ball cock
         n 1: floating ball that controls level in a water tank [syn:
               {ballcock}, {ball cock}]

English Dictionary: black cohosh	by the DICT Development Group
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ballcock n floating ball that controls level in a water tank [syn: ballcock, ball cock]
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Balzac n French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850) Synonym(s): Balzac, Honore Balzac, Honore de Balzac
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Balzacian adj of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings
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Belgique n a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Synonym(s): Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
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bell-like call n a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell
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bellicose adj having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" Synonym(s): battleful, bellicose, combative
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bellicoseness n a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity, bellicoseness]
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bellicosity n a natural disposition to fight [syn: bellicosity, bellicoseness]
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Belshazzar n (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)
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beluga caviar n roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia; highly valued
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bilge keel n either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge; reduces rolling
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bilges n in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
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biologic adj pertaining to biology or to life and living things [syn: biological, biologic]
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biologic attack n the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food Synonym(s): biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack
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biological adj pertaining to biology or to life and living things [syn: biological, biologic] of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child" Antonym(s): adoptive
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biological agent n any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare Synonym(s): biological agent, biohazard
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biological attack n the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food Synonym(s): biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack
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biological clock n an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
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biological defence n procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents Synonym(s): biological defense, biological defence, biodefense, biodefence
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biological defense n procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents Synonym(s): biological defense, biological defence, biodefense, biodefence
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biological group n a group of plants or animals
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biological process n a process occurring in living organisms [syn: {organic process}, biological process]
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biological research n scientific research conducted by biologists
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biological science n the science that studies living organisms [syn: biology, biological science]
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biological terrorism n terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare [syn: bioterrorism, biological terrorism]
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biological time n the time of various biological processes
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biological warfare n the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food Synonym(s): biological warfare, BW, biological attack, biologic attack, bioattack
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biological warfare defence n defense against biological warfare [syn: {biological warfare defense}, biological warfare defence, BW defense, BW defence]
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biological warfare defense n defense against biological warfare [syn: {biological warfare defense}, biological warfare defence, BW defense, BW defence]
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biological weapon n any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon" Synonym(s): bioweapon, biological weapon, bioarm
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biologically adv with respect to biology; "biologically related"
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biologism n use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior
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biologist n (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms [syn: biologist, life scientist]
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biologistic adj of or relating to biologism
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black ash n vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn Synonym(s): black ash, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash, Fraxinus nigra
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black cock n male black grouse Synonym(s): blackcock, black cock
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black cohosh n North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia Synonym(s): black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa
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black economy n a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported; "no one knows how large the black economy really is"
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Black Hawk n Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) Synonym(s): Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak
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black hickory n smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut Synonym(s): mockernut, mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa an American hickory tree having bitter nuts Synonym(s): pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut Synonym(s): black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra
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black huckleberry n low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries Synonym(s): black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata
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black ice n a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous
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Black Jack Pershing n United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) Synonym(s): Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing
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black oak n medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped Synonym(s): black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
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black sage n an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico Synonym(s): black sage, wooly blue curls, California romero, Trichostema lanatum
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blackcock n male black grouse Synonym(s): blackcock, black cock
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blackish adj of something that is somewhat black; "blackish clouds"
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blackish-brown adj of brown tinged with black
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blackish-gray adj of dark grey [syn: black-grey, black-gray, {blackish- grey}, blackish-gray]
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blackish-grey adj of dark grey [syn: black-grey, black-gray, {blackish- grey}, blackish-gray]
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blackish-red adj of red tinged with black
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blackjack n a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets Synonym(s): blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people Synonym(s): blackjack, cosh, sap a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship Synonym(s): black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 Synonym(s): blackjack, twenty-one, vingt- et-un v exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]
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blackjack oak n a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets Synonym(s): blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica
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blackwash n an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash] a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores Synonym(s): blackwash, black lotion a wash that colors a surface black v bring (information) out of concealment color with blackwash
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bleu cheese dressing n creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese [syn: {bleu cheese dressing}, blue cheese dressing]
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Blighia sapida n widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh Synonym(s): akee, akee tree, Blighia sapida
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Blissus n chinch bugs Synonym(s): Blissus, genus Blissus
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Blissus leucopterus n small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses Synonym(s): chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus
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blockage n the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction Synonym(s): obstruction, blockage an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" Synonym(s): blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage the act of blocking Synonym(s): blockage, closure, occlusion
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blockhouse n a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
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blockish adj resembling a block in shape Synonym(s): blockish, blocky
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blow gas n the gas leaving a generator during a blow period [syn: blow gas, blowing gas]
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blue cheese n cheese containing a blue mold Synonym(s): bleu, blue cheese
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blue cheese dressing n vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese Synonym(s): blue cheese dressing, Roquefort dressing creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese Synonym(s): bleu cheese dressing, blue cheese dressing
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blue cohosh n tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
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blue goose n North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter Synonym(s): blue goose, Chen caerulescens
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blue jack n small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes Synonym(s): coho, cohoe, coho salmon, blue jack, silver salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch
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blue jasmine n climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers Synonym(s): blue jasmine, blue jessamine, curly clematis, marsh clematis, Clematis crispa
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blue jessamine n climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers Synonym(s): blue jasmine, blue jessamine, curly clematis, marsh clematis, Clematis crispa
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blue joke n an indelicate joke [syn: dirty joke, dirty story, {blue joke}, blue story]
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blue sage n sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation Synonym(s): blue sage, Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia Texas sage having intensely blue flowers Synonym(s): blue sage, mealy sage, Salvia farinacea blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States Synonym(s): blue sage, Salvia azurea aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves Synonym(s): big sagebrush, blue sage, Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata
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blue succory n south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays Synonym(s): blue succory, cupid's dart, Catananche caerulea
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bluejack oak n small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point Synonym(s): bluejack oak, turkey oak, Quercus incana
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bluejacket n a serviceman in the navy [syn: bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy]
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bluish green adj of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, {blue- green}, cyan, teal] n a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green" Synonym(s): bluish green, blue green, teal
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bluish-gray adj of grey tinged with blue [syn: blue-grey, blue-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-gray]
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bluish-grey adj of grey tinged with blue [syn: blue-grey, blue-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-gray]
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bull session n an informal discussion (usually among men)
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bullace grape n dull-purple grape of southern United States [syn: muscadine, bullace grape]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (-n[ucr]t`), n. (Bot.)       (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[91]a} (native country             uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.       (b) A leguminous, twining plant ({Apios tuberosa}), producing             clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root             tuberous and pleasant to the taste.       (c) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia}). [U. S.] --Gray.       (d) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}),             having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet,             aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth             chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}. [1913 Webster]
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Balkish \Balk"ish\, a.       Uneven; ridgy. [R.] --Holinshed.
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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}.
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Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation       of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.]       1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or             domestic fowls.          2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.                         Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak.          3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]                         Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left                      us.                                                   --Addison.          4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning;             cockcrow. [Obs.]                         He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.                                                                               --Shak.          5. A faucet or valve.          Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the                top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently                to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8]                Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in                forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's                comb.          6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers.          7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson.          8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of             a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight.          {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}.          {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}.          {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a             canard.          {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}.          {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird             ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest.          {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour;             one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or             competitors.          {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}.
