balas ruby
         n 1: a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn:
               {balas}, {balas ruby}]

English Dictionary: blass geworden	by the DICT Development Group
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balker n a person who refuses to comply [syn: balker, baulker, noncompliant]
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ball carrier n (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play Synonym(s): ball carrier, runner
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ball cartridge n a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
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balsa raft n a light raft made of balsa Synonym(s): balsa raft, Kon Tiki
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baulker n a person who refuses to comply [syn: balker, baulker, noncompliant]
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beleaguer v annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" Synonym(s): tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" Synonym(s): besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
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beleaguering n the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack Synonym(s): siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
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Belgrade n capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube Synonym(s): Belgrade, Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro
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Belisarius n Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians
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bell jar n a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases Synonym(s): bell jar, bell glass
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belligerence n hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency] a natural disposition to be hostile Synonym(s): aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity
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belligerency n hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency] fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" Synonym(s): hostilities, belligerency
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belligerent adj characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" Synonym(s): aggressive, belligerent engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" Synonym(s): belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring n someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
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belligerently adv with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently" Synonym(s): belligerently, hostilely
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bellyacher n a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining Synonym(s): whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker
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belowground adj under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns" Synonym(s): belowground, underground underneath the ground; "most of his friends are now belowground"
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Billy Graham n United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918) Synonym(s): Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham
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black archangel n ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers Synonym(s): black horehound, black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehound, Ballota nigra
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black art n the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world Synonym(s): sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy
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black caraway n herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway Synonym(s): black caraway, nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, Nigella sativa
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black carpet beetle n a carpet beetle that is solid black in color
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black cherry n large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit Synonym(s): black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh Synonym(s): sweet cherry, black cherry
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black cherry tree n large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit Synonym(s): black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina
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black crappie n a crappie that is black [syn: black crappie, {Pomoxis nigromaculatus}]
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black currant n widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries Synonym(s): black currant, European black currant, Ribes nigrum small black berries used in jams and jellies
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black grama n a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America) Synonym(s): black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda
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black greasewood n low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America Synonym(s): greasewood, black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus
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black grouse n grouse of which the male is bluish-black
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black horehound n ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers Synonym(s): black horehound, black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehound, Ballota nigra
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Black race n a dark-skinned race [syn: Black race, Negroid race, Negro race]
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black racer n blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet Synonym(s): blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor
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black raspberry n raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit Synonym(s): black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis
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black rat n common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide Synonym(s): black rat, roof rat, Rattus rattus
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black rat snake n large harmless shiny black North American snake [syn: black rat snake, blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta]
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black rhinoceros n African rhino; in danger of extinction [syn: {black rhinoceros}, Diceros bicornis]
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Black Rock Desert n a desert in northwestern Nevada
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black rockweed n a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure Synonym(s): bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus
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black root rot fungus n fungus causing black root rot in apples [syn: {black root rot fungus}, Xylaria mali]
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black rot n a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables
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black rudderfish n blackish fish of New England waters [syn: barrelfish, black rudderfish, Hyperglyphe perciformis]
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black squirrel n fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase
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black-crowned night heron n night heron of both Old and New Worlds [syn: {black-crowned night heron}, Nycticorax nycticorax]
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black-gray adj of dark grey [syn: black-grey, black-gray, {blackish- grey}, blackish-gray]
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black-grey adj of dark grey [syn: black-grey, black-gray, {blackish- grey}, blackish-gray]
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black-haired adj having hair of a dark color; "a dark-haired beauty" [syn: dark-haired, black-haired, brown-haired]
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blackguard n someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel] v subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" Synonym(s): ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" Synonym(s): abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
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blackguardly adj lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" Synonym(s): rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly
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blackheart n any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry Synonym(s): blackheart, blackheart cherry
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blackheart cherry n heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry [syn: blackheart, blackheart cherry]
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Blackshirt n a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
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blazer n lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school Synonym(s): blazer, sport jacket, sport coat, sports jacket, sports coat
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bleacher n a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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bleachers n an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached
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blizzard n a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds Synonym(s): blizzard, snowstorm a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" Synonym(s): rash, blizzard
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block grant n a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs; "block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare"
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blocker n a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process Synonym(s): blocker, blocking agent
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blogger n a person who keeps and updates a blog
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Blucher n Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819) Synonym(s): Blucher, von Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher a high shoe with laces over the tongue
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blue cardinal flower n tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers Synonym(s): great lobelia, blue cardinal flower, Lobelia siphilitica
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blue crab n Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America Synonym(s): blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
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blue curls n any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
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blue grama n a pasture grass of western North America [syn: {blue grama}, Bouteloua gracilis]
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blue grass n any of various grasses of the genus Poa [syn: bluegrass, blue grass]
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blue green n a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green" Synonym(s): bluish green, blue green, teal
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blue shark n slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters Synonym(s): blue shark, great blue shark, Prionace glauca
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blue-gray adj of grey tinged with blue [syn: blue-grey, blue-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-gray]
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blue-green adj of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, {blue- green}, cyan, teal]
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blue-green algae n predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton Synonym(s): cyanobacteria, blue-green algae
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blue-grey adj of grey tinged with blue [syn: blue-grey, blue-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-gray]
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bluegrass n any of various grasses of the genus Poa [syn: bluegrass, blue grass] an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses Synonym(s): Bluegrass, Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
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Bluegrass Country n an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses Synonym(s): Bluegrass, Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region
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Bluegrass Region n an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses Synonym(s): Bluegrass, Bluegrass Country, Bluegrass Region
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Bluegrass State n a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses Synonym(s): Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY
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Bluegrass Stater n a native or resident of Kentucky [syn: Kentuckian, Bluegrass Stater]
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blusher n yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched Synonym(s): blushing mushroom, blusher, Amanita rubescens makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks Synonym(s): rouge, paint, blusher
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bologram n record or recording made by a bolometer [syn: bologram, bolograph]
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bolograph n record or recording made by a bolometer [syn: bologram, bolograph]
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bolographic adj of or relating to a bolograph
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Bulgaria n a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe Synonym(s): Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria
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Bulgarian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people; "the Bulgarian capital is Sofia" n a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
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Bulgarian capital n capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria Synonym(s): Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian capital
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Bulgarian monetary unit n monetary unit in Bulgaria
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bulghur n parched crushed wheat [syn: bulgur, bulghur, {bulgur wheat}]
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bulgur n parched crushed wheat [syn: bulgur, bulghur, {bulgur wheat}]
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bulgur pilaf n pilaf made with bulgur wheat instead of rice and usually without meat
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bulgur wheat n parched crushed wheat [syn: bulgur, bulghur, {bulgur wheat}]
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bull shark n a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous Synonym(s): bull shark, cub shark, Carcharhinus leucas
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bullock heart n small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit Synonym(s): bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata
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bullock's heart n small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit Synonym(s): bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp Synonym(s): bullock's heart, Jamaica apple
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bullock's heart tree n small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit Synonym(s): bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata
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Bullock's oriole n western subspecies of northern oriole [syn: {Bullock's oriole}, Icterus galbula bullockii]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barberry \Bar"ber*ry\, n. [OE. barbarin, barbere, OF. berbere.]       (Bot.)       A shrub of the genus {Berberis}, common along roadsides and       in neglected fields. {B. vulgaris} is the species best known;       its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and       have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark       dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt       {berberry}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balas ruby \Bal"as ru`by\ [OE. bales, balais, F. balais, LL.       balascus, fr. Ar. balakhsh, so called from Badakhshan,       Balashan, or Balaxiam, a place in the neighborhood of       Samarcand, where this ruby is found.] (Min.)       A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to       orange. See {Spinel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See 2d {Balk}.]       One who, or that which balks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See last {Balk}.]       A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals       of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats       which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
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]:
Cartridge \Car"tridge\ (k[aum]r"tr[icr]j), n. [Formerly       cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See {Cartouch}.] (Mil.)       A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held       together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard,       or other material.          {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a projectile.          {Blank cartridge}, a cartridge without a projectile.          {Center-fire cartridge}, a cartridge in which the fulminate             occupies an axial position usually in the center of the             base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its             rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied             to the middle of the base of the bullet.          {Rim-fire cartridge}, a cartridge in which the fulminate is             contained in a rim surrounding its base.          {Cartridge bag}, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for             a cannon.          {Cartridge belt}, a belt having pockets for cartridges.          {Cartridge box}, a case, usually of leather, attached to a             belt or strap, for holding cartridges.          {Cartridge paper}.       (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges.       (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also             for making drawings upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belcher \Belch"er\, n.       One who, or that which, belches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.       belagern, Sw. bel[84]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- +       leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See {Lair}.]       To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to       besiege; to blockade.                   The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.          Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.       belagern, Sw. bel[84]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- +       leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See {Lair}.]       To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to       besiege; to blockade.                   The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.          Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleaguerer \Be*lea"guer*er\, n.       One who beleaguers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beleaguered}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Beleaguering}.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.       belagern, Sw. bel[84]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- +       leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See {Lair}.]       To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to       besiege; to blockade.                   The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.          Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belgard \Bel*gard"\, n. [It. bel guardo.]       A sweet or loving look. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belgravian \Bel*gra"vi*an\, a.       Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London,       around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.
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Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]       1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a             cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,             and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.          Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best                have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and                tin.          {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State             House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared             the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had             been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words [bd]Proclaim             liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants             thereof.[b8]          2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose             ball which causes it to sound when moved.          3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a             flower. [bd]In a cowslip's bell I lie.[b8] --Shak.          4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included             between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the             naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist             within the leafage of a capital.          5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;             or the time so designated.          Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck                eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after                it has struck [bd]eight bells[b8] it is struck once,                and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes                is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,                which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.          {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the             prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.             --Fuller.          {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion             to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a             team or drove, when wearing a bell.          {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of             excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the             bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose             being used, and three candles being extinguished with             certain ceremonies. --Nares.          {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. [bd]In single             fight he lost the bell.[b8] --Fairfax.          {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.          Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,                bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;                bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are                self-explaining.          {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the             curve of an ogee.          {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame             constructed to carry one or more large bells.          {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,             frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and             used to contain and support one or more bells.          {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a             roof to the rooms below.          {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast             bells.          {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are             founded or cast.          {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,             pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain             bells.          {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.          {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.          {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell             or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.             --Aytoun.          {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell             when used.          {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose             business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of             musical bells for public entertainment.          {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general             lines of a bell.          {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.                      {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.          {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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Bell crank \Bell" crank`\       A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right       angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is       used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell       wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.
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Jar \Jar\, n. [F. jarre, Sp. jarra, from Ar. jarrah ewer; cf.       Pers. jarrah.]       1. A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for             holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental             purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. --Dryden.          2. The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of             oil; a jar of preserves.          {Bell jar}, {Leyden jar}. See in the Vocabulary.
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Bell jar \Bell" jar`\ (Phys.)       A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and       closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at       the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of       purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also       for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.
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Belleek ware \Bel*leek" ware\       A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss,       which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at       Belleek in Ireland.
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Belligerence \Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\,       n.       The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war;       warfare.
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Belligerence \Bel*lig"er*ence\, Belligerency \Bel*lig"er*en*cy\,       n.       The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war;       warfare.
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Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,       -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.       bellig[82]rant. See {Bellicose}, {Jest}.]       1. Waging war; carrying on war. [bd]Belligerent powers.[b8]             --E. Everett.          2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to             belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
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Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.       A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person       engaged in warfare.
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Belligerently \Bel*lig"er*ent*ly\, adv.       In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
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Krupp process \Krupp process\ (Iron Metal.)       (a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany,             for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in             using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a             Pernot furnace. Called also the {Bell-Krupp process}.       (b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates,             invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are             secret. It is understood to involve the addition of             chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a             treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown             variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some             authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate.
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Bellycheer \Bel"ly*cheer`\, n. [Perh. from F. belle ch[8a]re.]       Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] [bd]Bellycheer and banquets.[b8]       --Rowlands. [bd]Loaves and bellycheer.[b8] --Milton.
