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A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.

A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

e senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot.

A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.

A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus.

See Bertram. Johnson.

A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.

A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are modified foehn winds.

One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. Totten.

A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag. Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky. Sir W. Scott.

Beamy; radiant.

In a beaming manner.

The state of being beamy.

Emitting beams; radiant.

In a beaming manner; radiantly.