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o Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants. British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in s…

An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [Now used jocosely]

A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl.

o be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

00 H. P. for specially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, and generally in British usage, called motor cars.

til, or which as neither stamens nor pistils. -- Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. -- Barren Ground bear (Zoöl.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small…

An usher in the legislature of British colonies. Cowell. Committed to the custody of the Black Rod. Macaulay.

To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. Pope.

as the Monday before Lent). -- Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment. -- Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. -- Blue pill. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared…

ar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.

A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. Bombardier beetle (Zoöl.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the B. displosor, which can produc…

h and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.

aving the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also decimal candle.

ngement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

n chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

British. [Obs.] Spenser. -- n.

the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. -- Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." Shak. (b)…