A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions / Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology

by Richard Soule

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Babble, v.n. 1. Prattle, jabber, chatter, talk inarticulately. 2. Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly. Babble, v. a. Tell (foolishly), prate, utter, prate about. Babble, n. Prattle, palaver, chit-chat, gabble, twaddle, chatter, balderdash, platitude, flummery, wish-wash, stuff, moonshine, fudge, trash, nonsense, small talk, idle talk, childish or foolish talk, frothy discourse. Babbling, n. 1. Prattle, BABBLE. 2. Garrulity, loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness. Babe, n. Infant, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little one. Babel, n. Confusion, disorder, tumult, pother, hurly-burly. Baby, n. Infant, BABE. Babyhood, n. Infancy. Baccalaureate, n. Degree of bachelor of arts. Baccate, a. (Bot.) Of a pulpy nature (like a berry). Bacchanal, n. Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian. Bacchanal, a. Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian. Bacchanalian, n. and a. Bacchanal. Bacchanals, n. pl. Revelry, revels, orgies, carousal, debauch, drunken frolic, potation, compotation, wassail, Saturnalia, drunken feasts. Back, n. 1. Upper part, outer part. 2. Hinder part. Back, a. 1. Remote. 2. Hindmost, in the rear. 3. In a backward direction. Back, ad. 1. To the place of starting. 2. Backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, towards what is behind. 3. In return, in recompense. Back, v. a. 1. Assist, aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support to, co-operate with, back up. 2. Move backward. Backbite, v. a. Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, lampoon, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, run down, speak ill of. Backbiter, n. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller. Backbiting, n. Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, obloquy. Backbone, n. 1. Spine, spinal column, vertebral column. 2. Firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood. Backhanded, a. 1. Inclining to the left hand (as writing). 2. Outward and backward. 3. Indirect, unfair. Back-house, n. Privy, necessary, jakes, water-closet. Back out, [Colloquial.] Withdraw from a bargain, not keep a promise, not stand to an engagement. Backslide, v. n. Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith. Backslider, n. Apostate, deserter, renegade. Backsliding, n. Apostasy. Back up, Support, sustain, assist, aid, help, BACK. Backward, a. 1. Averse, unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating. 2. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid. 3. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time. Backward, ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT. Backwards, ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT. Bad, a. 1. Evil, ill, baneful, deleterious, pernicious, mischievous, noxious, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome. 2. Wicked, depraved, abandoned, dishonest, unfair, disingenuous, rascally, villanous. 3. Untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, unwelcome. 4. Vile, wretched, sorry, mean, shabby, scurvy, abominable. 5. Poor, inferior. Bad blood, Rancor, venom, bitterness, acrimony, harshness, sternness, asperity, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper. Bad faith, Perfidy, dishonesty, unfairness, faithlessness, want of faith, breach of faith. Badge, n. Mark of distinction, token of office, sign of authority. Badger, v. a. Persecute, tease, worry, harry, annoy, vex, plague, harass, torment, pester, trouble, bother, hector. Badinage, n. [Fr.] Raillery, banter, ASTEISM, light talk, small talk, trifling or playful discourse. Baffle, v. a. 1. Disconcert, frustrate, foil, elude, balk, circumvent. 2. Confound, bewilder, perplex, out-general, out-manœuvre. Bag, n. Sack, pouch. Bagatelle, n. [Fr.] Trifle, small matter, thing of no consequence or importance. Baggage, n. Luggage, bag and baggage. Bagnio, n. 1. Bath, bathing-house. 2. Brothel, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame. Bail, n. 1. Security, surety. 2. Handle (of a pail, &c.). Bail, v. a. Admit to bail. Bairn, n. [Scottish.] Child, BABE. Bait, v. a. 1. Put bait upon. 2. Furnish with a meal. Bait, v. n. Take refreshment (on a journey). Bait, n. 1. Lure, decoy, allurement, enticement, temptation. 2. Refreshment (on a journey). Bake, v. a. 1. Harden (by heat). 2. Cook (by direct heat). Balance, n. 1. Pair of scales. 2. Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight. 3. Excess, overplus, surplus. 4. [Low, U. S.] Rest, residue, remainder. Balance, v. a. 1. Poise, keep in equipoise, hold in equilibrium. 2. Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for. 3. (Com.) Equalize, make equal. Balance-fish, n. Hammer-fish, hammer-headed shark (Zygœna vulgaris). Bald, a. 1. Without hair (on the head). 2. Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame. Balderdash, n. Verbiage, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, moonshine, platitude, flummery, fudge, wish-wash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk. Baldric, n. Shoulder belt. Bale, n. Bundle, package. Baleen, n. Whalebone. Bale-fire, n. Beacon-fire. Baleful, a. Hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, pernicious, baneful, ruinous, deadly, fraught with evil. Balk, v. a. Disappoint, frustrate, defeat, foil, baffle, disconcert, thwart. Balky, a. [U. S.] Perverse (said of a horse), unruly, refractory, wayward, contrary, stubborn, obstinate. Ball, n. 1. Globe, sphere. 2. Dance, entertainment of dancing. 3. Game of ball. Ballad, n. Light poem, sentimental song. Ballast, n. 1. Weight (for steadiness), ballasting. 2. Prudence, discretion, judgment, sense, wisdom, TACT, GUMPTION, common sense. Ballast, v. a. Put ballast into. Ballasting, n. Ballast. Ballooning, n. Aëronautics, aërostation. Balloonist, n. Aëronaut, aërial navigator. Balmy, a. 1. Soothing, refreshing, easing, assuaging, lenitive, sedative. 2. Fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, aromatic, aromatous, ambrosial, spicy, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented. Baltimore oriole, Golden robin, hang-bird, fiery hang-bird (Icterus Baltimore or Oriolus Baltimore). Bam, n. [Low.] Cheat, imposition, imposture, fraud, circumvention, trick. Bam, v. a. [Low.] Cheat, BAMBOOZLE. Bamboozle, v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gull, trick, chouse, overreach, circumvent, defraud, diddle, BAM. Ban, n. 1. Proclamation, edict. 2. Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema. Band, n. 1. Tie, ligature, ligament. 2. Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond. 3. Bandage, fillet, binding. 4. Company (especially of instrumental musicians), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, COTERIE, CLIQUE, society, sodality, association. Bandage, n. Fillet, band, binding. Bandit, n. Outlaw, robber, brigand, freebooter, footpad, highwayman, marauder. Banditti, n. pl. Band of outlaws or robbers. Bandy, v. a. 1. Toss, toss about, toss to and fro. 2. Exchange, interchange, give and take. Bane, n. 1. Poison, venom. 2. Pest, scourge, curse, ruin. Baneful, a. 1. Poisonous, venomous. 2. Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil. Banewort, n. Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (Atropa Belladonna). Banging, a. [Low.] Huge, large, great. Banian, n. (Bot.) Indian fig-tree (Ficus Indicus). Banish, v. a. 1. Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country. 2. Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind. Banishment, n. Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription. Bang, v. a. Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, WALLOP, deal roughly with. Bankrupt, a. Insolvent. Bankrupt, n. Insolvent debtor. Bankruptcy, n. Insolvency. Banner, n. Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors. Banquet, n. Feast, entertainment, treat. Banquet, v. n. Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking. Banquet, v. a. Treat with a banquet or feast. Banter, v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of. Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, BADINAGE, ASTEISM, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk. Bantling, n. Infant, babe, baby, chit, brat, nursling, suckling, BAIRN, little child, little one, young one. Baptize, v. a. 1. Administer baptism to. 2. Christen. Bar, n. 1. Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, BARRICADE, stop, impediment. 2. Rail, railing. 3. Tribunal, judgment-seat. 4. Body of lawyers. Bar, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bar. 2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent. 3. Exclude, shut out. Barb, n. 1. Beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles. 2. Horse (of the Barbary breed). Barbadoes tar, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil. Barbarian, n. 1. Savage. 2. Brute, ruffian, brutal monster. Barbarian, a. 1. Uncivilized, rude, savage, BARBAROUS, barbaric. 2. Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish. Barbaric, a. 1. Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native. 2. Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage. Barbarism, n. 1. Incivility, rudeness, savageness, Vandalism, Gothicism, barbarous state, uncivilized condition. 2. Vulgarism, slang, unauthorized expression. Barbarity, n. Cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian. Barbarous, a. 1. Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, savage, barbarian, barbaric. 2. Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody. 3. Uncouth (as a word or an expression), harsh, vulgar, contrary to good usage. Barbed, a. 1. Bearded. 2. Clad in armor. Barberry, n. Pepperidge-bush. Bard, n. 1. Poet, minstrel. 2. Caparison, horse-armor, trappings for a horse. Bare, a. 1. Naked, nude, denuded, uncovered, unclothed, undressed. 2. Simple, sheer, mere. Bare, v. a. Strip, uncover, make bare. Barefaced, a. 1. Undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed, palpable, conspicuous, glaring, notable, notorious. 2. Impudent, presumptuous, shameless, audacious. Barely, ad. Merely, simply, only. Bargain, n. 1. Compact, agreement, stipulation, covenant, contract, convention, concordat, treaty, indenture. 2. Cheap purchase, purchase on favorable terms, good bargain. Bargain, v. n. Contract, agree, stipulate, covenant, make a bargain. Barilla, n. Carbonate of soda (impure), kelp. Bark, v. n. Yelp. Bark up the wrong tree, [Colloquial.] Mistake, err, make a mistake, BE IN THE WRONG BOX. Barm, n. Yeast, ferment, leaven. Barmy, a. Yeasty. Barren, a. 1. Unprolific, incapable of bearing offspring, not prolific. 2. Unfertile, fruitless, unproductive, sterile, ACARPOUS. 3. Scanty, not copious. Barricade, n. Obstruction (as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification), BARRIER. Barricade, v. a. Obstruct, block up, stop up. Barrier, n. Obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, BARRICADE, stop, impediment. Barrister, n. Advocate (admitted to plead at the bar), counsellor, counsel, lawyer, attorney, SOLICITOR, attorney at law, limb of the law. Barrow, n. 1. Wheelbarrow. 2. Mound, hillock. 3. Hog (especially a castrated hog). Barter, v. n. Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges. Barter, v. a. Give in exchange, barter away. Barter, n. Exchange, traffic by exchange. Barter away, Barter. Baryta, n. Oxide of barium. Barytes, n. Heavy spar, sulphate of baryta. Base, a. 1. Ignoble, plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, unhonored, base-born, of low birth. 2. Vile, low, mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, abject, grovelling, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally. 3. Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous. Base, n. 1. Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part. 2. (Surveying.) Base-line. 3. (Chem.) Principal element (of a compound). Base-born, a. Base, of low birth. Base-line, n. (Surveying.) Base. Basement, n. Ground-floor, lowest story. Base-minded, a. Mean, low, vile, grovelling, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, mean-spirited. Baseness, n. 1. Meanness, vileness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness. 2. Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude. Bashful, a. Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over-modest, not self-possessed. Bashfulness, n. Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self-distrust, excessive modesty. Basilisk, n. Cockatrice. Basis, n. Base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part. Bask, v. n. Lie in the sun, be exposed to a pleasant heat. Bask, v. a. Expose to sunshine or to a pleasant heat. Bass, a. (Mus.) Low, deep, grave. Basset, v. n. (Geol.) Crop out. Bassetting, n. Cropping out, out-crop. Bastard, n. Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child. Bastard, a. 1. Illegitimate. 2. Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine. Baste, v. a. 1. Beat (with a stick), cudgel, cane, drub, thrash. 2. Moisten with fat. 3. Sew (with long stitches). Bastinado, n. Cudgelling or beating (on the soles of the feet). Bastinado, v. a. Cudgel or beat (on the soles of the feet). Batch, n. Certain quantity (as of bread, ore, &c., treated at one time). Bate, v. a. Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit. Bathe, v. a. Wash, lave. Bathe, v. n. Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath. Bathos, n. Anticlimax. Bating, prep. Except, excepting. Batten, n. Thin strip. Batten, v. a. 1. Fasten with battens. 2. Fatten, make fat. Batten, v. n. Grow fat. Batter, v. a. 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against. 2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces. Batter, v. n. (Masonry.) Slope backward. Batter, n. (Masonry.) Slope backward. Battle, n. Combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair. Battle array, Order of battle. Bawble, n. Trinket, gewgaw, toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, knack, knick-knack, JIGGUMBOB. Bawd, n. Procurer, pander, pimp. Bawdy, a. Obscene, filthy, indecent, impure, smutty, lewd. Bawdy-house, n. Brothel, stew, bagnio, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame. Bawl, v. n. Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall. Bay, a. Reddish-brown. Bay, n. 1. Bight, inlet of the sea. 2. Recess (as in a room), opening. 3. Compartment. 4. Bay-tree, laurel-tree (Laurus nobilis). Bay, v. n. Bark. Bayberry, n. Wax-myrtle (Myrica cerifera). Bay-rum, n. Spirit of Myrcia (rum distilled with the leaves of Myrcia acris). Bays, n. pl. Crown, garland, wreath, honorary distinction. Bay-salt, n. Common salt (as obtained by evaporation of sea-water), chloride of sodium. Bay-tree, n. Bay, laurel-tree. Bazaar, n. Market-place. Be, v. n. Exist (whether in fact or in imagination), subsist, have existence, have being. Beach, n. Shore, coast, strand, seaboard, seacoast. Beacon, n. 1. Signal-fire. 2. Mark, sign, signal. Beak, n. 1. Bill, mandible, neb. 2. Prow, bow, stem. Beam, n. 1. Girder, piece of timber. 2. Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, GLIMMER. Beam, v. n. Shine, emit rays. Beam, v. a. Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams. Beamy, a. Radiant, beaming. Bear, v. a. 1. Uphold, support, sustain, hold up. 2. Carry, transport, convey, waft. 3. Possess, have, hold. 4. Endure, suffer, undergo, brook, tolerate, abide, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily, have patience with, submit to. 5. Admit, permit, allow, admit of, be capable of. 6. Maintain, keep up, carry on. 7. Entertain, cherish, harbor. 8. Be answerable for, be charged with. 9. Produce, yield. 10. Generate, beget, bring forth, give birth to. 11. Exhibit, utter, show, give. Bear, v. n. 1. Suffer, submit. 2. Press, push, be oppressive. 3. Be fruitful, be prolific. 4. [Rare.] Imply, intimate. 5. (Naut.) Be situated (with respect to the point of compass). Bear, n. Bruin. Bearable, a. Tolerable, endurable, supportable. Bear a hand, (Naut.) Be quick, make haste. Beard, v. a. Defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard, oppose to the face. Bearded, a. 1. Barbed. 2. (Bot.) Aristate, awned. Bear date, Be dated. Bear down, Overwhelm, oppress, crush. Bear down upon, Attack, assail, assault, charge, march upon, march against, set upon, rush upon, fall upon. Bear-grass, n. Yucca, Adam's needle, Spanish bayonet. Bearing, n. 1. Deportment, demeanor, behavior, conduct, carriage, mien, air, port. 2. Relation, dependency, connection. 3. Endurance, suffering. 4. Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass. Bearings, n. pl. Charges (in coats of arms). Bearish, a. Rough, rude, coarse, savage, boorish, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, impolite, ungentlemanly. Bear one's self, Behave, acquit one's self, conduct one's self. Bear out, Maintain, support, defend, uphold, justify, make good. Bear the bell, Be the leader. Bear the cross, Take up the cross, submit to trials or afflictions. Bear the palm, Excel, be superior. Bear up, 1. (Active.) Support, uphold; sustain, keep from falling. 2. (Passive.) Stand firm, show fortitude. Bear with, Endure, BEAR, tolerate, put up with, have patience with. Bear witness, Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, SWEAR. Beast, n. Brute (fit for the service of man), quadruped, beast of the field, four-footed animal, irrational animal. Beastly, a. Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational. Beat, v. a. 1. Strike, knock, hit, thump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, BASTE, thrash, thwack, bang, lay blows upon. 2. Hammer, forge. 3. Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in pieces. 4. Batter, smite, pelt, dash against. 5. Conquer, overcome, subdue, vanquish, overpower, defeat, checkmate. 6. [Colloquial.] Excel, surpass, outdo, cut out. Beat, v. n. 1. Pulsate, throb. 2. Dash, strike. 3. (Naut.) Go against the wind, go a zigzag course. Beat, n. 1. Stroke, striking, blow. 2. Pulsation, throb, beating. 3. Round, course. Beat all hollow, [Low.] Surpass completely, excel beyond all question. Beat back, Repulse, repel, drive back. Beat down, 1. Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down. 2. Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down. 3. Press down (by blows), lay flat. Beaten, a. 1. Worn by use, much travelled. 2. Hackneyed, trite, common, common-place. Beatific, a. Ravishing, enchanting. Beatification, n. 1. Beatifying (especially the act of the pope in declaring a person happy after death). 2. Bliss, BEATITUDE. Beatify, v. a. Enrapture, enchant, transport, enravish, make happy. Beating, n. 1. Striking, drubbing, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, pommelling, caning, flagellation, BASTINADO. 2. Beat, pulsation, throb, throbbing. Beat into, [Colloquial.] Teach (by laborious effort), instil, inculcate, implant. Beatitude, n. Happiness, bliss, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatification, transport, rapture, heavenly joy. Be at loggerheads, Come to blows, fall to loggerheads, go to loggerheads. Beat out, 1. Flatten (by hammering). 2. Exhaust, overcome (with fatigue). Beat the air, Make vain efforts, try in vain, lash the waves, fish in the air, milk the ram. Beau, n. 1. Fop, dandy, coxcomb, exquisite, macaroni, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress. 2. Gallant, lover, admirer, suitor, sweetheart, CICISBEO. Beau ideal, [Fr.] Ideal beauty, ideal excellence, ideal standard. Beau-monde, n. [Fr.] Gay world, fashionable world, people of fashion, genteel people. Beauteous, a. [Poetical.] Beautiful. Beauties, n. pl. 1. Anthology, selections, elegant extracts. 2. Beautiful persons (especially beautiful women). Beautiful, a. Handsome, fair, fine, elegant, graceful, PRETTY, BEAUTEOUS. Beautify, v. a. Adorn, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck, BEDIZEN, ornament, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, set, TRICK OUT, set off, make beautiful. Beauty, n. 1. Elegance, grace, symmetry. 2. Comeliness, seemliness, fairness, loveliness, attractiveness. 3. Fine part, special grace, particular excellence. 4. Beautiful person (especially a beautiful woman). Beaux-esprits, n. pl. [Fr.] Men of wit, men of genius. Beaver, n. 1. Fur of the beaver. 2. Hat. 3. Face-guard (of a helmet). Be beat out, Be exhausted, be fagged, be greatly fatigued. Be brought to bed, Be confined, lie in, be in child-bed. Becafico, n. Fig-eater, fig-pecker, greater pettychaps, garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). Be called, Be named, go by the name of, take the name of, pass under the name of. Becalm, v. a. 1. Quiet, soothe, calm, tranquillize, pacify, make calm, make tranquil. 2. Detain by a calm (as a ship). Be cast away, 1. Be thrown aside. 2. Be shipwrecked. Because, conj. 1. For, since, as, for the cause that, for the reason that, on this account that, inasmuch as. 2. On account, by reason. Bèche-de-mer, n. [Fr.] Trepang, sea-cucumber, sea-slug. Beck, n. Nod, bow. Beckon, v. n. Make a sign, give a signal. Beckon, v. a. Call by a sign or signal. Becloud, v. a. Dim, bedim, obscure, darken, cloud. Become, v. n. 1. Be. 2. Change to, be changed to, be converted into, get to be, come to be. Become, v. a. Suit, befit, be suitable to, be proper for, be appropriate to. Becoming, a. 1. Fit, proper, suitable, meet, appropriate, congruous, right, seemly. 2. Comely, graceful, neat, pretty. Become of, Be the fate of, be the end of, be the final condition of. Be confined, 1. Be restrained, be shut up, be shut in. 2. Be brought to bed, lie in, be in child-bed. Bed, n. 1. Couch, BERTH, resting-place, place to sleep in. 2. Raised plot (of ground). 3. Layer, stratum, seam, vein. Bed, v. a. Embed. Bedaub, v. a. Smear, daub, besmear, soil, daub over. Bedeck, v. a. Adorn, decorate, embellish, beautify, ornament, deck, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, BEDIZEN, set out, set off, TRICK OUT. Bedew, v. a. Moisten, wet, damp, dampen. Bedim, v. a. Darken, dim, obscure, cloud, becloud. Bedizen, v. a. Adorn (gaudily), deck, BEDECK. Bedlam, n. Madhouse, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane. Bedlamite, n. Madman, lunatic, maniac, crazy person, insane person. Bedouin, n. Nomadic Arab. Bedridden, a. Confined to the bed. Beef, n. Flesh of neat-cattle. Bee-house, n. Apiary, beehive. Bee-line, n. Straight line, right line, shortest distance, most direct line. Bee-moth, n. Wax-moth. Beetle, v. n. Protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over. Beetle-head, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE. Beetle-headed, a. Dull, stupid, obtuse, foolish, senseless, witless, insensible, sluggish, slow of apprehension, void of understanding. Beeves, n. pl. Neat-cattle. Befall, v. a. Betide, overtake, happen to. Befall, v. n. Happen, occur, take place. Befit, v. a. Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be appropriate for. Befitting, a. Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous. Befool, v. a. Infatuate, dupe, deceive, delude, cheat, chouse, trick, diddle, hoax, stultify, hoodwink, circumvent, overreach, beguile, bamboozle, impose upon, practise upon, play upon, make a fool of. Before, prep. 1. Preceding. 2. Prior to, previous to. 3. In the presence of, face to face with. 4. Near the front of, in front of. Before, ad. 1. Toward the front. 2. In advance, farther onward. 3. Formerly, in time past, of old. 4. Hitherto, up to that time. 5. Above, in a former part. Beforehand, ad. Previously, in anticipation, in advance. Beforehand, a. Forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (as respects property), well off, well to do. Before the wind, With the wind, in the direction of the wind. Befoul, v. a. Soil, pollute, daggle, draggle, foul, bemire, dirty. Befriend, v. a. Favor, encourage, patronize, countenance, assist, help, aid, benefit, act as a friend to, do a good turn for, be kind to. Beg, v. a. 1. Crave, solicit, beseech, implore, supplicate, conjure, pray for, petition for, seek by petition, ask earnestly. 2. Assume, take for granted, consider as true. Beg, v. n. Solicit charity, ask alms. Beget, v. a. 1. Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be the father of. 2. Produce, originate, give rise to. Beggar, n. Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person. Beggar, v. a. 1. Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to poverty, bring to want. 2. Surpass, exceed, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be inadequate. Beggarly, a. 1. Destitute, indigent, needy, poor. 2. Sorry, mean, abject, base, low, paltry, shabby, vile, scurvy, miserable, contemptible, despicable, pitiful, pitiable, servile, slavish, grovelling, base-minded, low-minded, mean-spirited. Beggary, n. Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, want, distress, mendicancy, mendicity. Begin, v. n. 1. Originate, arise, take rise. 2. Commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground, break the ice. Begin, v. a. Commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation. Beginner, n. Tyro, novice. Beginning, n. 1. Commencement, outset, opening, start. 2. Origin, source, rise. Begird, v. a. 1. Gird, bind with a girdle. 2. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird. Begone, interj. 1. Depart, go away, haste away, be off, get thee gone. 2. Away, let us go, let us be off. Begrudge, v. a. Grudge, envy the possession of. Beguile, v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, deceive, BEFOOL. 2. Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace. Behalf, n. Benefit, advantage, profit, interest, account, behoof. Be hanged, Come to the gallows. Behave, v. n. Act, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self, behave one's self. Behave one's self, Behave. Behavior, n. Deportment (on particular occasions), conduct, bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port. Behead, v. a. Decapitate, decollate, deprive of the head. Beheading, n. Decapitation, decollation. Behest, n. Command, commandment, mandate, order, precept, injunction, direction, charge, bidding. Behind, prep. 1. Abaft, at the back of, in the rear of. 2. After, following. Behind, ad. 1. Backward, back. 2. Abaft, aft, ASTERN, rearward, in the rear, at the back. Behindhand, a. Backward, late, tardy, after the usual time. Behind the curtain, Hid, concealed, in concealment. Behold, v. a. See, observe, view, descry, discern, look upon, set one's eyes on. Behold, interj. See, look, observe, lo. Beholden, a. Obliged, indebted, grateful, thankful, under obligation. Beholder, n. Observer, spectator, looker-on. Behoof, n. Advantage, benefit, profit, interest, account, behoof. Behoove, v. a. Become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for, be meet for. Be in earnest, Be serious, be not jesting. Being, 1. Existence, subsistence. 2. Creature, substance, thing. Be in the ascendant, Have superior influence, have commanding influence. Be in the wrong box, Mistake, err, make a mistake, BARK UP THE WRONG TREE. Be it so, 1. Suppose it to be so. 2. Amen, so be it, let it be so. Belabor, v. a. Thump, beat, strike, knock, lay blows upon. Belated, a. Retarded, hindered, made late. Belay, v. a. (Naut.) Fasten, make fast. Belch, v. a. 1. Eject (as wind from the stomach), discharge. 2. Throw out violently, cast forth. Belch, v. n. 1. Eructate, eject wind from the stomach. 2. Be ejected violently. Belching, n. Eructation. Beldam, n. Hag, Jezebel, virago, vixen, fury, she-monster, ugly old woman. Beleaguer, v. a. Besiege, invest, beset, lay siege to. Bel-esprit, n. [Fr. pl. Beaux-esprits.] Wit, man of wit, man of genius. Belfry, n. Campanile. Belial, n. Satan, DEVIL, Apollyon, arch-fiend. Belie, v. a. 1. Falsify, misrepresent, represent falsely. 2. Give the lie to, convict of falsehood, show to be false, charge with falsehood. Belief, n. 1. Credence, credit, confidence, trust, reliance, persuasion, FAITH. 2. Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, creed, article of faith, profession of faith. Believe, v. a. Credit, give credit to, think to be true, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, make no doubt of, put confidence in. Believe, v. n. 1. Exercise faith, have faith, have a firm persuasion. 2. Think, suppose, conceive, fancy, apprehend, imagine, hold. OPINE, be of opinion, entertain the idea, take it. Belike, ad. [Colloquial.] Probably, perhaps, mayhap, it may be, it is likely. Belladonna, n. Banewort, dwale, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Belle, n. Beautiful young lady, fair damsel. Belles-lettres, n. pl. [Fr.] Polite literature, elegant literature, the humanities. Belligerent, a. 1. Carrying on war, engaged in war, waging war. 2. Of belligerents. 3. Warlike, hostile. Belligerent, n. Belligerent state or nation. Bellow, v. n. 1. Roar (as a beast). 2. Vociferate, clamor, yell, howl, cry, bawl, make a loud outcry. Bell-pepper, n. Red pepper (of the garden. Capsicum annuum). Bell-shaped, a. (Bot.) Campanulate. Belly, n. 1. Abdomen, paunch. 2. Convexity, swell, swelling, bulge, protuberance. Belly-ache, n. Colic, pain in the bowels. Belong to, 1. Be the property of, be possessed by. 2. Regard, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, refer to, be related to, have reference to. 3. Be appendent to, constitute a part of, be connected with. 4. Be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on. 5. Be a resident of, have a legal residence in. Beloved, a. Dear, darling, much loved. Below, prep. 1. Under, beneath, underneath. 2. Unbecoming, unworthy of. Below, ad. 1. Under, beneath, underneath. 2. On the earth. 3. In hell, in the lower regions, in the regions of the dead. Belt, n. Girdle, cincture, cestus, band. Bemire, v. a. Daggle, draggle, befoul, foul, dirty, soil. Bemoan, v. a. Bewail, lament, deplore, moan over, mourn over, express sorrow for. Bemused, a. Stupefied, confused, bewildered, MUZZY, half-drunk. Bench, n. 1. Long seat. 2. Court, tribunal, body of judges. Bend, v. a. 1. Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, make crooked. 2. Direct, turn towards, incline towards. 3. Exert, apply earnestly, direct attentively. 4. Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive. 5. (Naut.) Fasten, make fast. Bend, v. n. 1. Crook, be crooked, be bent, be curved. 2. Lean, incline, turn. Bend, n. 1. Curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow, crook, incurvation, ARCUATION. 2. Bight, coil. Beneath, prep. 1. Under, underneath, below. 2. Unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of. Beneath, ad. Below. Benedict, n. Married man. Benediction, n. Blessing, benison, invocation of happiness. Benefaction, n. Gift, donation, gratuity, grant, offering, contribution, boon, present, alms, charity. Benefice, n. Ecclesiastical living. Beneficence, n. Charity, bounty, liberality, generosity, alms-giving, active goodness, kind action, doing of good. Beneficient, a. Bountiful, munificent, liberal, generous, bounteous, princely, kind. Beneficial, a. Useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for one's interest. Benefit, n. 1. Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind office. 2. Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof, account, interest. Benefit, v. a. 1. Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful to, advance the interest of, confer a favor on. 2. Profit, advantage, avail, be of advantage to. Benevolence, n. Kindness, benignity, kind-heartedness, humanity, tenderness, charitableness, good-will, disposition to do good, milk of human kindness. Benevolent, a. Kind, benignant, benign, kind-hearted, obliging, humane, tender, charitable, disposed to do good. Benighted, a. 1. Overtaken with night. 2. Involved in darkness. Benign, a. 1. Kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, of a gentle disposition. 2. (Med.) Mild, of a mild nature. Benignant, a. Kind, BENIGN. Benignity, n. 1. Kindness, graciousness, benevolence, complaisance, humanity, amiability, amenity, friendliness, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper, obliging manner. 2. [Rare.] Mildness. Benison, n. Blessing, benediction. Benne, n. Sesame, oil-plant. Bent, n. Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, PENCHANT, leaning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, predilection, partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency. Bent, a. Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, aduncous, ARCUATE, INCURVATE. Benumb, v. a. Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible. Be of opinion, Think, believe, conclude, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, deem, WERN, OPINE, hold, entertain the idea, take it. Be on the carpet, Be under consideration, be upon the tapis. Bequeath, v. a. Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will. Bequest, n. Legacy, devise. Berate, v. a. 1. Scold, chide, reprimand, rate. 2. Abuse, vilify, defame. Bereave, v. a. Deprive (of something that cannot be restored), dispossess, divest, take away from. Bereavement, n. Deprivation, loss (especially of friends by death). Berth, n. (Naut.) 1. Ship's station. 2. Bed, place to sleep in. 3. Situation, office, post, employment, place. Beseech, v. a. 1. Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition, conjure, ADJURE, pray to. 2. Solicit, ask, petition for, pray for, beg for. Beseem, v. a. Become, bent, be proper for, be appropriate for, be meet for. Be seized of, Possess, have possession of, be possessed of. Be selfish, Indulge one's self, coddle one's self, consult one's own wishes, interest, or pleasure; take care of, or look after, number one; have an eye to the main chance. Beset, v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, besiege, hem in. 2. Embarrass, perplex, entangle. Beshrew, v. a. Execrate, wish evil to, implore a curse upon. Beside, prep. 1. Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of. 2. Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from. 3. Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not according to. 4. Out of, not in possession of. Besides, prep. 1. Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of. 2. Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from. 3. Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not according to. 4. Out of, not in possession of. Beside, ad. 1. Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than that, over and above, in addition. 2. Else. Besides, ad. 1. Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than that, over and above, in addition. 2. Else. Besiege, v. a. Surround (with a military force), beset, beleaguer, invest, lay siege to. Besmear, v. a. Bedaub, daub, smear, soil, bespatter, daub over. Besot, v. a. Infatuate, stultify, stupefy, befool, make sottish, make foolish. Bespatter, v. a. Spatter (with something filthy), bedaub, BESMEAR. Bespeak, v. a. 1. Order, speak for beforehand. 2. [Rare.] Forebode, foretell, predict. 3. Indicate, imply, proclaim, declare, betoken, show. Best, a. 1. Most good, most excellent, superlatively good, good in the highest degree. 2. Most wise, most judicious, most expedient. Best, ad. 1. Most of all, in the highest degree, beyond all others. 2. With most propriety, most profitably or advantageously, to the greatest advantage. 3. Most intimately, most thoroughly, most completely. 4. With the highest qualification, by the clearest title. Best, n. 1. Highest perfection. 2. Utmost, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most that can be done. Bestial, a. Beastly, brutal, brutish, irrational, sensual. Bestir one's self, Labor, work, toil, strive, fall to work, exert one's self, rouse one's self, trouble one's self, busy one's self, take pains, be busy, be active, be quick, BEAR A HAND. Bestow, v. a. 1. Put, place, stow, deposit, lay up in store. 2. Give, accord, grant, impart, CONFER. 3. Use, apply, make use of. Bestower, n. Giver, disposer, donor, DONATOR. Bestride, v. a. 1. Straddle, stride over. 2. Ride upon astraddle. Bet, n. Wager, stake. Bet, v. n. Wager, lay a wager, make a bet. Bet, v. a. Stake, pledge, wager, lay, wage. Betake one's self, Resort, repair, apply, have recourse. Bethink one's self, Consider, reflect, take thought. Betide, v. a. Befall, overtake, happen to, come to. Betime, ad. Seasonably, early, before it is too late. Betimes, ad. Seasonably, early, before it is too late. Betoken, v. a. 1. Signify, denote, indicate, represent, typify, imply, prove, show, argue. 2. Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, presignify. Betray, v. a. 1. Deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously. 2. Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery. 3. Discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known. 4. Mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle. Betroth, v. a. Affiance, pledge in marriage, engage to marry. Betrothment, n. Engagement. Better, a. 1. More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree. 2. More useful, more valuable. 3. Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable. 4. More fit, more appropriate, more suitable. 5. Improved in health, less ill. 6. More familiar, more intimate. Better, n. 1. Superiority, advantage. 2. Improvement, greater good. 3. Superior. Better, ad. 1. In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely. 2. With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably. 3. More, in a higher degree. Better, v. a. Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, make or render better. Better-half, n. [Colloquial.] Wife. Bettering, n. Improvement, amendment, melioration, amelioration. Between, prep. Betwixt. Betwixt, prep. [Nearly obsolete.] Between. Be upon the tapis. Be under consideration, be on the carpet. Bevel, n. Chamfer. Bevel, v. a. Chamfer. Beverage, n. Drink, potion. Bevy, n. 1. Flock, covey. 2. Company (especially of women), party. Bewail, v. a. Bemoan, lament, deplore, mourn for, mourn over, express sorrow for. Bewail, v. n. Mourn, lament, sorrow, grieve. Beware v. n. Mind, take care, be cautious. Bewilder, v. a. Perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle, stagger, pose, nonplus, mystify, entangle. Bewilderment, n. Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, entanglement. Bewitch, v. a. Charm, fascinate, enchant, captivate, transport, enravish, enrapture, entrance. Be with child, Be pregnant, be big, be ENCEINTE, be in the family way. Beyond, prep. 1. On the further side of. 2. Before, at a distance before. 3. Remote from, out of the reach of, out of the grasp of. 4. Farther than. 5. Above, superior to. Beyond, ad. Yonder, at a distance. Bias, n. Inclination, bent, leaning, tendency, predilection, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, partiality, prejudice, disposition, predisposition, turn, PENCHANT. Bias, v. a. Influence, incline, prejudice, dispose, predispose. Bible, n. [Used with The prefixed.] The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume. Biblical, a. Scriptural. Bibliomania, n. Book-madness. Bibulous, a. Spongy, porous. Bichloride of mercury, Corrosive sublimate. Bicker, v. n. 1. Wrangle, dispute, quarrel, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation. 2. Quiver, be tremulous. Bickering, n. Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words. Bid, n. Offer (of a price), bidding, proposal. Bid, v. a. 1. Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct. 2. Offer, propose, proffer, tender. 3. Pronounce, declare, utter. Bidding, n. 1. Command, order, direction, injunction, precept, behest, requisition, mandate, appointment. 2. Offer (of a price), bid, proposal. Bide, v. a. 1. Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to. 2. Abide, await, wait for. Bid fair, Seem likely, offer a good prospect, present a fair prospect, make a fair promise. Big, a. 1. Great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy. 2. Haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling, blustering, assuming, self-conceited, self-sufficient. 3. Pregnant, ENCEINTE, with child, in the family way. Big-bellied, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, abdominous. Bight, n. 1. [Naut.] Bend, coil. 2. Bay, inlet, cove. Bigot, n. Zealot, fanatic, enthusiast, dogmatist. Bigoted, a. Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow-minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound, wedded to an opinion. Bigotry, n. Prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal. Big-sounding, a. High-sounding. Big-wig, n. [Colloquial.] Person of consequence. Big-wigged, a. Consequential, pompous, self-important. Bijou, n. [Fr.] Jewel, trinket, elegant ornament. Bijoutry, n. Jewelry, jewels, trinkets. Bi-labiate, a. (Bot.) Two-lipped. Bilbo, n. Rapier, short sword. Bilboes, n. pl. Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains. Bile, n. Gall. Bileduct, n. Biliary duct, hepatic duct. Biliary calculus, Gall-stone. Biliary duct, Bileduct, hepatic duct. Bilk, v. a. Deceive (by not fulfilling an engagement), disappoint, elude. Bill, n. 1. Beak, mandible, neb. 2. Account, charges, reckoning, score. 3. Statement of particulars. 4. Draft of a law, projected law. Bill of exchange, Draft. Billet, n. Note, short letter. Billet, v. a. Assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings. Billet-doux, n. [Fr.] Love-letter. Billing and Cooing, Blandishment. Billingsgate, n. Ribaldry, BLACKGUARDISM, foul or profane language. Billow, n. Wave, surge, breaker. Bin, n. Bunker, crib. Binary, a. Dual, double, consisting of two. Bind, v. a. 1. Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon. 2. Enwrap, put a bandage upon. 3. Tie, fasten, secure by a bond. 4. Engage, oblige, OBLIGATE, make responsible, lay under obligation. 5. Confirm, ratify, sanction. 6. Put a border round. Binding, n. 1. Bandage, band, fillet. 2. Cover, covering. Binding, a. 1. Astringent, contracting, styptic. 2. Obligatory, valid. Binoxide, n. Deutoxide. Biography, n. 1. Life, memoir, history of a person's life. 2. Biographical writings. Bird, n. Fowl, fowl of the air. Birth, n. 1. Nativity, coming into life. 2. Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry. Birthday, n. 1. Natal day. 2. Anniversary of one's birth. Bisect, v. a. Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve. Bisection, n. Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts. Bishop, n. 1. Prelate. 2. Bustle, tournure. Bishopric, n. Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop. Bison, n. [U. S.] Buffalo. Bissextile, n. Leap-year. Bit, n. 1. Mouth-piece of a bridle. 2. Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap. 3. Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace, scintilla. Bitch, n. Slut, female dog. Bite, v. a. 1. Gnaw, chew, champ. 2. Blast, nip (as frost). 3. Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon. Biting, a. 1. Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned. 2. Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic. 3. Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing. Bitter, a. 1. That tastes like wormwood. 2. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless. 3. Severe, harsh, stern. 4. Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous. Bitter-apple, n. Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber. Bitter-cucumber, n. Bitter-apple. Bitterness, n. 1. Bitter taste. 2. Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will. 3. Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood. 4. Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency. Bitter-sweet, n. Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara). Bivalve, a. Two-valved, bivalvular. Bivalved, a. Two-valved, bivalvular. Bivalvular, a. Two-valved, BIVALVE. Bivouac, n. and v. n. Halt for the night (without encamping). Bizarre, a. [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical. Blab, v. a. Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out. Blab, v. n. Tattle, prattle, prate, BLOW, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school. Blab, n. Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale. Black, a. 1. Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky, dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian. 2. Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic, infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible. Black, n. 1. Black color. 2. Mourning, black garment. 3. Negro, blackamoor, black man. Blackamoor, n. Negro, BLACK. Black art, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, NECROMANCY, magical art. Blackball, v. a. Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote. Blackcap, n. Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (Corucca atricapilla). Black-coat, n. Clergyman, minister, divine, pastor, priest. Black-cock, n. Heath-cock, black-grouse, black-game (Tetrao tetrix). Blacken, v. a. 1. Darken, make black. 2. Vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of. Blackfish, n. Tautog (Labrus Americanus). Blackfriar, n. Dominican, predicant, jacobin, preaching friar. Black-game, n. Blackcock. Black-grouse, n. Blackcock. Blackguard, n. Scurrilous or abusive fellow, person of low character, vile fellow. Blackguard, a. Scurrilous, abusive, contumelious, insulting, ribald, vituperative, reproachful, opprobrious. Blackguardism, n. Ribaldry, billingsgate, scurrility, indecency, obscenity, foul or profane language. Black hellebore, Christmas rose (Helleborus niger). Black-jack, n. [Term used by miners.] Blende, zinc-blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena, mock lead. Black-lead, n. Plumbago, graphite. Blackleg, n. Gambler, sharper, swindler. Black-mail, n. 1. Tribute (paid for immunity from robbery). 2. [U. S.] Hush-money, bribe to keep silence. Black man, Negro, blackamoor, black. Black Sea, Euxine. Black tea, Bohea. Blackthorn, n. Sloe (Prunus spinosa). Blade, n. 1. Leaf. 2. Flat part (as of a knife or an oar). 3. Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow. Blain, n. Pustule, blister, blotch, sore. Blamable, a. Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy. Blame, v. a. Censure, reprove, reprehend, reflect upon, lay or cast blame upon, find fault with, cry out against. Blame, n. Censure, reprehension, animadversion, reproof, condemnation, imputation of fault. Blameless, a. Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible, inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied, undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent. Blameworthy, a. Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blamable. Blanc-fix, n. Permanent white, sulphate of baryta (artificially made). Blanch, v. a. Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white. Bland, a. Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh. Blandishment, n. Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing. Blank, a. 1. Void, empty. 2. White, of a white color. 3. Astonished, confounded, confused, dumfounded, disconcerted, nonplussed, struck dumb. Blank verse, Unrhymed verse (especially the heroic verse of five feet). Blare, n. Noise, sound, roar, peal, blast, clang, clamor, uproar. Blarney, n. 1. Flattery, adulation. 2. Unmeaning talk, smooth phrases. Blase, a. [Fr.] Surfeited, cloyed, satiated, palled, incapable of enjoyment (in consequence of excesses). Blaspheme, v. a. 1. Speak irreverently or impiously of. 2. [Rare.] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of. Blaspheme, v. n. Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of sacred things. Blasphemous, a. Impious, irreverent, profane. Blasphemy, n. Impiety, irreverence, profanity. Blast, n. 1. Gust, squall, sudden breeze. 2. Peal, blare, clang. 3. Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge. 4. Blight, pestilential influence. Blast, v. a. 1. Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel. 2. Rend by explosion. Blatant, a. 1. Bellowing, braying. 2. Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy. Blatherskite, n. [Colloquial, U. S.] 1. Blusterer, swaggerer, bully, boaster, vaunter, braggart, braggadocio, roisterer, huff, drawcansir, noisy fellow. 2. Bluster, boasting. Blattering, a. Blustering, swaggering, noisy. Blattering, n. Bluster. Blaze, n. Flame. Blaze, v. n. Flame, burn with a flame. Blaze, v. a. Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad, spread abroad, blaze abroad. Blaze abroad, Blaze. Blazing star, Comet. Blazon, v. a. 1. Emblazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial. 2. Display, exhibit, set forth, make a show of, show off. 3. Proclaim, publish, blaze, make known, noise, spread or blaze abroad. Blazon, n. 1. Blazonry. 2. Publication, proclamation. 3. Exhibition, show, pompous display. Blazonry, n. Emblazonry, heraldry. Bleach, v. a. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white. Bleach, v. n. Whiten, etiolate, grow or become white. Bleaching powder, Chloride of lime. Bleak, a. 1. Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing. 2. Unsheltered, exposed to cold, exposed to wind. Blearedness, n. Lippitude, dim-sightedness. Blear-eyed, a. Dim-sighted. Bleb, n. 1. Blister, vesicle, little tumor. 2. Air-bubble. Bleed, v. n. 1. Lose blood. 2. Lose sap or juice. 3. Be slaughtered. Bleeding, n. Phlebotomy, venesection, blood-letting. Blemish, v. a. 1. Stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar, injure, taint. 2. Defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign, revile, run down, speak ill of. Blemish, n. 1. Stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish, flaw, fault. 2. Disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint. Blench, v. n. Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, lack courage or resolution. Blend, v. a. Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate. Blende, n. (Min.) Black-jack, sulphuret of zinc, mock lead, false galena. Bless, v. a. 1. Ask or implore a blessing upon. 2. Delight, gladden, make happy. 3. Wish happiness to. 4. Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise. Blessed, a. 1. Happy. 2. Holy, hallowed, sacred. Blessedness, n. Bliss, blissfulness, happiness, felicity, beatitude, joy. Blessing, n. 1. Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness. 2. Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service. Blight, n. Pestilence (among plants), mildew, blast. Blight, v. a. Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay. Blind, a. 1. Sightless, eyeless, unseeing, stone-blind, stark-blind, unable to see. 2. Ignorant, undiscerning, unaware, unmindful, inattentive, heedless, incapable of judging. Blind, v. a. 1. Make blind, deprive of sight. 2. Hoodwink, blindfold. Blind, n. Screen, cover. Blind alley, Cul-de-sac. Blind-coal, n. Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal. Blindfold, v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage over the eyes). Blindfold, a. Blinded (by a bandage over the eyes), blindfolded. Blindside, n. Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak part. Blink, v. n. Wink, NICTATE, see obscurely. Blink, v. a. Overlook (purposely), disregard, avoid, evade, pass over, gloss over, shut out of sight, make no account of, not take into account, not mind, not trouble one's self with, pretend not to see. Bliss, n. Happiness, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatitude, beatification, transport, rapture, ecstasy, heavenly joy. Blissful, a. Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstasies, very happy, full of joy, highly blessed. Blister, n. 1. Vesicle, pustule, blain. 2. Vesicatory, blistering plaster. Blister, v. a. Raise blisters on. Blister, v. n. Rise in blisters. Blithe, a. Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated, vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy, buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good spirits, full of life, full of spirit. Blithesome, a. Cheerful, gay, BLITHE. Bloat, v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid. Bloat, v. n. Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid. Bloating, n. Swelling, dilatation, DILATION, expanding, expansion. Blobber-lip, n. Thick lip. Blobber-lipped, a. Thick-lipped. Block, v. a. Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE, shut up, stop up, block up. Block, n. 1. Thick and heavy piece (as of wood or stone). 2. Wooden mould (on which hats are made). 3. Simpleton, fool, blockhead, DUNCE. 4. [U. S.] Mass of houses (in a square or a continuous row). 5. (Naut.) Pulley. Blockade, v. a. Close (as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress), block, shut up, stop up. Blockade, n. Closure (as of a port), shutting up, blocking up. Blockhead, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE. Blockish, a. Stupid, stolid, heavy, doltish, unintelligent, dull, stockish. Block up, Obstruct, BLOCK. Blonde, a. Fair, light, flaxen. Blood, n. 1. Vital fluid, vital current, life blood. 2. Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity. 3. Royal lineage, royal line. 4. High birth, noble extraction. 5. Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow. Bloodroot, n. Bloodwort. Bloodshed, n. Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder. Bloodstone, n. 1. Hematite. 2. Heliotrope. Blood-sucker, n. Leech. Blood-thirsty, a. Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous, barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded. Bloodwort, n. Bloodroot, red root, red puccoon (Sanguinarea Canadensis). Bloody, a. 1. Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory. 2. Murderous, cruel, BLOOD-THIRSTY. Bloody-flux, n. Dysentery. Bloody-minded, a. Blood-thirsty. Bloom, n. 1. Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow. 2. Flush, freshness, vigor. Bloom, v. n. Flower, blossom, put forth blossoms. Bloomy, a. Flowery. Blossom, n. Flower, bloom, blow. Blossom, v. n. Flower, bloom, blow. Blot, v. a. 1. Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, expunge, rub out, blot out, scratch out, strike out. 2. Spot, stain, blur, disfigure. 3. Tarnish, sully, disgrace. Blot, n. 1. Obliteration, erasure, blotting. 2. Blur, spot, stain, blemish. 3. Disgrace, cause of reproach. Blotch, n. Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain. Blow, n. 1. Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat. 2. Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction. 3. Bloom, blossom, flower. 4. [Low.] Spree, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT. Blow, v. n. 1. Move or flow in currents (as the wind). 2. Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard. 3. Flower, bloom, blossom. 4. [Low.] Blab, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the bag. Blow, v. a. 1. Drive by the wind. 2. Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon. Blow down, Prostrate (by the wind). Blow off, 1. Drive from shore (by the wind, as a ship). 2. Detach or scatter (by the wind, as fruit from trees). 3. Let off (as steam), suffer to escape. Blow out, Extinguish. Blow-out, n. [Colloquial.] Carousal, BLOW. Blow up, [Active.] 1. Inflate, fill with air. 2. Burst, scatter by explosion, cause to explode. 3. Kindle. 4. (Low.) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at. Blow up, [Neuter.] Explode, burst, be scattered by explosion. Blow upon, Discredit, blast, taint, bring into disfavor, make distasteful. Blow-valve, n. Snifting-valve. Blowzed, a. Ruddy, BLOWZY. Blowzy, a. Ruddy, blowzed, tanned, ruddy-faced, high-colored, sun-burnt. Blubber, n. Whale fat. Blubber, v. n. Cry (so as to swell the cheeks), whine, whimper, weep. Bludgeon, n. Club, cudgel. Blue, a. 1. Azure, cerulean, sky-colored. 2. [Colloquial.] Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hypped, chopfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth. Blue, n. Azure, sky-color. Blue-devils, n. pl. Blues. Blue-fish, n. Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator). Blues, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals. Blue-stocking, n. Literary woman. Blue-vitriol, n. Sulphate of copper. Bluff, a. Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous, coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish. Bluff, n. Precipitous bank (especially on the margin of a river or the sea). Bluff, v. a. [Low.] Repulse (by a bluff manner), repel, snub, bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear. Blunder, v. n. Mistake (grossly), err (from want of care), make a bull. Blunder, n. Mistake (of the grossest kind), error (from thoughtlessness), gross mistake, bull. Blunderbuss, n. 1. Short gun (with a large bore). 2. Blunderer, blunderhead, stupid fellow. Blunderer, n. Blunderhead, blunderbuss, stupid fellow. Blunderhead, n. Blunderer. Blunt, a. 1. Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless. 2. Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle. Blunt, v. a. 1. Dull, make dull. 2. Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make insensible, callous, or obtuse. 3. Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften. Blunt-witted, a. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, obtuse, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow. Blur, n. Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect. Blur, v. a. 1. Obscure, darken. 2. Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish. Blush, v. n. Redden (in the cheeks), color. Blush, n. Reddening (of the cheeks), suffusion of the face. Bluster, v. n. 1. Roar (as the wind), make a loud noise. 2. Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully. 3. Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing. Bluster, n. 1. Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence. 2. Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE. 3. Great ado, much ado about nothing. Blusterer, n. Swaggerer, bully, boaster, braggart, vaunter, BOUNCER, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow. Blustering, a. 1. Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty. 2. Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming, important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self-conceited. Board, n. 1. Plank (thin). 2. Table (for food), stand. 3. Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals. 4. Conclave, council, committee. Board, v. a. 1. Cover with boards. 2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force. 3. Furnish with meals. Boards, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The stage (of a theatre). Boast, v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse. Boast, v. a. 1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of. 2. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble). Boast, n. 1. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool. 2. Cause of pride or laudable exultation. Boaster, n. Braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER. Boastful, a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop. Boasting, n. Vaunt, brag, BOAST. Boast one's self, Exult over-confidently. Boat-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cymbiform, navicular, SCAPHOID. Bob, v. a. 1. Move with a jerk. 2. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock. 3. Clip, cut short. 4. [Rare.] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud. Bob, v. n. 1. Play back and forward, have a jerking motion. 2. Angle (with a jerking motion), fish. Bob, n. 1. Jerking motion. 2. Pendent, hanging appendage. Bobolink, n. Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (Dolichonyx orizyvorus). Bode, v. a. Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of. Bode, v. n. Forebode, presage. Bodice, n. 1. Corset, stays. 2. Waist (of a dress). Bodiless, a. Incorporeal, without a body. Bodily, a. 1. Of the body. 2. Corporeal. Bodily, ad. 1. Corporeally. 2. Entirely (as respects the body or mass), completely, wholly. Body, n. 1. Material substance, material part (as distinguished from the spirit or life). 2. Carcass, corpse, dead body. 3. Visible form or frame. 4. Trunk (as distinguished from the limbs), stem, BOLE. 5. Bulk, main part (as distinguished from subordinate parts). 6. Person, being, individual, mortal, creature. 7. Company, band, party, COTERIE, society, association, corporation. 8. System, summary, general collection. 9. Consistency, thickness, substance. Body coat, n. Dress coat. Bog, n. Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp. Bog-berry, n. Cranberry. Boggle, v. n. Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense. Bogtrotter, n. [In derision.] Irishman. Bogus, a. [Cant term, U. S.] Spurious, counterfeit, false. Bohea, n. Black tea. Boil, v. n. 1. Be agitated by heat. 2. Bubble, rise in bubbles. 3. Be ardent, be hot. Boil, v. a. Seethe. Boil, n. Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor. Boiling, n. Ebullition. Boisterous, a. 1. Roaring, loud, stormy. 2. Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous. Bold, a. 1. Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited. 2. Confident, assured, free from bashfulness. 3. Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced. 4. Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view. 5. Steep, abrupt. Bold-faced, a. Impudent, BOLD. Boldness, n. 1. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK. 2. Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness. 3. Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK. 4. Prominence, striking character or quality. 5. Steepness, abruptness. Bold-spirited, a. Courageous, BOLD. Bole, n. 1. Body (of a tree), stem, trunk. 2. Bolus, large pill. Boll, n. Pod, capsule, pericarp. Bolt, n. 1. Arrow, dart, shaft. 2. Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning. 3. Pin (of large size). 4. Sieve. Bolt, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bolt. 2. Swallow (without chewing). 3. Sift, pass through a sieve. Bolt, v. n. 1. Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly. 2. [U. S.] Rat, abscond, withdraw (especially from a political party), desert suddenly. Bolt-upright, a. Perpendicular, quite upright. Bolus, n. Bole, large pill. Bombard, v. a. Attack with bombs. Bombardment, n. Attack with bombs. Bombast, n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology. Bombastic, a. Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN. Bona fide, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, without fraud. Bond, n. 1. Band, ligature, cord, chain, FETTER. 2. Obligation, compact. Bondage, n. Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment, confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty. Bonds, n. pl. Imprisonment, captivity, chains, FETTERS, BONDAGE. Bonbon, n. [Fr.] Sweetmeat, sugar-plum. Bone-ash, n. Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones. Bone-black, n. Ivory-black, animal charcoal. Bone-earth, n. Bone-ash. Bone of contention, Subject of contention, subject of dispute. Boneset, n. Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Bonhomie, n. [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor, good-natured simplicity. Bonito, n. Albicore, horse-mackerel (Thynnus pelamys). Bonmot, n. [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee. Bonne-bouche, n. [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful. Bonny, a. 1. Handsome, beautiful, pretty. 2. Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous, jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good spirits, in high spirits. 3. Plump, round, chubby, in good health. Bon-ton, n. [Fr.] High mode, fashionable style, style of high life. Bonus, n. [L.] Premium, reward. Bon-vivant, n. [Fr.] Luxurious liver, boon companion, jovial companion, jolly fellow. Booby, n. 1. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE. 2. (Ornith.) Gannet, noddy, solan goose (Sula bassana). Book, n. Work, volume. Booked up, Posted, well-informed. Bookish, a. Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very studious. Book-keeper, n. Accountant. Book-learned, a. Versed in books. Book-madness, n. Bibliomania. Book-maker, n. Compiler. Book-making, n. Compilation. Bookstore, n. [U. S.] Bookseller's shop. Bookworm, n. Great reader or student (without discrimination and without definite purpose). Booley, n. [Irish.] Nomad, wanderer. Boom, v. n. 1. Roar, resound. 2. Rush, bound, dash forward. Boon, n. Gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering. Boon, a. 1. Kind, bountiful, generous. 2. Gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial. Boor, n. Rustic, clown, hind, lout, lubber, swain, peasant, bumpkin, clodpole, countryman, ploughman. Boorish, a. Rustic, rude, clownish, loutish, bearish, awkward, clumsy, ungainly, coarse, rough, unrefined, uncourtly, ungraceful, gawky, lubberly. Boosy, a. Boozy. Boot, v. a. [Generally used impersonally.] Profit, benefit, advantage. Bootee, n. Bootikin, half boot, short boot. Bootikin, n. Bootee, half boot. Bootless, a. Useless, unavailing, fruitless, futile, unprofitable, profitless, valueless, worthless, ineffectual, abortive, vain, idle, without avail. Booty, n. Plunder (to be used for any purpose), spoil, pillage, PREY. Boozy, a. [Written also Boosy.] Tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, half drunk, half seas over. Borax, n. Tincal, bi-borate of soda. Border, n. 1. Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt. 2. Limit, boundary, confine, frontier. Border, v. a. Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for. Border on, Adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at the side or end of, be contiguous to, border upon. Border upon, Border on. Bore, v. a. 1. Perforate, pierce, drill. 2. Weary (by tedious repetition), fatigue, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy. Bore, n. 1. Hole, calibre. 2. Proser, button-holder. 3. Eagre, great tidal flood. Boreal, a. Northern, northerly, arctic. Boreas, n. The north wind. Born again, Regenerated, regenerate, converted, renewed in spirit. Born days, [Low.] Life, lifetime. Borough, n. Town (In England, a town represented in Parliament). Borrow, v. a. 1. Ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan. 2. Take, appropriate, adopt, make use of. Bosom, n. Breast. Bosom-friend, n. Confidant, intimate friend, dear friend. Boss, n. 1. Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part. 2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman. Boss, v. a. 1. Stud, cover with bosses. 2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Direct, oversee, superintend. Bossy, n. [Childish term.] Calf. Botch, n. 1. Pustule, blotch, blain, sore. 2. Failure, miscarriage, bad work, bad job, clumsy performance, bungling piece of work. Botch, v. a. 1. Mend awkwardly, patch clumsily. 2. Put together unskilfully, construct in a bungling manner. Both, a. The two, the one and the other. Both, conj. [Preceding a word or phrase which is followed by and; Both—and.] As well as, not only, but also. Bother, v. a. Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester. Bother, n. [Colloquial.] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore. Botheration, n. [Low.] Bother. Bottom, n. 1. Lowest part. 2. Foundation, basis, groundwork, base. 3. Dale, valley, alluvial land. 4. Ship, vessel, sailing craft. 5. Fundament, seat. 6. Stamina, native strength, power of endurance. 7. Grounds, lees, dregs, sediments. Bottom, v. a. Found, establish, build. Bottom, v. n. Rest (for support), be based. Boudoir, n. [Fr.] Cabinet, private room, retired apartment. Bough, n. Branch, limb, shoot. Bouilli, n. [Fr.] Stew, boiled meat, stewed meat. Bouillon, n. [Fr.] Broth, soup. Bounce, n. 1. Knock, thump, sudden blow. 2. Bound, leap, jump, spring. 3. [Colloquial.] Boast, vaunt, brag. 4. [Colloquial.] Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer. Bounce, v. n. 1. Bolt, leap or spring suddenly. 2. Rebound, recoil. 3. Knock, thump, beat. Bounce, v. a. Thrust, drive against. Bouncer, n. [Colloquial.] 1. Boaster, BLUSTERER, bully. 2. Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bounce. 3. Giant, STRAPPER, large person. Bouncing, a. [Colloquial.] Stout, lusty, strong, portly, burly, huge, great, strapping. Bound, n. 1. Limit, BOUNDARY, bourn, border, confine. 2. Leap, jump, spring, bounce. Bound, v. a. Limit, border, terminate, circumscribe. Bound, v. n. 1. Jump, leap, spring. 2. Rebound, spring back. Bound, a. [Followed by to or for.] Destined, tending, going, on the way. Boundary, n. Limit, border, confine, bourn, bound, verge, term, termination. Bounden, a. Obligatory, binding, appointed. Boundless, a. Unbounded, unlimited, unconfined, undefined, immeasurable, illimitable, infinite. Bounteous, a. Liberal, BOUNTIFUL. Bountiful, a. Liberal, munificent, beneficent, generous, princely, bounteous. Bounty, n. 1. Liberality, munificence, beneficence, generosity. 2. Present, gift, benefaction. 3. Premium (for encouragement), reward. Bouquet, n. [Fr.] Nosegay, bunch of flowers. Bourgeoisie, n. [Fr.] Middle classes (especially such as depend on trade). Bourn, n. Bound, limit, confine, border, BOUNDARY. Bourse, n. [Fr.] Exchange. Bout, n. 1. Turn. 2. [Rare.] Conflict, contest, set to. Bow, v. a. 1. Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make crooked. 2. Incline, turn downward. 3. Depress, sink, cast down, bring down. Bow, v. n. 1. Bend, buckle, be inflected, be bent. 2. Incline (in token of respect, reverence, or submission), make a bow. Bow, n. (Naut.) Fore part (of a ship), prow, beak, stem. Bowels, n. pl. 1. Intestines, guts, viscera, inwards. 2. Inside, interior, interior parts. 3. Compassion, pity, tenderness. Bower, n. Arbor, shady recess, shady retreat. Bow-hand, n. 1. (Archery.) The left hand. 2. (Music.) The right hand. Bowman, n. Archer, SAGITTARY. Bow-window, n. Bay-window. Box, n. 1. Case. 2. Blow, stroke, cuff. Box, v. a. 1. Enclose in a box. 2. Strike (with the hand or fist, as the ears), buffet, cuff. Box-berry, n. Wintergreen, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens). Box-elder, n. Ash-leaved maple (Negundium Americanum). Box the compass, Name the points of compass in their order. Boy, n. Lad, stripling, male child. Boy-servant, n. Page, serving boy. Brace, v. a. 1. Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up. 2. Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to. Brace, n. 1. Couple, pair. 2. Prop, support, stay, shore, strut. 3. Bit-stock. Braces, n. pl. 1. Suspenders, gallowses. 2. Straps (on which a carriage rests). Boyish, a. 1. Of boyhood. 2. Childish, puerile. Brachygraphy, n. Stenography, shorthand. Bracing, a. Strengthening, invigorating. Brackets, n. pl. (Printing.) Crotchets. Brackish, a. Saltish, somewhat salt. Brag, v. n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG. Brag, n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool. Braggadocio, n. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow. Braggart, n. Boaster, BRAGGADOCIO. Braggart, a. BOASTFUL, boasting. Brag of, Boast, vaunt, magnify, exalt, make much of. Brahma, n. (Hindoo Mythol.) The Creator, God. Brahmin, n. [Written also Bramin.] Hindoo Priest. Braid, v. n. Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together. Brain-fever, n. Phrenitis. Brain-pan, n. Skull, cranium. Brains, n. pl. Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties. Brake, n. 1. Fern. 2. Thicket, brushwood, jungle. Brake up, Put down the brakes (to stop a railway train). Bramah press, Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press. Branch, n. 1. Bough, limb, shoot. 2. Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part. 3. Section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member. Branch, v. n. Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off. Branch off, Ramify, BRANCH. Branch out, Expatiate, be diffuse, speak diffusely. Branchiæ, n. pl. [L.] Gills. Branching, n. Ramification, arborescence. Branching, a. Arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendritic. Brand, n. 1. Fire-brand. 2. Mark (of a hot iron). 3. Kind, quality. 4. Stigma, stain, reproach. 5. [Poetical.] Sword. Brand, v. a. 1. Mark (with a hot iron). 2. Stigmatize, denounce. Brand-goose, n. Brant, brent (Anser bernicla). Brandish, v. a. Flourish, wave. Brand-new, a. Quite new, fire-new, spick and span new, span new. Brant, n. Brent, BRAND-GOOSE. Brash, a. 1. Hasty, rash, impetuous. 2. [Local, U. S.] Brittle, fragile, easily broken. Brass, n. 1. Alloy of copper and zinc. 2. Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK. Brassy, a. [Colloquial.] Bold, pert, assuming, forward, CHEEKY, brazen, brazen-faced. Brat, n. [Term of contempt.] Child, urchin, bantling, infant, BAIRN. Bravado, n. Boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE. Brave, a. Fearless (from temperament), COURAGEOUS, intrepid, daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, Spartan, lion-hearted. Brave, n. 1. [Rare.] Bully, hector, blusterer. 2. Indian warrior. Brave, v. a. Defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance. Bravery, n. Fearlessness (from temperament), COURAGE, intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit, mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK. Bravo, n. Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat, daring villain. Bravo, interj. Well done. Brawl, v. n. 1. Quarrel (noisily), dispute (angrily). 2. Roar, resound. Brawl, n. Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, squabble, fray, AFFRAY, feud, tumult, disturbance, row, BOBBERY, MÊLÉE. RUMPUS, outbreak. Brawny, a. Muscular, sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, athletic, powerful, strong, vigorous, lusty, robust, nervous, strapping, Herculean, able-bodied. Bray, v. a. Pound (into small pieces or powder), bruise, crush, grind, comminute, triturate. Bray, v. n. 1. Utter a harsh cry (like the ass). 2. Make a harsh sound. Braying, a. Blatant, bellowing, clamorous, vociferous, noisy, obstreperous. Braze, v. a. Solder with brass. Brazen, a. 1. Made of brass. 2. Bold, BRAZEN-FACED. Brazen-faced, a. Bold, impudent, assuming, forward, pert, saucy, brazen, BRASSY, CHEEKY. Brazier, n. 1. Worker or artificer in brass. 2. Pan for coals. Brazil-root, n. Ipecacuanha, ipecac. Brazil tea, Maté. Breach, n. 1. Break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift. 2. Infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance. 3. Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out. Bread, n. Food (especially food made of grain), sustenance, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, victuals, viands, provisions. Breadth, n. Width. Break, v. a. 1. Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder. 2. Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces. 3. Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair. 4. Tame, make tractable, make docile. 5. Make bankrupt. 6. Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier. 7. Violate, infringe, transgress, set at nought. 8. Lessen the force of (as a fall). 9. Interrupt, cease, intermit, cut short. 10. Disclose, open, unfold, lay open. Break, v. n. 1. Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces. 2. Burst, explode. 3. Open, dawn, appear. 4. Become bankrupt. 5. Decline, low health or strength. Break, n. 1. Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture. 2. Interruption, pause, CÆSURA. 3. Dawn, dawning. Break away, 1. Escape (against resistance), break loose. 2. Be scattered, be dissipated. Break-bone fever, Dengue, dandy-fever. Break bulk, Begin to unload. Break down, (Active.) Crush, overwhelm, overcome. Break down, (Neuter.) Fall, give out. Breaker, n. Wave, surge, billow. Break faith, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word. Break forth, Issue, burst out, break out. Break ground, Begin, commence operations. Break jail, Escape from jail. Break in, 1. Make an irruption. 2. Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak. Breaking, n. Rupture, fracture. Break of day, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, MORN, dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning. Break off, 1. Be ruptured. 2. Desist, cease, stop, leave off. Break out, Issue, break forth, burst out. Break the ice, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way. Breakwater, n. Jetty, pier, mole. Break with, Fall out, part friendship with. Breast, n. 1. Bosom. 2. Heart, conscience, seat of the affections. 3. Mamma, teat, dug, udder. Breast, v. a. Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against. Breast bone, n. Sternum. Breastwork, n. (Fort.) Parapet. Breath, n. 1. Air inspired and expired. 2. Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark. 3. Respite, pause, rest. Breathe, v. n. 1. Respire. 2. Live, exist. 3. Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite. Breathe, v. a. 1. Inspire and expire. 2. Exhale, emit, give out, throw out. 3. Whisper, utter softly. 4. Indicate, manifest, express, show. Breathe in, Inhale, draw into the lungs. Breathe out, Expire, force out of the lungs. Breathing, n. 1. Respiration. 2. Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning. Breathing, a. Living, alive, live, not dead. Breathing-hole, n. Vent-hole. Breathless, a. 1. Out of breath. 2. Dead, lifeless, defunct. Breech, n. Hinder part, after part. Breech-band, n. Breeching. Breeches, n. pl. 1. Small-clothes. 2. Trousers, pantaloons. Breeching, n. Breech-band. Breed, v. a. 1. Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up. 2. Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school. 3. Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce. 4. Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of. Breed, v. n. 1. Bring forth young, produce offspring. 2. Be born, be produced. Breed, n. Race (of animals), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock. Breeding, n. 1. Nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling. 2. Deportment, manners. Breeze, n. Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind. 2. Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation. Bregma, n. (Anat.) Sinciput, top of the head. Brent, n. Brant, brand-goose (Anser bernicla). Brett, n. Britzska. Breviary, n. 1. Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance. 2. Prayer-book. Brevipennate, a. (Ornith.) Short-winged. Brevity, n. 1. Briefness, shortness. 2. Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness. Brew, v. a. 1. Prepare by fermentation. 2. Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up. Brew, v. n. 1. Make beer. 2. Be gathering, be forming. Brewery, n. Brew-house. Bribe, n. Reward of treachery. Bribe, v. a. Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to. Bridal, a. Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal. Bridal, n. Marriage, wedding, nuptials, nuptial festival. Bridewell, n. Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of correction. Bridle, n. Restraint, curb, check. Bridle, v. a. Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern. Brief, a. 1. Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT. 2. Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral. Brief, n. 1. Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus. 2. Pontifical letter, papal rescript. 3. (Law.) Writ, precept. Briefly, ad. Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words. Brigand, n. Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw, bandit. Bright, a. 1. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent. 2. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid. 3. Illustrious, glorious, famous. 4. Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT. 5. Auspicious, promising, propitious. Brighten, v. a. 1. Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright. 2. Make cheerful, make joyous. Brighten, v. n. Grow bright. Brightness, n. 1. Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence. 2. Clearness, transparency, lucidity. 3. Acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment, mother-wit, quick parts. Brilliancy, n. Splendor, lustre, brightness, effulgence, refulgence, radiance, shine, sheen, gloss. Brilliant, a. 1. Sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous, shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendent. 2. Illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famous. Brilliant, n. Diamond (cut into facets). Brim, n. Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt. Brimful, a. Quite full, full to the brim, choke full. Brimstone, n. 1. Sulphur. 2. [Commercial term.] Cane brimstone, roll sulphur, stick sulphur. Brinded, a. Brindled, tabby. Brindled, a. Brinded, tabby. Brine, n. 1. Salt water. 2. Sea, ocean, deep, main. Bring, v. a. 1. Convey, bear, FETCH. 2. Produce, gain, be the cause of, be the means of. 3. Draw, lead, induce, prevail upon. Bring about, Effect, achieve, accomplish, bring to pass. Bring back, 1. Recall. 2. Restore, return. Bring down, Humble, abase. Bring forth, 1. Give birth to. 2. Produce, exhibit, show, expose, bring out, bring to light, make manifest. Bring forward, Introduce, propose. Bring near, Approximate. Bring on, Originate, give rise to. Bring out, Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to light. Bring over, 1. Bear across. 2. Convert, win over. Bring to, 1. Check the course of (said of a ship). 2. Resuscitate, revive. Bring under, Subdue, repress, restrain, conquer, get the better of. Bring up, Educate, instruct, rear, nurse. Brink, n. Edge, border, margin, verge, brow. Briny, a. Salt. Brisk, a. Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly. Brittle, a. Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (into pieces), easily shivered. Britzska, n. Brett. Broach, v. a. 1. Pierce, tap. 2. Utter, publish, proclaim, give out. Broached, a. Tapped, abroach, on tap. Broad, a. 1. Wide. 2. Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast. 3. Spread, diffused, open. 4. Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene. Broaden, v. a. Widen, make broad. Broadside, n. 1. Cannonade (from all the guns on the side of a ship). 2. Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill. Brochure, n. [Fr.] Pamphlet. Broil, n. Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud, BRAWL. Broken, a. 1. Shattered, rent, severed, separated. 2. Weakened, impaired, feeble, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted. 3. Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough. Broken-hearted, a. Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woebegone, forlorn, undone, heart-broken, in despair. Broker, n. Factor, agent, middleman, go-between. Brood, v. n. Incubate. Brood, n. Offspring, progeny, issue. Brood over, Think long and anxiously about. Brook, n. Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN, small stream. Brook, v. a. Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily. Broom, n. Besom. Broth, n. Soup (in which meat has been macerated). Brothel, n. Bagnio, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame. Brotherhood, n. 1. Relation of a brother, mutual kindness (as of brothers). 2. Fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie, clan, JUNTO. Brotherly, a. Fraternal, affectionate, kind, amicable, friendly, cordial. Brow, n. 1. Forehead. 2. Edge (as of a precipice), brink, border. Browbeat, v. a. Bully, overbear, treat insolently. Brown study, Reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, absence, absence of mind. Browse, n. Tender twigs of shrubs and trees. Browse, v. a. Nibble, crop, feed upon. Browse, v. n. 1. Feed on browse. 2. [Colloquial.] Live precariously. Bruin, n. [Colloquial.] Bear. Bruise, v. a. 1. Crush, squeeze, contuse. 2. Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate, break to pieces. Bruise, n. Contusion. Bruit, n. Rumor, fame, report, hearsay, town-talk. Bruit, v. a. Report, noise, blaze or spread abroad. Brunt, n. Shock, heat of onset. Brush, n. 1. Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair. 2. Thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood. Brushwood, n. Underwood, shrubs, bushes, brush. Brusque, a. [Fr.] Rude, rough, blunt, unceremonious, abrupt, bluff, gruff, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite. Brutal, a. 1. Savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute. 2. Churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly. 3. Gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial. Brutality, n. Savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart. Brute, n. 1. Beast (in a wild state), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal. 2. Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster. Brute, a. 1. Irrational, void of reason. 2. Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL. 3. Rough, rude, uncivilized. Brutish, a. 1. Brutal. 2. Irrational, brute. 3. Stupid, dull, insensible. 4. Gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly. Brutum fulmen, [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless threatening, empty sound. Bubble, n. 1. Water bladder. 2. Trifle, bagatelle, small matter. 3. Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show. Buccaneer, n. Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon. Buck, n. 1. Male (of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare). 2. Blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow. Buckish, a. Gay, dashing. Buckle, v. a. Fasten with a buckle. Buckle, v. n. 1. Bend, bow. 2. [Rare.] Struggle, contend, strive. Buckle one's self, Apply vigorously, set one's self earnestly. Buckler, n. 1. Shield, ægis. 2. Defence, protection, safeguard. Bucolic, n. Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem. Bucolic, a. Pastoral, rustic. Bucolical, a. Pastoral, rustic. Bud, n. Germ, gem, undeveloped branch or flower. Bud, v. n. Sprout, shoot, push, germinate, vegetate, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth. Budge, v. n. Stir, move, go. Budget, n. 1. Bag (with its contents), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll. 2. Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection. Buff, n. Buff-skin. Buff, a. 1. Light yellow. 2. Made of buff or buff-skin. Buffalo, n. [U. S.] Bison. Buffet, n. 1. Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff. 2. Cupboard. Buffet, v. a. 1. Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff. 2. Struggle against, contend against. Buffle-headed, a. Dull, stupid, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled. Buffoon, n. Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry Andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack-pudding, pickle-herring. Buffoonery, n. Jesting (of a low sort), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks. Buff-skin, n. Buff. Bugaboo, n. [Low.] Bugbear. Bugbear, n. Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, BUGABOO, POKER, Gorgon, Hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones. Buggery, n. Sodomy, unnatural carnal intercourse. Build, v. a. Construct, erect, raise, fabricate. Build, v. n. Construct edifices. Build upon, Depend on, rest on, rely upon, calculate upon, reckon upon, count upon. Building, n. 1. Construction. 2. Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile. Bulb, n. 1. (Bot.) Scaly bud (like the onion and the tulip). 2. Spherical protuberance. Bulbous, a. 1. (Bot.) Of the nature of the bulb. 2. Round, roundish, protuberant, swelling out. Bulbul, n. Persian nightingale (Pyconotus jocosus). Bulge, n. Protuberance, bilge, belly, swell, swelling. Bulge, v. n. Protrude, jut out. Bulk, n. 1. Magnitude, size, volume, greatness, largeness, bigness, bulkiness, amplitude, mass, massiveness, dimensions. 2. Body, gross, majority, main part, greater part, principal part. Bulkhead, n. (Naut.) Partition, dividing wall. Bulky, a. Large, great, big, huge, vast, of great size or bulk. Bull, n. 1. Male of bovine animals. 2. Edict (issued by the Pope), rescript. 3. Blunder (involving a contradiction), gross mistake. 4. (Astron.) Taurus. Bull-head, n. 1. Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE. 2. Horn-pout, mud-pout, cat-fish (Pimelodus cattus). Bully, n. Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater, Hotspur, mock hero. Bully, v. a. Browbeat, overbear, treat insolently. Bullying, a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish. Bullying, n. Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade. Bulwark, n. 1. Rampart, redoubt, fortification. 2. Security, safeguard, palladium. Bumble-bee, n. Humble-bee. Bummer, n. [Colloquial U.S.] Raider (in search of provisions), forager. Bump, n. 1. Thump, knock, blow. 2. Swelling, protuberance. 3. [Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.] Faculty, power, endowment, gift. Bump, v. a. Knock, thump, strike, hit. Bumpkin, n. Rustic, peasant, clodpole, clown, boor, hind, lout, lubber, swain, ploughman, countryman. Bumptious, a. [Colloquial.] Conceited, vain, egotistical, self-opinionated, self-conceited. Bunch, n. 1. Protuberance, hunch, knob, lump. 2. Cluster (as of grapes). 3. Batch, assortment, lot, set, parcel, collection. 4. Tuft, knot. Bundle, n. Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll. Bundle, v. a. Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up. Bundle, v. n. 1. Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry. 2. Sleep together (without undressing). Bundle off, (Active.) Send off in a hurry. Bundle up, (Active.) Bundle, wrap up. Bungle, v. n. Do any thing clumsily. Bungler, n. Lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (at any thing), fresh-water sailor. Bungling, a. 1. Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit, inapt. 2. Ill-done. Bunk, n. [Colloquial U.S.] Berth, bed. Bunk, v. n. [Colloquial U.S.] Lie (in a bunk), sleep. Bunker, n. Bin, crib. Bunt, v. n. Butt, strike with the head or the horns. Buoy, n. Float (to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c.). Buoy up, 1. Float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface. 2. Encourage, embolden, reassure. Buoyancy, n. 1. Lightness, levity, specific lightness. 2. Vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, cheerfulness, GAYETY. Buoyant, a. 1. Tending to float, light. 2. Cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated, spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive, elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full of spirit. Burbot, n. Eel-pout (Lota vulgaris). Burden, n. 1. Load, weight. 2. Cargo, freight, lading. 3. Incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight. 4. Chorus, refrain. Burden, v. a. Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon. Burdensome, a. 1. Heavy, oppressive, onerous. 2. Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear. Bureau, n. 1. Chest of drawers. 2. Office, counting-room, place of business. 3. Department (of Government). Burgall, n. Conner, cunner, CHOGSET, blue perch. Burglary, n. House-breaking (at night). Burial, n. Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying. Burial-ground, n. Cemetery, graveyard, burying-ground, church-yard, necropolis. Burin, n. Graver, style. Burlesque, a. Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical, ludicrous, jocular, sportive. Burlesque, n. Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation. Burlesque, v. a. Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous. Burly, a. 1. Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, STRAPPING, BOUNCING. 2. Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough. Burn, v. a. 1. Consume with fire, reduce to ashes. 2. Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake. 3. Injure by fire or heat. 4. Shrivel, cause to wither. Burn, v. n. 1. Flame, be on fire. 2. Glow, warm, be excited. Burn, n. [Scottish.] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream. Burning, a. 1. Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching. 2. Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest. 3. Vehement, powerful. Burning-glass, n. Convex lens. Burnish, v. a. Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy. Burn one's fingers, Get one's self into trouble (as by meddling in the affairs of others, or by speculation), smart for it. Burst, v. n. 1. Break open (from internal pressure), fly open, be rent asunder. 2. Break out suddenly. Burst, v. a. Rend asunder, break open. Burst, n. Explosion, BURSTING. Bursting, n. Explosion, disruption, blast, burst. Bury, v. a. 1. Cover (with earth, &c.), cover up. 2. Inter, inhume, entomb, inurn, lay in the grave, consign to the grave. 3. Hide, conceal, secrete, shroud. Burying, n. Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burial. Burying-ground, n. Cemetery, graveyard, BURIAL-GROUND. Bury the hatchet, Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put up the sword. Bush, n. Shrub. Bushel, n. Four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts. Business, n. 1. Calling, employment, occupation, pursuit, vocation, profession, craft, AVOCATION, walk of life. 2. Trade, commerce, traffic, dealing. 3. Concern, matter, affair, transaction. 4. Office, duty, function. Buskin, n. 1. Half boot (especially one with high soles, worn by the ancient tragedians). 2. Tragedy, tragic drama. Buskined, a. 1. Dressed in buskins. 2. [Rare.] Tragic. Buss, v. a. [Colloquial.] Kiss. Buss, n. Kiss, smack. Bustle, v. n. Fuss, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a PUCKER, be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing. Bustle, n. 1. Stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother, commotion, ado, TO DO. 2. Bishop, TOURNURE. Busy, a. 1. Diligent, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, notable, active, working, hard-working, at work; diligently employed, engaged, or occupied. 2. Brisk, stirring, bustling, nimble, agile, SPRY, constantly in motion. 3. Meddling, officious, importunate. Busy, v. a. Occupy, employ, make busy. Busybody, n. Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious person. But, conj. 1. On the other hand, on the contrary. 2. Yet, still, however, nevertheless, moreover, further. 3. Unless, if it were not that, if it be not that. 4. But that, otherwise than that. But, prep. Except, excepting. But, ad. Only, no more than. But, n. 1. End (especially the larger end), but-end. 2. Bound, boundary, mete. Butcher, n. Slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut-throat. Butcher, v. a. Kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death. Butchery, n. Murder, slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodshed. But-end, n. Blunt end, but. Butt, n. 1. Mark, object, target, point aimed at. 2. Laughing-stock. 3. Stroke, blow. 4. Cask. Butt, v. n. Bunt, strike with the head or the horns. Butter-bird, n. Bobolink, rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (Dolichonyx orizyvorus). Butterfly-shaped, a. Papilionaceous. Buttery, n. Pantry. Buttock, n. Rump. Button-ball tree, Button-wood. Button-holder, n. Bore, proser. Button-wood, n. Sycamore, plane-tree, button-ball tree, water-birch (Platanus occidentalis). Buttress, n. Shore, prop, support, stay, brace. Buxom, a. Gay, brisk, sprightly, lively, joyous, joyful, buoyant, vivacious, cheerful, blithe, blithesome, WINSOME, jocund, sportive, frolicsome, jolly, airy, debonair, in high health and spirits. Buy, v. a. Purchase, bargain for. Buzz, v. n. 1. Hum, make a humming sound (as bees). 2. Whisper, murmur. Buzz, n. 1. Hum, humming noise. 2. Whisper, murmur. By, prep. 1. Through (as the cause, or the remote agent), WITH, by the agency of, by means of, by dint of. 2. At, on, by way of. 3. From, according to. 4. Near to, close by. 5. Past. 6. Along, over. By, ad. Near. By and by, Presently, soon, before long, in a short time. By chance, Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened. By degrees, Gradually, step by step, little by little, by little and little. By dint of, By, by force of, by means of, by the agency of. By-end, n. By-purpose, private interest, secret purpose, self-interested purpose, clandestine design. By far, Very much, in a great degree. By fits, Irregularly, fitfully, by fits and starts. By fits and starts, By fits. Bygone, a. Past, gone by. By hand, With the hands, by the use of the hands. By hook or by crook, Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, by any means. By-name, n. Nickname, SOBRIQUET. By one's self, 1. Alone, solitary. 2. On one's own account, ON ONE'S OWN HOOK. By-path, n. By-way, private way. By-place, n. Retired place, out-of-the-way place. By-purpose, n. By-end. By-road, n. Private road, unfrequented road. By-room, n. Private room, CABINET. By rote, By mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning. Bystander, n. Spectator, looker-on. By stealth, Secretly, clandestinely. By the board, Overboard, over the side. By the bye, In passing, EN PASSANT, apropos to the matter in hand, by the way. By the job, At a stipulated price (for the whole job). By the strike, By the level measure. By the way, By the bye. By-way, n. By-path, private way. Byword, n. 1. Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept. 2. Object of contempt, mark for scorn. 3. Slang, cant term.