A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
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A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.
Ornamental work in beads.
Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
having eyes that gleam with malice.
A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
hunting rabbits with beagles.
The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surfaces of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.
To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.
To emit beams of light.
A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
Beamy; radiant.
In a beaming manner.
The state of being beamy.
Emitting beams; radiant.
In a beaming manner; radiantly.
Not having a beam.
A small beam of light.
Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; it is thrown from person to person in games.
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
(British) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees.
a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen.
a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards.
stem of a bean plant.
same as beanie.
To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.
A traffic jam caused by tourists stopping to look at bears near the road; -- a phenomenon once common in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming.
The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.
A species of hellebore (Helleborus f/tidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.
Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.
A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
an arboreal civet of Asia (Arctictis bintourong) having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
Having a beard.
The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
A man who tends a bear.
A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.
Behavior like that of a bear.
See Bairn.
The skin of a bear.
A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.
Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
State or nature of a beast.
See Biestings.
Beastliness.
Like a beast.
The state or quality of being beastly.
Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
same as beaten-up.
capable of being defeated.
Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
worn by use into a deplorable condition.
One who, or that which, beats.
To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood.
Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.
To beatify.
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of /the blessed,/ or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization.
proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration.
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.
A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.
See Biffin.
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.
A father.
The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
an outstanding example of its kind; as, when I make a mistake it's a beaut.
Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.
Beautiful; embellished.
the act of making something more beautiful.
One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.
Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
Destitute of beauty.
pl. of Beau.
See Bauxite.
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.
That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodi/i), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart.
An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodi/i). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine.
To make bloody; to stain with blood.
To make bloody; to stain with blood.
To blot; to stain.
To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.
A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.
To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
imp. of Become.
A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
See Brooklime.
A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.
A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.
To befall; to chance; to happen to.
To charm; to captivate.
Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. A medicine for relieving coughs.
A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.
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