Webster's Dictionary 1828

1540

BIRD-EYE

BIRD'-EYEBIRD'-LIME, noun [bird and lime.] A viscous substance, usually made of the juice of holly-bark, extracted by boiling, mixed with a third-part of nut oil or thin grease,...

1541

BIRDBOLT

BIRD'BOLT, noun [bird and bolt.] An arrow, broad at the end, for shooting birds.

1542

BIRDER

BIRD'ER, noun A bird-catcher.

1543

BIRDEYED

BIRD'EYED, adjective Of quick sight.

1544

BIRDING-PIECE

BIRD'ING-PIECE, noun [bird and piece.] A fowling-piece.BIRD'-LIKE, adjective Resembling a bird.

1545

BIRDS-EYE

BIRD'S-EYE, adjective [bird and eye.] Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; as a bird-eye landscape.

1546

BIRDSEYE

BIRDS'EYE, noun [bird and eye.] A genus of plants, called also pheasant's eye, known in botany by the generic term Adonis. There are several species, some of which produce beaut...

1547

BIRDSFOOT

BIRDS'FOOT, noun [bird and foot.] A plant, the Ornithopus, whose legumen is articulated, cylindrical, and bent in the form of a bow.

1548

BIRDSFOOT-TREFOIL

BIRDSFOOT-TREFOIL, noun A genus of plants, the Lotus, of several species.

1549

BIRDSNEST

BIRDS'NEST, noun [bird and nest.] The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.1. A plant, a species of Ophrys or twyblade; also a species of Orchis.2. In cookery, t...

1550

BIREME

BI'REME, noun [Latin biremis, bis and remus, and oar.]A vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

1551

BIRGANDER

BIRG'ANDER, noun The name of a wild goose.

1552

BIRHOMBOIDAL

BIRHOMBOID'AL, adjective [bis and rhomboid.]Having a surface composed of twelve rhombic faces, which, being taken six and six, and prolonged in idea, till they intercept each ot...

1553

BIRKEN

BIRK'EN, verb transitive [from birch.] To beat with a burch or rod.

1554

BIROSTRATE

BIROS'TRATEBIROS'TRATED, adjective [Latin bis, twice, and rostrum, a beak.]Having a double beak, or process resembling a beak.The capsule is bilocular and birostrated.

1555

BIROSTRATED

BIROS'TRATED, a. [L. bis, twice, and rostrum, a beak.]Having a double beak, or process resembling a beak.The capsule is bilocular and birostrated.

1556

BIRT

BIRT, noun burt. A fish, called also turbot.

1557

BIRTH

BIRTH, noun berth. [Latin partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; ...

1558

BIRTHDAY

BIRTH'DAY, noun [birth and day.] The day in which any person is born.1. The same day of the month, in which a person was born, in every succeeding year; often celebrated as a jo...

1559

BIRTHDOM

BIRTH'DOM, noun [birth and dom.] Privilege of birth. [Not used.]

1560

BIRTHING

BIRTH'ING, noun Any thing added to raise the sides of a ship.

1561

BIRTHNIGHT

BIRTH'NIGHT, noun [birth and night.] The night in which a person is born; and the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

1562

BIRTHPLACE

BIRTH'PLACE, noun [birth and place.] The town, city or country, where a person is born; more generally, the particular town, city, or other local district.

1563

BIRTHRIGHT

BIRTH'RIGHT, noun [birth and right.] Any right or privilege, to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a fr...

1564

BIRTHWORT

BIRTH'WORT, noun [birth and wort.] A genus of plants, Aristolochia, of many species. Of these are the snake root of America, and the contrayerva of Jamaica.

1565

BISA

BISABIS'COTIN, noun A confection, made of flour, sugar, marmalade and eggs.

1566

BISCOTIN

BIS'COTIN, n. A confection, made of flour, sugar, marmalade and eggs.