Balistes
         n 1: type genus of the Balistidae [syn: {Balistes}, {genus
               Balistes}]

English Dictionary: blackseed	by the DICT Development Group
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Balistes vetula n tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, {Bessy cerca}, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula]
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Balistidae n triggerfishes Synonym(s): Balistidae, family Balistidae
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ballast n any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) Synonym(s): ballast resistor, ballast, barretter an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps Synonym(s): ballast, light ballast v make steady with a ballast
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ballast resistor n a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) Synonym(s): ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
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ballista n an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles Synonym(s): catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket
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ballistic adj relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"
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ballistic capsule n a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun Synonym(s): spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle
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ballistic fingerprinting n identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it Synonym(s): ballistic identification, ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting
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ballistic galvanometer n a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge
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ballistic identification n identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it Synonym(s): ballistic identification, ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting
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ballistic missile n a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization n an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality Synonym(s): Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO
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ballistic pendulum n a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity
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ballistic trajectory n the trajectory of an object in free flight [syn: ballistics, ballistic trajectory]
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ballistics n the trajectory of an object in free flight [syn: ballistics, ballistic trajectory] the science of flight dynamics
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Ballistite n an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant Synonym(s): smokeless powder, Ballistite
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ballistocardiogram n a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph
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ballistocardiograph n a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles Synonym(s): ballistocardiograph, cardiograph
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balsa wood n strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats Synonym(s): balsa, balsa wood
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baluster n one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing
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balusters n a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling Synonym(s): bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
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balustrade n a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling Synonym(s): bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
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Belize dollar n the basic unit of money in Belize
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bell cot n a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof [syn: bell cote, bell cot]
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bell cote n a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof [syn: bell cote, bell cot]
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bell seat n a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs) Synonym(s): bell seat, balloon seat
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Belostomatidae n water bugs Synonym(s): Belostomatidae, family Belostomatidae
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bialystoker n flat crusty-bottomed onion roll [syn: bialy, bialystoker]
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bile acid n any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile
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bilestone n a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts [syn: gallstone, bilestone]
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bilge water n water accumulated in the bilge of a ship [syn: bilge, bilge water]
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bilgewater n pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
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Bill Gates n United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) Synonym(s): Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gates
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bill sticker n someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards Synonym(s): bill poster, poster, bill sticker
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billy goat n male goat Synonym(s): billy, billy goat, he-goat
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billystick n a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club]
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bilocation n the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations
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bilsted n a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap Synonym(s): sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua
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bioelectricity n electric phenomena in animals or plants
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biology department n the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology Synonym(s): biology department, department of biology
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black cat n large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal Synonym(s): fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti
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black catechu n extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): black catechu, catechu
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black cottonwood n North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood Synonym(s): swamp cottonwood, black cottonwood, downy poplar, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath Synonym(s): black cottonwood, Western balsam poplar, Populus trichocarpa
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Black Death n the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe Synonym(s): Black Death, Black Plague
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black diamond n an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing Synonym(s): carbonado, black diamond
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black disease n a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products Synonym(s): black disease, sheep rot, liver rot, distomatosis
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black duck n a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada [syn: black duck, Anas rubripes]
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black kite n dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion [syn: {black kite}, Milvus migrans]
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black out v obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived" darken completely; "The dining room blackened out" Synonym(s): black out, blacken out suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out" lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example Synonym(s): zonk out, pass out, black out
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black stork n Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below Synonym(s): black stork, Ciconia nigra
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Black Tai n a branch of the Tai languages Synonym(s): Tai Dam, Black Tai
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black tea n fermented tea leaves
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black tie n semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo, black tie] a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
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black tongue n a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue Synonym(s): hairy tongue, furry tongue, black tongue
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black tree fern n a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides Synonym(s): silver tree fern, sago fern, black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris
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black turnstone n common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America Synonym(s): black turnstone, Arenaria-Melanocephala
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black wattle n Australian tree that yields tanning materials [syn: {black wattle}, Acacia auriculiformis]
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black widow n venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen Synonym(s): black widow, Latrodectus mactans
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black-coated adj coated with black
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black-eyed pea n fruit or seed of the cowpea plant [syn: cowpea, {black- eyed pea}] sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure Synonym(s): cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis eaten fresh as shell beans or dried Synonym(s): black-eyed pea, cowpea
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black-eyed Susan n tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center Synonym(s): black-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America Synonym(s): flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays Synonym(s): black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia serotina
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black-eyed Susan vine n tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center Synonym(s): black-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata
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black-headed snake n small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina
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black-seeded adj having black seeds
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black-stem spleenwort n fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil Synonym(s): black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort
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black-stemmed spleenwort n fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil Synonym(s): black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort
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black-tailed deer n mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: {black-tailed deer}, blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus]
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black-tie adj moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket; "he wore semiformal attire"; "a black-tie dinner" Synonym(s): semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie
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blackdamp n the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life Synonym(s): chokedamp, blackdamp
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blackhead n a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn: blackhead, comedo]
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blackout n a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) Synonym(s): blackout, brownout, dimout the failure of electric power for a general region a momentary loss of consciousness partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" Synonym(s): amnesia, memory loss, blackout
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blackseed n grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus Synonym(s): smut grass, blackseed, carpet grass, Sporobolus poiretii
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blacktail n mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: {black-tailed deer}, blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus]
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blacktail deer n mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: {black-tailed deer}, blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus]
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blacktail jackrabbit n the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail Synonym(s): blacktail jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
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blacktail prairie dog n tail is black tipped [syn: blacktail prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus]
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blackthorn n a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn: blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa] erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries Synonym(s): blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa
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blacktip shark n widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink Synonym(s): blacktip shark, sandbar shark, Carcharhinus limbatus
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blacktop n a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock Synonym(s): blacktop, blacktopping v coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway"
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blacktopping n a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock Synonym(s): blacktop, blacktopping
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blackwater n any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
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blackwater fever n severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine
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blackwood n very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood Synonym(s): blackwood, blackwood tree
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blackwood tree n any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood Synonym(s): blackwood, blackwood tree
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blast n a very long fly ball a sudden very loud noise Synonym(s): bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Synonym(s): gust, blast, blow an explosion (as of dynamite) a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" Synonym(s): good time, blast intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" Synonym(s): fire, attack, flak, flack, blast v make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" Synonym(s): blast, blare hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" Synonym(s): smash, nail, boom, blast use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" Synonym(s): blast, shell apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" Synonym(s): blast, shell make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" Synonym(s): blast, shoot criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" Synonym(s): savage, blast, pillory, crucify shatter as if by explosion Synonym(s): blast, knock down shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
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blast furnace n a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
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blast off v launch with great force; "the rockets were blasted off"
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blast trauma n injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)
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blast wave n a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; "the explosion created a shock wave" Synonym(s): shock wave, blast wave
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blasted adj expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
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blastema n a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops
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blastemal adj of or relating to blastemata [syn: blastemal, blastematic, blastemic]
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blastematic adj of or relating to blastemata [syn: blastemal, blastematic, blastemic]
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blastemic adj of or relating to blastemata [syn: blastemal, blastematic, blastemic]
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blaster n a workman employed to blast with explosives [syn: blaster, chargeman]
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blasting adj causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" Synonym(s): blasting, ruinous unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" Synonym(s): blaring, blasting
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blasting cap n a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives
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blasting gelatin n mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
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blastocele n the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula [syn: blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity]
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Blastocladia n a genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae [syn: Blastocladia, genus Blastocladia]
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Blastocladiales n fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes Synonym(s): Blastocladiales, order Blastocladiales
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blastocoel n the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula [syn: blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity]
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blastocoele n the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula [syn: blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity]
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blastocoelic adj of or relating to a segmentation cavity
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blastocyst n the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred Synonym(s): blastocyst, blastodermic vessicle
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blastocyte n an undifferentiated embryonic cell
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blastocytoma n a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells [syn: blastoma, blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma]
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blastoderm n a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula [syn: blastoderm, germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area]
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blastodermatic adj of or relating to a blastoderm [syn: blastodermatic, blastodermic]
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blastodermic adj of or relating to a blastoderm [syn: blastodermatic, blastodermic]
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blastodermic vessicle n the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred Synonym(s): blastocyst, blastodermic vessicle
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Blastodiaceae n a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales [syn: Blastodiaceae, family Blastodiaceae]
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blastodisc n a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula [syn: blastoderm, germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area]
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blastoff n the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination Synonym(s): blastoff, shot
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blastogenesis n asexual reproduction by budding theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
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blastogenetic adj of or relating to blastogenesis
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blastoma n a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells [syn: blastoma, blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma]
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blastomere n any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg
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blastomeric adj of or relating to a blastomere
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Blastomyces n genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi [syn: Blastomyces, genus Blastomyces]
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blastomycete n any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals
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blastomycosis n any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces
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blastomycotic adj of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis
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blastoporal adj of or relating to a blastopore [syn: blastoporal, blastoporic]
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blastopore n the opening into the archenteron
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blastoporic adj of or relating to a blastopore [syn: blastoporal, blastoporic]
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blastosphere n early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs Synonym(s): blastula, blastosphere
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blastospheric adj of or relating to a blastula [syn: blastospheric, blastular]
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blastula n early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs Synonym(s): blastula, blastosphere
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blastular adj of or relating to a blastula [syn: blastospheric, blastular]
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blaze out v move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" Synonym(s): blaze, blaze out
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bleach out v remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise]
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bleached adj having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun- bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" Synonym(s): bleached, faded, washed-out, washy (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" Synonym(s): bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
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blessed adj highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" Synonym(s): blessed, blest Antonym(s): cursed, curst worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity" expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration Synonym(s): beatified, blessed enjoying the bliss of heaven characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"
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blessed event n the live birth of a child [syn: blessed event, {happy event}]
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blessed thistle n tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white- blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America Synonym(s): milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianum annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers Synonym(s): blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus
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Blessed Trinity n the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead Synonym(s): Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity
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Blessed Virgin n the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics Synonym(s): Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna
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blessedly adv in a blessed manner
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blessedness n a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification]
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blest adj highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" Synonym(s): blessed, blest Antonym(s): cursed, curst
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blight n a state or condition being blighted any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting v cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" Synonym(s): blight, plague
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blight canker n a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear
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blighted adj affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts" Synonym(s): blighted, spoilt
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blighter n a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly] a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" Synonym(s): chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
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Blighty n a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad
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blighty wound n a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
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blister n a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid Synonym(s): blister, bulla, bleb v get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" Synonym(s): blister, vesicate subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" Synonym(s): blister, scald, whip cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
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blister beetle n beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin Synonym(s): blister beetle, meloid
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blister blight n a disease of Scotch pines a disease of tea plants
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blister copper n an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface
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blister pack n packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover Synonym(s): blister pack, bubble pack
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blister rust n any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally Synonym(s): blister rust, white-pine rust, white pine blister rust fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host Synonym(s): blister rust, Cronartium ribicola
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blistering adj harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" Synonym(s): acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun" Synonym(s): blistering, blistery very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" Synonym(s): blistering, hot, red-hot n the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin [syn: vesiculation, vesication, blistering]
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blistering agent n a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote Synonym(s): mustard gas, mustard agent, blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard
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blistery adj hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun" Synonym(s): blistering, blistery covered with small blisters Synonym(s): blebby, blistery
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Blocadren n a beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks Synonym(s): timolol, Blocadren
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block diagram n a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system)
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block out v plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" Synonym(s): screen, block out shield from light Synonym(s): mask, block out indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"
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blockade n a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy Synonym(s): blockade, encirclement prevents access or progress v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" Synonym(s): obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" Synonym(s): barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar obstruct access to Synonym(s): blockade, block off impose a blockade on Synonym(s): blockade, seal off
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blockade-runner n a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
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blockaded adj preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor" Synonym(s): barricaded, barred, blockaded
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blockading adj blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors; "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions"
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blocked adj closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked streets" Synonym(s): blocked, out of use(p) completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain was plugged" Synonym(s): blocked, plugged
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blockhead n a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence Synonym(s): dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead
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blockheaded adj (used informally) stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed]
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blue cat n a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, blue channel cat]
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blue catfish n a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, blue channel cat]
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blue jet n atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward Synonym(s): jet, blue jet, reverse lightning
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blue star n subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow- growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes Synonym(s): blue star, Amsonia tabernaemontana
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blue stem n tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States Synonym(s): bluestem, blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii
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blue stone n hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate [syn: blue vitriol, blue copperas, blue stone, chalcanthite]
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blue story n an indelicate joke [syn: dirty joke, dirty story, {blue joke}, blue story]
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bluecoat n a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
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bluestem n tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States Synonym(s): bluestem, blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii
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bluestem wheatgrass n valuable forage grass of western United States [syn: western wheatgrass, bluestem wheatgrass, Agropyron smithii]
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bluestocking n a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn: bluestocking, bas bleu]
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bluestone n bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
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bluish-white adj of white tinged with blue [syn: blue-white, {bluish- white}, cool-white]
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bluster n noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations" a swaggering show of courage Synonym(s): bravado, bluster a violent gusty wind vain and empty boasting Synonym(s): braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade v blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered" show off Synonym(s): boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner Synonym(s): swagger, bluster, swash
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blusterer n a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly [syn: loudmouth, blusterer]
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blustering adj blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" Synonym(s): blustering(a), blusterous, blustery
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blusterous adj blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" Synonym(s): blustering(a), blusterous, blustery
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blustery adj blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" Synonym(s): blustering(a), blusterous, blustery noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others Synonym(s): blustery, bullying
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bolster n a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows Synonym(s): bolster, long pillow v support and strengthen; "bolster morale" [syn: bolster, bolster up] prop up with a pillow or bolster add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" Synonym(s): pad, bolster
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bolster up v support and strengthen; "bolster morale" [syn: bolster, bolster up]
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bowlegged adj have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged]
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bulge out v bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out]
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bulkhead n a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
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bullshit n obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" Synonym(s): bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit v speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" Synonym(s): talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake
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bullshot n a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme
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by-election n a special election between regular elections [syn: {by- election}, bye-election]
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bye-election n a special election between regular elections [syn: {by- election}, bye-election]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baalist \Ba"al*ist\, Baalite \Ba"al*ite\, n.       A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an       idolater.
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Balaustine \Ba*laus"tine\, n. [L. balaustium, Gr. [?].] (Bot.)       The pomegranate tree ({Punica granatum}). The bark of the       root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used       medicinally.
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Balister \Bal"is*ter\, n. [OF. balestre. See {Ballista}.]       A crossbow. [Obs.] --Blount.
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Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D.       leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw.       l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.]       1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned,             tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides,             collectively.          2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]          Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made                of, relating to, or like, leather.          {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of             leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.          {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the             scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under             {Carp}.          {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}).             (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}).          {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna})             of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery             sepals of a purplish color.          {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}),             growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,             coriaceous, scurfy leaves.          {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the             composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff             tomentose leaves.          {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}.          {Vegetable leather}.             (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.             (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
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Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.       trekken to draw, pull. See {Trick}, n.]       1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.          2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a             catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially             (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the             finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.          {Trigger fish} (Zo[94]l.), a large plectognath fish             ({Balistes Carolinensis} or {B. capriscus}) common on the             southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food             fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for             scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called             also {leather jacket}, and {turbot}.
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Balistoid \Bal"is*toid\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Like a fish of the genus {Balistes}; of the family       {Balistid[91]}. See {Filefish}.
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Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Balked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Balking}.] [From {Balk} a beam; orig. to put a balk or beam       in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for sense 2,       AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.]       1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower.          2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.]                         Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights,                      Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.]          4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to             let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent]                         By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked                      the [?]nns.                                       --Evelyn.                         Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.                                                                               --Bp. Hall.                         Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he                      meeteth.                                             --Drayton.          5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to             [?]hwart; as, to balk expectation.                         They shall not balk my entrance.         --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,       palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st       {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.]       1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,             a ball of twine; a ball of snow.          2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play             with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.          3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,             kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}.          4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of             lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a             cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,             powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms             are commonly called {bullets}.          5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into             the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst             and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;             as, a fire ball; a stink ball.          6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle             called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for             inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.          7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;             as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.          8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly             given to horses; a bolus. --White.          9. The globe or earth. --Pope.                         Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.          {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within             a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction             within certain limits.          {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the             friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal             balls.          {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as             distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only             powder.          {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by             the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of             a lever.          {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits             lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining             the pivot in its socket. --Knight.          {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock.          {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its             lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.          {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed             in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a             valve.          {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose             masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.                      {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign             or shop.          Syn: See {Globe}.
