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l obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine ( and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives 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 largel…

Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.

hich vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature. Meat biscuit, an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits.

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]

The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.

Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.

ich, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.

A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.

A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.

very end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice. -- In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]

Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear- eyed bigot.

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton.

A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 1.

Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden.

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.

iant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. -- Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. -- Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. McElrath.…

Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

tly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.