band
         n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
               set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set},
               {circle}, {band}, {lot}]
         2: instrumentalists not including string players
         3: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
            exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding
            of bees and wasps" [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stria},
            {striation}]
         4: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or
            material [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stripe}]
         5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn:
            {dance band}, {band}, {dance orchestra}]
         6: a range of frequencies between two limits
         7: a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around
            the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the
            body)
         8: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an
            anatomical structure [syn: {isthmus}, {band}]
         9: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set
            with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every
            finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn:
            {ring}, {band}]
         10: a driving belt in machinery
         11: a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes
               around or over something else, typically to hold it together
               or as a decoration
         12: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to
               identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: {band},
               {ring}]
         13: a restraint put around something to hold it together
         v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band
         2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
            birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
            [syn: {ring}, {band}]

English Dictionary: bond	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandeau n an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts Synonym(s): brassiere, bra, bandeau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandy adj have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] v toss or strike a ball back and forth exchange blows discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" Synonym(s): bandy, kick around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banned adj forbidden by law Synonym(s): banned, prohibited
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Bantu adj of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone" n a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent Synonym(s): Bantu, Bantoid language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bay window n slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy] a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house Synonym(s): bay window, bow window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bayonet n a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon v stab or kill someone with a bayonet
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bee moth n moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs [syn: bee moth, wax moth, Galleria mellonella]
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behemoth n someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful Synonym(s): giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus a person of exceptional importance and reputation Synonym(s): colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behind adv in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind" of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" Synonym(s): behind, slow in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" Synonym(s): behind, behindhand, in arrears adj having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bend n a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" Synonym(s): bend, crook, twist, turn movement that causes the formation of a curve Synonym(s): bending, bend curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) Synonym(s): bend, curve an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" Synonym(s): fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left Synonym(s): bend, bend dexter v form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend, flex] Antonym(s): straighten, unbend change direction; "The road bends" cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" Synonym(s): flex, bend, deform, twist, turn Antonym(s): unbend bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" Synonym(s): crouch, stoop, bend, bow turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest Synonym(s): deflect, bend, turn away bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" Synonym(s): flex, bend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benday v reproduce by the Benday process
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beneath adv in or to a place that is lower [syn: below, {at a lower place}, to a lower place, beneath] Antonym(s): above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Benet n United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943) Synonym(s): Benet, Stephen Vincent Benet United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950) Synonym(s): Benet, William Rose Benet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bennet n avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers Synonym(s): bennet, white avens, Geum virginianum North American white-flowered avens Synonym(s): bennet, white avens, Geum canadense
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Bennett n United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928) Synonym(s): Bennett, Floyd Bennett
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bent adj fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" Synonym(s): bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p) used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" Synonym(s): bended, bent of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" Synonym(s): bent, crumpled, dented n a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" Synonym(s): bent, set grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens Synonym(s): bent, bent grass, bent-grass an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" Synonym(s): bent, knack, hang
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benweed n widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity Synonym(s): ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beyond adv farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond" on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond" in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
binate adj growing in two parts or in pairs; "binate leaves"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bind n something that hinders as if with bonds v stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" Synonym(s): adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" Synonym(s): bind, tie, attach, bond make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" Antonym(s): unbind wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose Synonym(s): bind, bandage secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" Synonym(s): tie down, tie up, bind, truss bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" Synonym(s): oblige, bind, hold, obligate provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather" fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" Synonym(s): tie, bind Antonym(s): unbrace, unlace, untie form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" Synonym(s): constipate, bind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Binet n French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911) Synonym(s): Binet, Alfred Binet
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biont n a discrete unit of living matter
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BMDO 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bon mot n a clever remark Synonym(s): bon mot, mot
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bond n an electrical force linking atoms [syn: chemical bond, bond] a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal Synonym(s): bond, bond certificate a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" Synonym(s): alliance, bond (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman" Synonym(s): bail, bail bond, bond a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) Synonym(s): shackle, bond, hamper, trammel a connection that fastens things together Synonym(s): attachment, bond a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents Synonym(s): bond, bond paper United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) Synonym(s): Bond, Julian Bond British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming Synonym(s): Bond, James Bond the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" Synonym(s): adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond v stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" Synonym(s): adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" Synonym(s): bind, tie, attach, bond issue bonds on bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together" Synonym(s): bond, bring together, draw together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boned adj having had the bones removed; "a boneless rib roast"; "a boned (or deboned) fish" Synonym(s): boned, deboned having bones as specified; "his lanky long-boned body"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonehead 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bonete n a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high)
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bonito n flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna Synonym(s): bonito, oceanic bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonnet n a hat tied under the chin Synonym(s): bonnet, poke bonnet protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" Synonym(s): hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling v dress in a bonnet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boom out v make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" Synonym(s): boom, boom out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bound adj confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: unbound] held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union Antonym(s): free secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" Antonym(s): unbound (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" Synonym(s): bound(p), destined covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" Synonym(s): bandaged, bound headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" Synonym(s): bound, destined bound by an oath; "a bound official" bound by contract Synonym(s): apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" n a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge, bound] the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something Synonym(s): boundary, bound, bounds the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" Synonym(s): limit, bound, boundary a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards Synonym(s): leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce v move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" Synonym(s): jump, leap, bound, spring form the boundary of; be contiguous to Synonym(s): bound, border place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" Synonym(s): restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bounty n payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military Synonym(s): bounty, premium the property of copious abundance Synonym(s): amplitude, bountifulness, bounty generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely Synonym(s): bounty, bounteousness a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat Synonym(s): Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bow window n a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house Synonym(s): bay window, bow window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bunt n (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores Synonym(s): bunt, stinking smut similar to Tilletia caries Synonym(s): bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores Synonym(s): bunt, Tilletia caries v hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance Synonym(s): bunt, drag a bunt to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" Synonym(s): butt, bunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buoyant adj tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" Synonym(s): buoyant, floaty characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s" Synonym(s): buoyant, chirpy, perky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy into v buy stocks or shares of a company
