Search the Dictionary

Same as Dioxide.

Same as Bioplast.

Same as Berretta.

nd shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

vails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

Same as Bikh.

ed by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.

Same as Aleppo boil.

kes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.

Same as Blastula.

ce of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. Carlton. In a blaze, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated. -- Like blazes, fu…

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

in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.

The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region.

ly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

A plant. Same as Bluebottle.

as, he boards at the hotel. We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. Spectator.

most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. -- Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. -- Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. -- Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. -- Bo…

r, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. 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…

A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.