Search the Dictionary

pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

ize and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

eight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace.

The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

tion expressive of extreme contempt. Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was utterly unknown to the English public. De Quincey.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey. "Kites that bait and beat." Shak.

little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol.] From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.

Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. "Uttering bare truth." Shak.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon.

Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

tely or too low. -- To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. -- To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. -- To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. -- To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to beat up an enemy's quarters.…

A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.