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heory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

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

A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties.

A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven. Gibbon.

y extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. Milton. Bituminous coal, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. -- Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a…

hout reserve or discretion. Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. Tennyson.

A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.

ates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.

Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.

One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien.

Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.

To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. Luke ix. 16.

and for tracking criminals. Formerly 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.

on, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.