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by hand adv without the use of a machine; "this dress is sewn by hand" Antonym(s): by machine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's hair \La"dy's hair"\ (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Briza} ({B. media}); a variety of       quaking grass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Quaking bog}, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water             that it shakes when trodden upon.          {Quaking grass}. (Bot.)       (a) One of several grasses of the genus {Briza}, having             slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which             quake and rattle in the wind. {Briza maxima} is the large             quaking grass; {B. media} and {B. minor} are the smaller             kinds.       (b) Rattlesnake grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Saengerbund \[d8]Saeng"er*bund`\, n.; G. pl. {-b[81]nde}. [G.       s[84]ngerbund.] (Music)       A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs,       esp. German.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banat \Ban"at\, n. [Cf. F. & G. banat. See {Ban} a warden.]       The territory governed by a ban.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Band \Band\ (b[acr]nd), n. [OE. band, bond, Icel. band; akin to       G., Sw., & D. band, OHG. bant, Goth. banti, Skr. bandha a       binding, bandh to bind, for bhanda, bhandh, also to E. bend,       bind. In sense 7, at least, it is fr. F. bande, from OHG.       bant. [root]90 See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. {Bend}, {Bond}, 1st       {Bandy}.]       1. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing             is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things             are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.                         Every one's bands were loosed.            --Acts xvi.                                                                               26.          2. (Arch.)             (a) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments,                   as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.             (b) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of                   moldings, which encircles the pillars and small                   shafts.          3. That which serves as the means of union or connection             between persons; a tie. [bd]To join in Hymen's bands.[b8]             --Shak.          4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th             centuries.          5. pl. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as             part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.          6. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article             of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.             [bd]Band and gusset and seam.[b8] --Hood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Band \Band\ (b[acr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Banding}.]       1. To bind or tie with a band.          2. To mark with a band.          3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. [bd]Banded             against his throne.[b8] --Milton.          {Banded architrave}, {pier}, {shaft}, etc. (Arch.), an             architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is             interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right             angles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Band \Band\, v. i.       To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire       together.                   Certain of the Jews banded together.      --Acts xxiii.                                                                               12.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Band \Band\, v. t.       To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Band \Band\,       imp. of {Bind}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandeau \Ban*deau"\, n.; pl. {-deaux}. [F.]       A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a       headdress, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. i.       To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive       the ball his own way.                   Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons.         --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandy \Ban"dy\, a.       Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side       outward; as, a bandy leg.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandy \Ban"dy\, n. [Telugu bandi.]       A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. {Bandies}. [Cf. F. band[82], p. p. of       bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See       {Band}, n.]       1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;             a hockey stick. --Johnson.          2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy             ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} ([?]); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bandying}.]       1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.                         Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .                      by rackets from without.                     --Cudworth.          2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. [bd]To             bandy hasty words.[b8] --Shak.          3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.                         Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in                      a disputation.                                    --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS.       bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw.       banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf.       {Banish}.]       1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott.          2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bantu \Ban"tu\, n.       A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes       occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes       include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras,       Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-,       Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix       Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this       prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -- {Ban"tu}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bay window \Bay" win"dow\ (Arch.)       A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting       outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or       semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a {bow window}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bayonet \Bay"o*net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bayoneted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bayoneting}.]       1. To stab with a bayonet.          2. To compel or drive by the bayonet.                         To bayonet us into submission.            --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bayonet \Bay"o*net\, n. [F. bayonnette, ba[8b]onnette; -- so       called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at       Bayonne.]       1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on             the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier             increased means of offense and defense.          Note: Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which                required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after                the soldier had fired.          2. (Mach.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to             receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage             parts of the machinery.          {Bayonet clutch}. See {Clutch}.          {Bayonet joint}, a form of coupling similar to that by which             a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beam \Beam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beamed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Beaming}.]       To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as,       to beam forth light.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beamed \Beamed\, a.       Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.                   Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky.      --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,       OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.       vosk'.]       1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed             by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually             called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of             pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,             being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened             and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.          Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid                (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl                palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).          2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or             appearance. Specifically:             (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}.             (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for                   excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing                   wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.             (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing                   their thread.             (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by                   several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.                   See {Wax insect}, below.             (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.                   See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}.             (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in                   connection with certain deposits of rock salt and                   coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.             (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar                   maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]          {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the             berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R.             succedanea}.          {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2             (f), above.          {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.          {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale             insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which             secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially             the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a             large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained.             Called also {pela}.          {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax.          {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana})             whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken             galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray             wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva             is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee             moth}.          {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}.          {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,             under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with             wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted             with hot irons and the color thus fixed.          {Wax palm}. (Bot.)             (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the                   Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,                   consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,                   which, when melted with a third of fat, makes                   excellent candles.             (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young                   leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy                   secretion.          {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and             other ingredients.          {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:             (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}).             (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished,                   fleshy leaves.             (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage.          {Wax tree} (Bot.)             (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on                   which certain insects make a thick deposit of a                   substance resembling white wax.             (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the                   berries of which yield a sort of wax.             (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New                   Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del                   cera.[b8]          {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of             beeswax.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije,       Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir.       beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and             family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family             {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}.          Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee                ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has                its own queen, its males or drones, and its very                numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the                {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of                honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy;                the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt.                The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical                honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}.          2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united             labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a             quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]                         The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.                                                                               --S. G.                                                                               Goodrich.          3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See             1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the             sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays             through; -- called also {bee blocks}.          {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius})             parasitic in beehives.          {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the             European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.          {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus             {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some             resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.          {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family             {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are             parasitic upon bees.          {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an             apiary. --Mortimer.          {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement             the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called             also {propolis}.          {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard.          {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family             {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon             the honeybee. See {Robber fly}.          {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect             ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees.          {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus             Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees.          {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose             larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in             beehives.          {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See             Illust. of {Bee beetle}.          {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}.             (a) To be choleric. [Obs.]             (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.             (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's                   whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8]                   --Sir W. Scott.
