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   bail bond
         n 1: (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" [syn: {bail}, {bail bond},
               {bond}]

English Dictionary: belieben zu by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ball-peen hammer
n
  1. a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ballpen
n
  1. a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
    Synonym(s): ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ballpoint
n
  1. a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
    Synonym(s): ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ballpoint pen
n
  1. a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
    Synonym(s): ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
believe in
v
  1. have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something; "John believes in oat bran"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
believing
n
  1. the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
believingly
adv
  1. in a credulous manner; "the children followed the teacher credulously"
    Synonym(s): credulously, believingly
    Antonym(s): disbelievingly, incredulously, unbelievingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bell founder
n
  1. a person who casts metal bells
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bell foundry
n
  1. a foundry where bells are cast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellyband
n
  1. a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
  2. a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bill of entry
n
  1. a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bill of indictment
n
  1. a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
    Synonym(s): indictment, bill of indictment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
billabong
n
  1. a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
  2. a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue funk
n
  1. a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [syn: funk, blue funk]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue pimpernel
n
  1. an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
    Synonym(s): blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed, Scutellaria lateriflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue point
n
  1. oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
    Synonym(s): bluepoint, blue point
  2. small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
    Synonym(s): bluepoint, blue point
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue point Siamese
n
  1. Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue pointed
n
  1. common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
    Synonym(s): bonito shark, blue pointed, Isurus glaucus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue-pencil
v
  1. cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: edit, blue-pencil, delete]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluebonnet
n
  1. low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus subcarnosus
  2. a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side
    Synonym(s): Balmoral, bluebonnet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluefin
n
  1. flesh of very large tuna
    Synonym(s): bluefin, bluefin tuna
  2. largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
    Synonym(s): bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluefin tuna
n
  1. flesh of very large tuna
    Synonym(s): bluefin, bluefin tuna
  2. largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
    Synonym(s): bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluepoint
n
  1. oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
    Synonym(s): bluepoint, blue point
  2. small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
    Synonym(s): bluepoint, blue point
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluffness
n
  1. good-natured frankness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bolivian
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Bolivia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bolivian monetary unit
n
  1. monetary unit in Bolivia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boliviano
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bull pine
n
  1. common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature
    Synonym(s): ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine, bull pine, Pinus ponderosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bullfinch
n
  1. United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
    Synonym(s): Bullfinch, Charles Bullfinch
  2. common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
    Synonym(s): bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bullpen
n
  1. a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
  2. a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
    Synonym(s): bullpen, detention cell, detention centre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bail bond \Bail" bond`\ (Law)
            (a) A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his
                  surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court,
                  at the return of the writ.
            (b) Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
                  --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,
      palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st
      {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.]
      1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,
            a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
  
      2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play
            with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
  
      3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,
            kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}.
  
      4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
            lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a
            cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,
            powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms
            are commonly called {bullets}.
  
      5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into
            the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst
            and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;
            as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
  
      6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle
            called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for
            inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
  
      7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;
            as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
  
      8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly
            given to horses; a bolus. --White.
  
      9. The globe or earth. --Pope.
  
                     Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.
  
      {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within
            a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction
            within certain limits.
  
      {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the
            friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal
            balls.
  
      {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as
            distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only
            powder.
  
      {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by
            the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of
            a lever.
  
      {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits
            lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining
            the pivot in its socket. --Knight.
  
      {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock.
  
      {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its
            lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.
  
      {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed
            in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a
            valve.
  
      {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose
            masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.
           
  
      {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign
            or shop.
  
      Syn: See {Globe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS.
      ge-), fr. AS. gel[?]fan, gel[?]fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG.
      gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil[?]bian, Goth. galaubjan, and
      Goth. liubs dear. See {Lief}, a., {Leave}, n.]
      To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or
      testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon
      evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of
      the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge;
      to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to
      think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or
      a doctrine.
  
               Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty).
                                                                              --Milton.
  
               King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts
                                                                              xxvi. 27.
  
               Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that
               Jesus Christ is the Son of God.               --Acts viii.
                                                                              37.
  
      Syn: See {Expect}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Believing \Be*liev"ing\, a.
      That believes; having belief. -- {Be*liev"ing*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Believing \Be*liev"ing\, a.
      That believes; having belief. -- {Be*liev"ing*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]
      1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
            cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
            and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
  
      Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
               have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
               tin.
  
      {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
            House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
            the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
            been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim
            liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
            thereof.[b8]
  
      2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
            ball which causes it to sound when moved.
  
      3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
            flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
            between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
            naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
            within the leafage of a capital.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
            or the time so designated.
  
      Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
               eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
               it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,
               and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes
               is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
               which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
  
      {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the
            prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
            --Fuller.
  
      {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
            to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
            team or drove, when wearing a bell.
  
      {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of
            excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
            bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
            being used, and three candles being extinguished with
            certain ceremonies. --Nares.
  
      {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single
            fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.
  
      {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
  
      Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
               bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
               bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
               self-explaining.
  
      {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
            curve of an ogee.
  
      {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame
            constructed to carry one or more large bells.
  
      {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
            frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
            used to contain and support one or more bells.
  
      {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
            roof to the rooms below.
  
      {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
            bells.
  
      {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are
            founded or cast.
  
      {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
            pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
            bells.
  
      {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.
  
      {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
  
      {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
            or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
            --Aytoun.
  
      {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
            when used.
  
      {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
            business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
            musical bells for public entertainment.
  
      {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
            lines of a bell.
  
      {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
           
  
      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.
  
      {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]
      1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
            cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
            and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
  
      Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
               have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
               tin.
  
      {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
            House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
            the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
            been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim
            liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
            thereof.[b8]
  
      2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
            ball which causes it to sound when moved.
  
      3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
            flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
            between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
            naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
            within the leafage of a capital.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
            or the time so designated.
  
      Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
               eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
               it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,
               and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes
               is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
               which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
  
      {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the
            prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
            --Fuller.
  
      {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
            to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
            team or drove, when wearing a bell.
  
      {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of
            excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
            bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
            being used, and three candles being extinguished with
            certain ceremonies. --Nares.
  
      {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single
            fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.
  
      {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
  
      Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
               bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
               bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
               self-explaining.
  
      {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
            curve of an ogee.
  
      {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame
            constructed to carry one or more large bells.
  
      {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
            frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
            used to contain and support one or more bells.
  
      {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
            roof to the rooms below.
  
      {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
            bells.
  
      {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are
            founded or cast.
  
      {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
            pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
            bells.
  
      {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.
  
      {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
  
      {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
            or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
            --Aytoun.
  
      {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
            when used.
  
      {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
            business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
            musical bells for public entertainment.
  
      {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
            lines of a bell.
  
      {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
           
  
      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.
  
      {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]
      1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
            cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
            and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
  
      Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
               have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
               tin.
  
      {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
            House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
            the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
            been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim
            liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
            thereof.[b8]
  
      2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
            ball which causes it to sound when moved.
  
      3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
            flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
            between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
            naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
            within the leafage of a capital.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
            or the time so designated.
  
      Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
               eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
               it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,
               and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes
               is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
               which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
  
      {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the
            prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
            --Fuller.
  
      {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
            to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
            team or drove, when wearing a bell.
  
      {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of
            excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
            bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
            being used, and three candles being extinguished with
            certain ceremonies. --Nares.
  
      {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single
            fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.
  
      {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
  
      Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
               bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
               bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
               self-explaining.
  
      {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
            curve of an ogee.
  
      {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame
            constructed to carry one or more large bells.
  
      {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
            frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
            used to contain and support one or more bells.
  
      {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
            roof to the rooms below.
  
      {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
            bells.
  
      {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are
            founded or cast.
  
      {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
            pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
            bells.
  
      {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.
  
      {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
  
      {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
            or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
            --Aytoun.
  
      {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
            when used.
  
      {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
            business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
            musical bells for public entertainment.
  
      {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
            lines of a bell.
  
      {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
           
  
      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.
  
      {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.]
      1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for
            different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for
            perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances,
            or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for
            buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
  
      2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a
            pile; a dolly.
  
      3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
  
      {Bell punch}. See under {Bell}.
  
      {Belt punch} (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making
            holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts.
  
      {Punch press}. See {Punching machine}, under {Punch}, v. i.
           
  
      {Punch pliers}, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel
            punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating
            leather, paper, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]
      1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
            cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
            and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
  
      Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
               have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
               tin.
  
      {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
            House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
            the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
            been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim
            liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
            thereof.[b8]
  
      2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
            ball which causes it to sound when moved.
  
      3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
            flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
            between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
            naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
            within the leafage of a capital.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
            or the time so designated.
  
      Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
               eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
               it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,
               and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes
               is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
               which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
  
      {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the
            prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
            --Fuller.
  
      {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
            to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
            team or drove, when wearing a bell.
  
      {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of
            excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
            bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
            being used, and three candles being extinguished with
            certain ceremonies. --Nares.
  
      {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single
            fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.
  
      {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
  
      Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
               bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
               bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
               self-explaining.
  
      {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
            curve of an ogee.
  
      {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame
            constructed to carry one or more large bells.
  
      {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
            frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
            used to contain and support one or more bells.
  
      {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
            roof to the rooms below.
  
      {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
            bells.
  
      {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are
            founded or cast.
  
      {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
            pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
            bells.
  
      {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.
  
      {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
  
      {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
            or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
            --Aytoun.
  
      {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
            when used.
  
      {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
            business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
            musical bells for public entertainment.
  
      {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
            lines of a bell.
  
      {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
           
  
      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.
  
      {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bellibone \Bel"li*bone\, n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and
      good.]
      A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
      [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bellyband \Bel"ly*band`\, n.
      1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds
            the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
  
      2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
  
      3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bellybound \Bel"ly*bound`\, a.
      Costive; constipated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Belly-pinched \Bel"ly-pinched`\, a.
      Pinched with hunger; starved. [bd]The belly-pinched wolf.[b8]
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F.
      entr[82]e, fr. entrer to enter. See {Enter}, and cf.
      {Entr[82]e}.]
      1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
            ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
            entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
            river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
            entry upon an undertaking.
  
      2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
            writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
            of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
  
                     A notary made an entry of this act.   --Bacon.
  
      3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
            house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
            adit, as of a mine.
  
                     A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
  
      4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
            the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
            giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
            customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
            See {Enter}, v. t., 8, and {Entrance}, n., 5.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
                  entering or setting foot on them.
            (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
            (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
                  constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
  
      {Bill of entry}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Double entry}, {Single entry}. See {Bookkeeping}.
  
      {Entry clerk} (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
            of transactions in a business.
  
      {Writ of entry} (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
            obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
            entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
      for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
      edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
      bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a
      paper.]
      1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
            the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
            fault committed by some person against a law.
  
      2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
            sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
            interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
  
      Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
               note of hand, or a promissory note.
  
      3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
            enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  
      4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
            to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
            of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
  
                     She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
  
      5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
            with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
            claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
  
      6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
            bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
            mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
  
      {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.
  
      {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the
            total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
           
  
      {Bill of credit}.
            (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
                  issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
                  State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
                  shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.
                  --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier
            (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
                  person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
                  the bearer for goods or money.
  
      {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
            husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
            dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
  
      {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the
            customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
           
  
      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.
  
      {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from
            one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
            to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
            generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
            to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
            expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
            drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
            the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
            acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
            acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
            paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
            himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
            a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.
  
      {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the
            dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
            prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
           
  
      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities
            as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
            of her leaving port.
  
      {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented
            to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
            sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it
            [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not
            a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or
            [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]
  
      {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any
            person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
            by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
            promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
            dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
            sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
            he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
            one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
  
      {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of
            deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
            district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
            place within the bills of mortality of London.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature
            which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
            supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
            conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
            --Bouvier. --Wharton.
  
      {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the
            buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
            each.
  
      {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the
            items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
            defendant's set-off.
  
      {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
            by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
            Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
            Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
            became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
            of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
            several States.
  
