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The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden.

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.

psis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.

A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.

in and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a…

One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

taining, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary. -- Bi*lin"gual*ly, adv.

Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. H. R. Haggard.

A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.

Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.

sy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.

The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record. Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. Collier. Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, Do give thee fivefold blazon. Shak.

A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.