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s, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.]

d rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

sly or successively without stopping to load. -- Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. -- In battery, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. -- Masked battery, a battery artificially conceale…

Having battlements. A battlemented portal. Sir W. Scott.

y of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

. -- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. -- Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. -- Sacred bean. See under Sacred. -- Screw bean. See under Screw. -- Sea bean. (a…

To support or sustain; to hold up.

a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10.

solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.