5 letter word starting with b

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
babel	noun	The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place., Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
baboo	noun	Alt. of Babu
backs	noun pl.	Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
bacon	noun	The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
badge	noun	A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman., Something characteristic; a mark; a token., A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one., To mark or distinguish with a badge.
badly	adverb	In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
bafta	noun	A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.
baggy	adjective	Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.
bague	noun	The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
bahar	noun	A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
bairn	noun	A child.
baize	noun	A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; — usually dyed in plain colors.
baked	imp. & past participle	of Bake
baken		p. p. of Bake.
baker	verb i.	One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc., A portable oven in which baking is done.
baled	imp. & past participle	of Bale
balky	adjective	Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
balmy	adjective	Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild., Producing balm., Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
balsa	noun	A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
banal	adjective	Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
banat	noun	The territory governed by a ban.
banco	noun	A bank, especially that of Venice.
bandy	noun	A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks., A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick., The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball., To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy., To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange., To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate., To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way., Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.
banns	noun pl.	Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.
barde	noun	A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse’s neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.], Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms., A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
bared	imp. & past participle	of Bare
barge	noun	A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated., A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship’s barge; a charcoal barge., A large boat used by flag officers., A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat., A large omnibus used for excursions.
baria	noun	Baryta.
baric	adjective	Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide., Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.
barky	adjective	Covered with, or containing, bark.
baron	noun	A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount., A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
barry	adjective	Divided into bars; — said of the field.
barse	noun	The common perch. See 1st Bass.
barth	noun	A place of shelter for cattle.
basal	adjective	Relating to, or forming, the base.
basan	noun	Same as Basil, a sheepskin.
based	imp. & past participle	of Base, Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based., Wearing, or protected by, bases.
basi-		A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.
basic	adjective	Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt., Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt., Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper., Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
basil	noun	The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground., To grind or form the edge of to an angle., The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)., The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
basin	noun	A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses., The quantity contained in a basin., A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc., A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay., A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river., The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake., An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; — especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.
bases	plural	of Basis
basis	noun	The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests., The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue., The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports., The principal component part of a thing.
bason	noun	A basin.
bassa	noun	Alt. of Bassaw
basso	adjective	The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso., One who sings the lowest part., The double bass, or contrabasso.
basta	interj.	Enough; stop.
baste	verb t.	To beat with a stick; to cudgel., To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting., To mark with tar, as sheep., To sew loosely, or with long stitches; — usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.
basto	noun	The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.
batch	verb t.	The quantity of bread baked at one time., A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business.
bated	imp. & past participle	of Bate, Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
baths	plural	of Bath
bathe	verb t.	To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath., To lave; to wet., To moisten or suffuse with a liquid., To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one’s forehead with camphor., To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed., To bathe one’s self; to take a bath or baths., To immerse or cover one’s self, as in a bath., To bask in the sun., The immersion of the body in water; as to take one’s usual bathe.
baton	noun	A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances., An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; — called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
batta	noun	Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India., Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.
batty	adjective	Belonging to, or resembling, a bat.
baulk	noun & verb	See Balk.
bavin	noun	A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood., Impure limestone.
bawdy	adjective	Dirty; foul; — said of clothes., Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
bayed	imp. & past participle	of Bay, Having a bay or bays.
bayad	noun	Alt. of Bayatte
bayou	noun	An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
bayze	noun	See Baize.
bazar	noun	In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale., A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair., A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects.
being	present participle & vb. noun	of Be, Existing., Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence., That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings., Lifetime; mortal existence., An abode; a cottage., Since; inasmuch as.
beach	noun	Pebbles, collectively; shingle., The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand., To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.
beady	adjective	Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening., Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads., Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
beamy	adjective	Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining., Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy., Having horns, or antlers.
borne		of Bear, Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
beard	noun	The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults., The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat., The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds, The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes., The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle., The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster., In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies., Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain., A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out., That part of the under side of a horse’s lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle., That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face., An imposition; a trick., To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt., To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance., To deprive of the gills; — used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
bearn	noun	See Bairn.
beast	noun	Any living creature; an animal; — including man, insects, etc., Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden., As opposed to man: Any irrational animal., Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow., A game at cards similar to loo., A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
beath	verb t.	To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood.
