English English Dictionary

A drinking vessel made of horn.

A bugle.

Ornamented with bugles.

One who plays on a bugle.

A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

of Bugloss

Bugbane.

Alt. of Buhlwork

See Bulbul.

Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.

A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.

To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

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 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.

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.

Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

of Build

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.