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The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds. Simmonds.

he throne. Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. Gen. iv. 13.

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking in order to make progress. -- To beat about, to try to find; to search by va…

A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

-- Bee moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. -- Bee wolf (Zoöl.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of Bee beetle. -- To have a bee in the head or in the bonnet. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. B. Jonson. (c) To be…

To laud or praise greatly.

top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar. Shak. This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17.

A grandfather, or ancestor. "His great belsire Brute." [Obs.] Drayton.

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. Sir W. Scott.

To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. While each to his great Father bends. Coleridge.

in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.