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An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.…

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.

o makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone.

he positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt.

lat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse. Blind bayard moves the mill. Philips.

Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole…

some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.…

Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.

from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. Rich and much beforehand. Bacon.

t are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.

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

Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke.

To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.