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ing nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. Brande & C.

A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.] Bancroft.

A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. Bavarian cream. See under Cream.

A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone.

A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.

bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. Shak. With a native bent did good pursue. Dryden.

d of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

A native or natives of Bern.

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice. Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.

A native or inhabitant of Biscay.

ss. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.

Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.

The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations. [Australia]

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

A native of Boeotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.

A native of Bohemia.

A native of Bolivia.