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Belgic \Bel"gic\, a. [L. Belgicus, fr. Belgae the Belgians.]       1. Of or pertaining to the Belg[91], a German tribe who             anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the             Seine, and the ocean.                         How unlike their Belgic sires of old. --Goldsmith.          2. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]       1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a             cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,             and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.          Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best                have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and                tin.          {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State             House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared             the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had             been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim             liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants             thereof.[b8]          2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose             ball which causes it to sound when moved.          3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a             flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included             between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the             naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist             within the leafage of a capital.          5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;             or the time so designated.          Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck                eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after                it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,                and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes                is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,                which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.          {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the             prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.             --Fuller.          {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion             to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a             team or drove, when wearing a bell.          {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of             excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the             bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose             being used, and three candles being extinguished with             certain ceremonies. --Nares.          {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single             fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.          {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.          Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,                bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;                bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are                self-explaining.          {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the             curve of an ogee.          {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame             constructed to carry one or more large bells.          {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,             frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and             used to contain and support one or more bells.          {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a             roof to the rooms below.          {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast             bells.          {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are             founded or cast.          {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,             pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain             bells.          {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.          {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.          {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell             or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.             --Aytoun.          {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell             when used.          {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose             business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of             musical bells for public entertainment.          {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general             lines of a bell.          {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.                      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.          {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bell system of control \Bell system of control\ (A[89]ronautics)       See {Cloche}.
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Bellicose \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of       war, fr. bellum war. See {Duel}.]       Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.                   Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.
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Bellicosely \Bel"li*cose`ly\, adv.       In a bellicose manner.
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Bellicous \Bel"li*cous\, a.       Bellicose. [Obs.]
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Belswagger \Bel"swag`ger\, n. [Contr. from bellyswagger.]       A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in       the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See       {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family       {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of       closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.          Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is                called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook                runner}. The best known American species are the                clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris},                var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R.                elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the                lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus});                and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}).                See {Sora}.          {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilcock \Bil"cock\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The European water rail.
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in       the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See       {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family       {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of       closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.          Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is                called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook                runner}. The best known American species are the                clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris},                var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R.                elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the                lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus});                and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}).                See {Sora}.          {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake.
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Bilcock \Bil"cock\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The European water rail.
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Keel \Keel\, n. [Cf. AS. ce[a2]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel       keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[omac]ll, and perh. to Gr.       gay^los a round-built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo`s       bucket; cf. Skr. g[omac]la ball, round water vessel. But the       meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. kj[94]lr       keel, akin to Sw. k[94]l, Dan. kj[94]l.]       1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers             scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the             bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the             vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side,             supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a             combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a             wooden ship. See Illust. of {Keelson}.          2. Fig.: The whole ship.          3. A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal             from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one             tons, four cwt. [Eng.]          4. (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a             papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens             and pistil; a carina. See {Carina}.          5. (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat             or curved surface.          {Bilge keel} (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels,             extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under             the bilges. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {False keel}. See under {False}.          {Keel boat}.             (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails,                   used on Western rivers. [U. S.]             (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See {Keel}, n., 3.                            {Keel piece}, one of the timbers or sections of which a keel             is composed.          {On even keel}, in a level or horizontal position, so that             the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same.             --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Bilge \Bilge\, n. [A different orthography of bulge, of same       origin as belly. Cf. {Belly}, {Bulge}.]       1. The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the             middle.          2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is             broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest             if aground.          3. Bilge water.          {Bilge free} (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is             clear of everything; -- said of a cask.          {Bilge pump}, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of             a ship.          {Bilge water} (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or             bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to             remain till it becomes very offensive.          {Bilge ways}, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship             upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in             launching the vessel.
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Billycock \Bil"ly*cock\, n., or Billycock hat \Bil"ly*cock hat`\       [Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of       the bullies.]       A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. [bd]The       undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.[b8] --B.       H. Chamberlain.                   Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a                beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat.                                                                               --Charles                                                                               Reade.
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Billycock \Bil"ly*cock\, n., or Billycock hat \Bil"ly*cock hat`\       [Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of       the bullies.]       A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. [bd]The       undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.[b8] --B.       H. Chamberlain.                   Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a                beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat.                                                                               --Charles                                                                               Reade.
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Biologic \Bi`o*log"ic\, Biological \Bi`o*log"ic*al\, a.       Of or relating to biology. -- {Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Biologic \Bi`o*log"ic\, Biological \Bi`o*log"ic*al\, a.       Of or relating to biology. -- {Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Biologic \Bi`o*log"ic\, Biological \Bi`o*log"ic*al\, a.       Of or relating to biology. -- {Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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Biologist \Bi*ol"o*gist\, n.       A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.]       A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also {black       jack}. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.          {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya             collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male             are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring             encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.             Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead},             {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}.
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2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below.          {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The             adult males are, in large part, black. The three North             American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya             marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill},             {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl},             and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}),             called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and             {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A.             collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck},             {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of             {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common             European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely             resembles the American variety.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese,       sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of       its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf.       {Magnesia}.] (Chem.)       An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard,       grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily       oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals       pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.          Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese)                is used to increase the density and hardness of steel.          {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or]       peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder             {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and             valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly             {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a             decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass.          {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two             per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in             brass.
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Black wash \Black" wash`\[or] Blackwash \Black"wash\, n.       1. (Med.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.          2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to {whitewash}; hence,             figuratively, calumny.                         To remove as far as he can the modern layers of                      black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul,                      be seen.                                             --C. Kingsley.
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Blackcock \Black"cock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The male of the European black grouse ({Tetrao tetrix},       Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray       hen. See {Heath grouse}.
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Blackcock \Black"cock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The male of the European black grouse ({Tetrao tetrix},       Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray       hen. See {Heath grouse}.
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Blackish \Black"ish\, a.       Somewhat black.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery,       uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.)       Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false       galena}, etc. See {Blende}       (a) .
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Black-jack \Black"-jack`\, n.       1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or             zinc blende; -- called also {false galena}. See {Blende}.          2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits,             ground coffee, etc.          3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]          4. (Bot.) The {Quercus nigra}, or barren oak.          5. The ensign of a pirate.
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,       fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling       luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it       yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)       (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock             lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc             sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is             usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.       (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic             sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic             luster.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery,       uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.)       Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false       galena}, etc. See {Blende}       (a) .
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Black-jack \Black"-jack`\, n.       1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or             zinc blende; -- called also {false galena}. See {Blende}.          2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits,             ground coffee, etc.          3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]          4. (Bot.) The {Quercus nigra}, or barren oak.          5. The ensign of a pirate.
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,       fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling       luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it       yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)       (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock             lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc             sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is             usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.       (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic             sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic             luster.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery,       uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.)       Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false       galena}, etc. See {Blende}       (a) .
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Black-jack \Black"-jack`\, n.       1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or             zinc blende; -- called also {false galena}. See {Blende}.          2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits,             ground coffee, etc.          3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]          4. (Bot.) The {Quercus nigra}, or barren oak.          5. The ensign of a pirate.
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,       fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling       luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it       yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)       (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock             lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc             sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is             usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.       (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic             sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic             luster.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery,       uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.)       Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false       galena}, etc. See {Blende}       (a) .
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Black-jack \Black"-jack`\, n.       1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or             zinc blende; -- called also {false galena}. See {Blende}.          2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits,             ground coffee, etc.          3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]          4. (Bot.) The {Quercus nigra}, or barren oak.          5. The ensign of a pirate.
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,       fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling       luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it       yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)       (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock             lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc             sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is             usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.       (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic             sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic             luster.
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Black wash \Black" wash`\[or] Blackwash \Black"wash\, n.       1. (Med.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.          2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to {whitewash}; hence,             figuratively, calumny.                         To remove as far as he can the modern layers of                      black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul,                      be seen.                                             --C. Kingsley.
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Whip-tom-kelly \Whip"-tom`-kel"ly\, n. [So called in imitation       of its notes.] (Zo[94]l.)       A vireo ({Vireo altiloquus}) native of the West Indies and       Florida; -- called also {black-whiskered vireo}.
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Bleak \Bleak\, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[be]c,       bl[?]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg,       OS. bl[?]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the       root of AS. bl[c6]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[c6]chen to       shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. [?] to burn, shine, Skr.       bhr[be]j to shine, and E. flame. [?]98. Cf. {Bleach},       {Blink}, {Flame}.]       1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]                         When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as                      one that were laid out dead.               --Foxe.          2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.                         Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth,                      the foodful ear.                                 --Wordsworth.                         At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.   --Longfellow.          3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. --             {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. -- {Bleak"ness}, n.