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Bellycheer \Bel"ly*cheer`\, v. i.       To revel; to feast. [Obs.]                   A pack of clergymen [assembled] by themselves to                bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion.   --Milton.
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Belsire \Bel"sire`\, n. [Pref. bel- + sire. Cf. {Beldam}.]       A grandfather, or ancestor. [bd]His great belsire Brute.[b8]       [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Exchequer \Ex*cheq"uer\, n. [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr.       LL. scaccarium. See {Checker}, {Chess}, {Check}.]       1. One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a             checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the             table. [Eng.]          Note: The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the                revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the                proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in                the common law department, it administered justice in                personal actions between subject and subject. A person                proceeding against another in the revenue department                was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court                were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The                Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in                which the judgments of each of the superior courts of                common law, in England, were subject to revision by the                judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes                involving difficult questions of law were sometimes                after argument, adjourned into this court from the                other courts, for debate before judgment in the court                below. Recent legislation in England (1880) has                abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of                Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single                board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being                established for the trial of all classes of civil                cases. --Wharton.          2. The department of state having charge of the collection             and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the             treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in             general; as, the company's exchequer is low.          {Barons of the exchequer}. See under {Baron}.          {Chancellor of the exchequer}. See under {Chancellor}.          {Exchequer} {bills [or] bonds} (Eng.), bills of money, or             promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority             of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under             the authority of the government, and bearing interest.
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Receivable \Re*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. recevable.]       Capable of being received. -- {Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n.          {Bills receivable}. See under 6th {Bill}.
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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.
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Black art \Black" art`\       The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy;       conjuration; magic.          Note: This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy,                under the idea that the latter term was derived from                niger black, instead of nekro`s, a dead person, and                mantei`a, divination. --Wright.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,       fr. Gr. kora`llion.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,             and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed             by some Bryozoa.          Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to                various genera of {Madreporaria}, and to the hydroid                genus, {Millepora}. The red coral, used in jewelry, is                the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium                rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan                corals}, {plume corals}, and {sea feathers} are species                of {Gorgoniacea}, in which the axis is horny.                Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus {Tubipora}, an                Alcyonarian, and {black coral} is in part the axis of                species of the genus {Antipathes}. See {Anthozoa},                {Madrepora}.          2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their             color.          3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and             other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.          {Brain coral}, or {Brain stone coral}. See under {Brain}.          {Chain coral}. See under {Chain}.          {Coral animal} (Zo[94]l.), one of the polyps by which corals             are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral             insects}.          {Coral fish}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Coral reefs} (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,             made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and             the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.             They are classed as {fringing reefs}, when they border the             land; {barrier reefs}, when separated from the shore by a             broad belt of water; {atolls}, when they constitute             separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See {Atoll}.                      {Coral root} (Bot.), a genus ({Corallorhiza}) of orchideous             plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on             roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or             knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.             under {Coralloid}.          {Coral snake}. (Zo)             (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps                   corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.             (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix                   scytale}).          {Coral tree} (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several             species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.             The best known is {Erythrina Corallodendron}.          {Coral wood}, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de       Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the       city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried       grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving       the name from its resemblance to that grape.]       1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,             chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.          2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common             red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.          3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus             {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the             {Ribes rubrum}.          {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R.             floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.          {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a             strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.          {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores             into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the             larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria             tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus             supernotatus}).          {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the             leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the             currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from             Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit             worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a             spanworm ({Eupithecia}).          {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes}             ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard    grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,    troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,    ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,    etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}    (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.    Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.    Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed    meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a    striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,    hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,    etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama    grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in    Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,    meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear    grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,    troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum    jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.    Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.    Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal    grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,    valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,    hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.          Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not                true grasses botanically considered, such as black                grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.          {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),             growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.          {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum             avenaceum} of Europe.          {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}             growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.             palustris}; in the United States there are several             species.          {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.          {Grass bird}, the dunlin.          {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the             grass-cloth plant.          {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family             ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in             Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and             strong fibers suited for textile purposes.          {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes                   gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and                   {bay-winged bunting}.             (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of                   which several species are known.          {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land             and giving rich milk.          {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.          {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus             {Crambus}, found in grass.          {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in             India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --             used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger             grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.                      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix             Capensis}).          {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of             Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also             applied to the zebra parrakeet.          {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.          {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum             Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.          {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American             finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of             the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.          {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus                   natrix}).             (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.                   See {Green snake}, under {Green}.          {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa             maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.          {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena             n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous             when covered with dew.          {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial             sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.          {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.          {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with             narrow grasslike leaves.          {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.             strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]             (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]             (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or                   prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her                   husband. [Slang.]          {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.          {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the             surface of the ground.          {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze             a season, as cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bonaci \[d8]Bo`na*ci"\, n. [Amer. Sp. bonas[a1], prob. from       native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large grouper ({Mycteroperca bonaci}) of Florida and             the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also             {aguaji} and, in Florida, {black grouper}.       (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blackfish \Black"fish\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus             {Globicephalus}, of several species. The most common is             {G. melas}. Also sometimes applied to other whales of             larger size.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The tautog of New England ({Tautoga}).          3. (Zo[94]l.) The black sea bass ({Centropristis atrarius})             of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; --             locally called also {black Harry}.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus             pompilus}) of the Mackerel family.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season.          Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
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Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune;       h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species       of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a       bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy       for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.]          {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable             plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}).          {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus},             resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n.       1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by             which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere             to other bodies.          2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.          3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a             pump basket. --Boyle.          4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.          5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string             attached to the center, which, when saturated with water             and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth             surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,             with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be             thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a             plaything.          6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of             a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment             from the body of the plant.          7. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of North American                   fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family                   {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are                   protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of                   little value as food. The most common species of the                   Eastern United States are the northern sucker                   ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C.                   teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the                   chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of                   the large Western species are called {buffalo fish},                   {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}.             (b) The remora.             (c) The lumpfish.             (d) The hagfish, or myxine.             (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus})                   closely allied to the kingfish             (a); -- called also {bagre}.          8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.                         They who constantly converse with men far above                      their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if                      thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,                      no branch.                                          --Fuller.          9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]          10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]          11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]          {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp},             {Cherry}, etc.          {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}.          {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}.          {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral             tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker             and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See             {Spatangoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural             termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished             from foot.                         The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five                      thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.          4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a             clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.          5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers             were made to ride for punishment.          6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a             horse; a hobby.          7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same             character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a             vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a             vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.          8. (Naut.)             (a) See {Footrope}, a.             (b) A breastband for a leadsman.             (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.             (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.          Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to                signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,                like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or                horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,                often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,                horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,                horse ant, etc.          {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.          {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.          {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --             called also {horse emmet}.          {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the             cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the             cavalry; flying artillery.          {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant             ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and             yellowish flowers.          {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean             ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.          {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a             boat propelled by horses.          {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.          {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,             as hunters. [Eng.]          {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or             training horses for use.          {Horse car}.             (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.             (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.          {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia             Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,             catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse             medicine.          {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.          {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of             the genus Triton. See {Triton}.          {Horse courser}.             (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.                   --Johnson.             (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.          {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also             {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.          {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n.       1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by             which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere             to other bodies.          2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.          3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a             pump basket. --Boyle.          4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.          5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string             attached to the center, which, when saturated with water             and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth             surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,             with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be             thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a             plaything.          6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of             a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment             from the body of the plant.          7. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of North American                   fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family                   {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are                   protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of                   little value as food. The most common species of the                   Eastern United States are the northern sucker                   ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C.                   teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the                   chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of                   the large Western species are called {buffalo fish},                   {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}.             (b) The remora.             (c) The lumpfish.             (d) The hagfish, or myxine.             (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus})                   closely allied to the kingfish             (a); -- called also {bagre}.          8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.                         They who constantly converse with men far above                      their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if                      thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,                      no branch.                                          --Fuller.          9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]          10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]          11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]          {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp},             {Cherry}, etc.          {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}.          {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}.          {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral             tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker             and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See             {Spatangoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural             termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished             from foot.                         The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five                      thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.          4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a             clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.          5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers             were made to ride for punishment.          6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a             horse; a hobby.          7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same             character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a             vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a             vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.          8. (Naut.)             (a) See {Footrope}, a.             (b) A breastband for a leadsman.             (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.             (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.          Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to                signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,                like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or                horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,                often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,                horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,                horse ant, etc.          {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.          {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.          {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --             called also {horse emmet}.          {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the             cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the             cavalry; flying artillery.          {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant             ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and             yellowish flowers.          {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean             ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.          {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a             boat propelled by horses.          {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.          {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,             as hunters. [Eng.]          {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or             training horses for use.          {Horse car}.             (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.             (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.          {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia             Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,             catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse             medicine.          {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.          {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of             the genus Triton. See {Triton}.          {Horse courser}.             (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.                   --Johnson.             (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.          {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also             {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.          {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Rent \Rent\, n. [F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita, fem. sing.       or neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give back, pay.       See {Render}.]       1. Income; revenue. See {Catel}. [Obs.] [bd]Catel had they             enough and rent.[b8] --Chaucer.                         [Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and                      bordel he dispent.                              --Gower.                         So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as                      you see I do.                                    --Pope.          2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.]                         Death, that taketh of high and low his rent.                                                                               --Chaucer.          3. (Law) A certain periodical profit, whether in money,             provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and             tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain             pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his             landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the             lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent             for a farm, a house, a park, etc.          Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation                for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a                sewing machine, etc.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, 3.          {Forehand rent}, rent which is paid in advance; foregift.          {Rent arrear}, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. --Blackstone.          {Rent charge} (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land             in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so             called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of             conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the             payment of it. --Bouvier.          {Rent roll}, a list or account of rents or income; a rental.                      {Rent seck} (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any             clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was             made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28.                      {Rent service} (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by             fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such             service being incident to it.          {White rent}, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to             black rent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.]       1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender             bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).             Specifically:             (a) An instrument of punishment or correction;                   figuratively, chastisement.                               He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.                                                                               xiii. 24.             (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,                   figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.                   [bd]The rod, and bird of peace.[b8] --Shak.             (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.             (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for                   sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and                   compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,                   etc.; a connecting bar.             (e) An instrument for measuring.          2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --             called also {perch}, and {pole}.          {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of             the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are             cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black Rod \Black" Rod`\       (a) the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from             the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's             chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]       (b) An usher in the legislature of British colonies.             --Cowell.                         Committed to the custody of the Black Rod.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.]       1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender             bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).             Specifically:             (a) An instrument of punishment or correction;                   figuratively, chastisement.                               He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.                                                                               xiii. 24.             (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,                   figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.                   [bd]The rod, and bird of peace.[b8] --Shak.             (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.             (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for                   sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and                   compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,                   etc.; a connecting bar.             (e) An instrument for measuring.          2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --             called also {perch}, and {pole}.          {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of             the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are             cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black Rod \Black" Rod`\       (a) the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from             the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's             chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]       (b) An usher in the legislature of British colonies.             --Cowell.                         Committed to the custody of the Black Rod.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rot \Rot\, n.       1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.          2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,             supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},             {Black rot}, etc., below.          3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks             sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the             presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder.             See 1st {Fluke}, 2.                         His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.          {Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the             fungus {Gl[91]osporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.          {Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the             leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {L[91]stadia             Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.          {Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.          {Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.          {Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.          {White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in             whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus             {Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudder \Rud"der\, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[omac][edh]er a paddle;       akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw.       roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See {Row} to propel       with an oar, and cf. {Rother}. ]       1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a             vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad             and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank,             and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one             edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it             can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a             tiller, wheel, or other attachment.          2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or             governor; that which guides or governs the course.                         For rhyme the rudder is of verses.      --Hudibras.          {Balance rudder} (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle             instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies.          {Drop rudder} (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so             as to be more effective in steering.          {Rudder chain} (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes             which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its             loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in             case the tiller or the wheel is broken.          {Rudder coat} (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to             prevent water from entering the rudderhole.          {Rudder fish}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The pilot fish.             (b) The amber fish ({Seriola zonata}), which is bluish                   having six broad black bands.             (c) A plain greenish black American fish ({Leirus                   perciformis}); -- called also {black rudder fish},                   {logfish}, and {barrel fish}. The name is also applied                   to other fishes which follow vessels.          {Rudder pendants} (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder             chains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Black \Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[91]c; akin to Icel. blakkr       dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[84]ck ink, Dan. bl[91]k, OHG. blach,       LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS.       bl[be]c, E. bleak pallid. [?]98.]       1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the             color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark             color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a             color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.                         O night, with hue so black!               --Shak.          2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in             darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the             heavens black with clouds.                         I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;             destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;             cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. [bd]This day's             black fate.[b8] [bd]Black villainy.[b8] [bd]Arise, black             vengeance.[b8] [bd]Black day.[b8] [bd]Black despair.[b8]             --Shak.          4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;             foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.          Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;                as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,                black-visaged.          {Black act}, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a             felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to             hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or             disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for             malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been             called black acts.          {Black angel} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the West Indies and             Florida ({Holacanthus tricolor}), with the head and tail             yellow, and the middle of the body black.          {Black antimony} (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,             {Sb2S3}, used in pyrotechnics, etc.          {Black bear} (Zo[94]l.), the common American bear ({Ursus             Americanus}).          {Black beast}. See {B[88]te noire}.          {Black beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the common large cockroach             ({Blatta orientalis}).          {Black and blue}, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh,             which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. [bd]To pinch             the slatterns black and blue.[b8] --Hudibras.          {Black bonnet} (Zo[94]l.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza             Sch[d2]niclus}) of Europe.          {Black canker}, a disease in turnips and other crops,             produced by a species of caterpillar.          {Black cat} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North             America allied to the sable, but larger. See {Fisher}.          {Black cattle}, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in             distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]          {Black cherry}. See under {Cherry}.          {Black cockatoo} (Zo[94]l.), the palm cockatoo. See             {Cockatoo}.          {Black copper}. Same as {Melaconite}.          {Black currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.          {Black diamond}. (Min.) See {Carbonado}.          {Black draught} (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of             senna and magnesia.          {Black drop} (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation             consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.                      {Black earth}, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.          {Black flag}, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a             skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.          {Black flea} (Zo[94]l.), a flea beetle ({Haltica nemorum})             injurious to turnips.          {Black flux}, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,             obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of             niter. --Brande & C.          {Black fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged                   fly of the genus {Simulium} of several species,                   exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern                   forests. The larv[91] are aquatic.             (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis ({A. fab[91]}).                            {Black Forest} [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in             Baden and W[81]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient             Hercynian forest.          {Black game}, or {Black grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcock},             {Grouse}, and {Heath grouse}.          {Black grass} (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus             Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.          {Black gum} (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or             pepperidge. See {Tupelo}.          {Black Hamburg (grape)} (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of             dark purple or [bd]black[b8] grape.          {Black horse} (Zo[94]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley             ({Cycleptus elongatus}), of the sucker family; the             Missouri sucker.          {Black lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the {Lemurniger} of Madagascar; the             {acoumbo} of the natives.          {Black list}, a list of persons who are for some reason             thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list             of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made             for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See             {Blacklist}, v. t.          {Black manganese} (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,             {MnO2}.          {Black Maria}, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried             to or from jail.          {Black martin} (Zo[94]l.), the chimney swift. See {Swift}.          {Black moss} (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the             southern United States. See {Tillandsia}.          {Black oak}. See under {Oak}.          {Black ocher}. See {Wad}.          {Black pigment}, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,             or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of             printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.                      {Black plate}, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.          {Black quarter}, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a             shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.          {Black rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of the species of rats ({Mus             rattus}), commonly infesting houses.          {Black rent}. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.          {Black rust}, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist             matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.          {Black sheep}, one in a family or company who is unlike the             rest, and makes trouble.          {Black silver}. (Min.) See under {Silver}.          {Black and tan}, black mixed or spotted with tan color or             reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of             dogs.          {Black tea}. See under {Tea}.          {Black tin} (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,             stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form             of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.          {Black walnut}. See under {Walnut}.          {Black warrior} (Zo[94]l.), an American hawk ({Buteo             Harlani}).          Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;                Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Simpai \Sim"pai\, n.[Malay simpei.] (Zo[94]l.)       A long-tailed monkey ({Semnopitchecus melalophus}) native of       Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and       cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the       under parts white. Called also {black-crested monkey}, and       {sinp[91]}.
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Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala       gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and       yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also       {white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust},       {black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and       {black-breasted flycatcher}.
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Blackguard \Black"guard\, a.       Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard       language.
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Blackguard \Black"guard\, n. [Black + guard.]       1. The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a             nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence             to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being             smutted by them, were jocularly called the [bd]black             guard[b8]; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army.             [Obs.]                         A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard                      in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping                      pans.                                                --Webster                                                                               (1612).          2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or             community, collectively. [Obs.]          3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses             scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a             scoundrel; a rough.                         A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly                      below those of his class deserves to be called a                      blackguard.                                       --Macaulay.          4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
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Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackguarded};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackguarding}.]       To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackguarded};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackguarding}.]       To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackguarded};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackguarding}.]       To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguardism \Black"guard*ism\, n.       The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.
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Blackguardly \Black"guard*ly\, adv. & a.       In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive;       scurrilous; ruffianly.
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Blackheart \Black"heart`\, n.       A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.
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Black-hearted \Black"-heart`ed\, a.       Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Blackroot \Black"root`\, n. (Bot.)       See {Colicroot}.
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Blackwork \Black"work`\, n.       Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from       that wrought by whitesmiths. --Knight.
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Blazer \Blaz"er\, n.       1. Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.          2. A light jacket, usually of wool or silk and of a bright             color, for wear at tennis, cricket, or other sport.          3. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a             chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brasier.
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Blazer \Blaz"er\, n.       One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. [bd]Blazers       of crime.[b8] --Spenser.
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Bleacher \Bleach"er\, n.       One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by       bleaching.
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Bleachery \Bleach"er*y\, n.; pl. {Bleacheries}.       A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
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Bleachery \Bleach"er*y\, n.; pl. {Bleacheries}.       A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
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Blesser \Bless"er\, n.       One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
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Storm \Storm\, n.          {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a             central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a             system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction             contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low             temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often             by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},             {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and             freezing temperatures such storms have various local             names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},             etc.          {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See             {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\       . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,       Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)       A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino       compound containing benzol, used, in solution with       strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into       the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below       the point of introduction.
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Blizzard \Bliz"zard\ (bl[icr]z"z[etil]rd), n. [Cf. {Blaze} to       flash. Formerly, in local use, a rattling volley; cf. [bd]to       blaze away[b8] to fire away.]       A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine       and blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]
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Storm \Storm\, n.          {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a             central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a             system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction             contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low             temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often             by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},             {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and             freezing temperatures such storms have various local             names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},             etc.          {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See             {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\       . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,       Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)       A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino       compound containing benzol, used, in solution with       strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into       the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below       the point of introduction.
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Blizzard \Bliz"zard\ (bl[icr]z"z[etil]rd), n. [Cf. {Blaze} to       flash. Formerly, in local use, a rattling volley; cf. [bd]to       blaze away[b8] to fire away.]       A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine       and blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]
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Blucher \Blu"cher\ (bl[umac]"k[etil]r), n.       A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general       Bl[81]cher. --Thackeray.
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d8Heliopora \[d8]He`li*op"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the sun +       [?] a passage, pore.] (Zo[94]l.)       An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the       Alcyonaria; -- called also {blue coral}.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curl \Curl\ (k[ucir]rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr[94]lle.       See {Curl}, v. ]       1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or             winding form.                         Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either                      cheek played.                                    --Milton.          2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance,             as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.                         If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those                      numberless waves or curls which usually arise from                      the sand holes.                                 --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first             appearance, seem curled and shrunken.          {Blue curls}. (Bot.) See under {Blue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue grass \Blue" grass`\ (Bot.)       A species of grass ({Poa compressa}) with bluish green stems,       valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.          {Kentucky blue grass}, a species of grass ({Poa pratensis})             which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is             valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and             drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue-grass State \Blue-grass State\       The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the       blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blusher \Blush"er\ (bl[ucr]sh"[etil]r), n.       One that blushes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulger \Bul"ger\, n. [From {Bulge}.] (Golf)       A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulker \Bulk"er\, n. (Naut.)       A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in       order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baileys Crossroa, VA       Zip code(s): 22041
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bailey's Crossroads, VA (CDP, FIPS 4088)       Location: 38.84803 N, 77.12916 W       Population (1990): 19507 (8166 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baileys Harbor, WI       Zip code(s): 54202
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ball Ground, GA (city, FIPS 5036)       Location: 34.33722 N, 84.37694 W       Population (1990): 905 (362 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 30107
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belcher, KY       Zip code(s): 41513    Belcher, LA (village, FIPS 5945)       Location: 32.75328 N, 93.83511 W       Population (1990): 249 (125 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71004
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belchertown, MA (CDP, FIPS 4790)       Location: 42.27320 N, 72.40319 W       Population (1990): 2339 (889 housing units)       Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 01007
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belcourt, ND (CDP, FIPS 5740)       Location: 48.84160 N, 99.74631 W       Population (1990): 2458 (864 housing units)       Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58316
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belews Creek, NC       Zip code(s): 27009
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belgrade, ME       Zip code(s): 04917    Belgrade, MN (city, FIPS 4762)       Location: 45.44997 N, 94.99903 W       Population (1990): 700 (322 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56312    Belgrade, MO       Zip code(s): 63622    Belgrade, MT (city, FIPS 4975)       Location: 45.77786 N, 111.17739 W       Population (1990): 3411 (1290 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 59714    Belgrade, NE (village, FIPS 3810)       Location: 41.47132 N, 98.06707 W       Population (1990): 157 (91 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68623
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belgrade Lakes, ME       Zip code(s): 04918
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bell Acres, PA (borough, FIPS 5216)       Location: 40.59211 N, 80.17628 W       Population (1990): 1436 (543 housing units)       Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bell Gardens, CA (city, FIPS 4996)       Location: 33.96728 N, 118.15277 W       Population (1990): 42355 (9546 housing units)       Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 90201
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belle Creek, MT       Zip code(s): 59317
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Creek, NC (town, FIPS 6080)       Location: 35.63582 N, 77.93355 W       Population (1990): 615 (250 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Black Creek, NY       Zip code(s): 14714    Black Creek, WI (village, FIPS 7725)       Location: 44.47453 N, 88.45002 W       Population (1990): 1152 (433 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Earth, WI (village, FIPS 7800)       Location: 43.13662 N, 89.74605 W       Population (1990): 1248 (469 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53515
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black River, MI       Zip code(s): 48721    Black River, NY (village, FIPS 6794)       Location: 44.00955 N, 75.79676 W       Population (1990): 1349 (523 housing units)       Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 13612
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black River Fall, WI       Zip code(s): 54615
