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   Band of Partisans
         n 1: an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in
               the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for
               murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese
               government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by
               al-Qaeda [syn: {Asbat al-Ansar}, {Band of Partisans}]

English Dictionary: bend over backwards by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandbox
n
  1. a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandy about
v
  1. discuss casually; "bandy about an idea"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
be on the ball
v
  1. be well-informed [syn: know the score, be with it, {be on the ball}, know what's going on, know what's what]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bean dip
n
  1. a dip made of cooked beans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bend over backwards
v
  1. try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"
    Synonym(s): fall over backwards, bend over backwards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bendability
n
  1. the property of being easily bent without breaking [syn: bendability, pliability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bendable
adj
  1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
    Synonym(s): bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Benday process
n
  1. a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bendopa
n
  1. the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease
    Synonym(s): L-dopa, levodopa, Bendopa, Brocadopa, Larodopa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beyond doubt
adv
  1. in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted; "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers"; "his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt"
    Synonym(s): indubitably, beyond doubt, beyond a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt
adj
  1. too obvious to be doubted [syn: beyond doubt(p), indubitable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bhumi Devi
n
  1. Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bind off
v
  1. finish the last row
    Synonym(s): tie up, bind off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bind over
v
  1. order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bindable
adj
  1. capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond
    Synonym(s): bindable, bondable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bond paper
n
  1. a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
    Synonym(s): bond, bond paper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bondable
adj
  1. capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond
    Synonym(s): bindable, bondable
  2. capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bound form
n
  1. a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
    Synonym(s): bound morpheme, bound form
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bound off
v
  1. bound off one point after another [syn: skip, {bound off}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bound up
adj
  1. closely or inseparably connected or associated with; "his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise"
  2. deeply devoted to; "bound up in her teaching"; "is wrapped up in his family"
    Synonym(s): bound up, wrapped up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bountiful
adj
  1. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
    Synonym(s): big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
  2. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"
    Synonym(s): bountiful, plentiful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bountifully
adv
  1. in a bountiful manner [syn: bountifully, bounteously, plentifully, plenteously]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bountifulness
n
  1. the property of copious abundance [syn: amplitude, bountifulness, bounty]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy-and-bust operation
n
  1. an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
by and by
adv
  1. at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"
    Synonym(s): by and by, later
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
by-and-by
n
  1. an indefinite time in the future; "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably
      of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring
      circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.]
      1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used
            for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,
            and other decorative purposes.
  
      2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;
            sails torn to ribbons.
  
      3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}.
  
      4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um.
  
      5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth
            as wide.
  
      6. (Spinning) A silver.
  
      Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often
               used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
               of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are
               suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue
               ribbon}, under {Blue}.
  
      {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish
                  of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the
                  species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish
                  ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is
                  sometimes over twenty feet long.
            (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
            (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola},
                  having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European
                  species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout.
                  Called also {band fish}.
  
      {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having
            the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also
            {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}.
  
      {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca
            fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
            banded and striped with yellowish white.
  
      {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake
            ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with
            bright yellow and dark brown.
  
      {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early
            part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
            It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers
            banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took
            its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
           
  
      {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A tapeworm.
            (b) A nemertean.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Band fish \Band" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A small red fish of the genus {Cepola}; the ribbon fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably
      of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring
      circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.]
      1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used
            for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,
            and other decorative purposes.
  
      2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;
            sails torn to ribbons.
  
      3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}.
  
      4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um.
  
      5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth
            as wide.
  
      6. (Spinning) A silver.
  
      Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often
               used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
               of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are
               suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue
               ribbon}, under {Blue}.
  
      {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish
                  of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the
                  species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish
                  ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is
                  sometimes over twenty feet long.
            (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
            (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola},
                  having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European
                  species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout.
                  Called also {band fish}.
  
      {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having
            the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also
            {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}.
  
      {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca
            fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
            banded and striped with yellowish white.
  
      {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake
            ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with
            bright yellow and dark brown.
  
      {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early
            part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
            It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers
            banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took
            its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
           
  
      {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A tapeworm.
            (b) A nemertean.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Band fish \Band" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A small red fish of the genus {Cepola}; the ribbon fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. {Pulleys}. [F. poulie, perhaps of
      Teutonic origin (cf. {Poll}, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine,
      polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a
      colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. {Pullet},
      {Foal}). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam,
      originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.)
      A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting
      power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of
      machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means
      of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
  
      Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists,
               in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a
               sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by
               means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed
               point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope,
               is thus doubled, but can move the load through only
               half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also
               pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The
               end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block,
               instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of
               power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed
               block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power
               multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by
               workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See
               {Block}. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of
               power, but serves simply for changing the direction of
               motion.
  
      {Band pulley}, [or] {Belt pulley}, a pulley with a broad face
            for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means
            of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
  
      {Cone pulley}. See {Cone pulley}.
  
      {Conical pulley}, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the
            shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
  
      {Fast pulley}, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
  
      {Loose pulley}, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the
            transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose
            pulleys}, under {Fast}.
  
      {Parting pulley}, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves,
            which can be bolted together, to facilitate application
            to, or removal from, a shaft.
  
      {Pulley block}. Same as {Block}, n. 6.
  
      {Pulley stile} (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into
            which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
           
  
      {Split pulley}, a parting pulley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bandbox \Band"box`\, n.
      A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical,
      for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars,
      caps, bonnets, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bendable \Bend"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being bent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Debt \Debt\, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus
      owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- +
      habere to have. See {Habit}, and cf. {Debit}, {Due}.]
      1. That which is due from one person to another, whether
            money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound
            to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing
            owed; obligation; liability.
  
                     Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     When you run in debt, you give to another power over
                     your liberty.                                    --Franklin.
  
      2. A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
            [bd]Forgive us our debts.[b8] --Matt. vi. 12.
  
      3. (Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum
            of money alleged to be due. --Burrill.
  
      {Bond debt}, {Book debt}, etc. See under {Bond}, {Book}, etc.
           
  
      {Debt of nature}, death.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two
            bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic
            formul[91] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of
            {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}.
  
      {Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}.
  
      {Bond crediter} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
            bond. --Blackstone.
  
      {Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
            a bond. --Burrows.
  
      {Bond} ([or] {lap}) {of a slate}, the distance between the
            top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second
            slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
            thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
            under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
  
      {Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
            it longitudinally.
  
      Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.

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]:
   Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
      1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
  
      2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
  
      3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
  
      4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed
            by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound
            to fail.
  
      5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
  
      6. Constipated; costive.
  
      Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound,
               hidebound, etc.
  
      {Bound bailiff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves
            writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable
            for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually
            under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
  
      {Bound up in}, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
      1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
  
      2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
  
      3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
  
      4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed
            by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound
            to fail.
  
      5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
  
      6. Constipated; costive.
  
      Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound,
               hidebound, etc.
  
      {Bound bailiff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves
            writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable
            for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually
            under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
  
      {Bound up in}, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bountiful \Boun"ti*ful\, a.
      1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
  
                     God, the bountiful Author of our being. --Locke.
  
      2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.
  
      Syn: Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. --
               {Boun"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Boun"ti*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bountiful \Boun"ti*ful\, a.
      1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
  
                     God, the bountiful Author of our being. --Locke.
  
      2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.
  
      Syn: Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. --
               {Boun"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Boun"ti*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bountiful \Boun"ti*ful\, a.
      1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
  
                     God, the bountiful Author of our being. --Locke.
  
      2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.
  
      Syn: Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. --
               {Boun"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Boun"ti*ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by,
      of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,
      D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.
      E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.
      {Be-}.]
      1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;
            close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913
            Webster]
  
                     By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them
                     both.                                                --Milton.
  
      2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
  
                     Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.
  
                     By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.
  
      3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side
            of; past; as, to go by a church.
  
      4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty
            feet by forty.
  
      5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].
  
      6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with
            aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city
            is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take
            by force.
  
      Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,
               belong, more or less closely, most of the following
               uses of the word:
            (a) It points out the author and producer; as,
                  [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by
                  Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.
            (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or
                  thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by
                  all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a
                  Christian; no, by Heaven.
            (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;
                  after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his
                  account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a
                  model to build by.
            (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion
                  of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth
                  by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,
                  meat by the pound; to board by the year.
            (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or
                  deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,
                  it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;
                  as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen
                  by a third.
            (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the
                  course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.
            (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in
                  expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had
                  risen; he will be here by two o'clock.
  
      Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,
               or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,
               i.e., a point towards the east from the north;
               northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than
               northeast is.
  
      Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with
               which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;
               the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But
               there are many words which may be regarded as means or
               processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and
               whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter
               of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a
               reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;
               he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them
               with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of
               his sufferings. see {With}.
  
      {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.
  
      {By and by}.
            (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge
                  knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer.
            (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . .
                  persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he
                  is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21.
            (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.
  
      Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of
               nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of
               emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and
               soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less
               emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.
  
      {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.
  
      {By the bye}. See under {Bye}.
  
      {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;
            -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water
            than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the
            stern.
  
      {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she
            has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her
            stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.
  
      {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,
            instead of slacking off.
  
      {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental
            or secondary remark or subject.
  
      {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day,
            each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or
            separately; each severally.
  
      {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain.
  
      {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward.
  
      {To set by}, to value, to esteem.
  
      {To stand by}, to aid, to support.
  
      Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,
               and would be better written good-bye, as it is a
               corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bayonet Point, FL (CDP, FIPS 4187)
      Location: 28.32626 N, 82.68348 W
      Population (1990): 21860 (12489 housing units)
      Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bendavis, MO
      Zip code(s): 65433

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bondville, IL (village, FIPS 7211)
      Location: 40.11142 N, 88.36887 W
      Population (1990): 354 (167 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bondville, KY
      Zip code(s): 40372
   Bondville, VT
      Zip code(s): 05340

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bound Brook, NJ (borough, FIPS 6790)
      Location: 40.56755 N, 74.53774 W
      Population (1990): 9487 (3823 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08805

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bountiful, UT (city, FIPS 7690)
      Location: 40.87607 N, 111.86521 W
      Population (1990): 36659 (11488 housing units)
      Area: 27.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84010

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
  
      (BOHICA) An utterance of frustration by computer
      support personnel who anticipate being told (usually via
      phone) to do something that can't be done, by a boss who
      doesn't know his ass from deep center field about what he's
      asking his minions to do.
  
      (1995-09-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Benoit B. Mandelbrot
  
      {Benoit Mandelbrot}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   BMDP
  
      {BioMeDical Package}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   bound variable
  
      1. A bound variable or {formal argument} in a function
      definition is replaced by the {actual argument} when the
      function is applied.   In the {lambda abstraction}
  
      \ x . M
  
      x is the bound variable.   However, x is a {free variable} of
      the term M when M is considered on its own.   M is the {scope}
      of the binding of x.
  
      2. In logic a bound variable is a quantified variable.   See
      {quantifier}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bamoth-baal
      heights of Baal, a place on the river Arnon, or in the plains
      through which it flows, east of Jordan (Josh. 13:17; comp. Num.
      21:28). It has been supposed to be the same place as Bamoth.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   By and by
      immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
     
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