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back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.

rvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. -- To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

Except; besides; save. Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon E. Smith.

ectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill. -- Bead and butt. See under Bead. -- Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. -- Butt weld (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the f…

To cover or spread with butter. I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered. Ford.

An abuttal; a boundary. Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge.

A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; - - so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell. Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. B. Franklin.

Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.

A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow. With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces. Bunyan.

members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.

A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. Milton.

Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. " Take no byways." Herbert.

Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

bination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstanc…

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

ough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.