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Same as Aleppo boil.

One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of…

Containing bismuth.

Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.

Containing bismuth.

Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.

Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.

Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color. [Written also bismuthite.]

The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton. The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith.

An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [Obs.]

An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.] Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.

A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.

Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.

Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a mem…

An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.

One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

To browse. [Obs.] Evelyn.