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A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury.

To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover.

To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.

The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

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

t tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." U. S. Const. Peters. Wharton. Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. -- Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the hu…

To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. Tennyson.

A rush or impetus; force.

as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized 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.…

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.

solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. "The trumpet blared." Tennyson.

To confound by a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. Shak.

nser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.

A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet.

er and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. Bouvier. Peters.