BEY
BEY, noun In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or particular district of country; also, in some places, a prince; the same as the Arabic Beg. [See Beg.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BEYOND
BEYOND', preposition1. On the further side of; on the side most distant, at any indefinite distance from that side; as beyond a river, or the sea, either a mile beyond or a hund...
BEZAN
BEZ'AN, noun A cotton cloth from Bengal, white or striped.
BEZANT
BEZ'ANT, noun A gold coin of Byzantium. [See Byzant.]
BEZANTLER
BEZANT'LER, noun [from antler.] The branch of a deer's horn, next above the brow antler.
BEZEL
BEZ'EL, noun The upper part of the collet of a ring, which encompasses and fastens the stone.
BEZOAR
BE'ZOAR, noun1. An antidote; a general name for certain animal substances supposed to be efficacious in preventing the fatal effects of poison. bezoar is a calcarious concretion...
BEZOARDIC
BEZOAR'DIC, adjective Pertaining to or compounded of bezoar.BEZOAR'DIC, noun A medicine compounded with bezoar.
BEZOLA
BEZ'OLA, noun A fish of the truttaceous kind, of a dusky blue color, nearly of the size of a herring.
BEZZLE
BEZ'ZLE, verb transitive To waste in riot. [Not used.] [See Embezzle.]
BHUCHAMPAC
BHUCHAMP'AC, noun A beautiful plant of India, known in Linne's system, under the name of Koempferia rotunda. The blossoms rise from the ground with a short scape, and scarce liv...
BIA
BI'A, noun In commerce, a small shell called a cowry, much valued in the East Indies.
BIANGULATE
BIAN'GULATEBIAN'GULATEDBIAN'GULOUS, adjective [Latin bis, twice, and angulus, an angle.]Having two angles or corners. [Little used.]
BIANGULATED
BIAN'GULATED
BIANGULOUS
BIAN'GULOUS, a. [L.bis, twice, and angulus, an angle.]Having two angles or corners. [Little used.]
BIARMIAN
BIARM'IAN, adjective Noting a race of Finns in Perme, in the north of Europe, on the Dvina, and about the White Sea; written also Permian. The Biarmians or Permians are said to ...
BIAS
BI'AS, noun1. A weight on the side of a bowl which turns it from a straight line.2. A leaning of the mind; inclination; prepossession; propensity towards an object, not leaving ...
BIAS-DRAWING
BI'AS-DRAWING, noun Partiality. [Not used.]
BIASED
BI'ASED, participle passive Inclined from a right line; warped; prejudiced.
BIASING
BI'ASING, participle present tense Giving a bias, particular direction or propensity; warping; prejudicing.
BIB
BIB, noun A small piece of linen or other cloth worn by children over the breast.1. A fish about a foot in length, the back of a light olive, the sides yellow, and the belly whi...
BIBACIOUS
BIBA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin bibax. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking; disposed to imbibe.
BIBACITY
BIBAC'ITY, noun The quality of drinking much. [Not used.]
BIBBER
BIB'BER, noun A tippler; a man given to drinking; chiefly used in composition, as winebibber.
BIBBLE-BABBLE
BIB'BLE-BABBLE, noun Idle talk; prating to no purpose. [A low word, and not used.]
BIBIO
BIB'IO, noun A name of the wine fly, a small insect found in empty wine casks.
BIBLE
BI'BLE, noun [Gr. a book.]THE BOOK, by way of eminence; the sacred volume, in which are contained the revelations of God, the principles of Christian faith, and the rules of pra...