English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bear's-ear
(n.)
A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from
the shape of the leaf.
Bear's-foot
(n.)
A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with
digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a
powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
Bear's-paw
(n.)
A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus
maculatus), often used as an ornament.
Bearable
(a.)
Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.
Bearberry
(n.)
A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red
berries of which bears are said to be fond.
Bearbind
(n.)
The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Beard
(n.)
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth
or jaws of some fishes.
Beard
(v. t.)
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard
of (a man), in anger or contempt.
Beard
(v. t.)
To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
Beard
(v. t.)
To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
similar shellfish.
Beard
(n.)
An imposition; a trick.
Beard
(n.)
That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the
shank and the face.
Beard
(n.)
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and
butterflies.
Beard
(n.)
The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
Beard
(n.)
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in
some birds
Beard
(n.)
The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
Beard
(n.)
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of
the human face, chiefly of male adults.
Beard
(n.)
The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
Beard
(n.)
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of
grain.
Beard
(n.)
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is
above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.