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Gudgeon \Gud"geon\, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or       gob, Gr. [?] Cf. {1st Goby}. ]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio             fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and             often used for food and for bait. In America the             killifishes or minnows are often called {gudgeons.}          2. What may be got without skill or merit.                         Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool                      gudgeon, this opinion.                        --Shak.          3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.          4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden             shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,             or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,             but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.          6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to             receive the pintle of the rudder.          {Ball gudgeon}. See under {Ball}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lightning \Light"ning\ (l[imac]t"n[icr]ng), n. [For lightening,       fr. lighten to flash.]       1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a             vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,             sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by             the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere             constitutes thunder.          2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made             bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental             powers. [R.]          {Ball lightning}, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as             a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.          {Chain lightning}, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked             flashes.          {Heat lightning}, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of             electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,             esp. at the close of a hot day.          {Lightning arrester} (Telegraphy), a device, at the place             where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by             lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a             short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin             nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also             {lightning discharger}.          {Lightning bug} (Zo[94]l.), a luminous beetle. See {Firefly}.                      {Lightning conductor}, a lightning rod.          {Lightning glance}, a quick, penetrating glance of a             brilliant eye.          {Lightning rod}, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on             the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or             water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or             vessel from lightning.          {Sheet lightning}, a diffused glow of electric light flashing             out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The             appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light             from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballast \Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Ballasting}.]       1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the             hold.          2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone,             etc., in order to make it firm and solid.          3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.                         'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballast \Bal"last\, n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast,       ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh.       the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden,       and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare}, a.,       and {Last} load.]       1. (Naut.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put             into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a             depth as to prevent capsizing.          2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it             steadiness.          3. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad             to make it firm and solid.          4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in             making concrete.          5. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness,             steadiness, and security.                         It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.                                                                               --Barrow.          {Ballast engine}, a steam engine used in excavating and for             digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.          {Ship in ballast}, a ship carring only ballast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballast \Bal"last\, n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast,       ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh.       the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden,       and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare}, a.,       and {Last} load.]       1. (Naut.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put             into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a             depth as to prevent capsizing.          2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it             steadiness.          3. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad             to make it firm and solid.          4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in             making concrete.          5. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness,             steadiness, and security.                         It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.                                                                               --Barrow.          {Ballast engine}, a steam engine used in excavating and for             digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.          {Ship in ballast}, a ship carring only ballast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballastage \Bal"last*age\, n. (Law)       A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port       or harbor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballast \Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Ballasting}.]       1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the             hold.          2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone,             etc., in order to make it firm and solid.          3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.                         'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballast \Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Ballasting}.]       1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the             hold.          2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone,             etc., in order to make it firm and solid.          3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.                         'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballasting \Bal"last*ing\, n.       That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ballista \[d8]Bal*lis"ta\, n.; pl. {Ballist[ae]}. [L.       ballista, balista, fr. Gr. [?] to throw.]       An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used       for hurling large missiles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballister \Bal"lis*ter\, n. [L. ballista. Cf. {Balister}.]       A crossbow. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling             stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.          2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.          {Ballistic pendulum}, an instrument consisting of a mass of             wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for             measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means             of the arc through which their impact impels it.
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Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L.       pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.]       A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to       and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It       is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other       machinery.          Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of                the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small.          {Ballistic pendulum}. See under {Ballistic}.          {Compensation pendulum}, a clock pendulum in which the effect             of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so             counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of             differene metals, that the distance of the center of             oscillation from the center of suspension remains             invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in             which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the             opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the             bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is             effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof             different metals.          {Compound pendulum}, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as             being made up of different parts, and contrasted with             simple pendulum.          {Conical} [or] {Revolving}, {pendulum}, a weight connected by             a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal             cyrcle about the vertical from that point.          {Pendulum bob}, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum.          {Pendulum level}, a plumb level. See under {Level}.          {Pendulum wheel}, the balance of a watch.          {Simple} [or] {Theoretical}, {pendulum}, an imaginary             pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight             except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a             material point suspended by an ideal line.
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Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling             stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.          2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.          {Ballistic pendulum}, an instrument consisting of a mass of             wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for             measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means             of the arc through which their impact impels it.
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Ballistics \Bal*lis"tics\, n. [Cf. F. balistique. See       {Ballista}.]       The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of       an engine. --Whewell.
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Ballistite \Bal"lis*tite\, n. [See {Ballista}.] (Chem.)       A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble       nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.
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Baluster \Bal"us*ter\, n. [F. balustre, It. balaustro, fr. L.       balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, fr. Gr.       balay`stion; -- so named from the similarity of form.]       (Arch.)       A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of       an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the       front of a gallery. See {Balustrade}. [Corrupted into       {banister}.]
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Balustered \Bal"us*tered\ (-t[etil]rd), a.       Having balusters. --Dryden.
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Balustrade \Bal"us*trade`\ (-tr[amac]d`), n. [F. balustrade, It.       balaustrata fr. balaustro. See {Baluster}.]       A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open       parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge,       staircase, or the eaves of a building.
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Belace \Be*lace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belaced}.]       1. To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]          2. To cover or adorn with lace. [Obs.] --Beaumont.          3. To beat with a strap. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Wright.
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Belch \Belch\ (b[ecr]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched}       (b[ecr]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS.       bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.]       1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to             eruct.                         I belched a hurricane of wind.            --Swift.          2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to             give vent to; to vent.                         Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching                      outrageous flame.                              --Milton.
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Belecture \Be*lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belectured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Belecturing}.]       To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
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Belecture \Be*lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belectured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Belecturing}.]       To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
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Belecture \Be*lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belectured}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Belecturing}.]       To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
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Belight \Be*light"\, v. t.       To illuminate. [Obs.] --Cowley.
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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.
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Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin       to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. {Coat}.]       1. A small house; a cottage or hut.                         The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. --Goldsmith.          2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals,             as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.          3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a             drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore             finger.          4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat.          {Bell cot}. (Arch.) See under {Bell}.
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Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\, n.       1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being             called {neck, [or] throat, sweetbread}, the latter {belly             sweetbread}. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the             calf, are highly esteemed as food. See {Pancreas}, and             {Thymus}.          2. (Anat.) The pancreas.
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Bellycheat \Bel"ly*cheat`\, n.       An apron or covering for the front of the person. [Obs.]       --Beau. & Fl.
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Belly-god \Bel"ly-god`\, n.       One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a       glutton; an epicure.
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Belock \Be*lock"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belocked}.] [Pref. be- +       lock: cf. AS. bel[?]can.]       To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan       to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.]       1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a             different level; -- commonly applied to those within a             building.          2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a             house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but             originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding             stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream.          {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house,             where the servants are.          {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of             a story.          {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this             phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n.,             1.          {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of             a stairway, from one platform to the next.          {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair             carpet to its place.          {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary.
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Bilection \Bi*lec"tion\, n. (Arch.)       That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the       general surface of a panel; a bolection.
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Bilestone \Bile"stone`\, n. [Bile + stone.]       A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See {Biliary}. --E. Darwin.
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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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Bilge \Bilge\ (b[icr]lj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bilged}       (b[icr]ljd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilging}.]       1. (Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a             leak by a fracture in the bilge.          2. To bulge.
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Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[icr]l"y[ucr]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis       bile.]       1. Of or pertaining to the bile.          2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess             of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or             characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.          3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. [bd]A bilious old             nabob.[b8] --Macaulay.          {Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.
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Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.]       To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by       nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give       the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
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Billposter \Bill"post`er\, Billsticker \Bill"stick"er\, n.       One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in       public places.
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Billy goat \Bil"ly goat`\       A male goat. [Colloq.]
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Bilocation \Bi`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. bi- + location.]       Double location; the state or power of being in two places at       the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of       the saints. --Tylor.
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Bilsted \Bil"sted\, n. (Bot.)       See {Sweet gum}.
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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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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel.       k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL.       catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk.       kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera             {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}.             The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than             the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat}             is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See             {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}.          Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from                their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the                {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}.          Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,                from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher                cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.          2. (Naut.)             (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting                   quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal                   and timber trade.             (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the                   cathead of a ship. --Totten.          3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six             feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever             position in is placed.          4. An old game;             (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is                   played. See {Tipcat}.             (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of                   batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.          5. A cat o' nine tails. See below.          {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}.          {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}.          {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.             [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8]             --Coleridge.          {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large             hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to             the cathead.          {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.          {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]          {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting             of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a             handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare             back.          {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string             looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The             string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of             another, at each transfer with a change of form. See             {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}.          {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly             or willfully. [Colloq.]          {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.
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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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Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,       goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,       goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the       head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the       chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.       {Chattel}.]       Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including       all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,       asses, and swine.          {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.                      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside             a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to             prevent cattle from getting upon the track.          {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting             cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus             eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck             blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.          {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle             plague}.          {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which             cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.          {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes             for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually             accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and             domestic products and of implements.
