sulphate of cobalt. {Vitriol of Mars}, ferric sulphate, a white crystalline substance which dissolves in water, forming a red solution. {White vitriol}, zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also {vitriol of zinc}.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
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Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, n. 1. (Bot.) A plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.
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Bluff-bowed \Bluff"-bowed`\, a. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Bluff \Bluff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bluffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bluffing}.] 1. (Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. [U. S.] 2. To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off. [Colloq.]
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Bluff-headed \Bluff"-head`ed\, a. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Bulbed \Bulbed\, a. Having a bulb; round-headed.
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Bulbo-tuber \Bul"bo-tu`ber\, n. [Bulb,n.+ tuber.] (Bot.) A corm.
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Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any species of cattle ({Bovid[91]}); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope. 2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. --Ps. xxii. 12. 3. (Astron.) (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson. 4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th {Bear}, n., 5. {Bull baiting}, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. {John Bull}, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. [bd]Good-looking young John Bull.[b8] --W. D.Howells. {To take the bull by the horns}, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.
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Night \Night\, n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[?]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr. [?], [?], Skr. nakta, nakti. [root] 265. Cf. {Equinox}, {Nocturnal}.] 1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 2. Hence: (a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment. Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night. --Pope. (b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance. (c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. (d) The period after the close of life; death. She closed her eyes in everlasting night. --Dryden. (e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. [bd]Sad winter's night[b8]. --Spenser. Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc. {Night by night}, {Night after night}, nightly; many nights. So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. --Shak. {Night bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The moor hen ({Gallinula chloropus}). (b) The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}). {Night blindness}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Night cart}, a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. {Night churr}, (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night crow}, a bird that cries in the night. {Night dog}, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers. {Night fire}. (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern. {Night flyer} (Zo[94]l.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects. {night glass}, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. --Totten. {Night green}, iodine green. {Night hag}, a witch supposed to wander in the night. {Night hawk} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Chordeiles Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also {bull bat}. {Night heron} ({Zo[94]l}.), any one of several species of herons of the genus {Nycticorax}, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is {Nycticorax griseus}, or {N. nycticorax}, of Europe, and the American variety (var. n[91]vius). The yellow-crowned night heron ({Nycticorax violaceus}) inhabits the Southern States. Called also {qua-bird}, and {squawk}. {Night house}, a public house, or inn, which is open at night. {Night key}, a key for unfastening a night latch. {Night latch}, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key. {Night monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an owl monkey. {night moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the noctuids. {Night parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo. {Night piece}, a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like. {Night rail}, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. [Obs.] {Night raven} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern. {Night rule}. (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a corruption, of night revel. [Obs.] (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night. What night rule now about this haunted grove? --Shak. {Night sight}. (Med.) See {Nyctolopia}. {Night snap}, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl. {Night soil}, human excrement; -- so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure. {Night spell}, a charm against accidents at night. {Night swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night walk}, a walk in the evening or night. {Night walker}. (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets. {Night walking}. (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs. {Night warbler} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}); -- called also {night singer}. [prov. Eng.] {Night watch}. (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night. {Night watcher}, one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs. {Night witch}. Same as {Night hag}, above.
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Bull \Bull\, a. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. {Bull calf}. (a) A stupid fellow. {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel. {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump. {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States. {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}. {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
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Night \Night\, n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[?]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr. [?], [?], Skr. nakta, nakti. [root] 265. Cf. {Equinox}, {Nocturnal}.] 1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 2. Hence: (a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment. Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night. --Pope. (b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance. (c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. (d) The period after the close of life; death. She closed her eyes in everlasting night. --Dryden. (e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. [bd]Sad winter's night[b8]. --Spenser. Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc. {Night by night}, {Night after night}, nightly; many nights. So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. --Shak. {Night bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The moor hen ({Gallinula chloropus}). (b) The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}). {Night blindness}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Night cart}, a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. {Night churr}, (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night crow}, a bird that cries in the night. {Night dog}, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers. {Night fire}. (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern. {Night flyer} (Zo[94]l.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects. {night glass}, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. --Totten. {Night green}, iodine green. {Night hag}, a witch supposed to wander in the night. {Night hawk} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Chordeiles Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also {bull bat}. {Night heron} ({Zo[94]l}.), any one of several species of herons of the genus {Nycticorax}, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is {Nycticorax griseus}, or {N. nycticorax}, of Europe, and the American variety (var. n[91]vius). The yellow-crowned night heron ({Nycticorax violaceus}) inhabits the Southern States. Called also {qua-bird}, and {squawk}. {Night house}, a public house, or inn, which is open at night. {Night key}, a key for unfastening a night latch. {Night latch}, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key. {Night monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an owl monkey. {night moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the noctuids. {Night parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo. {Night piece}, a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like. {Night rail}, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. [Obs.] {Night raven} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern. {Night rule}. (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a corruption, of night revel. [Obs.] (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night. What night rule now about this haunted grove? --Shak. {Night sight}. (Med.) See {Nyctolopia}. {Night snap}, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl. {Night soil}, human excrement; -- so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure. {Night spell}, a charm against accidents at night. {Night swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night walk}, a walk in the evening or night. {Night walker}. (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets. {Night walking}. (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs. {Night warbler} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}); -- called also {night singer}. [prov. Eng.] {Night watch}. (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night. {Night watcher}, one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs. {Night witch}. Same as {Night hag}, above.
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Bull \Bull\, a. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. {Bull calf}. (a) A stupid fellow. {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel. {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump. {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States. {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}. {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
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Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U. Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also {miller's thumb}. (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}. (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); -- called also {beetlehead}. (b) The golden plover. 3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips. {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida ({Menticirrus alburnus}).
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Bullpout \Bull"pout`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bullhead}, 1 (b) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U. Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also {miller's thumb}. (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}. (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); -- called also {beetlehead}. (b) The golden plover. 3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips. {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida ({Menticirrus alburnus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullpout \Bull"pout`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bullhead}, 1 (b) .
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Belvidere, IL (city, FIPS 5092) Location: 42.25259 N, 88.84832 W Population (1990): 15958 (6414 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61008 Belvidere, NC Zip code(s): 27919 Belvidere, NE (village, FIPS 4160) Location: 40.25441 N, 97.55686 W Population (1990): 117 (59 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68315 Belvidere, NJ (town, FIPS 4990) Location: 40.82805 N, 75.07322 W Population (1990): 2669 (1084 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07823 Belvidere, SD (town, FIPS 4620) Location: 43.83121 N, 101.27036 W Population (1990): 63 (47 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57521 Belvidere, TN Zip code(s): 37306
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Bluffdale, UT (city, FIPS 6810) Location: 40.47603 N, 111.95547 W Population (1990): 2152 (564 housing units) Area: 42.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
blivet /bliv'*t/ n. [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1. An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks. 3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of hacks. 4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort. 5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo. 6. In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system). This term has other meanings in other technical cultures; among experimental physicists and hardware engineers of various kinds it seems to mean any random object of unknown purpose (similar to hackish use of {frob}). It has also been used to describe an amusing trick-the-eye drawing resembling a three-pronged fork that appears to depict a three-dimensional object until one realizes that the parts fit together in an impossible way.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blivet /bliv'*t/ [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1. An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks. 3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of hacks. 4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort. 5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo. 6. In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system). This term has other meanings in other technical cultures; among experimental physicists and hardware engineers of various kinds it seems to mean any random object of unknown purpose (similar to hackish use of {frob}). It has also been used to describe an amusing trick-the-eye drawing resembling a three-pronged fork that appears to depict a three-dimensional object until one realises that the parts fit together in an impossible way. [{Jargon File}]