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Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,       OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.       vosk'.]       1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed             by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually             called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of             pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,             being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened             and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.          Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid                (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl                palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).          2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or             appearance. Specifically:             (a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See {Cerumen}.             (b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for                   excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing                   wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.             (c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing                   their thread.             (d) (Zo[94]l.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by                   several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.                   See {Wax insect}, below.             (e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.                   See {Vegetable wax}, under {Vegetable}.             (f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in                   connection with certain deposits of rock salt and                   coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.             (g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar                   maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]          {Japanese wax}, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the             berries of certain species of {Rhus}, esp. {R.             succedanea}.          {Mineral wax}. (Min.) See {Wax}, 2             (f), above.          {Wax cloth}. See {Waxed cloth}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax end}. See {Waxed end}, under {Waxed}.          {Wax flower}, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.          {Wax insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of scale             insects belonging to the family {Coccid[91]}, which             secrete from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially             the Chinese wax insect ({Coccus Sinensis}) from which a             large amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained.             Called also {pela}.          {Wax light}, a candle or taper of wax.          {Wax moth} (Zo[94]l.), a pyralid moth ({Galleria cereana})             whose larv[91] feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken             galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray             wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva             is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee             moth}.          {Wax myrtle}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry}.          {Wax painting}, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,             under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with             wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted             with hot irons and the color thus fixed.          {Wax palm}. (Bot.)             (a) A species of palm ({Ceroxylon Andicola}) native of the                   Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,                   consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,                   which, when melted with a third of fat, makes                   excellent candles.             (b) A Brazilian tree ({Copernicia cerifera}) the young                   leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy                   secretion.          {Wax paper}, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and             other ingredients.          {Wax plant} (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:             (a) The Indian pipe (see under {Indian}).             (b) The {Hoya carnosa}, a climbing plant with polished,                   fleshy leaves.             (c) Certain species of {Begonia} with similar foliage.          {Wax tree} (Bot.)             (a) A tree or shrub ({Ligustrum lucidum}) of China, on                   which certain insects make a thick deposit of a                   substance resembling white wax.             (b) A kind of sumac ({Rhus succedanea}) of Japan, the                   berries of which yield a sort of wax.             (c) A rubiaceous tree ({El[91]agia utilis}) of New                   Grenada, called by the inhabitants [bd]arbol del                   cera.[b8]          {Wax yellow}, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of             beeswax.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije,       Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir.       beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and             family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family             {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}.          Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee                ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has                its own queen, its males or drones, and its very                numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the                {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of                honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy;                the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt.                The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical                honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}.          2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united             labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a             quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]                         The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.                                                                               --S. G.                                                                               Goodrich.          3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See             1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the             sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays             through; -- called also {bee blocks}.          {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius})             parasitic in beehives.          {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the             European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.          {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus             {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some             resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.          {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family             {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are             parasitic upon bees.          {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an             apiary. --Mortimer.          {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement             the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called             also {propolis}.          {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard.          {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family             {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon             the honeybee. See {Robber fly}.          {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect             ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees.          {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus             Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees.          {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose             larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in             beehives.          {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See             Illust. of {Bee beetle}.          {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}.             (a) To be choleric. [Obs.]             (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.             (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's                   whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8]                   --Sir W. Scott.
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Behemoth \Be"he*moth\, n. [Heb. behem[omac]th, fr. Egyptian       P-ehe-maut hippopotamus.]       An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in --Job xl.       15-24.
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Behind \Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See       {Hind}, a.]       1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the             back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as,             behind a door; behind a hill.                         A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.          2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing             to a distance or by death.                         A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.          3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:             Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or             in any achievement.                         I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.                                                                               --2 Cor. xi.                                                                               5.
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Behind \Be*hind"\, adv.       1. At the back part; in the rear. [bd]I shall not lag             behind.[b8] --Milton.          2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look             behind.          3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view;             out of sight; remaining.                         We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.                                                                               --Locke.          4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.                         Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil.                                                                               ii. 13.          5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.                         Leave not a rack behind.                     --Shak.
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Behind \Be*hind"\, n.       The backside; the rump. [Low]
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Bemad \Be*mad"\, v. t.       To make mad. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Bemeet \Be*meet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemet}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bemeeting}.]       To meet. [Obs.]                   Our very loving sister, well bemet.         --Shak.