beaux	plural	of Beau, pl. of Beau., of Bel-esprit
beaus	plural	of Beau
bedel	noun	Alt. of Bedell
beden	noun	The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.
bedew	verb t.	To moisten with dew, or as with dew.
bedim	verb t.	To make dim; to obscure or darken.
bedye	verb t.	To dye or stain.
beech	noun	A tree of the genus Fagus.
beefy	adjective	Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
beeld	noun	Same as Beild.
beery	adjective	Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
beete	verb t.	Alt. of Bete
beeve	noun	A beef; a beef creature.
befit	verb t.	To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
befog	verb t.	To involve in a fog; — mostly as a participle or part. adj., Hence: To confuse; to mystify.
begem	verb t.	To adorn with gems, or as with gems.
begot	imp.	of Beget, of Beget, imp. & p. p. of Beget.
begat		of Beget
beget	verb t.	To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; — commonly said of the father., To get (with child.), To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
began	imp. & past participle	of Begin
begun		of Begin, p. p. of Begin.
begin	verb i.	To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence., To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start., To enter on; to commence., To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of., Beginning.
begod	verb t.	To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
begum	noun	In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank.
behen	noun	Alt. of Behn
beige	noun	Debeige.
beild	noun	A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
bekah	noun	Half a shekel.
belam	verb t.	To beat or bang.
belay	verb t.	To lay on or cover; to adorn., To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel., To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
belch	verb i.	To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct., To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent., To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate., To issue with spasmodic force or noise., The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation., Malt liquor; — vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
belee	verb t.	To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind.
belie	noun	To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood., To give a false representation or account of., To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander., To mimic; to counterfeit., To fill with lies.
belle	noun	A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
belly	noun	That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen., The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly., The womb., The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship., The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back., To cause to swell out; to fill., To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
below	preposition	Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee., Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality., Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath., In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath., On the earth, as opposed to the heavens., In hell, or the regions of the dead., In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below., In some part or page following.
bemad	verb t.	To make mad.
bemet	imp. & past participle	of Bemeet
bemol	noun	The sign /; the same as B flat.
bench	noun	A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length., A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter’s bench., The seat where judges sit in court., The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King’s Bench., A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; — so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms., A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river., To furnish with benches., To place on a bench or seat of honor., To sit on a seat of justice.
bendy	adjective	Divided into an even number of bends; — said of a shield or its charge.
benet	verb t.	To catch in a net; to insnare.
benim	verb t.	To take away.
benne	noun	The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; — also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
benty	adjective	A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields., Resembling bent.
beray	verb t.	To make foul; to soil; to defile.
berbe	noun	An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.
bergh	noun	A hill.
berme	noun	A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch., A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.
berob	verb t.	To rob; to plunder.
beroe	noun	A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.
berry	noun	Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc., A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry., The coffee bean., One of the ova or eggs of a fish., To bear or produce berries., A mound; a hillock.
berth	noun	Convenient sea room., A room in which a number of the officers or ship’s company mess and reside., The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf., An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment., A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in., To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide., To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship’s company.
beryl	noun	A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.
besee	verb t. & i.	To see; to look; to mind.
beset	imp. & past participle	of Beset, To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects., To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade., To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; — said of dangers, obstacles, etc., To occupy; to employ; to use up.
besit	verb t.	To suit; to fit; to become.
besom	noun	A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys., To sweep, as with a besom.
besot	verb t.	To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
betel	noun	A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.
betid	obs	of Betide
beton	noun	The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
betso	noun	A small brass Venetian coin.
betty	noun	A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open., A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters., A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; — called by chemists a Florence flask.
bevel	noun	Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber., An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; — called also a bevel square., Having the slant of a bevel; slanting., Hence: Morally distorted; not upright., To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of., To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
bever	noun	A light repast between meals; a lunch., To take a light repast between meals.
bewet	imp. & past participle	of Bewet, To wet or moisten.
bewig	verb t.	To cover (the head) with a wig.
bewit	noun	A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk’s legs.
bezel	noun	The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
bhang	noun	An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.
bibbe	verb t.	To drink; to tipple.
bibbs	noun pl.	Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
bible	noun	A book., The Book by way of eminence, — that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; — sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James’s Bible; Douay Bible; Luther’s Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible., A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible., A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.