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{Bless me!} {Bless us!} an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.          {To bless from}, to secure, defend, or preserve from.             [bd]Bless me from marrying a usurer.[b8] --Shak.                         To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.                      {To bless with}, {To be blessed with}, to favor or endow             with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us             with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Bliss \Bliss\ (bl[icr]s), n.; pl. {Blisses} (bl[icr]s"[ecr]z).       [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[c6][edh]s, fr. bl[c6][edh]e       blithe. See {Blithe}.]       Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of       happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.                   An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy;                enjoyment. See {Happiness}.
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Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. {cimex}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The bedbug ({Cimex lectularius}).          2. (Zo[94]l.) A bug ({Blissus leucopterus}), which, in the             United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and             other grains; -- also called {chiniz}, {chinch bug},             {chink bug}. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting             odor.
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Block signal \Block signal\ (Railroads)       One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the       movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so       coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the       switch operates the signal also.
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Block system \Block system\ (Railroads)       A system by which the track is divided into short sections,       as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the       guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic,       signals that no train enters a section or block until the       preceding train has left it, as in          {absolute blocking}, or that a train may be allowed to follow             another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive             caution, as in          {permissive blocking}.
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The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a             regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that             science well drawn up into a narrow compass. --I. Watts.          2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as             forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. [bd]The             great system of the world.[b8] --Boyle.          3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to             have a system in one's business.          4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score.             See {Score}, n.          5. (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal             or plant, essential to the performance of some particular             function or functions which as a rule are of greater             complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as,             the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive             system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.          6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of             intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or             scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many             compound ascidians.          {Block system}, {Conservative system}, etc. See under             {Block}, {Conservative}, etc.
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Block \Block\, n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan.       blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG.       bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf.       {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.]       1. A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood,             stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or             approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher             chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse;             children's playing blocks, etc.                         Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas                      blocks are burning.                           --Wither.                         All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry.                                                                               --Tennyson.          2. The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay             their necks when they are beheaded.                         Noble heads which have been brought to the block.                                                                               --E. Everett.          3. The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.             Hence: The pattern or shape of a hat.                         He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it                      ever changes with the next block.      --Shak.          4. A large or long building divided into separate houses or             shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact             with each other so as to form one building; a row of             houses or shops.          5. A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets,             whether occupied by buildings or not.                         The new city was laid out in rectangular blocks,                      each block containing thirty building lots. Such an                      average block, comprising 282 houses and covering                      nine acres of ground, exists in Oxford Street.                                                                               --Lond. Quart.                                                                               Rev.          6. A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell             which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it             may be attached to an object. It is used to change the             direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can             not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more             such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion,             or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the             rigging of ships, and in tackles.          7. (Falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.          8. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a             hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.          9. A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.          10. (Print.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on             which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to             make it type high.          11. A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt. [Obs.]                         What a block art thou !                     --Shak.          12. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.             See {Block system}, below.          {A block of shares} (Stock Exchange), a large number of             shares in a stock company, sold in a lump. --Bartlett.          {Block printing}.             (a) A mode of printing (common in China and Japan) from                   engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on                   the linked surface and rubbed with a brush. --S. W.                   Williams.             (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings                   with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved                   surface coated with coloring matter.          {Block system} on railways, a system by which the track is             divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains             are so run by the guidance of electric signals that no             train enters a section or block before the preceding train             has left it.
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Blockage \Block"age\, n.       The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
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Blockhouse \Block"house`\, n. [Block + house: cf. G. blockhaus.]       1. (Mil.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs             for military defense, having its sides loopholed for             musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the             lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an             angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the             defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; --             formerly much used in America and Germany.          2. A house of squared logs. [West. & South. U. S.]
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Blockish \Block"ish\, a.       Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.       [bd]Blockish Ajax.[b8] --Shak. -- {Block"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Block"ish*ness}, n.
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Blockish \Block"ish\, a.       Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.       [bd]Blockish Ajax.[b8] --Shak. -- {Block"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Block"ish*ness}, n.
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Blockish \Block"ish\, a.       Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.       [bd]Blockish Ajax.[b8] --Shak. -- {Block"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Block"ish*ness}, n.
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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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{Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The             California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of             Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black             above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become             white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.             campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in             winter its fur becomes nearly white.          {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters             used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United             States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters             resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the             pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves             in some styles of building.          {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.          {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]          {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a             factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or             gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same             means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.          {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by             the jack to depress the loop of thread between two             needles.          {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon             which the jack is hoisted.          {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or             studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the             others.          {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.          {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where             the roof has not its full section.          {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.          {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond             the gaff.          {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.          {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or             forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic             press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply             of liquid, as oil.          {Jack-at-a-pinch}.             (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an                   emergency.             (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional                   service for a fee.          {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind             of work.          {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}             ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows             under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not             unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.             --Eng. Cyc.          {Jack-in-a-box}.             (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which                   bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated                   calyx.             (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,                   when the lid is raised, a figure springs.             (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for                   transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a                   manner that their relative rotation may be variable;                   applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road                   locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an                   equation box; a jack frame; -- called also                   {compensating gearing}.             (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the                   crosspiece of a rude press.          {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.          {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit             ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).          {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework             of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.          {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma             triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix             is inclosed.          {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).                      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old             clocks, which struck the time on the bell.          {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.          {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is             turned out. --Shak.          {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery             story.          {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.             (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper                   speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns                   to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.             (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in                   illumination the features of a human face, etc.          {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine             flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jacket \Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d {Jack},       n.]       1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a             short coat without skirts.          2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some             nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to             prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler,             cylinder, pipe, etc.          3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and             re[89]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.          4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve             as a life preserver; -- called also {cork jacket}.          {Blue jacket}. (Naut.) See under {Blue}.          {Steam jacket}, a space filled with steam between an inner             and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a             receptacle, as a kettle.          {To dust one's jacket}, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolus \Bo"lus\, n.; pl. {Boluses}. [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G.       [?] lump of earth. See {Bole}, n., clay.]       A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulge \Bulge\, n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to       swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[d3]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to       swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b[?]h to be large,       strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly},       {Billow}, {Bouge}, n.]       1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.          2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when             caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.          3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.          {Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a       doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a                   large European species closely related to the American                   elk, or wapiti.             (b) The male of certain other species of large deer.          2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]          3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull             seg}. See the Note under {Ox}.          