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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Death \Death\, n. [OE. deth, dea[?], AS. de[a0][?]; akin to OS.       d[?][?], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[?]i, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d,       Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i.,       and cf. {Dead}.]       1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of             resuscitation, either in animals or plants.          Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of                the living body, in which individual cells and elements                are being cast off and replaced by new; a process                essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death                of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and                death of the tissues. By the former is implied the                absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the                circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter                the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the                ultimate structural constituents of the body. When                death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the                death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until                after a considerable interval. --Huxley.          2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the             death of memory.                         The death of a language can not be exactly compared                      with the death of a plant.                  --J. Peile.          3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.                         A death that I abhor.                        --Shak.                         Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii.                                                                               10.          4. Cause of loss of life.                         Swiftly flies the feathered death.      --Dryden.                         He caught his death the last county sessions.                                                                               --Addison.          5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally             represented as a skeleton with a scythe.                         Death! great proprietor of all.         --Young.                         And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name                      that at on him was Death.                  --Rev. vi. 8.          6. Danger of death. [bd]In deaths oft.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 23.          7. Murder; murderous character.                         Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon.          8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.                         To be [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] m[?][?][?][?][?] is                      death.                                                --Rom. viii.                                                                               6.          9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.                         It was death to them to think of entertaining such                      doctrines.                                          --Atterbury.                         And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto                      death.                                                --Judg. xvi.                                                                               16.          Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of                a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to                death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or                death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.          {Black death}. See {Black death}, in the Vocabulary.          {Civil death}, the separation of a man from civil society, or             the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as             by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm,             entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone.          {Death adder}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis                   tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its                   venom.             (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family                   {Elapid[91]}, of several species, as the                   {Hoplocephalus superbus} and {Acanthopis antarctica}.                            {Death bell}, a bell that announces a death.                         The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle.          {Death candle}, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the             superstitious as presaging death.          {Death damp}, a cold sweat at the coming on of death.          {Death fire}, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode             death.                         And round about in reel and rout, The death fires                      danced at night.                                 --Coleridge.          {Death grapple}, a grapple or struggle for life.          {Death in life}, a condition but little removed from death; a             living death. [Poetic] [bd]Lay lingering out a five years'             death in life.[b8] --Tennyson.          {Death knell}, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a             death.          {Death rate}, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths             to the population.                         At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than                      in rural districts.                           --Darwin.          {Death rattle}, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a             dying person.          {Death's door}, the boundary of life; the partition dividing             life from death.          {Death stroke}, a stroke causing death.          {Death throe}, the spasm of death.          {Death token}, the signal of approaching death.          {Death warrant}.             (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the                   execution of a criminal.             (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.                            {Death wound}.             (a) A fatal wound or injury.             (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.          {Spiritual death} (Scripture), the corruption and perversion             of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.          {The gates of death}, the grave.                         Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job                                                                               xxxviii. 17.          {The second death}, condemnation to eternal separation from             God. --Rev. ii. 11.          {To be the death of}, to be the cause of death to; to make             die. [bd]It was one who should be the death of both his             parents.[b8] --Milton.          Syn: {Death}, {Decease}, {Demise}, {Departure}, {Release}.          Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of                   existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words                   only to the human race. Decease is the term used in                   law for the removal of a human being out of life in                   the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly                   confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes                   used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise                   of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly                   terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death                   is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a                   friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a                   deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
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Black death \Black" death`\       A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth       century.
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.       diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,       diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the       influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.]       1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and             beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for             extreme hardness.          Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,                often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually                colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even                black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond                as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for                use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting                faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much                increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said                to be of the first water when very transparent, and of                the second or third water as the transparency                decreases.          2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight             lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two             obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.          3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of             a diamond.          4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,             used for ornament in lines or groups.          5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a             side, having the bases at its angles.          6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,             except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.          Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}.          {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}.          {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil             ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster             and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.          {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird             ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is             black, with white spots.          {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is             set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard             substances, esp. for boring in rock.          {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often             kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous             white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.          {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a             roll.          {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for             pulverizing hard substances.          {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is             diamond-shaped.          {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia             ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake.          {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,             for cutting glass.
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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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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh       indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.]       1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:             (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of                   burden, and the like.                               A general custom of using oxen for all sort of                            draught would be, perhaps, the greatest                            improvement.                                 --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.             (b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]                               She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.                                                                               --Spenser.             (c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.                               Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was                            left.                                          --Sir M. Hale.             (d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;                   the act of drinking.                               In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the                            draught forbore.                           --Trench.             (e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]                               By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when                            he looketh not for you.               --Spenser.             (f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a                   draft (see {Draft}, n., 2)             (g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;                   representation. --Dryden.          2. That which is drawn; as:             (a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.                               Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets                            for a draught.                              --Luke v. 4.                               He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which                            brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.             (b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense                   usually written draft.             (c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or                   potation.                               Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .                            . . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.                               Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts                            inspired.                                    --Goldsmith.             (d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,                   designed, or drawn; a delineation.                               A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the                            Parliament by a private member.   --Macaulay.                               No picture or draught of these things from the                            report of the eye.                        --South.             (e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this                   sense almost always written draft.             (f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as                   through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.                               He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .                            . . a strong draught of air, until he was again                            sent for.                                    --Dickens.          3. That which draws; as:             (a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.             (b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.             (c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply                   draughts to the feet.          4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;             traction.                         The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest                      draught.                                             --Mortimer.          5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or             the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;             as, a ship of twelve feet draught.          6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See             {Draft}, 4.          7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order             that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the             mold.          9. (Masonry) See {Draft}, n., 7.          {Angle of draught}, the angle made with the plane over which             a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force             acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to             overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the             body.          {Black draught}. See under {Black}, a.          {Blast draught}, [or] {Forced draught}, the draught produced             by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or             drawing out the gases from above it.          {Natural draught}, the draught produced by the atmosphere             flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air             is rarefied by heat.          {On draught}, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,             barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale             on draught.          {Sheer draught}. See under {Sheer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D.       drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and       Fr. AS. dre[a2]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D.       druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[?]pa. Cf.       {Drip}, {Droop}.]       1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical             mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest             easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as,             a drop of water.                         With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.                         As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my                      sad heart.                                          -- Shak.                         That drop of peace divine.                  --Keble.          2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid             drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass             pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes             medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.          3. (Arch.)             (a) Same as {Gutta}.             (b) Any small pendent ornament.          4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an             elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering             something; as:             (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that                   part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he                   is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.             (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages,                   coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.             (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.             (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage                   of a theater, etc.             (e) A drop press or drop hammer.             (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the                   base of a hanger.          5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;             as, lavender drops.          6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied             to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.          {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}.          {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated             portions. [bd]Made to taste drop by drop more than the             bitterness of death.[b8] --Burke.          {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4.             (d) .          {Drop forging}. (Mech.)             (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.             (b) The process of making drop forgings.          {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up             metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar             device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on             an anvil or die.          {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it             rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.          {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.          {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office             where posted.          {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke             hammer; -- also called drop.          {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See             {Drop}, n., 4.             (d) .          {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}.          {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Japan current \Japan current\       A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing       the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward       past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North       Pacific; -- called also {Kuro-Siwo}, or {Black Stream}, in       allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may       ways to the Gulf Stream.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Tellurium \Tel*lu"ri*um\, n. [NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the       earth.] (Chem.)       A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and       selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a       silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with       metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite,       with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight       125.2.          {Graphic tellurium}. (Min.) See {Sylvanite}.          {Tellurium glance} (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also {black             tellurium}.
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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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Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]       1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia             monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant             white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called             also {black titi}, {buckwheat tree}, and {ironwood}.          2. Any related tree of the genus {Cyrilla}, often disting. as             {white titi}.
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Troop \Troop\, v. t.          {To troop the} {colors [or] colours} (Mil.), in the British             army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in             carrying the colors, accompained by the band and escort,             slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and             usually in a hollow square, as in London on the             sovereign's birthday. Trooper \Troop"er\, n.       A mounted policeman. [Australia]          Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of                aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild                aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
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Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas}       and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common       American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They       are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in       search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also       {brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark},       {sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}.          {Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria             melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black,             except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and             two white loral spots.
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Oared \Oared\, a.       1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a             four-oared boat.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having feet adapted for swimming.             (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See                   Illust. of {Aves}.          {Oared shrew} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic European shrew             ({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water             shrew}.
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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.       vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,       -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially       those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus       {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the       American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important       species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate},       {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and       {whitebelly}.          {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American             widgeon.          {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.          {Gray widgeon}.       (a) The gadwall.       (b) The pintail duck.          {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.          {Pied widgeon}.       (a) The poachard.       (b) The goosander.          {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.          {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]          {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.          {White widgeon}, the smew.          {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.
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Blackcoat \Black"coat`\, n.       A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is       sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
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Black \Black\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blacking}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Blacken}.]       1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.                         They have their teeth blacked, both men and women,                      for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore                      they will black theirs.                     --Hakluyt.                         Sins which black thy soul.                  --J. Fletcher.          2. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by             applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Black-eyed \Black"-eyed`\, a.       Having black eyes. --Dryden.
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Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or       OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The       final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.       {Pease}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of             many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a             papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,             popularly called a pod.          Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,                the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained                nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease                is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at                dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the                form peas being used in both senses.          2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the             seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},             {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)             of a different color from the rest of the seed.          Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or                less closely related to the common pea. See the                Phrases, below.          {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.                      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos             sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.          {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},             having showy blossoms.          {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.          {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.          {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.          {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.          {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.                      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and             {Orris}.          {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.          {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows             single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used             adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.          {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.          {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.          {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus             {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,             the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the             common mussel and the cockle.          {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.          {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of             leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of             the pea. --G. Bentham.          {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth             ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.          {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in             round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.          {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is             sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.                      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of             the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.          {Pea vine}. (Bot.)             (a) Any plant which bears peas.             (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States                   ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).          {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})             which destroys peas by eating out the interior.          {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.          {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};             also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
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Black-eyed Susan \Black"-eyed` Su"san\ (Bot.)             (a) The coneflower, or yellow daisy ({Rudbeckia hirta}).             (b) The bladder ketmie.
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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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Blackhead \Black"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The scaup duck.
