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A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

See Acanthus, n., 1.

The beech.

To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.

A small scrubby tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost…

ich, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.

Same as BourrÉ\'82. [Obs.] Swift.

A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. -- Bot"tle-green`, a.

An old French dance tune in common time.

Breadth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Breeches. [Obs.] Shak.

The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic and machine guns; --used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech- loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to loading position.

A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

A cloth worn around the breech.

ent worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.