Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BUTTRESSED

BUT'TRESSED, adjective Supported with a buttress.

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BUTTS

BUTTS, nounplural [from butt.] A place where archers meet to shoot at mark. Also, short pieces of land in arable ridges and furrows.BUT'-WINK, noun A bird.

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BUTYRACEOUS

BUTYRA'CEOUS,BUT'YROUS, adjective [from butyrum, butter.] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

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BUTYROUS

BUT'YROUS,a. [from butyrum, butter.] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

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BUXOM

BUX'OM, adjective1. Obedient; obsequious; ready to obey.2. Gay; lively; brisk.3. Wanton; jolly.

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BUXOMLY

BUX'OMLY, adverb Obediently.1. Wantonly; amorously.

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BUXOMNESS

BUX'OMNESS, noun Meekness; obedience.1. Briskness; amorousness.

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BUY

BUY, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive bought. pronoun bawt.]1. To acquire the property, right or title to any thing, by paying a consideration or an equivale...

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BUYER

BUYER, noun One who buys; a purchaser.

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BUYING

BUYING, participle present tense Purchasing.

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BUZZ

BUZZ, verb intransitive1. To make a low hissing sound, as bees; to make the sound of z, with an expiration of breath between the tongue and the roof of the mouth or upper teeth....

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BUZZARD

BUZZ'ARD, noun1. A species of falco, or hawk, the buteo; a rapacious, but sluggish bird; the breast usually of a yellowish white; the upper parts of a deep brown. In some parts ...

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BUZZARDET

BUZZARDET', noun A species of Falco or hawk, resembling the buzzard in most respects; but its legs are in proportion rather longer.

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BUZZER

BUZZ'ER, noun A whisperer; one who is busy in telling tales secretly.

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BUZZING

BUZZ'ING, participle present tense Making a low hissing sound; whispering; tattling in secret.

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BY

BY, preposition1. Near; close; as, sit by me; that house stands by a river.[Latin pressus.]2. Near, in motion; as, to move, go or pass by a church. But it seems, in other phrase...

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BY-COFFEE-HOUSE

BY-COFFEE-HOUSE, noun A coffee house in an obscure place.

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BY-CONCERNMENT

BY-CONCERN'MENT, noun An affair distinct from the main business.BY'-CORNER, noun A private corner.

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BY-DEPENDENCE

BY-DEPEND'ENCE, noun An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence.

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BY-DESIGN

BY-DESI'GN, noun An incidental design, or purpose.BY'-DRINKING, noun A private drinking.BY'-END, noun Private end; secret purpose or advantage.BY'-GONE, adjective Past; gone by....

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BY-LAW

BY'-LAW, noun A town law; the law of a city, town or private corporation.BY'-MATTER, noun Something incidental.BY'-NAME, noun Nickname; an incidental appellation.BY'-PAST, adjec...

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BY-RESPECT

BY-RESPECT', noun Private end, or view.BY'-ROAD, noun A private or obscure road.BY'-ROOM, noun A private room or apartment.BY'-SPEECH, noun An incidental or casual speech, not d...

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BY-STANDER

BY'-STANDER, noun One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.BY'-STREET, noun A separate, private or obscure street.BY'-TURNING, noun...

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BY-WAY

BY'-WAY, noun A secluded, private or obscure way.

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BY-WEST

BY-WEST', adverb Westward;; to the west of.BY'-WIPE, noun A secret stroke or sarcasm.

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BY-WORD

BY'-WORD, noun A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

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BYE

BYE, noun A dwelling.