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Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A wild duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula, marila)},             which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the             United States, in autumn; -- called also {bluebill},             {blackhead}, {raft duck}, and {scaup duck}. See {Scaup             duck}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.
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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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Blackhead \Black"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The scaup duck.
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Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A wild duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula, marila)},             which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the             United States, in autumn; -- called also {bluebill},             {blackhead}, {raft duck}, and {scaup duck}. See {Scaup             duck}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.
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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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Blackhead \Black"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The scaup duck.
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Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A wild duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula, marila)},             which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the             United States, in autumn; -- called also {bluebill},             {blackhead}, {raft duck}, and {scaup duck}. See {Scaup             duck}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.
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Fathead \Fat"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley                   ({Pimephales promelas}); -- called also {black-headed                   minnow}.             (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
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Blackstrap \Black"strap`\ (-str[acr]p), n.       1. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.                         No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.                                                                               --Judd.          2. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so             called by sailors.
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Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --       called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,       perch}.
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Blacktail \Black"tail`\, n. [Black + tail.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff or pope.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The black-tailed deer ({Cervus [or] Cariacus             Columbianus}) of California and Oregon; also, the mule             deer of the Rocky Mountains. See {Mule deer}.
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Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --       called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,       perch}.
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Blacktail \Black"tail`\, n. [Black + tail.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff or pope.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The black-tailed deer ({Cervus [or] Cariacus             Columbianus}) of California and Oregon; also, the mule             deer of the Rocky Mountains. See {Mule deer}.
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Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)             (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus                   spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little                   black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.             (b) A species of {Crat[91]gus} or hawthorn ({C.                   tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges.
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Blackwater State \Black"wa`ter State\       Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the       water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable       mold in the soil.
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Blackwood \Black"wood\, n.       A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian       black wood is from the tree {Dalbergia latifolia}. --Balfour.
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Jamaica \Ja*mai"ca\, n.       One of the West India is islands.          {Jamaica ginger}, a variety of ginger, called also {white             ginger}, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which             are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.          {Jamaica pepper}, allspice.          {Jamaica rose} (Bot.), a West Indian melastomaceous shrub             ({Blakea trinervis}), with showy pink flowers.
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-blast \-blast\ [Gr. [?] sprout, shoot.]       A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in       biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as,       bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast \Blast\, v. i.       1. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the             blossom.          2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.]                         Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to                      blaste.                                             --Chaucer.
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Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blasting}.]       1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to             stop or check the growth of, and prevent from             fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to             shrivel.                         Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.                                                                               --Gen. xii. 6.          2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague,             calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes             to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to             blast pride, hopes, or character.                         I'll cross it, though it blast me.      --Shak.                         Blasted with excess of light.            --T. Gray.          3. To confound by a loud blast or din.                         Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's                      ear.                                                   --Shak.          4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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-blast \-blast\ [Gr. [?] sprout, shoot.]       A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in       biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as,       bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast \Blast\, v. i.       1. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the             blossom.          2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.]                         Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to                      blaste.                                             --Chaucer.
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Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blasting}.]       1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to             stop or check the growth of, and prevent from             fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to             shrivel.                         Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.                                                                               --Gen. xii. 6.          2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague,             calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes             to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to             blast pride, hopes, or character.                         I'll cross it, though it blast me.      --Shak.                         Blasted with excess of light.            --T. Gray.          3. To confound by a loud blast or din.                         Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's                      ear.                                                   --Shak.          4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh       indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.]       1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:             (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of                   burden, and the like.                               A general custom of using oxen for all sort of                            draught would be, perhaps, the greatest                            improvement.                                 --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.             (b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]                               She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.                                                                               --Spenser.             (c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.                               Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was                            left.                                          --Sir M. Hale.             (d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;                   the act of drinking.                               In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the                            draught forbore.                           --Trench.             (e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]                               By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when                            he looketh not for you.               --Spenser.             (f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a                   draft (see {Draft}, n., 2)             (g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;                   representation. --Dryden.          2. That which is drawn; as:             (a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.                               Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets                            for a draught.                              --Luke v. 4.                               He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which                            brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.             (b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense                   usually written draft.             (c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or                   potation.                               Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .                            . . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.                               Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts                            inspired.                                    --Goldsmith.             (d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,                   designed, or drawn; a delineation.                               A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the                            Parliament by a private member.   --Macaulay.                               No picture or draught of these things from the                            report of the eye.                        --South.             (e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this                   sense almost always written draft.             (f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as                   through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.                               He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .                            . . a strong draught of air, until he was again                            sent for.                                    --Dickens.          3. That which draws; as:             (a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.             (b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.             (c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply                   draughts to the feet.          4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;             traction.                         The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest                      draught.                                             --Mortimer.          5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or             the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;             as, a ship of twelve feet draught.          6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See             {Draft}, 4.          7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order             that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the             mold.          9. (Masonry) See {Draft}, n., 7.          {Angle of draught}, the angle made with the plane over which             a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force             acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to             overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the             body.          {Black draught}. See under {Black}, a.          {Blast draught}, [or] {Forced draught}, the draught produced             by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or             drawing out the gases from above it.          {Natural draught}, the draught produced by the atmosphere             flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air             is rarefied by heat.          {On draught}, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,             barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale             on draught.          {Sheer draught}. See under {Sheer}.
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast lamp \Blast lamp\       A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying       combustion by means of a blast.
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast \Blast\ (bl[adot]st), n. [AS. bl[aemac]st a puff of wind,       a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[be]str, OHG. bl[be]st, and fr. a       verb akin to Icel. bl[be]sa to blow, OHG. bl[83]san, Goth.       bl[emac]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.       blow. See {Blow} to eject air.]       1. A violent gust of wind.                         And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the                      north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts                      obey, and quit the howling hill.         --Thomson.          2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a             bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to             which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a             furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.          Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to                designate whether the current is heated or not heated                before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to                be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast                when not in use.          3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air             out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense             draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by             the blast.          4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the             sound produces at one breath.                         One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand                      men.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.   --Bryant.          5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,             especially on animals and plants; a blight.                         By the blast of God they perish.         --Job iv. 9.                         Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.                                                                               --Shak.          6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of             rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.             [bd]Large blasts are often used.[b8] --Tomlinson.          7. A flatulent disease of sheep.          {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for             smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.          {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through             which water enters.          {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery             end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}.          {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great             activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blast pipe \Blast" pipe`\       The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering       steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.
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Blasted \Blast"ed\, a.       1. Blighted; withered.                         Upon this blasted heath.                     --Shak.          2. Confounded; accursed; detestable.                         Some of her own blasted gypsies.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. Rent open by an explosive.                         The blasted quarry thunders, heard remote.                                                                               --Wordsworth.
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Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blasting}.]       1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to             stop or check the growth of, and prevent from             fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to             shrivel.                         Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.                                                                               --Gen. xii. 6.          2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague,             calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes             to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to             blast pride, hopes, or character.                         I'll cross it, though it blast me.      --Shak.                         Blasted with excess of light.            --T. Gray.          3. To confound by a loud blast or din.                         Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's                      ear.                                                   --Shak.          4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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Blastemal \Blas*te"mal\, a. (Biol.)       Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.
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d8Blastema \[d8]Blas*te"ma\, n.; pl. {Blastemata}. [Gr. [?] bud,       sprout.] (Biol.)       The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the       primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it       grows.
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Blastematic \Blas`te*mat"ic\, a. (Biol.)       Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
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Blaster \Blast"er\, n.       One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.
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Blastide \Blas"tide\, n. [Gr. [?] sprout, fr. [?] to grow.]       (Biol.)       A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the       precursor of the nucleus.
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Blasting \Blast"ing\, n.       1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious             cause.                         I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. --Amos                                                                               iv. 9.          2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the             business of one who blasts.
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Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blasting}.]       1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to             stop or check the growth of, and prevent from             fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to             shrivel.                         Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.                                                                               --Gen. xii. 6.          2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague,             calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes             to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to             blast pride, hopes, or character.                         I'll cross it, though it blast me.      --Shak.                         Blasted with excess of light.            --T. Gray.          3. To confound by a loud blast or din.                         Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's                      ear.                                                   --Shak.          4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,             dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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Gelatin \Gel"a*tin\, Gelatine \Gel"a*tine\, n. [F. g[82]latine,       fr. L. gelare to congeal. See {Geal}.] (Chem.)       Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues       by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a       nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal       body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on       the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as       tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing       character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a       jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of       calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food,       but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.          Note: Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use,                but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry                favors the form in -in, as in the United States                Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacop[d2]ia,                Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary.          {Blasting gelatin}, an explosive, containing about             ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion.                      {Gelatin process}, a name applied to a number of processes in             the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially:       (a) (Photog.) A dry-plate process in which gelatin is used as             a substitute for collodion as the sensitized material.             This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates             of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it.       (b) (Print.) A method of producing photographic copies of             drawings, engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of             photographic pictures, which can be printed from in a             press with ink, or (in some applications of the process)             which can be used as the molds of stereotype or             electrotype plates.       (c) (Print. or Copying) A method of producing facsimile             copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink             upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin             softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken             upon ordinary paper.          {Vegetable gelatin}. See {Gliadin}.