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 7900)       Location: 44.29871 N, 90.84700 W       Population (1990): 3490 (1547 housing units)       Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Black Rock, AR (city, FIPS 6700)       Location: 36.10638 N, 91.10863 W       Population (1990): 736 (358 housing units)       Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72415    Black Rock, NM (CDP, FIPS 7670)       Location: 35.08601 N, 108.79001 W       Population (1990): 858 (244 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackridge, VA       Zip code(s): 23950
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blackshear, GA (city, FIPS 8284)       Location: 31.29895 N, 82.24166 W       Population (1990): 3263 (1405 housing units)       Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31516
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bliss Corner, MA (CDP, FIPS 6170)       Location: 41.60527 N, 70.94305 W       Population (1990): 4908 (2164 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blue Creek, OH       Zip code(s): 45616
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Blue Grass, IA (city, FIPS 7075)       Location: 41.50858 N, 90.76365 W       Population (1990): 1214 (421 housing units)       Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52726    Blue Grass, VA       Zip code(s): 24413
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bowleys Quarters, MD (CDP, FIPS 8800)       Location: 39.31227 N, 76.38231 W       Population (1990): 5595 (2435 housing units)       Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bulger, PA       Zip code(s): 15019
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
black art n.   [common] A collection of arcane, unpublished, and    (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular    application or systems area (compare {black magic}).   VLSI design    and compiler code optimization were (in their beginnings) considered    classic examples of black art; as theory developed they became {deep    magic}, and once standard textbooks had been written, became merely    {heavy wizardry}.   The huge proliferation of formal and informal    channels for spreading around new computer-related technologies    during the last twenty years has made both the term `black art' and    what it describes less common than formerly.   See also {voodoo    programming}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Black Screen of Death n.   [prob. related to the Floating Head    of Death in a famous "Far Side" cartoon.] A failure mode of    {Microsloth Windows}.   On an attempt to launch a DOS box, a    networked Windows system not uncommonly blanks the screen and locks    up the PC so hard that it requires a cold {boot} to recover. This    unhappy phenomenon is known as The Black Screen of Death.   See also    {Blue Screen of Death}, which has become rather more common.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Blue Screen of Death n.   [common] This term is closely related    to the older {Black Screen of Death} but much more common (many    non-hackers have picked it up).   Due to the extreme fragility and    bugginess of Microsoft Windows (3.1/95/NT versions), misbehaving    applications can crash the OS.   The Blue Screen of Death, sometimes    decorated with hex error codes, is what you get when this happens.    (Commonly abbreviated {BSOD}.)   This event is sufficiently common to    have inspired the following haiku from Alan Tuplin:                      Your system which soared                   So freely on gliding wings                   now hangs, frozen and blue          The following entry from the Salon Haiku Contest    (http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html), seems to    have predated popular use of the term (and may indeed have inspired    it):                      Windows NT crashed.                   I am the Blue Screen of Death                   No one hears your screams.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bell curve          {normal distribution}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bellcore          {Bell Communications Research, Inc.}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
black art          A collection of arcane, unpublished, and (by implication)       mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for a particular       application or systems area (compare {black magic}).   VLSI       design and compiler code optimisation were (in their       beginnings) considered classic examples of black art; as       theory developed they became {deep magic}, and once standard       textbooks had been written, became merely {heavy wizardry}.       The huge proliferation of formal and informal channels for       spreading around new computer-related technologies during the       last twenty years has made both the term "black art" and what       it describes less common than formerly.   See also {voodoo       programming}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Block Redundancy Check          {Longitudinal Redundancy Check}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blue Screen of Death          (BSOD) The infamous white-on-blue text screen which       appears when {Microsoft Windows} crashes.   BSOD is mostly seen       on the 16-bit systems such as {Windows 3.1}, but also on       {Windows 95} and apparently even under {Windows NT 4}.   It is       most likely to be caused by a {GPF}, although Windows 95 can       do it if you've removed a required {CD-ROM} from the drive.       It is often impossible to recover cleanly from a BSOD.          The acronym BSOD is sometimes used as a verb, e.g. "{Windoze}       just keeps BSODing on me today".          (1998-09-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blue Screen of Life          (BSOL, by analogy with "{Blue Screen of       Death}") The opening screen of {Microsoft} {Windows NT}.          This screen shows the {file system} loading, and any problems       such as conversions from {FAT} to {NTFS} or a scan of a {hard       drive}.          The Blue Screen of Life occurs in one way, as opposed to the       {Blue Screen of Death}, which can occur in many different ways       and times.          [Is this term ever used in connection with {Windows 3.x} or       {Windows 9x}?]          (1999-04-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Boole, George          {George Boole}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baal-hazor       having a courtyard, or Baal's village, the place on the borders       of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of       sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2 Sam. 13:23).       Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh. 11:33), now Tell' Asur,       5 miles north-east of Bethel.
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Bulgaria       Bulgaria:Geography       Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between    Romania and Turkey       Map references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe       Area:    total area: 110,910 sq km    land area: 110,550 sq km    comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee       Land boundaries: total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav    Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro    318 km (all with Serbia), Turkey 240 km       Coastline: 354 km       Maritime claims:    contiguous zone: 24 nm    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers       Terrain: mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast       Natural resources: bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable    land       Land use:    arable land: 34%    permanent crops: 3%    meadows and pastures: 18%    forest and woodland: 35%    other: 10%       Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers    polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation;    forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil    contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and    industrial wastes    natural hazards: earthquakes, landslides    international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air    Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty,    Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban,    Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not    ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic    Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate    Change, Law of the Sea       Note: strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land    routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia       Bulgaria:People       Population: 8,775,198 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 19% (female 800,413; male 841,697)    15-64 years: 66% (female 2,927,880; male 2,910,133)    65 years and over: 15% (female 735,706; male 559,369) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: -0.25% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 11.75 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 11.31 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: -2.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 11.