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A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

on a Baumé scale are thus equal in length, while those on a specific- gravity scale grow smaller as the density increases, there is no simple relation between degrees Bé. and Sp. gr. However, readings on Baumés scale may be approximately reduced to specific gravities by the following formulæ (x in each case being the…

An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

Any small globular body; as,

A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken.

A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.

Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. "Beady eyes." Thackeray.

A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.

A small inflammatory tumor; a pustule. [Prov. Eng.]

A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

A small beam of light.

s. -- Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ. -- Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polish…

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds

e seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. Ex. xxx. 36. They did beat the gold into thin plates. Ex. xxxix. 3.

A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]

A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.

A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.

A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope

A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo.