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The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

a balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. -- Balsam fir (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, Abies balsamea, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. -- Balsam of copaiba. See Copaiba. -- Ba…

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] Forby.

rdnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. [Obs.]

A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

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

a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. -- Sacred bean. See under Sacred. -- Screw bean. See under Screw. -- Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. -- Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx…

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low] Beat of drum (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc. -- Beat of a watch, or…

cess in a room for a bed. Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.

A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there." Shak.

A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.

A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

al species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.

nk deed. See Deed. -- Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the perso…

To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.