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 73.68 years    male: 70.43 years    female: 77.1 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 1.71 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Bulgarian(s)    adjective: Bulgarian       Ethnic divisions: Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian    2.5%, Armenian 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, other 0.6%       Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman    Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian,    and other 0.5%       Languages: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic    breakdown       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992)    total population: 98%    male: 99%    female: 97%       Labor force: 4.3 million    by occupation: industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)       Bulgaria:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria    conventional short form: Bulgaria       Digraph: BU       Type: emerging democracy       Capital: Sofia       Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast);    Burgas, Grad Sofiya, Khaskovo, Lovech, Montana, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sofiya,    Varna       Independence: 22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)       National holiday: Independence Day 3 March (1878)       Constitution: adopted 12 July 1991       Legal system: based on civil law system, with Soviet law influence;    has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory       Executive branch:    chief of state: President Zhelyu Mitev ZHELEV (since 1 August 1990);    Vice President (vacant); election last held January 1992; results -    Zhelyu ZHELEV was elected by popular vote    head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime    Minister) Zhan VIDENOV (since 25 January 1995); Deputy Prime Ministers    Doncho KONAKCHIEV, Kiril TSOCHEV, Rumen GECHEV, Svetoslav SHIVAROV    (since 25 January 1995)    cabinet: Council of Ministers; elected by the National Assembly       Legislative branch: unicameral    National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie): last held 18 December 1994 (next    to be held NA 1997); results - BSP 43.5%, UDF 24.2%, PU 6.5%, MRF    5.4%, BBB 4.7%; seats - (240 total) BSP 125, UDF 69, PU 18, MRF 15,    BBB 13       Judicial branch: Supreme Court, Constitutional Court       Political parties and leaders: Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Zhan    VIDENOV, chairman; Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), Ivan KOSTOV an    alliance of pro-Democratic parties; People's Union (PU), Stefan SAVOV;    Movement for Rights and Freedoms (mainly ethnic Turkish party) (MRF),    Ahmed DOGAN; Bulgarian Business Bloc (BBB), George GANCHEV       Other political or pressure groups: Democratic Alliance for the    Republic (DAR); New Union for Democracy (NUD); Ecoglasnost; Podkrepa    Labor Confederation; Fatherland Union; Bulgarian Communist Party    (BCP); Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB);    Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - United (BZNS); Bulgarian    Democratic Center; "Nikola Petkov" Bulgarian Agrarian National Union;    Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Union of Macedonian    Societies (IMRO-UMS); numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest    groups with various agendas       Member of: ACCT, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI (associate members), EBRD,    ECE, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,    IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM    (observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN,    UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO, WIPO,    WMO, WTO, ZC       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Snezhana Damianova BOTUSHAROVA    chancery: 1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 387-7969    FAX: [1] (202) 234-7973       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador William D. MONTGOMERY    embassy: 1 Saborna Street, Sofia    mailing address: Unit 1335, Sofia; APO AE 09213-1335    telephone: [359] (2) 88-48-01 through 05    FAX: [359] (2) 80-19-77       Flag: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red; the    national emblem formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe has    been removed - it contained a rampant lion within a wreath of wheat    ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the    dates 681 (first Bulgarian state established) and 1944 (liberation    from Nazi control)       Economy       Overview: The Bulgarian economy continued its painful adjustment in    1994 from the misdirected development undertaken during four decades    of Communist rule. Many aspects of a market economy have been put in    place and have begun to function, but much of the economy, especially    the industrial sector, has yet to re-establish market links lost with    the collapse of the other centrally planned Soviet Bloc economies. The    prices of many imported industrial inputs, especially energy products,    have risen markedly, and falling real wages have not sufficed to    restore competitiveness. The government plans more extensive    privatization in 1995 to improve the management of enterprises and to    encourage foreign investment. Bulgaria resumed payments on its $10    billion in commercial debt in 1993 following the negotiation of a 50%    write-off.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $33.7 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 0.2% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $3,830 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 122% (1994)       Unemployment rate: 16% (1994)       Budget:    revenues: $14 billion    expenditures: $17.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $610    million (1993 est.)       Exports: $3.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)    commodities: machinery and equipment 30.6%; agricultural products 24%;    manufactured consumer goods 22.2%; fuels, minerals, raw materials, and    metals 10.5%; other 12.7% (1991)    partners: former CEMA countries 57.7% (FSU 48.6%, Poland 2.1%,    Czechoslovakia 0.9%); developed countries 26.3% (Germany 4.8%, Greece    2.2%); less developed countries 15.9% (Libya 2.1%, Iran 0.7%) (1991)       Imports: $4.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)    commodities: fuels, minerals, and raw materials 58.7%; machinery and    equipment 15.8%; manufactured consumer goods 4.4%; agricultural    products 15.2%; other 5.9%    partners: former CEMA countries 51.0% (FSU 43.2%, Poland 3.7%);    developed countries 32.8% (Germany 7.0%, Austria 4.7%); less developed    countries 16.2% (Iran 2.8%, Libya 2.5%)       External debt: $12 billion (1994)       Industrial production: growth rate 4% (1994); accounts for about 37%    of GDP (1990)       Electricity:    capacity: 11,500,000 kW    production: 35.9 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 3,827 kWh (1993)       Industries: machine building and metal working, food processing,    chemicals, textiles, building materials, ferrous and nonferrous metals       Agriculture: climate and soil conditions support livestock raising and    the growing of various grain crops, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, and    tobacco; more than one-third of the arable land devoted to grain;    world's fourth-largest tobacco exporter; surplus food producer       Illicit drugs: transshipment point for southwest Asian heroin and    South American cocaine transiting the Balkan route; limited producer    of precursor chemicals       Economic aid:    recipient: $700 million in balance of payments support (1994)       Currency: 1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki       Exchange rates: leva (Lv) per US$1 - 67.04 (January 1995), 32.00    (January 1994), 24.56 (January 1993), 17.18 (January 1992), 16.13    (March 1991), 0.7446 (November 1990); note - floating exchange rate    since February 1991       Fiscal year: calendar year       Bulgaria:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 4,294 km    standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,650 km electrified; 917    double track)    other: 245 km NA-m gauge (1994)       Highways:    total: 36,932 km    paved: 33,904 km (including 276 km expressways)    unpaved: earth 3,028 km (1992)       Inland waterways: 470 km (1987)       Pipelines: crude oil 193 km; petroleum products 525 km; natural gas    1,400 km (1992)       Ports: Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin       Merchant marine:    total: 109 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,191,231 GRT/1,762,461    DWT    ships by type: bulk 47, cargo 29, chemical carrier 4, container 2, oil    tanker 15, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 2, roll-on/roll-off    cargo 6, short-sea passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 1    note: Bulgaria owns 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,960 DWT    operating under Liberian registry       Airports:    total: 355    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 17    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10    with paved runways under 914 m: 88    with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10    with unpaved runways under 914 m: 226       Bulgaria:Communications       Telephone system: 2,600,000 telephones; 29 telephones/100 persons    (1992); extensive but antiquated transmission system of coaxial cable    and microwave radio relay; direct dialing to 36 countries; telephone    service is available in most villages; almost two-thirds of the lines    are residential; 67% of Sofia households have phones (November 1988)    local: NA    intercity: NA    international: 1 earth station using Intersputnik; INTELSAT link used    through a Greek earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 20, FM 15, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 29 (Russian repeater in Sofia 1)    televisions: 2.1 million (May 1990)       Bulgaria:Defense Forces       Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Troops,    Internal Troops       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,171,414; males fit for    military service 1,810,989; males reach military age (19) annually    69,200 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: 13 billion leva, NA% of GDP (1994 est.); note -    conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current    exchange rate could produce misleading results