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Having two margins toothed like a comb.

Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrücken), in Bavaria.

Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit.

That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting affliction." "A biting jest." Shak.

The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch. G. Francis.

In a biting manner.

See Byzantine.

The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. Smollett.

A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause. I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. Amos iv. 9.

Crying as a sheep does. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.

A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

Causing blight.

So as to cause blight.

See under Tin.

The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.

The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.