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An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. -- Birch partridge. (Zoöl.) See Ruffed grouse. -- Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. -- Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of…

A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] Jamieson.

with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. -- Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. -- To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee. -- Black bonnet. See under Black. -- Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.

a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).

Caused by boscage. Darkened over by long bosky shadows. H. James.

re or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. Without bothering about it. H. James.

on in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.

To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.

a echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

Having bad or speckled eyes. "A buck-eyed horse." James White.

To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

ov. xi. 2. All but. See under All. -- But and if, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looket…

The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.

s which are addressed to all the faithful, and not to a particular church; being those of James, Peter, Jude, and John.