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bar soap
n 1: soap in the form of a bar

English Dictionary: break up	by the DICT Development Group
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bar-shaped adj shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood
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barge pole n a long pole used to propel or guide a barge; "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole"
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bark beetle n small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
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barkeep n an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar Synonym(s): bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist
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barkeeper n an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar Synonym(s): bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist
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Baroque period n the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Synonym(s): Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period
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barrage balloon n an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
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barrage fire n the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" Synonym(s): barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
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bear cub n a young bear
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bear's breech n widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers Synonym(s): bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly, Acanthus mollis
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bear's breeches n widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers Synonym(s): bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly, Acanthus mollis
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bear's foot n digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally Synonym(s): stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus
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bear's-paw fern n epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines Synonym(s): bear's-paw fern, Aglaomorpha meyeniana
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Bercy butter n butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley Synonym(s): Bercy, Bercy butter
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birch bark n a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree [syn: {birchbark canoe}, birchbark, birch bark]
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birch beer n carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees
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birch family n monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) Synonym(s): Betulaceae, family Betulaceae, birch family
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birchbark n a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree [syn: {birchbark canoe}, birchbark, birch bark]
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birchbark canoe n a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree [syn: {birchbark canoe}, birchbark, birch bark]
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borage family n a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit Synonym(s): Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage family
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Borago officinalis n hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach Synonym(s): borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis
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Boris Fyodorovich Godunov n czar of Russia (1551-1605) [syn: Godunov, {Boris Godunov}, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov]
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Boris Pasternak n Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960) Synonym(s): Pasternak, Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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Boris Spassky n Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937) Synonym(s): Spassky, Boris Spassky, Boris Vasilevich Spassky
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Boris Vasilevich Spassky n Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937) Synonym(s): Spassky, Boris Spassky, Boris Vasilevich Spassky
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brace up v make secure underneath; "undergird the ship" [syn: undergird, brace up]
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brachiopod adj of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda [syn: brachiopod, brachiopodous] n marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide Synonym(s): brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell
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Brachiopoda n marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks [syn: Brachiopoda, phylum Brachiopoda]
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brachiopodous adj of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda [syn: brachiopod, brachiopodous]
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brachypterous adj (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings Synonym(s): brachypterous, short-winged
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brake band n a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation
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brake failure n brakes fail to stop a vehicle
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brake pad n one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk
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brake pedal n foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder
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Brasov n a city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps
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brass band n a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments
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brass buttons n South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental Synonym(s): brass buttons, Cotula coronopifolia
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brass family n (music) the family of brass instruments
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brassavola n any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7
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brassbound adj inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" Synonym(s): ironclad, brassbound having trim or fittings of brass; "a brassbound campaign chest"; "the heavy brassbound door"
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Brassia verrucosa n Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts Synonym(s): spider orchid, Brassia verrucosa
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Brazzaville n the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo
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breach of contract n a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
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breach of duty n a breach of due care
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breach of promise n failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
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breach of the covenant of warranty n a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title
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breach of the peace n any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled Synonym(s): disorderly conduct, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace, breach of the peace
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breach of trust n violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
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breach of trust with fraudulent intent n larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
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breach of warranty n a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
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break apart v take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] Antonym(s): assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together break violently or noisily; smash; Synonym(s): crash, break up, break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" Synonym(s): disunify, break apart Antonym(s): merge, unify, unite
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break bread v have a meal, usually with company; "The early Christian disciples broke bread together"
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break even v make neither profit nor loss [ant: lose, profit, {turn a loss}, turn a profit] attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
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break of day n the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" Synonym(s): dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow Antonym(s): sundown, sunset
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break of serve n (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set" Synonym(s): break, break of serve
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break of the day n the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" Synonym(s): dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow Antonym(s): sundown, sunset
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break off v interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" Synonym(s): cut short, break short, break off prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" Synonym(s): break, break off, discontinue, stop break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" Synonym(s): chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" Synonym(s): break, break off, snap off break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" Synonym(s): chip, knap, cut off, break off