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Blastment \Blast"ment\, n.       A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.       [Obs.] --Shak.
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Blastocarpous \Blas`to*car"pous\, a. [Gr. [?] sprout, germ + [?]       fruit.] (Bot.)       Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. --Brande &       C.
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Blastocd2le \Blas"to*c[d2]le\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + koi^los       hollow.] (Biol.)       The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.
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Blastocyst \Blas"to*cyst\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. cyst.]       (Biol.)       The germinal vesicle.
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Blastoderm \Blas"to*derm\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. derm.]       (Biol.)       The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is       developed.
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Blastodermatic \Blas`to*der*mat"ic\, Blastodermic    \Blas`to*der"mic\, a.       Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
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Blastodermatic \Blas`to*der*mat"ic\, Blastodermic    \Blas`to*der"mic\, a.       Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
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Blastogenesis \Blas`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.       genesis.] (Biol.)       Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.
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Blastoid \Blas"toid\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Blastoidea.
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Blastomere \Blas"to*mere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + -mere.]       (Biol.)       One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.       --Balfour.
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Blastophoral \Blas`toph"o*ral\, Blastophoric \Blas`to*phor"ic\,       a.       Relating to the blastophore.
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Blastophore \Blas"to*phore\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + [?] to       bear.] (Biol.)       That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into       spermatoblasts, but carries them.
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Blastophoral \Blas`toph"o*ral\, Blastophoric \Blas`to*phor"ic\,       a.       Relating to the blastophore.
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Blastopore \Blas"to*pore\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. pore.]       (Biol.)       The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination,       or archenteron.          Note: [See Illust. of {Invagination}.] --Balfour.
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d8Morula \[d8]Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. {Morul[91]}. [NL., dim. of L.       morum a mulberry.] (Biol.)       The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by       the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its       development; -- called also {mulberry mass}, {segmentation       sphere}, and {blastosphere}. See {Segmentation}.
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Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.       sphere.] (Biol.)       The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the       blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.          Note: [See Illust. of {Invagination}.]
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d8Morula \[d8]Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. {Morul[91]}. [NL., dim. of L.       morum a mulberry.] (Biol.)       The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by       the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its       development; -- called also {mulberry mass}, {segmentation       sphere}, and {blastosphere}. See {Segmentation}.
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Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.       sphere.] (Biol.)       The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the       blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.          Note: [See Illust. of {Invagination}.]
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Blastostyle \Blas"to*style\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout, bud + [?]       a pillar.] (Zo[94]l.)       In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special       function is to produce medusoid buds. See {Hydroidea}, and       {Athecata}.
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Blastule \Blas"tule\, n. (Biol.)       Same as {Blastula}.
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Blasty \Blast"y\, a.       1. Affected by blasts; gusty.          2. Causing blast or injury. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blazing}.]       1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire             blazes.          2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to             show a blaze.                         And far and wide the icy summit blazed.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.          {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue             firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of             soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]
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Bleached \Bleached\, a.       Whitened; make white.                   Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching                stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe.                                                                               --Byron.
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Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.       bl[be]cian, bl[?]can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja,       Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[be]c       pale. See {Bleak}, a.]       To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,       from; to blanch; to whiten.                   The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the                bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action                of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous                acid.                                                      --Ure.                   Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the                tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.   --Smollett.
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Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,       bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl[?]d blood; prob. originally to       consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.]       1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate                         And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.                                                                               --Gen. ii. 3.          2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity             or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.                         The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It                      blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak.                         It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy                      servant, that it may continue forever before thee.                                                                               --1 Chron.                                                                               xvii. 27 (R.                                                                               V. )          3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to             invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.                         Bless them which persecute you.         --Rom. xii.                                                                               14.          4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities             upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.                         Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and                      looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.                                                                               16.          5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).             [Archaic] --Holinshed.          6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]          7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.                         Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within                      me, bless his holy name.                     --Ps. ciii. 1.          8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.                         The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.                                                                               iv. 3.          9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]                         And burning blades about their heads do bless.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.                                                                               --Fairfax.          Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,                Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old                rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all                parts of it. [bd]In drawing [their bow] some fetch such                a compass as though they would turn about and bless all                the field.[b8] --Ascham.
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Blessed \Bless"ed\ (bl[ecr]s"[ecr]d), a.       1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration;             heavenly; holy.                         O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it                      lowly at his blessed feet.                  --Milton.          2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings;             happy; highly favored.                         All generations shall call me blessed. --Luke i. 48.                         Towards England's blessed shore.         --Shak.          3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness;             blissful; joyful. [bd]Then was a blessed time.[b8] [bd]So             blessed a disposition.[b8] --Shak.          4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or             heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.                         Reverenced like a blessed saint.         --Shak.                         Cast out from God and blessed vision. --Milton.          5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.          6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.                         Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free.                                                                               --R. D.                                                                               Blackmore.
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to       D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,       Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)       Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those       of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name       is often also applied to other prickly plants.          {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it             was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of             venomous creatures.          {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large             thistle of neglected pastures.          {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but             introduced into the United States from Canada.          {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}.          {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel.          {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe},             {Melon}, etc.          {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the             Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the             involucre.          {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk             thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national             emblems of Scotland.          {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}.          {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}.          {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}.          {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus             Cereus. See {Cereus}.          {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}.          {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or             yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of             its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under             {Goldfinch}.          {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American             butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon             thistles; -- called also {painted lady}.          {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza             militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]          {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James             I., worth four shillings.          {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from             its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]          {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring             mouth.
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Blessed thistle \Bless"ed this"tle\       See under {Thistle}.
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Blessedly \Bless"ed*ly\, adv.       Happily; fortunately; joyfully.                   We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.
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Blessedness \Bless"ed*ness\, n.       The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;       heavenly joys; the favor of God.                   The assurance of a future blessedness.   --Tillotson.          {Single blessedness}, the unmarried state. [bd]Grows, lives,             and dies in single blessedness.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See {Happiness}.
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Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,       bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl[?]d blood; prob. originally to       consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.]       1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate                         And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.                                                                               --Gen. ii. 3.          2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity             or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.                         The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It                      blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak.                         It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy                      servant, that it may continue forever before thee.                                                                               --1 Chron.                                                                               xvii. 27 (R.                                                                               V. )          3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to             invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.                         Bless them which persecute you.         --Rom. xii.                                                                               14.          4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities             upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.                         Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and                      looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.                                                                               16.          5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).             [Archaic] --Holinshed.          6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]          7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.                         Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within                      me, bless his holy name.                     --Ps. ciii. 1.          8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.                         The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.                                                                               iv. 3.          9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]                         And burning blades about their heads do bless.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.                                                                               --Fairfax.          Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,                Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old                rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all                parts of it. [bd]In drawing [their bow] some fetch such                a compass as though they would turn about and bless all                the field.[b8] --Ascham.
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Blest \Blest\, a.       Blessed. [bd]This patriarch blest.[b8] --Milton.                   White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail.                                                                               --Trumbull.
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Blight \Blight\, n.       1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as             a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants,             causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned             by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.          2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a             withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the             whole or a part of a plant, etc.          3. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes;             that which impairs or destroys.                         A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes.                                                                               --Disraeli.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse,             destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and             branches; -- also applied to several other injurious             insects.          5. pl. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [U. S.]
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Blight \Blight\ (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blighting}.] [Perh. contr. from AS.       bl[c6]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The       meaning [bd]to blight[b8] comes in that case from to glitter,       hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf.       {Bleach}, {Bleak}.]       1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and             fertility of.                         [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and                      fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.                                                                               --Woodward.          2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar             essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.                         Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron.
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Blight \Blight\, v. i.       To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never       blights.
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Blight \Blight\ (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blighting}.] [Perh. contr. from AS.       bl[c6]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The       meaning [bd]to blight[b8] comes in that case from to glitter,       hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf.       {Bleach}, {Bleak}.]       1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and             fertility of.                         [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and                      fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.                                                                               --Woodward.          2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar             essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.                         Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron.
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Blight \Blight\ (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blighted}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Blighting}.] [Perh. contr. from AS.       bl[c6]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The       meaning [bd]to blight[b8] comes in that case from to glitter,       hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf.       {Bleach}, {Bleak}.]       1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and             fertility of.                         [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and                      fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.                                                                               --Woodward.          2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar             essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.                         Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron.
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Blighting \Blight"ing\, a.       Causing blight.
