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See Barytone.

Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

The second joint of the antennæ of crustaceans.

The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak.

A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel esprit." W. Irving.

A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

Bipolar quality.

Inflammation of the eyelids. -- Bleph`a*rit"ic (#), a.

See Bowsprit.

Perishable goods. Bouvier.

A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is sulphide of antimony and lead.

A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia.

The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.

smuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants. British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a subst…

An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [Now used jocosely]