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Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving.

A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.

Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.

dly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay.

Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

Fig.: The framework of anything. A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute. -- A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). -- Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. -- Bone blac…

The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface. Barrels with the bottom knocked out. Macaulay. No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low…

re of 4º - 10º C. (39º - 50ºF.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet.

evenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

ing with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.

To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]

A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak .

Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Puller.

A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. [Obs.] Chesterfield.

stream." Milton. To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.