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Blightingly \Blight"ing*ly\, adv.       So as to cause blight.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.       1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.                         My hands were blistered.                     --Franklin.          2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.                         This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.                                                                               --Shak.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blistered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blistering}.]       To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister       form on.                   Let my tongue blister.                           --Shak.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Steel \Steel\, n. [AS. st[c7]l, st[df]l, st[df]le; akin to D.       staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[be]l, Dan. staal, Sw.       st[86]l, Old Prussian stakla.]       1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and             properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing             between one half of one per cent and one and a half per             cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with             an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be             tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability             decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in             carbon.          2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as:             (a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. [bd]Brave Macbeth .                   . . with his brandished steel.[b8] --Shak.                               While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel                            bathed in his brother's blood.      --Dryden.             (b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for                   sharpening knives.             (c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.          3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is             characterized by sternness or rigor. [bd]Heads of             steel.[b8] --Johnson. [bd]Manhood's heart of steel.[b8]             --Byron.          4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison.          Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds,                generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad,                steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed,                etc.          {Bessemer steel} (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Blister steel}. (Metal.) See under {Blister}.          {Cast steel} (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally             made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence,             ordinarily, steel of any process of production when             remelted and cast.          {Cromium steel} (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety             containing a little cromium, and somewhat resembling             {tungsten steel}.          {Mild steel} (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower             proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it             softer and more malleable.          {Puddled steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from             cast iron by the puddling process.          {Steel duck} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov.             Eng.]          {Steel mill}.             (a) (Firearms) See {Wheel lock}, under {Wheel}.             (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces.             (c) A mill where steel is manufactured.          {Steel trap}, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists             of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel             spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by             which they are kept open.          {Steel wine}, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings             have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a             medicine.          {Tincture of steel} (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the             chloride of iron.          {Tungsten steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a             small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and             hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering             qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blistered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blistering}.]       To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister       form on.                   Let my tongue blister.                           --Shak.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same       root as blast, bladder, blow. See {Blow} to eject wind.]       1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,             whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a             vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a             bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.                         And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.                                                                               --Grainger.          2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,             as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the             surface, as on steel.          3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,             applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.          {Blister beetle}, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the             {Lytta ([or] Cantharis) vesicatoria}, called {Cantharis}             or {Spanish fly} by druggists. See {Cantharis}.          {Blister fly}, a blister beetle.          {Blister plaster}, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --             usually made of Spanish flies.          {Blister steel}, crude steel formed from wrought iron by             cementation; -- so called because of its blistered             surface. Called also {blistered steel}.          {Blood blister}. See under {Blood}.
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Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blistered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blistering}.]       To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister       form on.                   Let my tongue blister.                           --Shak.
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Blistery \Blis"ter*y\, a.       Full of blisters. --Hooker.
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Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.       & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]       1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the             mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white             crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but             brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air,             and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from             rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the             reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze,             speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are             designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum).             Atomic weight 117.4.          2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.          3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.          {Block tin} (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and             partially refined, but containing small quantities of             various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;             solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also             {bar tin}.          {Butter of tin}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius},             under {Fuming}.          {Grain tin}. (Metal.) See under {Grain}.          {Salt of tin} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so             called when used as a mordant.          {Stream tin}. See under {Stream}.          {Tin cry} (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a             bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the             crystal granules on each other.          {Tin foil}, tin reduced to a thin leaf.          {Tin frame} (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin             ore.          {Tin liquor}, {Tin mordant} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used             as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.          {Tin penny}, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to             tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]             --Bailey.          {Tin plate}, thin sheet iron coated with tin.          {Tin pyrites}. See {Stannite}.
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Block tin \Block" tin`\       See under {Tin}.
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Blockade \Block*ade"\, n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t.       ]       1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the             purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception             of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.          Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with                ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment                by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing                power must be able to apply its force to every point of                practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to                attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port                where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent.          2. An obstruction to passage.          {To raise a blockade}. See under {Raise}.
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Blockade \Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blockading}.]       1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with             troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing             ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See             note under {Blockade}, n. [bd]Blockaded the place by             sea.[b8] --Gilpin.          2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.                         Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.                         Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.                                                                               --Pope.
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Blockade \Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blockading}.]       1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with             troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing             ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See             note under {Blockade}, n. [bd]Blockaded the place by             sea.[b8] --Gilpin.          2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.                         Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.                         Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.                                                                               --Pope.
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Blockader \Block*ad"er\, n.       1. One who blockades.          2. (Naut.) A vessel employed in blockading.
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Blockade \Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blockading}.]       1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with             troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing             ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See             note under {Blockade}, n. [bd]Blockaded the place by             sea.[b8] --Gilpin.          2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.                         Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.                         Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.                                                                               --Pope.
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Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See {Block},       n.]       1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to             prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the             way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed             by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.                         With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.                         A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.          2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two             boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood             glued to each.          3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.          {To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out             roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan.
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Blockhead \Block"head`\, n. [Block + head.]       A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.                   The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of                learned lumber in his head.                     --Pope.
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Blockheaded \Block"head`ed\, a.       Stupid; dull.
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Blockheadism \Block"head*ism\, n.       That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. --Carlyle.
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Blowzed \Blowzed\, a.       Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced;       blowzy; disordered.                   Huge women blowzed with health and wind. --Tennyson.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
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Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.       bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of       African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.       Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and       cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B.             bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of             the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is             larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of             marshy places and rivers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same             genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also             {Cape buffalo}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America.          5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below.          6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below.          {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri             ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries.          {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus             {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon             buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.          {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}.          {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for             fuel. [U.S.]          {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium             reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient             grazing grounds of the American bison.          {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish             ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; --             called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}.          {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water             fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi             valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the             big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the             small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important             species used as food.          {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small             dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the             black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in             the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great             injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of             cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a             species with similar habits.          {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass             ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high,             covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,             feed. [U.S.]          {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an             American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub             itself; oilnut.          {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America,             prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in             sleighs.
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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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Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.       bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of       African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.       Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and       cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B.             bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of             the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is             larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of             marshy places and rivers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same             genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also             {Cape buffalo}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America.          5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below.          6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below.          {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri             ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries.          {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus             {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon             buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.          {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}.          {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for             fuel. [U.S.]          {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium             reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient             grazing grounds of the American bison.          {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish             ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; --             called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}.          {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water             fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi             valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the             big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the             small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important             species used as food.          {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small             dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the             black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in             the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great             injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of             cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a             species with similar habits.          {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass             ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high,             covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,             feed. [U.S.]          {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an             American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub             itself; oilnut.          {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America,             prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in             sleighs.
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Stocking \Stock"ing\, n. [From {Stock}, which was formerly used       of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or       upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.]       A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit       or woven.          {Blue stocking}. See {Bluestocking}.          {Stocking frame}, a machine for knitting stockings or other             hosiery goods.
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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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Bluecoat \Blue"coat`\, n.       One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.
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Harp \Harp\, n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G.       harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]       1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame             furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held             upright, and played with the fingers.          2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.          3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]          {[92]olian harp}. See under {[92]olian}.          {Harp seal} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic seal ({Phoca             Gr[d2]nlandica}). The adult males have a light-colored             body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and             the face and throat black. Called also {saddler}, and             {saddleback}. The immature ones are called {bluesides}.
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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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Bluestocking \Blue"stock`ing\, n.       1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]          Note: As explained in Boswell's [bd]Life of Dr. Johnson[b8],                this term is derived from the name given to certain                meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for                conversation with distinguished literary men. An                eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr.                Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was                so much distinguished for his conversational powers                that his absence at any time was felt to be a great                loss, so that the remark became common, [bd]We can do                nothing without the blue stockings.[b8] Hence these                meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and                the ladies who attended them, bluestockings.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The American avocet ({Recurvirostra             Americana}).
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Bluestockingism \Blue"stock`ing*ism\, n.       The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.       [Colloq.]
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Bluestone \Blue"stone`\, n.       1. Blue vitriol. --Dunglison.          2. A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in             the eastern United States.
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Blush \Blush\ (bl[ucr]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed}       (bl[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to       shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a       torch, [be]bl[ymac]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to       blaze, blush.]       1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense             of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such             cause, as the cheeks or face.                         To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the                      morn.                                                --Milton.                         In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the                      young offender is ashamed to blush.   --Buckminster.                         He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous                      worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper.          2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.                         The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But                      stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak.          3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other             flowers.                         Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T.                                                                               Gray.
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Blushet \Blush"et\, n.       A modest girl. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Bluster \Blus"ter\, n.       1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds;             boisterousness.                         To the winds they set Their corners, when with                      bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. --Milton.          2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful             language. --L'Estrange.          Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;                boasting; swaggering; bullying.
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Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]       1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be             windy and boisterous, as the weather.                         And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering                      round.                                                --Milton.          2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or             boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to             play the bully; to storm; to rage.                         Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic                      tyrants.                                             --Burke.
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Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t.       To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;       to bully.                   He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable                blasphemy.                                             --Sir T. More.                   As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a                perfect obedience to his commands.         --Fuller.
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Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]       1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be             windy and boisterous, as the weather.                         And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering                      round.                                                --Milton.          2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or             boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to             play the bully; to storm; to rage.                         Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic                      tyrants.                                             --Burke.
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Blusterer \Blus"ter*er\, n.       One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.
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Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a.       1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;             tumultuous.                         A tempest and a blustering day.         --Shak.          2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.             [bd]A blustering fellow.[b8] --L'Estrange.
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Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]       1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be             windy and boisterous, as the weather.                         And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering                      round.                                                --Milton.          2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or             boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to             play the bully; to storm; to rage.                         Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic                      tyrants.                                             --Burke.
