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To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.

of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.

gen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.

Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

ial is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder.]

The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

tiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak.

ally alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

ater. Bilge free (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. -- Bilge pump, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. -- Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes v…

aress in fondness. "As pigeons bill." Shak. To bill and coo, to interchange caresses; -- said of doves; also of demonstrative lovers. Thackeray.

Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.

o which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

Fig.: A girl; a maiden. And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. Campbell. Arabian bird, the phenix. -- Bird of Jove, the eagle. -- Bird of Juno, the peacock. -- Bird louse (Zoöl.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon…

An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.