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An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

,n.Same as Beadle.

Beadleship. [Obs.] Blount.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.

A sort of grape. Jonson.

A lamp stand of any sort.

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.

A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws. Kent. Bouvier.

the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Twisting.

A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell.

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.

In a crude, immature manner.

A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

A Linnæan class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.