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fits thee." Milton. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small. Coleridge.

To tutor; to instruct. Coleridge.

Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.

canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. -- Birch partridge. (Zoöl.) See Ruffed grouse. -- Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. -- Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine ( a…

somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge.

certain place where the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar. -- Blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball. -- Blank deed. See Deed. -- Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion…

lf on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name Dr. W. Beveridge.

A bolus; a dose. Coleridge. Armenian bole. See under Armenian. -- Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.

A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. -- Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. -- Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tena…

al, Brain stone coral (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria. -- Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy. -- Brain fever (Med.), fever in whic…

d resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

ng the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. "A breezy day in May." Coleridge. 'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. Wordsworth.

t of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

A bridge. [Scot.] Burns.

A bridge. [Obs.] Chaucer.