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Bemeet \Be*meet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bemet}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bemeeting}.]       To meet. [Obs.]                   Our very loving sister, well bemet.         --Shak.
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Bemete \Be*mete"\, v. t.       To mete. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[be]n, name of the tree.]       (Bot.)       The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.       See {Moringa}.
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Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,       bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th       {Bend}.]       1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by             straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for             use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend             the knee.          2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.             [bd]Bend thine ear to supplication.[b8] --Milton.                         Towards Coventry bend we our course.   --Shak.                         Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.                         To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.                         But when to mischief mortals bend their will.                                                                               --Pope.          4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.             [bd]Except she bend her humor.[b8] --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to             its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.             --Totten.          {To bend the brow}, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or             in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.          Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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Bend \Bend\, n. [See {Bend}, v. t., and cf. {Bent}, n.]       1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the             proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as,             a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.          2. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.]                         Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.                                                                               --Fletcher.          3. (Naut.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or             to an anchor, spar, or post. --Totten.          4. (Leather Trade) The best quality of sole leather; a butt.             See {Butt}.          5. (Mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.          6. pl. (Med.) same as {caisson disease}. Usually referred to             as {the bends}.          {Bends of a ship}, the thickest and strongest planks in her             sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams,             knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or             ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of             the sides; as, the midship bend.
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Bend \Bend\, n. [AS. bend. See {Band}, and cf. the preceding       noun.]       1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser.          2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See {Band}.] (Her.) One of             the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth             part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from             the dexter chief to the sinister base.          {Bend sinister} (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the             sinister chief to the dexter base.
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Bend \Bend\, v. i.       1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook             or be curving; to bow.                         The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow                      doth bend.                                          --Milton.          2. To jut over; to overhang.                         There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks                      fearfully in the confined deep.         --Shak.          3. To be inclined; to be directed.                         To whom our vows and wished bend.      --Milton.          4. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.                         While each to his great Father bends. --Coleridge.
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Bendy \Ben"dy\, a. [From {Bend} a band.] (Her.)       Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or       its charge. --Cussans.
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Beneath \Be*neath"\, prep. [OE. benethe, bineo[edh]en, AS.       beneo[edh]an, beny[edh]an; pref. be- + neo[edh]an, ny[edh]an,       downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See {Nether}.]       1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under;             underneath; hence, at the foot of. [bd]Beneath the             mount.[b8] --Ex. xxxii. 19.                         Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. --Pope.          2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that             oppresses or burdens.                         Our country sinks beneath the yoke.   --Shak.          3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are             beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings.             Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.                         He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.                                                                               --Atterbury.
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Beneath \Be*neath"\, adv.       1. In a lower place; underneath.                         The earth you take from beneath will be barren.                                                                               --Mortimer.          2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or             position; as, in earth beneath.
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Benet \Be*net"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benetted}.]       To catch in a net; to insnare. --Shak.
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Bennet \Ben"net\, n. [F. beno[8c]te, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of       benedictus, p. p., blessed. See {Benedict}, a.] (Bot.)       The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe ({Geum urbanum});       herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as       the hemlock, valerian, etc.
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Bent \Bent\,       imp. & p. p. of {Bend}.
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Bent \Bent\, a. & p. p.       1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight;             crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.          2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved,             determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character,             disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be             bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
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Bent \Bent\, n. [See {Bend}, n. & v.]       1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a             straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.             [Obs.] --Wilkins.          2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] --Dryden.          3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind;             inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. --Shak.                         With a native bent did good pursue.   --Dryden.          4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.                         Bents and turns of the matter.            --Locke.          5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.          6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic]                         The full bent and stress of the soul. --Norris.          Syn: Predilection; turn.          Usage: {Bent}, {Bias}, {Inclination}, {Prepossession}. These                   words agree in describing a permanent influence upon                   the mind which tends to decide its actions. Bent                   denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given                   direction. It is the widest of these terms, and                   applies to the will, the intellect, and the                   affections, taken conjointly; as, the whole bent of                   his character was toward evil practices. Bias is                   literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in                   bowling, and causing it to swerve from a straight                   course. Used figuratively, bias applies particularly                   to the judgment, and denotes something which acts with                   a permanent force on the character through that                   faculty; as, the bias of early education, early                   habits, etc. Inclination is an excited state of desire                   or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of                   the law. Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling                   and opinion in respect to some person or subject,                   which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous                   to inquiry. The word is commonly used in a good sense,                   an unfavorable impression of this kind being                   denominated a prejudice. [bd]Strong minds will be                   strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias;                   but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to                   have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be                   without its prepossessions.[b8] --Crabb.
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Bent \Bent\, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush,       bent grass; of unknown origin.]       1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.                         His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton.          2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Agrostis}, esp. {Agrostis             vulgaris}, or redtop. The name is also used of many other             grasses, esp. in America.          3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.             [Obs.] --Wright.                         Bowmen bickered upon the bent.            --Chevy Chase.
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Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,       bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th       {Bend}.]       1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by             straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for             use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend             the knee.          2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.             [bd]Bend thine ear to supplication.[b8] --Milton.                         Towards Coventry bend we our course.   --Shak.                         Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.                         To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.                         But when to mischief mortals bend their will.                                                                               --Pope.          4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.             [bd]Except she bend her humor.[b8] --Shak.          5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to             its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.             --Totten.          {To bend the brow}, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or             in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.          Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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Benty \Bent"y\, a.       1. A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff,             withered grass; as, benty fields.          2. Resembling bent. --Holland.
