English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bdellium
(n.)
A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India,
Persia, and Africa.
Bdelloidea
(n. pl.)
The order of Annulata which includes the leeches.
See Hirudinea.
Bdellometer
(n.)
A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator
and an exhausting syringe.
Bdellomorpha
(n.)
An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike
worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Be
(v. i.)
To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have
ex/stence.
Be
(v. i.)
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a
reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a
certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as
belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, --
a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be
here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a
nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of
existence; that is the man.
Be
(v. i.)
To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.
Be
(v. i.)
To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget
(to get as offspring); beset (to set around).
To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall
upon); bespeak (to speak for).
To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.
A prefix, originally the same word as by;
Be-all
(n.)
The whole; all that is to be.
Beach
(n.)
Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
Beach
(n.)
The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the
waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
Beach
(v. t.)
To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to
strand; as, to beach a ship.
A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See
Comber.
Beached
(p. p. & a.)
Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach;
as, the ship is beached.
Beached
(p. p. & a.)
Bordered by a beach.
Beached
(imp. & p. p.)
of Beach