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To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.] Steele.

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows. And whitening down the many-tinctured stream, Descends the billowy foam. Thomson.

A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

black birch (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

cies are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.…

The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing…

f the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.

A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.]

f several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.

The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. De Colange.

A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.

, by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." Tomlinson.

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan.

A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

ng of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.