English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Berthing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Berth

Berthing (n.)

The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.

Bertram (n.)

Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Berycoid (a.)

Of or pertaining to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.

Beryl (n.)

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.

Berylline (a.)

Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

Beryllium (n.)

A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.

Berylloid (n.)

A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

Bes-antler (n.)

Same as Bez-antler.

Besaiel (n.)

Alt. of Besayle

Besaile (n.)

Alt. of Besayle

Besaint (v. t.)

To make a saint of.

Besant (n.)

See Bezant.

Besayle (n.)

A great-grandfather.

Besayle (n.)

A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.

Bescatter (v. t.)

To scatter over.

Bescatter (v. t.)

To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew.

Bescorn (v. t.)

To treat with scorn.

Bescratch (v. t.)

To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

Bescrawl (v. t.)

To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.