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Beyond \Be*yond"\, adv.       Further away; at a distance; yonder.                   Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.   --Spenser.
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Beyond \Be*yond"\, prep. [OE. biyonde, bi[yogh]eonde, AS.       begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder.       See {Yon}, {Yonder}.]       1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and             further on or away than.                         Beyond that flaming hill.                  --G. Fletcher.          2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.                         A thing beyond us, even before our death. --Pope.          3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater             than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's             strength.          4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding             to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity,             excellence, or quality of any kind. [bd]Beyond             expectation.[b8] --Barrow.                         Beyond any of the great men of my country. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          {Beyond sea}. (Law) See under {Sea}.          {To go beyond}, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in             anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or             circumvent.                         That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any                      matter.                                             --1 Thess. iv.                                                                               6.
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Binate \Bi"nate\, a. [L. bini two and two.] (Bot.)       Double; growing in pairs or couples. --Gray.
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Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly       {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect       tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,       Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for       bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. [?] (for [?]) cable, and L.       offendix. [root]90.]       1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,             etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in             bundles; to bind a prisoner.          2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or             influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to             the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.                         He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job                                                                               xxviii. 11.                         Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.                                                                               --Luke xiii.                                                                               16.          3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --             sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.          4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by             tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt             about one; to bind a compress upon a part.          5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;             as, certain drugs bind the bowels.          6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge             of a carpet or garment.          7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to             bind a book.          8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,             duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to             bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by             affection; commerce binds nations to each other.                         Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.          9. (Law)             (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;                   esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.                   --Abbott.             (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to                   indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes                   with out; as, bound out to service.          {To bind over}, to put under bonds to do something, as to             appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.          {To bind to}, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.                      {To bind up in}, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to             absorb in.          Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
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Bind \Bind\, v. i.       1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.                         They that reap must sheaf and bind.   --Shak.          2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick             together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. --Mortimer.          3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural             action, as by friction.          4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. --Locke.
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Bind \Bind\, n.       1. That which binds or ties.          2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a             bine.          3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of             iron. --Kirwan.          4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
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Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Binning}.]       To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
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Bond \Bond\, n.       1. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent             rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of             the electric circuit.          2. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa]                         The Africander Bond, a league or association                      appealing to African, but practically to Boer,                      patriotism.                                       --James Bryce.
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Bond \Bond\, n. [The same word as band. Cf. {Band}, {Bend}.]       1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which             anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a             band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.                         Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained                      my freedom.                                       --Shak.          2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity,             restraint. [bd]This man doeth nothing worthy of death or             of bonds.[b8] --Acts xxvi.          3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting             tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.                         A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond                      of mankind.                                       --Burke.          4. Moral or political duty or obligation.                         I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more                      nor less.                                          --Shak.          5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds             himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay             a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is             a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if             the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain             place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform             certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or             before a time specified, the obligation shall be void;             otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition             is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the             obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the             whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton.          6. An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond)             made by a government or a corporation for purpose of             borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.          7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the             duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.          8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks             forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this             purpose in several different ways, as in English or block             bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with             their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers,             and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel             to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond             (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and             stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints;             Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change             of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in             the middle of the first, and the same position of             stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and             English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in             the one method, the outer in the other.
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Bond \Bond\, n. [OE. bond, bonde, peasant, serf, AS. bonda,       bunda, husband, bouseholder, from Icel. b[omac]ndi       husbandman, for b[umac]andi, fr. b[umac]a to dwell. See       {Boor}, {Husband}.]       A vassal or serf; a slave. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Bond \Bond\, a.       In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.                   By one Spirit are we all baptized .. whether we be Jews                or Bentiles, whether we be bond or free. --1 Cor. xii.                                                                               13.
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9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two             bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic             formul[91] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of             {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}.          {Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}.          {Bond crediter} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a             bond. --Blackstone.          {Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of             a bond. --Burrows.          {Bond} ([or] {lap}) {of a slate}, the distance between the             top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second             slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three             thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the             under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.          {Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen             it longitudinally.          Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
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Bond \Bond\ (b[ocr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bonded}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Bonding}.]       1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to             secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise)             by giving a bond.          2. (Arch.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a             wall, so as to secure solidity.
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Bone \Bone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Boning}.]       1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. [bd]To             bone a turkey.[b8] --Soyer.          2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. --Ash.          3. To fertilize with bone.          4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]
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Boned \Boned\, a.       1. Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as,             big-boned; strong-boned.                         No big-boned men framed of the Cyclops' size.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.          3. Manured with bone; as, boned land.
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Bonetta \Bo*net"ta\, n.       See {Bonito}. --Sir T. Herbert.
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Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl. {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr.       Ar. bain[c6]t and bain[c6]th.] [Often incorrectly written       {bonita}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the             tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four             brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the             American coast.          2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an             important and abundant food fish on the coast of the             United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and             other related species. They are large and active fishes,             of a blue color with black oblique stripes.          3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the             southern of the United States and the West Indies.          4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish             of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl. {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr.       Ar. bain[c6]t and bain[c6]th.] [Often incorrectly written       {bonita}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the             tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four             brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the             American coast.          2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an             important and abundant food fish on the coast of the             United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and             other related species. They are large and active fishes,             of a blue color with black oblique stripes.          3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the             southern of the United States and the West Indies.          4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish             of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the       crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish},       and {sergeant fish}.
