English Dictionary: bodacious | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beet \Beet\ (b[emac]t), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.] 1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus {Beta}, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year. 2. The root of plants of the genus {Beta}, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar. Note: There are many varieties of the common beet ({Beta vulgaris}). The Old [bd]white beet[b8], cultivated for its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ({Beta Cicla}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Betacism \Be"ta*cism\, d8Betacismus \[d8]Be`ta*cis"mus\, n. Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bootjack \Boot"jack`\, n. A device for pulling off boots. | |
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Botch \Botch\, n.; pl. {Botches}. [Same as Boss a stud. For senses 2 & 3 cf. D. botsen to beat, akin to E. beat.] 1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. --Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. --Shak. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bootjack, CA (CDP, FIPS 7525) Location: 37.46971 N, 119.88310 W Population (1990): 1295 (632 housing units) Area: 46.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
byte sex n. [common] The byte sex of hardware is {big-endian} or {little-endian}; see those entries. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj. [rare] Said of hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either {big-endian} or {little-endian} format (depending, presumably, on a {mode bit} somewhere). See also {NUXI problem}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bitwise complement The bitwise complement of a {bit field} is a bit field of the same length but with each zero changed to a one and vice versa. This is the same as the {ones complement} of a binary integer. (1994-11-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bytesexual /bi:t"sek"shu-*l/ Said of hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either {big-endian} or {little-endian} format (depending, presumably, on a {mode bit} somewhere). See also {NUXI problem}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beth-jeshimoth house of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan (Num. 33:49; A.V., "Bethjesimoth"). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 12:3). |