      {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
            transfer of goods and chattels.
  
      {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
            goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
            full information, may be provisionally landed for
            examination.
  
      {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to
            merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
            necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
  
      {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
            acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
  
      {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
            acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
  
      {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
            jury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indictment \In*dict"ment\, n. [Cf. {Inditement}.]
      1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
  
      2. (Law) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the
            prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand
            jury.
  
      Note: To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand
               jury is essential, while an information rests only on
               presentation by the prosecuting authority.
  
      3. An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
  
      {Bill of indictment}. See under {Bill}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
      for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
      edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
      bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a
      paper.]
      1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
            the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
            fault committed by some person against a law.
  
      2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
            sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
            interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
  
      Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
               note of hand, or a promissory note.
  
      3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
            enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  
      4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
            to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
            of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
  
                     She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
  
      5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
            with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
            claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
  
      6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
            bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
            mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
  
      {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.
  
      {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the
            total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
           
  
      {Bill of credit}.
            (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
                  issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
                  State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
                  shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.
                  --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier
            (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
                  person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
                  the bearer for goods or money.
  
      {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
            husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
            dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
  
      {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the
            customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
           
  
      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.
  
      {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from
            one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
            to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
            generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
            to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
            expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
            drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
            the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
            acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
            acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
            paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
            himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
            a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.
  
      {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the
            dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
            prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
           
  
      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities
            as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
            of her leaving port.
  
      {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented
            to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
            sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it
            [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not
            a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or
            [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]
  
      {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any
            person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
            by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
            promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
            dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
            sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
            he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
            one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
  
      {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of
            deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
            district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
            place within the bills of mortality of London.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature
            which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
            supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
            conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
            --Bouvier. --Wharton.
  
      {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the
            buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
            each.
  
      {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the
            items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
            defendant's set-off.
  
      {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
            by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
            Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
            Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
            became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
            of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
            several States.
  
      {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
            transfer of goods and chattels.
  
      {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
            goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
            full information, may be provisionally landed for
            examination.
  
      {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to
            merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
            necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
  
      {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
            acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
  
      {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
            acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
  
      {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
            jury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortality \Mor*tal"i*ty\, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F.
      mortalit[82].]
      1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to
            death or to the necessity of dying.
  
                     When I saw her die, I then did think on your
                     mortality.                                          --Carew.
  
      2. Human life; the life of a mortal being.
  
                     From this instant There 's nothing serious in
                     mortality.                                          --Shak.
  
      3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;
            humanity; human nature.
  
                     Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope.
  
      4. Death; destruction. --Shak.
  
      5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a
            given community; also, the proportion of deaths to
            population, or to a specific number of the population;
            death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the
            mortality among the settlers was alarming.
  
      {Bill of mortality}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Law of mortality}, a mathematical relation between the
            numbers living at different ages, so that from a given
            large number of persons alive at one age, it can be
            computed what number are likely to survive a given number
            of years.
  
      {Table of mortality}, a table exhibiting the average relative
            number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the
            end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed
            to have been born at the same time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
      for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
      edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
      bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a
      paper.]
      1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
            the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
            fault committed by some person against a law.
  
      2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
            sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
            interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
  
      Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
               note of hand, or a promissory note.
  
      3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
            enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  
      4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
            to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
            of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
  
                     She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
  
      5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
            with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
            claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
  
      6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
            bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
            mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
  
      {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.
  
      {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the
            total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
           
  
      {Bill of credit}.
            (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
                  issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
                  State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
                  shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.
                  --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier
            (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
                  person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
                  the bearer for goods or money.
  
      {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
            husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
            dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
  
      {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the
            customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
           
  
      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.
  
      {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from
            one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
            to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
            generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
            to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
            expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
            drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
            the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
            acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
            acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
            paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
            himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
            a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.
  
      {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the
            dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
            prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
           
  
      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities
            as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
            of her leaving port.
  
      {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented
            to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
            sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it
            [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not
            a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or
            [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]
  
      {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any
            person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
            by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
            promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
            dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
            sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
            he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
            one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
  
      {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of
            deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
            district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
            place within the bills of mortality of London.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature
            which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
            supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
            conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
            --Bouvier. --Wharton.
  
      {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the
            buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
            each.
  
      {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the
            items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
            defendant's set-off.
  
      {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
            by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
            Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
            Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
            became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
            of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
            several States.
  
      {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
            transfer of goods and chattels.
  
      {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
            goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
            full information, may be provisionally landed for
            examination.
  
      {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to
            merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
            necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
  
      {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
            acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
  
      {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
            acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
  
      {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
            jury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pain \Pain\, n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty,
      punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. [?] penalty. Cf.
      {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.]
      1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil
            inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the
            commission of a crime; penalty. --Chaucer.
  
                     We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. --Dryden.
  
                     None shall presume to fly, under pain of death.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight
            uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from
            a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by
            violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a
            smart. [bd]The pain of Jesus Christ.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory
               nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some
               kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally
               referred to the peripheral end of the nerve.
  
      3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
  
                     She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came
                     upon her.                                          --1 Sam. iv.
                                                                              19.
  
      4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety;
            grief; solicitude; anguish. --Chaucer.
  
                     In rapture as in pain.                        --Keble.
  
      5. See {Pains}, labor, effort.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {To die in the pain}, to be tortured to death. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penalty \Pe"nal*ty\, n.; pl. {Penalties}. [F. p[82]nalit[82].
      See {Penal}.]
      1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the
            suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or
            judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense,
            or trespass.
  
                     Death is the penalty imposed.            --Milton.
  
      2. The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a
            person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case
            of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
  
                     The penalty and forfeit of my bond.   --Shak.
  
      3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant]
  
      Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a
               pecuniary punishment.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {On}, [or] {Under}, {penalty of}, on pain of; with exposure
            to the penalty of, in case of transgression.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
      for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
      edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
      bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a
      paper.]
      1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
            the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
            fault committed by some person against a law.
  
      2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
            sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
            interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
  
      Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
               note of hand, or a promissory note.
  
      3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
            enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  
      4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
            to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
            of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
  
                     She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
  
      5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
            with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
            claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
  
      6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
            bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
            mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
  
      {Bill of adventure}. See under {Adventure}.
  
      {Bill of costs}, a statement of the items which form the
            total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
           
  
      {Bill of credit}.
            (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
                  issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
                  State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
                  shall [bd]emit bills of credit.[b8] --U. S. Const.
                  --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier
            (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
                  person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
                  the bearer for goods or money.
  
      {Bill of divorce}, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
            husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
            dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
  
      {Bill of entry}, a written account of goods entered at the
            customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
           
  
      {Bill of exceptions}. See under {Exception}.
  
      {Bill of exchange} (Com.), a written order or request from
            one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
            to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
            generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
            to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
            expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
            drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
            the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
            acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
            acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
            paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
            himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
            a draft. See {Exchange}. --Chitty.
  
      {Bill of fare}, a written or printed enumeration of the
            dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
            prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
           
  
      {Bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authorities
            as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
            of her leaving port.
  
      {Bill of indictment}, a written accusation lawfully presented
            to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
            sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it
            [bd]A true bill,[b8] otherwise they write upon it [bd]Not
            a true bill,[b8] or [bd]Not found,[b8] or
            [bd]Ignoramus[b8], or [bd]Ignored.[b8]
  
      {Bill of lading}, a written account of goods shipped by any
            person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
            by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
            promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
            dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
            sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
            he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
            one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
  
      {Bill of mortality}, an official statement of the number of
            deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
            district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
            place within the bills of mortality of London.
  
      {Bill of pains and penalties}, a special act of a legislature
            which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
            supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
            conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
            --Bouvier. --Wharton.
  
      {Bill of parcels}, an account given by the seller to the
            buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
            each.
  
      {Bill of particulars} (Law), a detailed statement of the
            items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
            defendant's set-off.
  
      {Bill of rights}, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
            by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
            Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
            Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
            became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
            of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
            several States.
  