bicho	noun	See Jigger.
biddy	noun	A name used in calling a hen or chicken., An Irish serving woman or girl.
bided	imp. & past participle	of Bide
bidet	noun	A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage., A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
bield	noun	A shelter. Same as Beild., To shelter.
bifid	adjective	Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.
bigam	noun	A bigamist.
bigha	noun	A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
bight	verb	A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse’s knee; the bight of an elbow., A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin., The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
bigly	adjective	In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.
bigot	noun	A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite., A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion., Bigoted.
bijou	noun	A trinket; a jewel; — a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.
bilbo	noun	A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain., A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.
bilge	noun	The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle., That part of a ship’s hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground., Bilge water., To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge., To bulge., To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)., To cause to bulge.
bilgy	adjective	Having the smell of bilge water.
bilin	noun	A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.
billy	noun	A club; esp., a policeman’s club., A slubbing or roving machine.
binal	adjective	Twofold; double.
bound	imp.	of Bind, of Bind, The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary., To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; — said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine., To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France., To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain., To rebound, as an elastic ball., To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse., To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor., A leap; an elastic spring; a jump., Rebound; as, the bound of a ball., Spring from one foot to the other., imp. & p. p. of Bind., Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like., Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume., Under legal or moral restraint or obligation., Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; — followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail., Resolved; as, I am bound to do it., Constipated; costive., Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; — with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.
binny	noun	A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.
biped	noun	A two-footed animal, as man., Having two feet; two-footed.
birch	noun	A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta)., The wood or timber of the birch., A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging., A birch-bark canoe., Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen., To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
birse	noun	A bristle or bristles.
birth	noun	The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; — generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son., Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction., The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency., The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth., That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable., Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire., See Berth.
bisie	verb t.	To busy; to employ.
bison	noun	The aurochs or European bison., The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.
bitch	noun	The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox., An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.
biter	noun	One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish., One who cheats; a sharper.
bitts	noun pl.	A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
bizet	noun	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 Brilliant, n.
black	adjective	Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes., In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds., Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible., Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks., Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness., 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., A black pigment or dye., A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races., A black garment or dress; as, she wears black, Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery., The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black., A stain; a spot; a smooch., To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully., To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
blade	noun	Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses., The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword., The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller., The scapula or shoulder blade., The principal rafters of a roof., The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell., A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; — a word of somewhat indefinite meaning., To furnish with a blade., To put forth or have a blade.
blady	adjective	Consisting of blades.
blain	noun	An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister., A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.
blame	verb t.	To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach., To bring reproach upon; to blemish., An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure., That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin., Hurt; injury.
bland	adjective	Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant., Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
blank	adjective	Of a white or pale color; without color., Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; — said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot., Utterly confounded or discomfited., Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day., Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness., Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant., Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror., Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void., A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated., A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; — especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form., A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc., The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed., Aim; shot; range., A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence., A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts., A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the “double blank”; the “six blank.”, To make void; to annul., To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
blare	verb i.	To sound loudly and somewhat harshly., To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly., The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.
blase	adjective	Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.
blast	noun	A violent gust of wind., A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast., The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast., The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath., A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight., The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose., A flatulent disease of sheep., To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel., Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character., To confound by a loud blast or din., To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks., To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom., To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
blaze	noun	A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame., Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun., A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display., A white spot on the forehead of a horse., A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor’s mark., To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes., To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze., To be resplendent., To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark., To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path., To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous., To blazon.
bleak	adjective	Without color; pale; pallid., Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds., Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast., A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.
blear	verb	Dim or sore with water or rheum; — said of the eyes., Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim., To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
bleat	verb i.	To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf., A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
bleck	verb t.	Alt. of Blek
bleed	verb i.	To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose., To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers., To lose or shed one’s blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence., To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision., To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded., To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause., To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein., To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap., To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
blent		of Blend, Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained., Blinded. Also (Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth.
blend	verb t.	To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound., To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain., To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors., A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins., To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
blenk	verb i.	To blink; to shine; to look.
blest		of Bless, Blessed.
