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or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

ominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

rk the first or fundamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

ie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.

The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Ba…

wo parties of players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.

e adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.

The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

Blind; stupid. [Obs.] "A formal and bayardly round of duties." Goodman.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

eneral. On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser. It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line. Quart. Rev.

der; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

which infests the bean plant. -- Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers. -- Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ. -- Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West In…

The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.

A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

g to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.