English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Dictionary
Azure
(n.)
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal
parallel lines.
Azure
(v. t.)
To color blue.
Azured
(a.)
Of an azure color; sky-blue.
Azureous
(a.)
Of a fine blue color; azure.
Azurine
(a.)
Azure.
Azurine
(n.)
The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so
called from its color.
Azurite
(n.)
Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
Azurn
(a.)
Azure.
Azygous
(a.)
Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the
azygous muscle of the uvula.
Azym
(n.)
Alt. of Azyme
Azyme
(n.)
Unleavened bread.
Azymic
(a.)
Azymous.
Azymite
(n.)
One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread;
-- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.
Azymous
(a.)
Unleavened; unfermented.
B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to
Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w
and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to
its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre;
Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,
Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit
saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic
origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.
Ba
(v. i.)
To kiss.
Baa
(v. i.)
To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.
Baa
(n.)
The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
Baaing
(n.)
The bleating of a sheep.
Baal
(n.)
The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish
nations.
Baal
(n.)
The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was
applied.