bless	verb t.	To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate, To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to., To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; — applied to persons., To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, — as on food., To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one’s self)., To guard; to keep; to protect., To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences., To esteem or account happy; to felicitate., To wave; to brandish.
blind	adjective	Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight., Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects., Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate., Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch., Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced., Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut., Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing., Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers., To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment., To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle., To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive., To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled., Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse., Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge., A blindage. See Blindage., A halting place., Alt. of Blinde
blink	verb i.	To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye., To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes., To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp., To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc., To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question., To trick; to deceive., A glimpse or glance., Gleam; glimmer; sparkle., The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink., Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
blirt	noun	A gust of wind and rain.
bliss	noun	Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
blite	noun	A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.
blive	adverb	Quickly; forthwith.
bloat	verb t.	To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness., To inflate; to puff up; to make vain., To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell., Bloated., A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow., To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
block	verb t.	A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children’s playing blocks, etc., The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded., The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped., The pattern or shape of a hat., A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops., A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not., A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; — used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles., The perch on which a bird of prey is kept., Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way., A piece of box or other wood for engravers’ work., A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high., A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt., A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below., To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; — used both of persons and things; — often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor., To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each., To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
blond	verb t.	Alt. of Blonde
blood	noun	The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial., Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship., Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage., Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed., The fleshy nature of man., The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction., A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition., Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; — as if the blood were the seat of emotions., A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake., The juice of anything, especially if red., To bleed., To stain, smear or wet, with blood., To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war., To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
bloom	noun	A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively., The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom., A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth., The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow., The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture., A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather., A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom., To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower., To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers., To cause to blossom; to make flourish., To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant., A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling., A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
blore	noun	The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
blote	verb t.	To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.
blown	past participle	of Blow, of Blow, Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas., Stale; worthless., Out of breath; tired; exhausted., Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown., Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.
blowy	adjective	Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
blued	imp. & past participle	of Blue
bluey	adjective	Bluish.
bluff	adjective	Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship., Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front., Surly; churlish; gruff; rough., Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain., A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face., An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff., A game at cards; poker., To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value., To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one’s strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off., To act as in the game of bluff.
blunt	adjective	Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp., Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; — opposed to acute., Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech., Hard to impress or penetrate., To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt., To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings., A fencer’s foil., A short needle with a strong point. See Needle., Money.
blurt	verb t.	To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; — commonly with out.
blush	verb i.	To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face., To grow red; to have a red or rosy color., To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers., To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate., To express or make known by blushing., A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty., A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
board	noun	A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, — used for building, etc., A table to put food upon., Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; — usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one’s board; the price of board., A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc., A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board., Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards., The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession., The border or side of anything., The side of a ship., The stretch which a ship makes in one tack., To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house., To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way., To enter, as a railway car., To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals., To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one’s horse at a livery stable., To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel., To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
boast	verb i.	To vaunt one’s self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one’s self or of things belonging to one’s self; as, to boast of one’s exploits courage, descent, wealth., To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult., To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol., To display vaingloriously., To possess or have; as, to boast a name., To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel., To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required., Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging., The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, — sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
bobac	noun	The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
bobby	noun	A nickname for a policeman; — from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
bocal	noun	A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.
bocca	noun	The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.
boded	imp. & past participle	of Bode
bodge	noun	A botch; a patch., To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch., See Budge.
bodle	noun	A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.
bogey	noun	A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.
boggy	adjective	Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.
bogie	noun	A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.
bogle	noun	A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
bogue	verb i.	To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; — said only of inferior craft., The boce; — called also bogue bream. See Boce.
bogus	adjective	Spurious; fictitious; sham; — a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit., A liquor made of rum and molasses.
bohea	noun	Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.
boiar	noun	See Boyar.
boist	noun	A box.
bolar	adjective	Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
bolas	noun sing. & pl.	A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; — used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.
boldo	noun	Alt. of Boldu
boldu	noun	A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
boley	noun	Alt. of Bolye
bolye	noun	Same as Booly.
bolis	noun	A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
bolty	noun	An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
bolus	noun	A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
bonce	noun	A boy’s game played with large marbles.
boned	imp. & past participle	of Bone, Having (such) bones; — used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned., Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish., Manured with bone; as, boned land.
bonne	noun	A female servant charged with the care of a young child.
bonny	adjective	Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful., Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe., A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
bonus	noun	A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter., An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits., Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
bonze	noun	A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.
booby	noun	A dunce; a stupid fellow., A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby., A species of penguin of the antarctic seas., Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
boodh	noun	Same as Buddha.
booky	adjective	Bookish.
booly	noun	A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
boort	noun	See Bort.
boose	noun	A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal., To drink excessively. See Booze.
boost	verb i.	To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement., A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
booth	noun	A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation., A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
boots	noun	A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
booty	noun	That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
booze	verb i.	To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple., A carouse; a drinking.
boozy	adjective	A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.
borax	noun	A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
bored	imp. & past participle	of Bore
boree	noun	Same as BourrEe.
borel	noun	See Borrel.
borer	noun	One that bores; an instrument for boring., A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo., Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances., One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple., The hagfish (Myxine).
boric	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.
boron	noun	A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.
borwe	noun	Pledge; borrow.
bosky	adjective	Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets., Caused by boscage.
bosom	noun	The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them., The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts., Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold., Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth., The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom., Inclination; desire., A depression round the eye of a millstone., Of or pertaining to the bosom., Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend., To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish., To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
boson	noun	See Boatswain.
bossy	adjective	Ornamented with bosses; studded., A cow or calf; — familiarly so called.
botch	noun	A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease., A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner., Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle., To mark with, or as with, botches., To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; — sometimes with up., To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.
bothy	noun	Alt. of Boothy
botts	noun pl.	See Bots.
bouch	noun	A mouth., An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman’s palace or at court.
bouge	verb i.	To swell out., To bilge., To stave in; to bilge., Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions., To scoop out with a gouge., To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb., To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.
bough	noun	An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch., A gallows.
boule	noun	Alt. of Boulework
buolt	noun	Corrupted form Bolt.
bourd	noun	A jest., To jest.
bouri	noun	A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.
bourn	verb	Alt. of Bourne, Alt. of Bourne
bouse	verb i.	To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze., Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.
bousy	adjective	Drunken; sotted; boozy.
bovid	adjective	Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
bowed	imp. & past participle	of Bow, of Bow
bowel	noun	One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; — generally used in the plural., Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth., The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion., Offspring., To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
bower	verb & noun	One who bows or bends., An anchor carried at the bow of a ship., A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm., One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre., Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady’s private apartment., A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat., A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess., To embower; to inclose., To lodge., A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
bowge	verb i.	To swell out. See Bouge., To cause to leak.
bowls	noun pl.	See Bowl, a ball, a game.
bowne	verb t.	To make ready; to prepare; to dress.
bowse	verb i.	To carouse; to bouse; to booze., To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together., A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
boxes	plural	of Box
boxed	imp. & past participle	of Box
boxen	adjective	Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).
boxer	noun	One who packs boxes., One who boxes; a pugilist.
boyar	noun	Alt. of Boyard
boyau	noun	A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
boyer	noun	A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
brace	noun	That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop., A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum., The state of being braced or tight; tension., A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell., A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves., A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon., A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock., A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt., Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders., Harness; warlike preparation., Armor for the arm; vantbrace., The mouth of a shaft., To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building., To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves., To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly., To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd., To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards., To get tone or vigor; to rouse one’s energies; — with up.
brach	noun	A bitch of the hound kind.
brack	noun	An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw., Salt or brackish water.
bract	noun	A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises., Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.
braid	verb t.	To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait., To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations., To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid., A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands., A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc., A quick motion; a start., A fancy; freak; caprice., To start; to awake., Deceitful.
brail	noun	A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk’s wing., Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling., A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched., To haul up by the brails; — used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
brain	noun	The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain., The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates., The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding., The affections; fancy; imagination., To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat., To conceive; to understand.
brait	noun	A rough diamond.
brake		imp. of Break., A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern., A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes., An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber., An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine., A baker’s kneading though., A sharp bit or snaffle., A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc., That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn., An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista., A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag., A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine., An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake., A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses., An ancient instrument of torture., of Break
braky	adjective	Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.
brama	noun	See Brahma.
brame	noun	Sharp passion; vexation.
