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on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. Baruch vi. 41.

A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [Obs.] Her snowy brows, like budded belamours. Spenser.

Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.

To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

he confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. Macaulay.

ng once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !" Gay.

tion (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or an equation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to the fourth power. -- Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square root of that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square root of 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81…

bustle. [U. S.] If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. Saxe.

a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite. I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. Walton.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous. On charitable lists he blazed his name. Pollok. To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. Pope.

xture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.

To express or make known by blushing. I'll blush you thanks. Shak.

forth, to give from or shape to mentally. Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. Shak.

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

esh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

Famous; renowned; well known. Wright. [Written also brim and brimme.]