Bays
{ Bays, Bayze } (�), n. See Baize.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bazaar
{ Ba‐zaar″Ba‐zar″ } (bȧ‐zär″), n. [Per. bāzar market.] 1. In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.2. A spacious hall or su...
Bdellium
Bdel″lium (�), n. [L., fr. Gr. βδέλλιον; cf. Heb. b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).] 1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously t...
Bdelloidea
‖Bdel‐loi″de‐a (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. βδέλλα leech + -oid.] (Zoöl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.
Bdellometer
Bdel‐lom″e‐ter (�), n. [Gr. βδέλλα leech + -meter.] (Med.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison.
Bdellomorpha
‖Bdel′lo‐mor″pha (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. βδέλλα leech + μορφή form.] (Zoöl.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Be
Be (�), v. i. [imp.Was (�); p. p.Been (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Being.] [OE. been, beon, AS. beón to be, beóm I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to ...
Be-
Be–. [AS. be, and in accented form bī, akin to OS. be and bī, OHG. bi, pi, and pī, MHG. be and bī, G. be and bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. αμφἴ about (cf. AS. beseón to look abou...
Be-all
Be″–all′ (�), n. The whole; all that is to be. Shak.
Beach
Beach (bēch), n.; pl.Beaches (–ĕz). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. Bank.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, ...
Beach (2)
Beach, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beached (bēcht); p. pr. & vb. n.Beaching.] To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.
Beach comber
Beach″ comb′er (�). A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.
Beach comber (2)
Beach comber. [Written also beach-comber.] (Naut.) A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific ...
Beached
Beached (�), p. p. & a. 1. Bordered by a beach.The beached verge of the salt flood.Shak.2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
Beachy
Beach″y (�), a. Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.The beachy girdle of the ocean.Shak.
Beacon
Bea″con (bē″k'n), n. [OE. bekene, AS. beácen, bēcen; akin to OS. bōkan, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. Beckon.] 1. A s...
Beacon (2)
Bea″con, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beaconed (–k'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Beaconing.] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.That beacons the darkness of heaven.Campbell....
Beaconage
Bea″con‐age (�), n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.
Beaconless
Bea″con‐less, a. Having no beacon.
Bead
Bead (�), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. πείθειν to persuade, L...
Bead (2)
Bead, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Beading.] To ornament with beads or beading.
Bead (3)
Bead, v. i. To form beadlike bubbles.
Bead proof
Bead″ proof′ (�). 1. Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specif...
Beadhouse
{ Bead″house′, Bede″house′ } (�), n. [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n.] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Beading
Bead″ing, n. 1. (Arch.) Molding in imitation of beads.2. The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
Beadle
Bea″dle (�), n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. büttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as O...
Beadlery
Bea″dle‐ry (�), n. Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.