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Blusteringly \Blus"ter*ing*ly\, adv.       In a blustering manner.
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Blusterous \Blus"ter*ous\, a.       Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering.       --Motley.
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Blustrous \Blus"trous\, a.       Blusterous. --Shak.
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Bolection \Bo*lec"tion\, n. (Arch.)       A projecting molding round a panel. Same as {Bilection}.       --Gwilt.
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Bolster \Bol"ster\, n. [AS. bolster; akin to Icel. b[?]lstr, Sw.       & Dan. bolster, OHG. bolstar, polstar, G. polster; from the       same root as E. bole stem, bowl hollow vessel. Cf. {Bulge},       {Poltroon}.]       1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a             person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the             pillows.                         And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,                      This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.                                                                               --Shak.          2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support             any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a             wounded part; a compress.                         This arm shall be a bolster for thy head. --Gay.          3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms             of mechanism, etc.          4. (Saddlery) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.          5. (Naut.)             (a) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with                   tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against                   the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on,                   to prevent chafing.             (b) Anything used to prevent chafing.          6. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a             bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on             the abutment.          7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the             bed or body rests.          8. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a             railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car             truck.          9. (Mech.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on             which anything rests when being punched.          10. (Cutlery)             (a) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end                   of the handle.             (b) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. --G.                   Francis.          11. (Arch.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic             capital. --G. Francis.          12. (Mil.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun,             upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for             transportation.          Note: [See Illust. of {Gun carriage}.]          {Bolster work} (Arch.), members which are bellied or curved             outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical             styles.
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Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolstered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bolstering}.]       1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp.          2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or             unusual effort; -- often with up.                         To bolster baseness.                           --Drayton.                         Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a                      factitious pride.                              --Compton                                                                               Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolster \Bol"ster\, n. [AS. bolster; akin to Icel. b[?]lstr, Sw.       & Dan. bolster, OHG. bolstar, polstar, G. polster; from the       same root as E. bole stem, bowl hollow vessel. Cf. {Bulge},       {Poltroon}.]       1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a             person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the             pillows.                         And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,                      This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.                                                                               --Shak.          2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support             any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a             wounded part; a compress.                         This arm shall be a bolster for thy head. --Gay.          3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms             of mechanism, etc.          4. (Saddlery) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.          5. (Naut.)             (a) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with                   tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against                   the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on,                   to prevent chafing.             (b) Anything used to prevent chafing.          6. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a             bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on             the abutment.          7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the             bed or body rests.          8. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a             railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car             truck.          9. (Mech.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on             which anything rests when being punched.          10. (Cutlery)             (a) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end                   of the handle.             (b) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. --G.                   Francis.          11. (Arch.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic             capital. --G. Francis.          12. (Mil.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun,             upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for             transportation.          Note: [See Illust. of {Gun carriage}.]          {Bolster work} (Arch.), members which are bellied or curved             outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical             styles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolstered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bolstering}.]       1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp.          2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or             unusual effort; -- often with up.                         To bolster baseness.                           --Drayton.                         Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a                      factitious pride.                              --Compton                                                                               Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolstered \Bol"stered\, a.       1. Supported; upheld.          2. Swelled out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolsterer \Bol"ster*er\, n.       A supporter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolstered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bolstering}.]       1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp.          2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or             unusual effort; -- often with up.                         To bolster baseness.                           --Drayton.                         Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a                      factitious pride.                              --Compton                                                                               Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowl-legged \Bowl"-legged`\, a.       Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward.       --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulge \Bulge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bulging}.]       1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it             yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall             bulges.          2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.                         And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.                                                                               --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulk \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bulking}.]       To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.                   The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the                moment.                                                   --Leslie                                                                               Stephen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulkhead \Bulk"head`\, n. [See {Bulk} part of a building.]       1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on             the same deck.          2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of             earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a             mine; the limiting wall along a water front.          {Bulked line}, a line beyond which a wharf must not project;             -- usually, the harbor line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulkhead \Bulk"head`\, n. [See {Bulk} part of a building.]       1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on             the same deck.          2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of             earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a             mine; the limiting wall along a water front.          {Bulked line}, a line beyond which a wharf must not project;             -- usually, the harbor line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus       {Oidemia}.          Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also                {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the                velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common                American species are the velvet, or white-winged,                scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},                {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the                black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black                coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,                or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also                {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},                {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are                collectively called also {coots}. The females and young                are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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]:
Bull \Bull\, a.       Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;       fierce.          {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the             loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the             evening.          {Bull calf}.       (a) A stupid fellow.          {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.          {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,             in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.          {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.                      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.          {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for             lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,             etc.
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]:
Bull \Bull\, a.       Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;       fierce.          {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the             loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the             evening.          {Bull calf}.       (a) A stupid fellow.          {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.          {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,             in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.          {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.                      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.          {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for             lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,             etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullist \Bull"ist\, n. [F. bulliste. See {Bull} an edict.]       A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] --Harmar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-election \By"-e*lec"tion\, n.       An election held by itself, not at the time of a general       election.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Black Thursday n.   February 8th, 1996 - the day of the signing    into law of the {CDA}, so called by analogy with the catastrophic    "Black Friday" in 1929 that began the Great Depression.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
blast 1. v.,n.   Synonym for {BLT}, used esp. for large data    sends over a network or comm line.   Opposite of {snarf}.   Usage:    uncommon.   The variant `blat' has been reported.   2. vt.    [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with {nuke} (sense 3).   Sometimes the message    `Unable to kill all processes.   Blast them (y/n)?' would appear in    the command window upon logout.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
block transfer computations n.   [from the television series    "Dr. Who"] Computations so fiendishly subtle and complex that they    could not be performed by machines.   Used to refer to any task that    should be expressible as an algorithm in theory, but isn't.   (The    Z80's LDIR instruction, "Computed Block Transfer with increment",    may also be relevant.)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bill Gates          William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of       {Microsoft}, which he co-founded in 1975 with {Paul Allen}.       In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and {Microsoft}       is worth about $27b.   He was a {computer nerd} who dropped out       of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose       {software piracy} ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes,       February 3, 1976).          (1995-03-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Black Data Processing Associates          (BDPA) A non-profit professional association, founded       in 1975 to promote positive influence in the {information       technology} (IT) industry and how it affects African       Americans.   The BDPA facilitates African American professional       participation in local and national activities keeping up with       developing IT trends.          BDPA offers a forum for exchanging information and ideas about       the computer industry.   It provides numerous networking       opportunities through monthly program meetings, seminars, and       workshops and the annual national conference.   Membership is       open to anyone interested in IT.          The Foundation provides scholarships to students who compete       in an annual {Visual Basic} competition.          {Home (http://www.bdpa.org/conf96)}.          E-mail: .          Telephone: Ms. Pat Drumming, +1 (800) 727-BDPA.          (1996-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blast          1. {BLT}, used especially for large data sends over a network       or comm line.   Opposite of {snarf}.   Usage: uncommon.   The       variant "blat" has been reported.          2. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with {nuke}.   Sometimes the message       "Unable to kill all processes.   Blast them (y/n)?"   would       appear in the command window upon logout.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Block Diagram Compiler          (BDL) A {block diagram} simulation tool,       with associated language.          ["A Software Environment for Digital Signal-Processing       Simulations," D.H. Johnson & R.E. Vaughan, Circuits Systems       and Signal Processing 6(1):31-43, 1987].          (2000-07-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Block Started by Symbol          (BSS) The uninitialised data segment produced by Unix linkers.       The other segments are the "text" segment which contains the       program code and the "data" segment contains initialised data.       Objects in the bss segment have only a name and a size but no       value.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
block transfer computations          [UK television series "Dr. Who"] Computations so fiendishly       subtle and complex that they could not be performed by       machines.   Used to refer to any task that should be       expressible as an {algorithm} in theory, but isn't.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blocked records          Several {record}s written as a contiguous block on       {magnetic tape} so that they may be accessed in a single I/O       operation.   Blocking increases the amount of data that may be       stored on a tape because there are fewer {inter-block gap}s.       It requires that the tape drive or processor have a       sufficiently large buffer to store the whole block.          (1995-04-13)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-gad       lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the       valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called       Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near the source of the       Jordan (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point       to which Joshua's conquests extended. It probably derived its       name from the worship of Baal. Its modern representative is       Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbec.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Blastus       chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20). Such persons       generally had great influence with their masters.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bolster       The Hebrew word _kebir_, rendered "pillow" in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16,       but in Revised Version marg. "quilt" or "network," probably       means some counterpane or veil intended to protect the head of       the sleeper. A different Hebrew word (meraashoth') is used for       "bolster" (1 Sam. 26:7, 11, 16). It is rightly rendered in       Revised Version "at his head." In Gen. 28:11, 18 the Authorized       Version renders it "for his pillows," and the Revised Version       "under his head." In Ezek. 13:18, 20 another Hebrew word       (kesathoth) is used, properly denoting "cushions" or "pillows,"       as so rendered both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baal-gad, idol of fortune or felicity
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Blastus, that buds or brings forth