      {Bill of sale}, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
            transfer of goods and chattels.
  
      {Bill of sight}, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
            goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
            full information, may be provisionally landed for
            examination.
  
      {Bill of store}, a license granted at the customhouse to
            merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
            necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
  
      {Bills payable} (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
            acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
  
      {Bills receivable} (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
            acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
  
      {A true bill}, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
            jury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Billabong \Bil"la*bong`\, n. [Native name.]
      In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; --
      sometimes called an {anabranch}. This is the sense of the
      word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has
      also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming
      stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a
      source.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blab \Blab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G.
      plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative
      origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.]
      To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner;
      to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or
      discretion. --Udall.
  
               And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his
               patient.                                                --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blowpoint \Blow"point`\, n.
      A child's game. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue bonnet \Blue" bon`net\ or Blue-bonnet \Blue"-bon`net\, n.
      1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing
            such cap; a Scotchman.
  
      2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as {Bluebottle}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The European blue titmouse ({Parus
            c[d2]ruleus}); the bluecap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue bonnet \Blue" bon`net\ or Blue-bonnet \Blue"-bon`net\, n.
      1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing
            such cap; a Scotchman.
  
      2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as {Bluebottle}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The European blue titmouse ({Parus
            c[d2]ruleus}); the bluecap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluefin \Blue"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of whitefish ({Coregonus nigripinnis}) found in
      Lake Michigan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue-veined \Blue"-veined`\, a.
      Having blue veins or blue streaks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluff \Bluff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bluffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bluffing}.]
      1. (Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of
            betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by
            betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less
            value. [U. S.]
  
      2. To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by
            making a show of confidence in one's strength or
            resources; as, he bluffed me off. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluffness \Bluff"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being bluff.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bolivian \Bo*liv"i*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Bolivia. -- n. A native of Bolivia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bull \Bull\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
      fierce.
  
      {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
            loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
            evening.
  
      {Bull calf}.
      (a) A stupid fellow.
  
      {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.
  
      {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,
            in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
  
      {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.
           
  
      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.
  
      {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
            lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,
            etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bullfinch \Bull"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A bird of the genus {Pyrrhula} and other related genera,
      especially the {P. vulgaris [or] rubicilla}, a bird of Europe
      allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck,
      red.
  
      Note: As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable
               power of learning to whistle correctly various musical
               airs.
  
      {Crimson-fronted bullfinch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Burion}.
  
      {Pine bullfinch}, the pine finch.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Belhaven, NC (town, FIPS 4640)
      Location: 35.54370 N, 76.62473 W
      Population (1990): 2269 (980 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27810

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Belle Haven, VA (CDP, FIPS 5928)
      Location: 38.77730 N, 77.05745 W
      Population (1990): 6427 (3233 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
   Belle Haven, VA (town, FIPS 5912)
      Location: 37.55392 N, 75.82914 W
      Population (1990): 526 (245 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23306

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bellefontaine, OH (city, FIPS 5130)
      Location: 40.35997 N, 83.75699 W
      Population (1990): 12142 (5127 housing units)
      Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43311

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   Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (city, FIPS 4222)
      Location: 38.75203 N, 90.22689 W
      Population (1990): 10922 (4562 housing units)
      Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bellefonte, AR (town, FIPS 4900)
      Location: 36.20043 N, 93.04636 W
      Population (1990): 361 (163 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bellefonte, DE (town, FIPS 4650)
      Location: 39.76630 N, 75.49831 W
      Population (1990): 1243 (523 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bellefonte, KY (city, FIPS 5374)
      Location: 38.49840 N, 82.68843 W
      Population (1990): 838 (347 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bellefonte, PA (borough, FIPS 5256)
      Location: 40.91377 N, 77.76858 W
      Population (1990): 6358 (2772 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blevins, AR (city, FIPS 7030)
      Location: 33.87113 N, 93.57725 W
      Population (1990): 253 (135 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71825

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blue Point, NY (CDP, FIPS 7069)
      Location: 40.75028 N, 73.03503 W
      Population (1990): 4230 (1548 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11715

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   Bluff Point, NY
      Zip code(s): 14478
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