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One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.

A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.

eatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle, this is six hundred yards.

a, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zoöl.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. -- Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing…

The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

Beamy; radiant.

Emitting beams; radiant.

In a beaming manner; radiantly.

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

To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. Gen. iv. 13.

able dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

y repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. Ex. xxx. 36. They did beat the gold into thin plates. Ex. xxxix. 3.

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole…