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A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.…

or of a railway car, for sleeping in. Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.

Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." Brougham.

aining the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible. Fig.)

Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

d felt hat; a wideawake. "The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West." B. H. Chamberlain.

A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

Having two eyes. "Most animals are binocular." Derham.

Having two wings. "Bipennated insects." Derham.

Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

t or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen. "Bituminated walls of Babylon." Feltham.

hapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]

, in color; gloomily; threateningly; atrociously. "Deeds so blackly grim and horrid." Feltham.

. . . preachers to blatter against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. Latimer.

To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path. Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others. Nott.

(b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.

or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner. Peacham.

Same as Blazon, 3. The principles of blazonry. Peacham.

Without blemish; spotless. A life in all so blemishless. Feltham.