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break open v open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket" come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" Synonym(s): burst, split, break open erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" Synonym(s): erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
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break up v to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" Synonym(s): separate, part, split up, split, break, break up come apart; "the group broke up" break violently or noisily; smash; Synonym(s): crash, break up, break apart make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Synonym(s): interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Synonym(s): dissolve, resolve, break up suffer a nervous breakdown Synonym(s): crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse take apart into its constituent pieces Synonym(s): disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart Antonym(s): assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" Synonym(s): break, break up set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" Synonym(s): sever, break up attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" Synonym(s): pick, break up release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" Synonym(s): calve, break up close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Synonym(s): adjourn, recess, break up bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" Synonym(s): break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" Synonym(s): break up, disperse, scatter separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts Synonym(s): decompose, break up, break down laugh unrestrainedly Synonym(s): break up, crack up
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breakability n quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility]
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breakable adj capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully" Antonym(s): unbreakable n an article that is fragile and easily broken; "pack the breakables separately"
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breakableness n the consistency of something that breaks under pressure Antonym(s): unbreakableness
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breakbone fever n an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints Synonym(s): dengue, dengue fever, dandy fever, breakbone fever
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breakfast n the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) v eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven" provide breakfast for
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breakfast area n a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen); "the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats" Synonym(s): breakfast area, breakfast nook
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breakfast food n any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
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breakfast nook n a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen); "the breakfast nook had a built in table and seats" Synonym(s): breakfast area, breakfast nook
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breakfast table n a table where breakfast is eaten
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breakfast time n the customary or habitual hour for eating breakfast
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breakup n the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) Synonym(s): dissolution, breakup coming apart Synonym(s): separation, breakup, detachment
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breech birth n delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first Synonym(s): breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation
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breech presentation n delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first Synonym(s): breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation
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breechblock n a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing Synonym(s): breechblock, breech closer
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breeze block n a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain" Synonym(s): cinder block, clinker block, breeze block
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bric-a-brac n miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]
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brick over v wall up with brick [syn: brick in, brick up, {brick over}]
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brick up v wall up with brick [syn: brick in, brick up, {brick over}]
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brick-shaped adj shaped like a brick
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brickbat n a fragment of brick used as a weapon blunt criticism
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brickfield n a place where bricks are made and sold [syn: brickyard, brickfield]
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Brihaspati n personification of the power of ritual devotion
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Brisbane n capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia
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Brisbane quandong n Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit Synonym(s): quandong, quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis
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brisk up v become brisk; "business brisked up" [syn: brisk, {brisk up}, brisken]
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brush fire n an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes
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brush off v bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" Synonym(s): dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
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brush up v refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" Synonym(s): review, brush up, refresh bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" Synonym(s): polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
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brush-footed butterfly n medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast Synonym(s): nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
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brush-off n a curt or disdainful rejection
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brushup n practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory Synonym(s): review, brushup
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner n United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) Synonym(s): Skinner, Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner
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bursiform adj shaped like a pouch [syn: bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike]
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Bargeboard \Barge"board`\, n. [Perh. corrup. of vergeboard; or cf. LL. bargus a kind of gallows.] A vergeboard.
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Bard \Bard\, n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. b[94]rkr, LG. & HG. borke.] 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. {Bark bed}. See {Bark stove} (below). {Bark pit}, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. {Bark stove} (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
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Bark beetle \Bark" bee`tle\ (Zo[94]l.) A small beetle of many species (family {Scolytid[91]}), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
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Bard \Bard\, n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. b[94]rkr, LG. & HG. borke.] 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. {Bark bed}. See {Bark stove} (below). {Bark pit}, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. {Bark stove} (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
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Barkbound \Bark"bound`\, a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
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Barkeeper \Bar"keep`er\, n. One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
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Baroscope \Bar"o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope.] Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
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Baroscopic \Bar`oscop"ic\, Baroscopical \Bar`oscop"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
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Baroscopic \Bar`oscop"ic\, Baroscopical \Bar`oscop"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
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Barysphere \Bar"y*sphere\, n. [Gr. [?] heavy + sphere.] (Geol.) The heavy interior portion of the earth, within the lithosphere.
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Bear's-breech \Bear's"-breech`\, n. (Bot.) (a) See {Acanthus}, n., 1. (b) The English cow parsnip ({Heracleum sphondylium}) --Dr. Prior.
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Bear's-foot \Bear's"-foot`\ (-f[oocr]t`), n. (Bot.) A species of hellebore ({Helleborus f[d2]tidus}), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
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Bear's-paw \Bear's"-paw`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies ({Hippopus maculatus}), often used as an ornament.
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Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
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Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffed \Ruffed\, a. Furnished with a ruff. {Ruffed grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also {tippet grouse}, {partridge}, {birch partridge}, {pheasant}, {drummer}, and {white-flesher}. {ruffed lemur} (Zo[94]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur varius}) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also {ruffed maucaco}.
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Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
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Borax \Bo"rax\, n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b[?]rag, fr. Pers. b[?]rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. {Borax bead}. (Chem.) See {Bead}, n., 3.
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Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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Bumkin \Bum"kin\, n. [Boom a beam + -kin. See {Bumpkin}.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called {brace bumpkin}. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also {boomkin}.]
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Brachiopod \Brach"iopod\, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
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Brachypinacoid \Brach`ypin"acoid\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid.] (Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
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Brachypterous \Brachyp"terous\, a. [Gr. [?] : cf. F. brachypt[8a]re.] (Zo[94]l.) Having short wings.
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}.
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}.
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}.
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Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also {Dutch gold}.
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touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.] Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}. {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape. {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland. {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. [Slang] {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] --Marryat. {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}. {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.
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Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also {Dutch gold}.
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touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.] Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}. {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape. {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland. {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. [Slang] {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] --Marryat. {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}. {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.
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Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also {Dutch gold}.
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Brass-visaged \Brass"-vis"aged\, a. Impudent; bold.
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Faith \Faith\, n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See {Bid}, {Bide}, and cf. {Confide}, {Defy}, {Fealty}.] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. 2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. --Coleridge. 3. (Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith. Without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. --Heb. xi. 6. The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called [bd]trust[b8] or [bd]confidence[b8] exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. --Dr. T. Dwight. Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. --J. Hawes. 4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. Which to believe of her, Must be a faith that reason without miracle Could never plant in me. --Shak. Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. --Gal. i. 23. 5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. Children in whom is no faith. --Deut. xxvii. 20. Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, I should conceal. --Milton. 6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. For you alone I broke me faith with injured Palamon. --Dryden. 7. Credibility or truth. [R.] The faith of the foregoing narrative. --Mitford. {Act of faith}. See {Auto-da-f[82]}. {Breach of faith}, {Confession of faith}, etc. See under {Breach}, {Confession}, etc. {Faith cure}, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. {In good faith}, with perfect sincerity.
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, n. [F. privil[8a]ge, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See {Private}, and {Legal}.] 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. --Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. --Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. --Burke. 2. (Stockbroker's Cant) See {Call}, {Put}, {Spread}, etc. {Breach of privilege}. See under {Breach}. {Question of privilege} (Parliamentary practice), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such. {Water privilege}, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] {Writ of privilege} (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. --Blackstone. Syn: Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty. Usage: {Privilege}, {Prerogative}. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children.
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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Peace \Peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease}, {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to requite.] A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. (b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. (c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience. (d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. [bd]The eternal love and pees.[b8] --Chaucer. Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. [bd]Peace! foolish woman.[b8] --Shak. {At peace}, in a state of peace. {Breach of the peace}. See under {Breach}. {Justice of the peace}. See under {Justice}. {Peace of God}. (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct. (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God. {Peace offering}. (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him. (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person. {Peace officer}, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable. {To hold one's peace}, to be silent; to refrain from speaking. {To make one's peace with}, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. [bd]I will make your peace with him.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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Breakable \Break"a*ble\, a. Capable of being broken.
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Dengue \Den"gue\ (d[ecr][nsm]"g[asl]), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also {breakbone fever}. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. Note: This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. --Tully.
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Breakbone fever \Break"bone` fe`ver\ (Med.) See {Dengue}.
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Dengue \Den"gue\ (d[ecr][nsm]"g[asl]), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also {breakbone fever}. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. Note: This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. --Tully.
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Breakbone fever \Break"bone` fe`ver\ (Med.) See {Dengue}.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, n. [Break + fast.] 1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. --Shak. 2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. --Dryden.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {breakfasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breakfasting}.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. t. To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {breakfasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breakfasting}.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {breakfasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breakfasting}.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
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Break-up \Break"-up`\, n. Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
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Breech pin \Breech" pin`\, Breech screw \Breech" screw`\ . A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
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Plug \Plug\, n. {Breech plug} (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded. Plug board \Plug board\ (Elec.) A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.
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Breechblock \Breech"block\, n. The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Horsefly \Horse"fly`\, n.; pl. {Horseflies}. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any dipterous fly of the family {Tabanid[91]}, that stings horses, and sucks their blood. Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also {breeze fly}. See Illust. under {Diptera}, and {Breeze fly}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The horse tick or forest fly ({Hippobosca}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Horsefly \Horse"fly`\, n.; pl. {Horseflies}. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any dipterous fly of the family {Tabanid[91]}, that stings horses, and sucks their blood. Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also {breeze fly}. See Illust. under {Diptera}, and {Breeze fly}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The horse tick or forest fly ({Hippobosca}).
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Bric-a brac \Bric"-a brac`\, n. [F.] Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively. {A piece of bric-a-brac}, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
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Brickbat \Brick"bat`\, n. A piece or fragment of a brick. See {Bat}, 4. --Bacon.
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Brickfielder \Brick"field`er\, n. [Australia] 1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north; -- now usually called {southerly buster}. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city. 2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
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Killifish \Kil"li*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus {Fundulus} and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also {minnow}, and {brook fish}. See {Minnow}.
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Browspot \Brow"spot`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.
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Scrub \Scrub\, n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. [bd]A sorry scrub.[b8] --Bunyan. We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. 2. Something small and mean. 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] {Scrub bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird of the family {Atrichornithid[91]}, as {Atrichia clamosa}; -- called also {brush bird}. {Scrub oak} (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is {Quercus ilicifolia}, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Q. Catesb[91]i}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Q. undulata}, var. Gambelii. {Scrub robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird of the genus {Drymodes}.
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d8Nymphales \[d8]Nym*pha"les\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also {brush-footed butterflies}.
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Burghbote \Burgh"bote`\, n. [Burgh + bote.] (Old Law) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
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Burghbrech \Burgh"brech`\, n. [Burgh + F. br[8a]che, equiv. to E. breach.] (AS. Law) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. --Burrill.
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Bursiform \Bur"si*form\, a. [LL. bursa purse + -form.] Shaped like a purse.
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Option \Op"tion\, n. [L. optio; akin to optare to choose, wish, optimus best, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. option.] 1. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative. There is an option left to the United States of America, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a nation. --Washington. 2. The exercise of the power of choice; choice. Transplantation must proceed from the option of the people, else it sounds like an exile. --Bacon. 3. A wishing; a wish. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. (Ch. of Eng.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845. 5. (Stock Exchange) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit. {Buyer's option}, an option allowed to one who contracts to buy stocks at a certain future date and at a certain price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. {Seller's option}, an option allowed to one who contracts to deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. Such options are privileges for which a consideration is paid. {Local option}. See under {Local}. Syn: Choice; preference; selection. Usage: {Option}, {Choice}. Choice is an act of choosing; option often means liberty to choose, and implies freedom from constraint in the act of choosing.
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By-respect \By"-respect`\ (b[imac]"r[esl]sp[ecr]kt`), n. Private end or view; by-interest. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Brookeville, MD (town, FIPS 10225) Location: 39.17665 N, 77.05736 W Population (1990): 54 (21 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 20833
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookfield, CT Zip code(s): 06804 Brookfield, IL (village, FIPS 8576) Location: 41.82430 N, 87.84776 W Population (1990): 18876 (7680 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60513 Brookfield, MA Zip code(s): 01506 Brookfield, MO (city, FIPS 8650) Location: 39.78575 N, 93.07632 W Population (1990): 4888 (2469 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64628 Brookfield, NY Zip code(s): 13314 Brookfield, OH Zip code(s): 44403 Brookfield, VT Zip code(s): 05036 Brookfield, WI (city, FIPS 10025) Location: 43.06280 N, 88.11976 W Population (1990): 35184 (12254 housing units) Area: 69.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53005, 53045
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookfield Center, OH (CDP, FIPS 9200) Location: 41.24050 N, 80.55819 W Population (1990): 1396 (542 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookford, NC (town, FIPS 8140) Location: 35.70245 N, 81.34686 W Population (1990): 451 (205 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookhaven, MS (city, FIPS 8820) Location: 31.58341 N, 90.44529 W Population (1990): 10243 (4196 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39601 Brookhaven, NY (CDP, FIPS 9000) Location: 40.78025 N, 72.91301 W Population (1990): 3118 (1097 housing units) Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11719 Brookhaven, PA (borough, FIPS 9080) Location: 39.87055 N, 75.39128 W Population (1990): 8567 (3595 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19015 Brookhaven, WV (CDP, FIPS 10420) Location: 39.61035 N, 79.88441 W Population (1990): 3836 (1589 housing units) Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookpark, OH Zip code(s): 44142
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookport, IL (city, FIPS 8706) Location: 37.12500 N, 88.62717 W Population (1990): 1070 (493 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brooks A F B, TX Zip code(s): 78235
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brooksburg, IN (town, FIPS 8092) Location: 38.73500 N, 85.24384 W Population (1990): 79 (43 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brooksville, FL (city, FIPS 8800) Location: 28.55442 N, 82.39296 W Population (1990): 7440 (3953 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34601, 34613, 34614 Brooksville, KY (city, FIPS 10000) Location: 38.68254 N, 84.06669 W Population (1990): 670 (315 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41004 Brooksville, ME Zip code(s): 04617 Brooksville, MS (town, FIPS 8980) Location: 33.23255 N, 88.58256 W Population (1990): 1098 (410 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39739 Brooksville, OK (town, FIPS 9400) Location: 35.21408 N, 96.95569 W Population (1990): 69 (27 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookview, MD (town, FIPS 10575) Location: 38.57443 N, 75.79511 W Population (1990): 64 (26 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brookville, IN (town, FIPS 8182) Location: 39.42359 N, 85.00836 W Population (1990): 2529 (1144 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47012 Brookville, KS (city, FIPS 8575) Location: 38.77370 N, 97.86419 W Population (1990): 226 (101 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67425 Brookville, NY (village, FIPS 10132) Location: 40.80750 N, 73.57027 W Population (1990): 3716 (622 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Brookville, OH (village, FIPS 9358) Location: 39.83567 N, 84.41500 W Population (1990): 4621 (1873 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45309 Brookville, PA (borough, FIPS 9224) Location: 41.16160 N, 79.08283 W Population (1990): 4184 (1910 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bruceville, IN (town, FIPS 8578) Location: 38.75811 N, 87.41441 W Population (1990): 471 (212 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47516 Bruceville, TX Zip code(s): 76630
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bruceville-Eddy, TX (city, FIPS 10828) Location: 31.30577 N, 97.24850 W Population (1990): 1075 (446 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brush Prairie, WA (CDP, FIPS 8465) Location: 45.73140 N, 122.55138 W Population (1990): 2650 (916 housing units) Area: 20.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98606
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brush Valley, PA Zip code(s): 15720
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bryceville, FL Zip code(s): 32009
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burkburnett, TX (city, FIPS 11368) Location: 34.07916 N, 98.56481 W Population (1990): 10145 (4173 housing units) Area: 24.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76354
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burkeville, TX Zip code(s): 75932 Burkeville, VA (town, FIPS 11560) Location: 37.18698 N, 78.20198 W Population (1990): 535 (240 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23922
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burkville, AL Zip code(s): 36752
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
break-even point n. In the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language in itself. That is, for a new language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one has reached break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation language, and thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to develop newer ones. This is an important milestone; see {MFTL}. Since this entry was first written, several correspondents have reported that there actually was a compiler for a tiny Algol-like language called Foogol floating around on various {VAXen} in the early and mid-1980s. A FOOGOL implementation is available at the Retrocomputing Museum `http://www.ccil.org/retro'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
break-even point In the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language in itself. That is, for a new language called, hypothetically, FOOGOL, one has reached break-even when one can write a demonstration compiler for FOOGOL in FOOGOL, discard the original implementation language, and thereafter use working versions of FOOGOL to develop newer ones. This is an important milestone. See {My Favourite Toy Language}. [There actually is a language called {Foogol}].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
breakpoint A point in a {program} that, when reached, triggers some special behavior useful to the process of {debugging}; generally, breakpoints are used to either pause program {execution}, and/or {dump} the values of some or all of the program {variables}. Breakpoints may be part of the program itself; or they may be set by the programmer as part of an {interactive} session with a debugging tool for scrutinizing the program's execution. (1999-06-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Barsabas son of Saba, the surname (1) of Joseph, also called Justus (Acts 1:23), some identify him with Barnabas; (2) of Judas, who was a "prophet." Nothing more is known of him than what is mentioned in Acts 15:32.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beersheba well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:2; 1 Chr. 4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (Judg. 20:1; 1 Chr. 21:2; 2 Sam. 24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb. After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Neh. 11:30). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. 19:4). The name is not found in the New Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es-Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Barsabas, son of return; son of rest
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beersheba, the well of an oath; the seventh well