4. (Stock Exchange)             (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a                   member of the exchange. [Cant]             (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new                   projects, with a view to sell immediately at a                   premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]          5. (Zo[94]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]          {Stag beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied             genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of             the United States. The mandibles are large and branched,             or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten             wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse             beetle}.          {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.]          {Stag hog} (Zo[94]l.), the babiroussa.          {Stag-horn coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which             somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially             {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and             the West Indies.          {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern             ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched             like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.                      {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus             typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}.                      {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]                      {Stag tick} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the             family {Hippoboscid[91]}, which lives upon the stag and in             usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the             European grouse, but in that case has wings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the             volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid             form, by cooling.          4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder,             in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of             cold water or air. See Illust. of {Steam engine}.          {Achromatic condenser} (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a             condenser.          {Bull's-eye condenser}, [or] {Bull's-eye} (Optics), a lens of             short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light.                      {Injection condenser}, a vessel in which steam is condensed             by the direct contact of water.          {Surface condenser}, an apparatus for condensing steam,             especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it             into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Balch Springs, TX (city, FIPS 5372)       Location: 32.71880 N, 96.61621 W       Population (1990): 17406 (6244 housing units)       Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75180
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belle Chasse, LA (CDP, FIPS 6120)       Location: 29.84588 N, 90.00394 W       Population (1990): 8512 (2900 housing units)       Area: 64.8 sq km (land), 8.8 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 70037
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bellechester, MN (city, FIPS 4798)       Location: 44.37086 N, 92.51175 W       Population (1990): 110 (46 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Eagle, MT       Zip code(s): 59414
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Hawk, CO (town, FIPS 7025)       Location: 39.80030 N, 105.49129 W       Population (1990): 227 (147 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 80422    Black Hawk, SD       Zip code(s): 57718
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Hawk County, IA (county, FIPS 13)       Location: 42.47270 N, 92.30691 W       Population (1990): 123798 (49688 housing units)       Area: 1469.5 sq km (land), 11.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Jack, MO (city, FIPS 6004)       Location: 38.79815 N, 90.26360 W       Population (1990): 6128 (2076 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Oak, AR (town, FIPS 6610)       Location: 35.83547 N, 90.36711 W       Population (1990): 277 (128 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72414
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackhawk, CA (CDP, FIPS 6928)       Location: 37.82086 N, 121.90670 W       Population (1990): 6199 (2144 housing units)       Area: 23.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blackhawk, SD (CDP, FIPS 5780)       Location: 44.15168 N, 103.31526 W       Population (1990): 1995 (671 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blakesburg, IA (city, FIPS 6850)       Location: 40.96175 N, 92.63536 W       Population (1990): 333 (171 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52536
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blakeslee, OH (village, FIPS 6810)       Location: 41.52387 N, 84.73107 W       Population (1990): 128 (46 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Blakeslee, PA       Zip code(s): 18610
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Block Island, RI       Zip code(s): 02807
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bluejacket, OK (town, FIPS 6950)       Location: 36.80051 N, 95.07333 W       Population (1990): 175 (77 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74333
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boles Acres, NM (CDP, FIPS 8440)       Location: 32.80883 N, 105.98667 W       Population (1990): 1409 (619 housing units)       Area: 28.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bulloch County, GA (county, FIPS 31)       Location: 32.39070 N, 81.74391 W       Population (1990): 43125 (16541 housing units)       Area: 1767.9 sq km (land), 16.4 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bells whistles and gongs n.   A standard elaborated form of    {bells and whistles}; typically said with a pronounced and ironic    accent on the `gongs'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bells, whistles, and gongs          A standard elaborated form of {bells and whistles}; typically       said with a pronounced and ironic accent on the "gongs".
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BlackIce          A commercial {firewall} and {intrusion       detection} system.             {BlackIce Home (http://blackice.iss.net/)}.             (2003-09-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blue Sky Software          {eHelp Corporation}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Belshazzar       Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan.       5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the       daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer.       When still young he made a great feast to a thousand of his       lords, and when heated with wine sent for the sacred vessels his       "father" (Dan. 5:2), or grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar had carried       away from the temple in Jerusalem, and he and his princes drank       out of them. In the midst of their mad revelry a hand was seen       by the king tracing on the wall the announcement of God's       judgment, which that night fell upon him. At the instance of the       queen (i.e., his mother) Daniel was brought in, and he       interpreted the writing. That night the kingdom of the Chaldeans       came to an end, and the king was slain (Dan. 5:30). (See       NERGAL-{SHAREZER}.)                The absence of the name of Belshazzar on the monuments was       long regarded as an argument against the genuineness of the Book       of Daniel. In 1854 Sir Henry Rawlinson found an inscription of       Nabonidus which referred to his eldest son. Quite recently,       however, the side of a ravine undermined by heavy rains fell at       Hillah, a suburb of Babylon. A number of huge, coarse       earthenware vases were laid bare. These were filled with       tablets, the receipts and contracts of a firm of Babylonian       bankers, which showed that Belshazzar had a household, with       secretaries and stewards. One was dated in the third year of the       king Marduk-sar-uzur. As Marduk-sar-uzar was another name for       Baal, this Marduk-sar-uzur was found to be the Belshazzar of       Scripture. In one of these contract tablets, dated in the July       after the defeat of the army of Nabonidus, we find him paying       tithes for his sister to the temple of the sun-god at Sippara.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Belshazzar, master of the treasure