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A small decorative object without practical utility.

Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

s prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube; -- called also optical cube. It is used in one form of photometer.

es its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

d painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free. R. D. Blackmore.

dow, under Blank, a. -- Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. Knight. -- Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead. -- Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. -- Blind s…

or resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.

n points of her length. -- Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". Bouvier. -- B…

A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.

Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.]

loquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]

eive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]

The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang, U. S.]

The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. Shenstone. B. Johnson.

g very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree, the tree variety o…