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Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl. {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr.       Ar. bain[c6]t and bain[c6]th.] [Often incorrectly written       {bonita}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the             tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four             brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the             American coast.          2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an             important and abundant food fish on the coast of the             United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and             other related species. They are large and active fishes,             of a blue color with black oblique stripes.          3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the             southern of the United States and the West Indies.          4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish             of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the       crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish},       and {sergeant fish}.
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Bonnet \Bon"net\, n. (Automobiles)       The metal cover or shield over the motor.
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Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[ocr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,       bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of       a stuff, and of unknown origin.]       1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.             --Shak.          2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless             woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.                         And p[?]i[?]s and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting             more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part             of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at             different times; formerly the front part projected, and             spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.          4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,             (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a                   part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part                   from enfilade fire.             (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as                   a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught                   of a chimney, etc.             (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to                   prevent escape of sparks.             (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its                   occupants from objects falling down the shaft.             (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the                   valve chambers.          5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of             a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.          6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.          7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices             others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]          {Bonnet head} (Zo[94]l.), a shark ({Sphyrna tiburio}) of the             southern United States and West Indies.          {Bonnet limpet} (Zo[94]l.), a name given, from their shape,             to various species of shells (family {Calyptr[91]id[91]}).                      {Bonnet monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus             sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.          {Bonnet piece}, a gold coin of the time of James V. of             Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir             W. Scott.          {To have a bee in the bonnet}. See under {Bee}.          {Black bonnet}. See under {Black}.          {Blue bonnet}. See in the Vocabulary.
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Bonnet \Bon"net\, v. i.       To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to       uncover. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. &       vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to       hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W.       bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow       sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. {Bum}, {Bump}, v. i., {Bomb},       v. i.]       1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the             bittern, and some insects.                         At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone.                                                                               --Tennyson.          2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.                         Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W.                                                                               Irving.          3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press             of sail, before a free wind.                         She comes booming down before it.      --Totten.          4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular             favor; to go on rushingly.
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Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly       {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect       tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,       Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for       bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. [?] (for [?]) cable, and L.       offendix. [root]90.]       1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,             etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in             bundles; to bind a prisoner.          2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or             influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to             the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.                         He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job                                                                               xxviii. 11.                         Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.                                                                               --Luke xiii.                                                                               16.          3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --             sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.          4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by             tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt             about one; to bind a compress upon a part.          5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;             as, certain drugs bind the bowels.          6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge             of a carpet or garment.          7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to             bind a book.          8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,             duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to             bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by             affection; commerce binds nations to each other.                         Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.          9. (Law)             (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;                   esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.                   --Abbott.             (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to                   indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes                   with out; as, bound out to service.          {To bind over}, to put under bonds to do something, as to             appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.          {To bind to}, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.                      {To bind up in}, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to             absorb in.          Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
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Bound \Bound\, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun       ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[umac]inn, p. p. of b[umac]a to       dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See {Bond}, a.,       and cf. {Busk}, v.]       Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with       to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound       to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. [bd]The mariner bound homeward.[b8]       --Cowper.
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Bound \Bound\, n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne,       F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic       origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft       or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be       marked. Cf. {Bourne}.]       The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of       any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or       within which something is limited or restrained; limit;       confine; extent; boundary.                   He hath compassed the waters with bounds. --Job xxvi.                                                                               10.                   On earth's remotest bounds.                     --Campbell.                   And mete the bounds of hate and love.      --Tennyson.          {To keep within bounds}, not to exceed or pass beyond             assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.          Syn: See {Boundary}.
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Bound \Bound\, v. t.       1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.]             --Shak.          2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as,             to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]
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Bound \Bound\, n.       1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.                         A bound of graceful hardihood.            --Wordsworth.          2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. --Johnson.          3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
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Bound \Bound\,       imp. & p. p. of {Bind}.
