Search the Dictionary

A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher than the common banjo; -- popularly so called.

A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person. M

used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. -- Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton. -- Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. -- Blank bar (Law). See Blank. -- Case at bar (L…

To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope.

A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

boundary; a line of separation. 'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice barrier ! Pope. Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier. -- Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive. -- To fight a…

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.] If no basis bear my rising name. Pope.

The ace of clubs in qua Pope.

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex To be contents his natural desire. Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. Shak.

he ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. Pope.

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant. -- Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers. -- Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil tha…

ould such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. Gen. iv. 13.

A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies. Pope.

Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. "His beavered brow." Pope.

us, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.

To sprinkle, as with drops. The yellow carp, in scales bedropped with gold. Pope.

or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope.