Bizantine
Biz″an‐tine (�). See Byzantine.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bizarre
Bi‐zarre″ (�), a. [F. bizarre odd, fr. Sp. bizarro gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave.] Odd in manner or ...
Bizet
Bi‐zet″ (�), n. [Cf. Bezel.] The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Br...
Blab
Blab (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blabbed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. a...
Blab (2)
Blab, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.She must burst or blab.Dryden.
Blab (3)
Blab, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. “Avoided as a blab.” Milton.For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler.Bacon.
Blabber
Blab″ber (�), n. A tattler; a telltale.
Black
Black (�), a. [OE. blak, AS. blæc; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bläck ink, Dan. blæk, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. blāc, E....
Black (2)
Black (�), adv. Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
Black (3)
Black, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.Black is the badge of hell,The ...
Black (4)
Black, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blacked; p. pr. & vb. n.Blacking.] [See Black, a., and cf. Blacken.]1. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.They have their teeth blacked, both...
Black art
Black″ art′ (�). The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.☞ This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latte...
Black bass
Black″ bass′ (�). (Zoöl.) 1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. The small-mouthed kind is M. dolomieī; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides...
Black book
Black″ book′ (bo͝ok′). 1. One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; — so called either from the color of the bindin...
Black death
Black″ death′ (�). A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
Black Flags
Black Flags. An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of ...
Black friar
Black″ fri′ar (�). (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order; — called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
Black Friday
Black Friday. Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866...
Black Hamburg
Black Ham″burg (?). A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.
Black Hand
Black Hand. [A trans. of Sp. mano negra.] 1. A Spanish anarchistic society, many of the members of which were imprisoned in 1883.2. A lawless or blackmailing secret society, esp...
Black hole
Black″ hole′ (�). A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; — now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into whic...
Black lead
Black′ lead″ (�). Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
Black letter
Black″ let′ter (�). The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its b...
Black Monday
Black″ Mon′day (�). 1. Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the...
Black monk
Black″ monk′ (�). A Benedictine monk.
Black pudding
Black″ pud″ding (�). A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.And fat black puddings, — proper food,For warriors that delight in blood.Hudibras.
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. (b...