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An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Shale or bituminous shale. Kirwan.

A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.] Bancroft.

of Bite. [Obs.] Spenser.

A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. Bavarian cream. See under Cream.

ng of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. (d) Th…

Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy. His double-biting ax, and beamy spear. Dryden.

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. Shak.

An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. "Raving bedlamites." Beattie.

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

alted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Ps. xxxvii. 25.

which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one- sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.