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Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.       1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.          2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.          3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.          4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed             by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound             to fail.          5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]          6. Constipated; costive.          Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound,                hidebound, etc.          {Bound bailiff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves             writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable             for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually             under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.          {Bound up in}, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
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Bound \Bound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bounding}.]       1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of             extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to             lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to             circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.                         Where full measure only bounds excess. --Milton.                         Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning                      empire bounds.                                    --Dryden.          2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
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Bound \Bound\, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to       leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a       humming, buzzing. See {Bomb}.]       1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession             of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den;             the herd bounded across the plain.                         Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. --Pope.                         And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows                      his rider.                                          --Byron.          2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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Bounty \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. {Bounties}. [OE. bounte goodness,       kindness, F. bont[82], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for       older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.]       1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]                         Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.                                                                               --Gower.          2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or             liberal giving; generosity; munificence.                         My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak.          3. That which is given generously or liberally. [bd]Thy             morning bounties.[b8] --Cowper.          4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into             the public service; or to encourage any branch of             industry, as husbandry or manufactures.          {Bounty jumper}, one who, during the latter part of the Civil             War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted             as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.]                      {Queen Anne's bounty} (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen             Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.          Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bow hand \Bow" hand`\       1. (Archery) The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left             hand.                         Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. --Spenser.          2. (Mus.) The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bow net \Bow" net`\       1. A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a             funnel-shaped entrance at one end.          2. A net for catching birds. --J. H. Walsh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bay window \Bay" win"dow\ (Arch.)       A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting       outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or       semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a {bow window}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.       b[umac]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi.       See {Bow}, v. t.]       1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.                         I do set my bow in the cloud.            --Gen. ix. 13.          2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic             material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of             which an arrow is propelled.          3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by             doubling a ribbon or string.          4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and             fastens it to the yoke.          5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a             number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,             used in playing on a stringed instrument.          6. An arcograph.          7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic             rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving             reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and             arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.          8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking             the sun's altitude at sea.          9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the             arched forward part of a saddletree.          {Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest             who looked after trespassers.          {Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string.          {Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which             the tones are produced by the bow.          {Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}.          {To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bay window \Bay" win"dow\ (Arch.)       A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting       outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or       semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a {bow window}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.       b[umac]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi.       See {Bow}, v. t.]       1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.                         I do set my bow in the cloud.            --Gen. ix. 13.          2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic             material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of             which an arrow is propelled.          3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by             doubling a ribbon or string.          4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and             fastens it to the yoke.          5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a             number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,             used in playing on a stringed instrument.          6. An arcograph.          7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic             rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving             reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and             arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.          8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking             the sun's altitude at sea.          9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the             arched forward part of a saddletree.          {Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest             who looked after trespassers.          {Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string.          {Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which             the tones are produced by the bow.          {Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}.          {To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowenite \Bow"en*ite\, n. [From G.T. Bowen, who analyzed it in       1822.] (Min.)       A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island.       It is of a light green color and resembles jade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bum \Bum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bummed}; p. pr. & vb.n.       {Bumming} ([?]).] [See {Boom}, v. i., to roar.]       To make murmuring or humming sound. --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n.       A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of       bunting the ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. (Baseball)       To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting       it with the bat without swinging at it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. (Bot.)       A fungus ({Ustilago f[d2]tida}) which affects the ear of       cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called       pepperbrand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E.       bundle.] (Naut.)       The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a       furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.)       To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i.       To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the       ram bunted the boy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.]       1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid;             tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.             [bd]Buoyant on the flood.[b8] --Pope.          2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being             specifically heavier.                         The water under me was buoyant.         --Dryden.          3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant             disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,       OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.       to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]       1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in             man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other             animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.          2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the             office of, a human hand; as:             (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or                   any one of the four extremities of a monkey.             (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute                   hand of a clock.          3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a             palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.          4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.                         On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.                                                                               xxxviii. 15.                         The Protestants were then on the winning hand.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;             dexterity.                         He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.                                                                               --Addison.          6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,             manner of performance.                         To change the hand in carrying on the war.                                                                               --Clarendon.                         Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my                      hand.                                                --Judges vi.                                                                               36.          7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or             competent for special service or duty; a performer more or             less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand             at speaking.                         A dictionary containing a natural history requires                      too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be                      hoped for.                                          --Locke.                         I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.                                                                               --Hazlitt.          8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or             running hand. Hence, a signature.                         I say she never did invent this letter; This is a                      man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.                         Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.          9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;             management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in             hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.                         Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the                      goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.          10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to             buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when             new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the             producer's hand, or when not new.          11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear             hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.          12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:             (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the                   dealer.             (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied                   together.          13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,             which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.          Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts                or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the                hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a                symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:             (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the                   head, which implies thought, and the heart, which                   implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every                   man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.             (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.                   [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over                   you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.             (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to                   give the right hand.             (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the                   hand; to pledge the hand.          Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or                without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;                as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:                used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or                handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or                hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand                loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or                hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the                hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or                hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following                paragraph are written either as two words or in                combination.          {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,             papers, parcels, etc.          {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.          {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.             --Bacon.          {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.          {Hand car}. See under {Car}.          {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a             good position of the hands and arms when playing on the             piano; a hand guide.          {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.          {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.          {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,             or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,             may be operated by hand.          {Hand glass}.             (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of                   plants.             (b) A small mirror with a handle.          {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).          {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as             practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.          {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.          {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest             money.          {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank             turned by hand.          {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand             rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.          {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.          {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.          {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or             weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.          {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.             9.          {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or             canceling papers, envelopes, etc.          {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico             ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose             stamens unite in the form of a hand.          {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small             work. --Moxon.          {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as             distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.          {All hands}, everybody; all parties.          {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every             direction; generally.          {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;             on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no             hand consisting with the safety and interests of             humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).          {At hand}.             (a) Near in time or place; either present and within                   reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at                   hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at                   hand.[b8] --Shak.          {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we             receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive             evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.          {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.          {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from             instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed             a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.          {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of             dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He             that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]             --Job xvii. 9.          {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.          {Hand in hand}.             (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.             (b) Just; fair; equitable.                               As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand                            comparison.                                 --Shak.                            {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands             alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand             over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand             over hand.          {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what             one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand             running.          {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!                      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to             hand contest. --Dryden.          {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.          {In hand}.             (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .                   . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.             (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .                   . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.             (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;                   as, he has the business in hand.          {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.             (a) In one's possession or keeping.             (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my                   hand.          {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,             in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.          {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.          {Note of hand}, a promissory note.          {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,             hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them             to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.          {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.          {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of             goods on hand.          {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.          {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish             ceremony used in swearing.          {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.          {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.          {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.          {To bear a hand}             (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.          {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false             pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under             {Glove}.          {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.                      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling             it.          {To change hand}. See {Change}.          {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.             --Hudibras.          {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by             striking the palms of the hands together.          {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into             possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.          {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]                         Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.                                                                               --Baxter.          {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain             work; to become accustomed to a particular business.          {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or             concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.          {To have in hand}.             (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.             (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.          {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can             do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed             with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with             difficulties.          {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or             get, the better of another person or thing.          {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already             prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.          {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even             conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.          {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.          {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;             to oppose; to kill.          {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other             necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.                      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.          {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.          {To put the}          {last, [or] finishing},          {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to             perfect.          {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.                         That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that                      thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.                                                                               20.          {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.          {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety             for another's debt or good behavior.          {To take in hand}.             (a) To attempt or undertake.             (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.          {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,             or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash             one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.          {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or             signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and             seal of the owner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-end \By"-end`\, n.       Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.       [Written also {bye-end}.]                   [bd]Profit or some other by-end.[b8]      --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-end \By"-end`\, n.       Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.       [Written also {bye-end}.]                   [bd]Profit or some other by-end.[b8]      --L'Estrange.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bandy, VA       Zip code(s): 24602
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bend, OR (city, FIPS 5800)       Location: 44.06605 N, 121.31105 W       Population (1990): 20469 (9004 housing units)       Area: 34.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97701, 97702    Bend, TX       Zip code(s): 76824
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bennet, NE (village, FIPS 4300)       Location: 40.68125 N, 96.50588 W       Population (1990): 544 (209 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68317
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bennett, CO (town, FIPS 6090)       Location: 39.75514 N, 104.42341 W       Population (1990): 1757 (654 housing units)       Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 80102    Bennett, IA (city, FIPS 5770)       Location: 41.73972 N, 90.97426 W       Population (1990): 395 (166 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52721    Bennett, NC       Zip code(s): 27208
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Benoit, MS (town, FIPS 5220)       Location: 33.65154 N, 91.00853 W       Population (1990): 641 (219 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38725
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bent, NM       Zip code(s): 88314
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Benwood, WV (city, FIPS 6340)       Location: 40.00996 N, 80.73387 W       Population (1990): 1669 (847 housing units)       Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26031
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bond, CO       Zip code(s): 80423
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bonita, CA (CDP, FIPS 7414)       Location: 32.66748 N, 117.02988 W       Population (1990): 12542 (4261 housing units)       Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 91902    Bonita, LA (village, FIPS 8535)       Location: 32.91994 N, 91.67493 W       Population (1990): 265 (106 housing units)       Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71223
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
by hand adv.   [common] 1. Said of an operation (especially a    repetitive, trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed    automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to    step tediously through.   "My mailer doesn't have a command to    include the text of the message I'm replying to, so I have to do it    by hand."   This does not necessarily mean the speaker has to retype    a copy of the message; it might refer to, say, dropping into a    subshell from the mailer, making a copy of one's mailbox file,    reading that into an editor, locating the top and bottom of the    message in question, deleting the rest of the file, inserting `>'    characters on each line, writing the file, leaving the editor,    returning to the mailer, reading the file in, and later remembering    to delete the file.   Compare {eyeball search}.   2. By extension,    writing code which does something in an explicit or low-level way    for which a presupplied library routine ought to have been    available.   "This cretinous B-tree library doesn't supply a decent    iterator, so I'm having to walk the trees by hand."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BIND          {Berkeley Internet Name Domain}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
by hand          1. Said of an operation (especially a repetitive, trivial,       and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically       by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step       tediously through.   "My mailer doesn't have a command to       include the text of the message I'm replying to, so I have to       do it by hand."   This does not necessarily mean the speaker       has to retype a copy of the message; it might refer to, say,       dropping into a subshell from the mailer, making a copy of       one's mailbox file, reading that into an editor, locating the       top and bottom of the message in question, deleting the rest       of the file, inserting ">" characters on each line, writing       the file, leaving the editor, returning to the mailer, reading       the file in, and later remembering to delete the file.       Compare {eyeball search}.          2. By extension, writing code which does something in an       explicit or low-level way for which a presupplied library       routine ought to have been available.   "This cretinous       {B-tree} library doesn't supply a decent iterator, so I'm       having to walk the trees by hand."          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bamoth       heights, the forty-seventh station of the Israelites (Num.       21:19,20) in the territory of the Moabites.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Behemoth       (Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word       meaning a "water-ox." The Revised Version has here in the margin       "hippopotamus," which is probably the correct rendering of the       word. The word occurs frequently in Scripture, but, except here,       always as a common name, and translated "beast" or "cattle."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beyond       when used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of       Moses the west side of the river, as he wrote on the east bank       (Gen. 50:10, 11; Deut. 1:1, 5; 3:8, 20; 4:46); but in the       writings of Joshua, after he had crossed the river, it means the       east side (Josh. 5:1; 12:7; 22:7).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bond       an obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means       also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian       love is the "bond of perfectness" (Col. 3:14), and the       influences of the Spirit are the "bond of peace" (Eph. 4:3).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bonnet       (Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., "head-tires"); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V.,       "tires"), denotes properly a turban worn by priests, and in Isa.       3:20 (R.V., "head-tires") a head-dress or tiara worn by females.       The Hebrew word so rendered literally means an ornament, as in       Isa. 61:10 (R.V., "garland"), and in Ezek. 24:17, 23 "tire"       (R.V., "head-tire"). It consisted of a piece of cloth twisted       about the head. In Ex. 28:40; 29:9 it is the translation of a       different Hebrew word (migba'ah), which denotes the turban       (R.V., "head-tire") of the common priest as distinguished from       the mitre of the high priest. (See {MITRE}.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Behemoth, beasts