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In hell, or the regions of the dead. What businesss brought him to the realms below. Dryden.

To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [Obs.] Camden.

To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.

The spicebush (Lindera benzoin). Flowers of benzoin, benzoic acid. See under Benzoic.

To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

The trade or business of selling books.

Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

op is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. Shipley. -- Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted in 1882 for bis…

tachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.

To busy; to employ. [Obs.]

Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ulphate. -- Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia. -- To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however calamitous.

The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

ined or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough. A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. Macaulay.

In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.

and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.

Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon.

A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast.

The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts.