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, an expression used to designate one's wife. My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee. Sir P. Sidney. -- To be better off, to be in a better condition. -- Had better. (See under Had).

ome person designated a certain sum of money therein generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable to order or to bearer. So also the order generally expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is drawn for value. The person who draws the bil is called the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is,…

To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden.

wn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. Rowley. Black and white, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. -- Blue black, a pigment of a blue black color. -- Ivory black, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink…

An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

ng blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. Shak.

rom blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. Milton.

d one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Cæsar must bleed." Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.

orbidden to investigate. The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own must look. Carlyle.

ithout fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Obligation; tie of duty. He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths. South.

eing; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.

large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. [Obs. or Dial.] Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

ad. [Obs.] As you unwind her love from him, Lest it should ravel and be good to none, You must provide to bottom it on me. Shak.

Something big; a good stout example of the kind. The stone must be a bouncer. De Quincey.

Braids, collectively; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.

rigade inspector, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. -- Brigade major, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.