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Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

a cow after calving. B. Jonson. The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574).

hardy four-rowed kind. "Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." New English Dict.

Of or relating to birch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. Sir W. Scott.

name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.

generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.

riday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and September 18, 1873, on which financial panics began.

The tautog of New England (Tautoga).

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.

ute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. Shak.

uare, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. The new city was laid out in rectangular blocks, each block containing thirty building lots. Such an average block, comprising 282 houses and covering nine acres of ground, exists in Oxford Street. Lond. Quart. Rev.…

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly- gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] -- Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. -- Blue mantle (Her.), one of…

ly Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.] I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. Pope.

a hostile or a friendly way. You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. Totten.

A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [Local, New York] Bartlett.

A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. "Death's heads and bogies." J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.] There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. C. Kingsley.