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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.

One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

A club; esp., a policeman's club.

A male goat. [Colloq.]

A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]

A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West." B. H. Chamberlain.

Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]

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

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceæ, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

ef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.

A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

ch the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.

turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

Brilliancy. Tennyson.

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow.

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.