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Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zoöl.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zoöl.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).

A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.

A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk. A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. Prescott.

Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. "His beavered brow." Pope.

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [Obs.] Her snowy brows, like budded belamours. Spenser.

s a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. Camden.

A mound; a hillock. W. Browne.

Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T. Browne.

A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.

Bisexual. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

Bisulcate. Sir T. Browne.

nous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. -- Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. -- Bituminous shale, an argillaceous shale impregnated with bitumen, often accompanying coa…

Having, or leading, two ways. Bivious theorems and Janus-faced doctrines. Sir T. Browne.

ic far and wide. Thyself thou blazon'st. Shak. There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow. Trumbull. To blazon his own worthless name. Cowper.

k-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.

lubber. [Low] T. Carew. Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip. His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden.

A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. A plain brown bob he wore. Shenstone.

American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln. The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving.