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he lower gun deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." Sir W. Scott. See that the women are bestowed in safety. Byron.

To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.] Gower.

Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

olland. Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep Dryden.

t is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods. -- Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district requ…

A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives.

t to service. To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. -- To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. -- To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

voke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you bite your thumb at us " Shak. -- To bite the tongue, to keep silence. Shak.

acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.

To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

learia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

ng it with much force; a geyser. -- To be at the boiling point, to be very angry. -- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]

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.

An innkeeper.

One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.

rtars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.