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almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO, intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, and benzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid.

A variety of pear. Johnson.

To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.

To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson.

To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

; as, to betray a person or a cause. But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. Johnson.

e skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.

One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.

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

s, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

Having two forms. Johnson.

name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.

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

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…

A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] Johnson.

en discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh and boo.]

res. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 º Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96º; for ether, 94.8º; for mercury, about 675º. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea. -- Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot w…

The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.