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Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. Gray.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were 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 cal…

A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

A distended, membranaceous pericarp.

f by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. Shak.

Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. Brande & C.

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

To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Shak. It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. 1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R.…

A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.

derstanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own. By his imperious mistress blindly led. Dryden.

A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. In the blossom of my youth. Massinger.

e British signal flags. -- Blue pill. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. -- Blue ribbon. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize…

f capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]

or the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypot…

A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser.

tead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys.

A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.