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Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. Harper's Mag.

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

A bathing room. Sir T. Browne.

copaiba. See Copaiba. -- Balsam of Mecca, balm of Gilead. -- Balsam of Peru, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ( Myroxylon Pereiræ and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. -- Balsam of Tolu, a reddi…

large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.

l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zoöl.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zoöl.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).

A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.

scertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.

ection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk. A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. Prescott.

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one- sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. Camden.

A mound; a hillock. W. Browne.

Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T. Browne.