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An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

Inclosed in a basin. "Basined rivers." Young.

ium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n.

ioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. "A beauish young spark." Byrom.

is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

He that cometh after me is preferred before me. John i. 15. The eldest son is before the younger in succession. Johnson.

One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. A sermon of a new beginner. Swift.

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

To befoul with snuff. Young.

To storm. Young.

Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. Shak. The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).

The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.

A young bird. Thackeray.

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

Somewhat; something, but not very great. My young companion was a bit of a poet. T. Hook.