brand	verb t.	A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct., A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness., A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; — also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour., A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma., An instrument to brand with; a branding iron., Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei., To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict)., To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc., Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon., To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
brank	noun	Buckwheat., Alt. of Branks, To hold up and toss the head; — applied to horses as spurning the bit., To prance; to caper.
brant	noun	A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) — called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species., Steep., Steep; high., Smooth; unwrinkled.
brash	adjective	Hasty in temper; impetuous., Brittle, as wood or vegetables., A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness., Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges., Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits., Broken fragments of ice.
brass	noun	An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals., A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing., Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze., Impudence; a brazen face., Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass., A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc., Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
brast	verb t. & i.	To burst., of Breste
brave	superl.	Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; — opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act., Having any sort of superiority or excellence; — especially such as in conspicuous., Making a fine show or display., A brave person; one who is daring., Specifically, an Indian warrior., A man daring beyond discretion; a bully., A challenge; a defiance; bravado., To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare., To adorn; to make fine or showy.
bravo	adjective	A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer., Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
brawl	verb i.	To quarrel noisily and outrageously., To complain loudly; to scold., To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones., A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
brawn	noun	A muscle; flesh., Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm., The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar., A boar.
braxy	noun	A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities., A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
braze	verb i.	To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe., To harden., To cover or ornament with brass.
bread	adjective	To spread., An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking., Food; sustenance; support of life, in general., To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
broke	imp.	of Break, of Break, To transact business for another., To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp., imp. & p. p. of Break.
break	verb t.	To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock., To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods., To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate., To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise., To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one’s sleep; to break one’s journey., To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set., To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares., To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments., To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill., To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax., To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind., To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow., To impart, as news or information; to broach; — with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend., To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle., To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin., To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss., To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder., To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag., To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn., To burst forth violently, as a storm., To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking., To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength., To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking., To fall in business; to become bankrupt., To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop., To fail in musical quality; as, a singer’s voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy’s voice at puberty., To fall out; to terminate friendship., An opening made by fracture or disruption., An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship., A projection or recess from the face of a building., An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current., An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation., An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc., The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn., A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver’s seat in front and the footman’s behind., A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10., See Commutator.
bream	noun	A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known., An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish., A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream., To clean, as a ship’s bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
brede	noun	Alt. of Breede, A braid.
breed	verb t.	To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch., To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster., To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; — sometimes followed by up., To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease., To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men., To raise, as any kind of stock., To produce or obtain by any natural process., To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant., To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth., To have birth; to be produced or multiplied., To raise a breed; to get progeny., A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance., Class; sort; kind; — of men, things, or qualities., A number produced at once; a brood.
breme	adjective	Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel., Famous; renowned; well known.
brent	imp. & past participle	of Brenne, Alt. of Brant, Burnt., A brant. See Brant.
brere	noun	A brier.
brest	3d sing.pr.	for Bursteth., Alt. of Breast
brett	noun	Same as Britzska.
breve	noun	A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; — formerly much used for choir service., Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court., A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel., The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
briar	noun	Same as Brier., A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax., Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
bribe	noun	A gift begged; a present., A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust., That which seduces; seduction; allurement., To rob or steal., To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to., To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe., To commit robbery or theft., To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
brick	noun	A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp., Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick., Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread)., A good fellow; a merry person; as, you ‘re a brick., To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks., To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.
bride	noun	A woman newly married, or about to be married., Fig.: An object ardently loved., To make a bride of.
brief	adjective	Short in duration., Concise; terse; succinct., Rife; common; prevalent., Briefly., Soon; quickly., A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words., An epitome., An abridgment or concise statement of a client’s case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument., A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2., A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence., A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose., To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.
brier	noun	Alt. of Briar
brike	noun	A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
brill	noun	A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; — called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.
brine	noun	Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters., The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake., Tears; — so called from their saltness., To steep or saturate in brine., To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
bring	verb t.	To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch., To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to., To convey; to move; to carry or conduct., To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide., To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?
brink	noun	The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.
briny	adjective	Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.
brisk	adjective	Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick., Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider., To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; — usually with up.
britt	noun	The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat., The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.
brite	verb t.	Alt. of Bright
brize	noun	The breeze fly. See Breeze.
broad	superl.	Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad., Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean., Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full., Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; — applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive., Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged., Plain; evident; as, a broad hint., Free; unrestrained; unconfined., Characterized by breadth. See Breadth., Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor., Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent., The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar., The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen., A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
brock	noun	A badger., A brocket.
broid	verb t.	To braid.
broil	noun	A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state., To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals., To subject to great (commonly direct) heat., To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
broma	noun	Aliment; food., A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.
brome	noun	See Bromine.
brond	noun	A sword.
brood	verb t.	The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens., The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children., That which is bred or produced; breed; species., Heavy waste in tin and copper ores., Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs., Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow., To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding., To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; — usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes., To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens., To cherish with care., To think anxiously or moodily upon.
brook	verb t.	A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek., To use; to enjoy., To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint., To deserve; to earn.
broom	noun	A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers., An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; — so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom., See Bream.
brose	noun	Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used.
broth	noun	Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
brown	superl.	Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow., A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue., To make brown or dusky., To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour., To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface., To become brown.
bruin	adjective	A bear; — so called in popular tales and fables.
bruit	noun	Report; rumor; fame., An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation., To report; to noise abroad.
brume	noun	Mist; fog; vapors.
brunt	verb t.	The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle., The force of a blow; shock; collision.
brush	noun	An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc., The bushy tail of a fox., A tuft of hair on the mandibles., Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood., A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush., A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus., The act of brushing; as, to give one’s clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed., A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy., A short contest, or trial, of speed., To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush., To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush., To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; — commonly with off., To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
brusk	adjective	Same as Brusque.
bruta	noun	See Edentata.
brute	adjective	Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature., Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation., Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence., Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent., Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling., An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast., A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person., To report; to bruit.
bubby	noun	A woman’s breast., Bub; — a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.
buchu	noun	A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves.
budge	verb i.	To move off; to stir; to walk away., Brisk; stirring; jocund., A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; — used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits., Lined with budge; hence, scholastic., Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
budgy	noun	Consisting of fur.
buffa	noun fem.	The comic actress in an opera., Comic, farcical.
buffo	nounmasc.	The comic actor in an opera.
buffy	adjective	Resembling, or characterized by, buff.
buggy	adjective	Infested or abounding with bugs., A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle., A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top.
bugle	noun	A sort of wild ox; a buffalo., A horn used by hunters., A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; — called also the Kent bugle., An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black., Jet black., A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.
built	imp. & past participle	of Build, Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship., Formed; shaped; constructed; made; — often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
build	verb t.	To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise., To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means., To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; — frequently with up; as, to build up one’s constitution., To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building., To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one’s self or one’s hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others., Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
bulau	noun	An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
bulge	noun	The bilge or protuberant part of a cask., A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall., The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2., To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges., To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
bulgy	adjective	Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.
bulky	adjective	Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
bulla	noun	A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid., The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla., A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it., A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
bully	noun	A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow., A brisk, dashing fellow., Jovial and blustering; dashing., Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse., To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward., To act as a bully.
bulse	noun	A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.
bulti	noun	Same as Bolty.
bunch	noun	A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump., A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys., A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein., To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round., To form into a bunch or bunches.
bungo	noun	A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States.
bunko	noun	A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
bunny	noun	A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it., A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.
burel	noun & adjective	Same as Borrel.
burgh	noun	A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.
burin	noun	The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble., The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.
burke	verb t.	To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection., To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
burly	adjective	Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; — now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky., Coarse and rough; boisterous.
burnt		of Burn, Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
burro	noun	A donkey.
burry	adjective	Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
bursa	noun	Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
burse	noun	A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull., A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries., An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use., An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse., A kind of bazaar.
burst	imp. & past participle	of Burst, To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring., To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; — usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc., To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors., To break., To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall., A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration., Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed., A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse., A rupture or hernia; a breach.
busby	noun	A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.
bushy	adjective	Thick and spreading, like a bush., Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
busky	adjective	See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n.
busto	noun	A bust; a statue.
butte	noun	A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; — applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.
butty	noun	One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.
butyl	noun	A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.
buxom	adjective	Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble., Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
buyer	noun	One who buys; a purchaser.
byard	noun	A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.
byssi	plural	of Byssus
byway	noun	A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.