Chapter IV: Preface (4)

~Betwixt~, _prep._ [_Nearly obsolete._] Between.

~Be upon the tapis.~ Be under consideration, be on the carpet.

~Bevel~, _n._ Chamfer.

~Bevel~, _v. a._ Chamfer.

~Beverage~, _n._ Drink, potion.

~Bevy~, _n._ ~1.~ Flock, covey.

~2.~ Company (_especially of women_), party.

~Bewail~, _v. a._ Bemoan, lament, deplore, mourn for, mourn over, express sorrow for.

~Bewail~, _v. n._ Mourn, lament, sorrow, grieve.

~Beware~ _v. n._ Mind, take care, be cautious.

~Bewilder~, _v. a._ Perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle, stagger, pose, nonplus, mystify, entangle.

~Bewilderment~, _n._ Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, entanglement.

~Bewitch~, _v. a._ Charm, fascinate, enchant, captivate, transport, enravish, enrapture, entrance.

~Be with child~, Be pregnant, be big, be ENCEINTE, be in the family way.

~Beyond~, _prep._ ~1.~ On the further side of.

~2.~ Before, at a distance before.

~3.~ Remote from, out of the reach of, out of the grasp of.

~4.~ Farther than.

~5.~ Above, superior to.

~Beyond~, _ad._ Yonder, at a distance.

~Bias~, _n._ Inclination, bent, leaning, tendency, predilection, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, partiality, prejudice, disposition, predisposition, turn, PENCHANT.

~Bias~, _v. a._ Influence, incline, prejudice, dispose, predispose.

~Bible~, _n._ [Used with _The_ prefixed.] The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume.

~Biblical~, _a._ Scriptural.

~Bibliomania~, _n._ Book-madness.

~Bibulous~, _a._ Spongy, porous.

~Bichloride of mercury~, Corrosive sublimate.

~Bicker~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wrangle, dispute, quarrel, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~2.~ Quiver, be tremulous.

~Bickering~, _n._ Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words.

~Bid~, _n._ Offer (_of a price_), bidding, proposal.

~Bid~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct.

~2.~ Offer, propose, proffer, tender.

~3.~ Pronounce, declare, utter.

~Bidding~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, order, direction, injunction, precept, behest, requisition, mandate, appointment.

~2.~ Offer (_of a price_), bid, proposal.

~Bide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to.

~2.~ Abide, await, wait for.

~Bid fair~, Seem likely, offer a good prospect, present a fair prospect, make a fair promise.

~Big~, _a._ ~1.~ Great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy.

~2.~ Haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling, blustering, assuming, self-conceited, self-sufficient.

~3.~ Pregnant, ENCEINTE, with child, in the family way.

~Big-bellied~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, pot-bellied, tun- bellied, abdominous.

~Bight~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Naut._] Bend, coil.

~2.~ Bay, inlet, cove.

~Bigot~, _n._ Zealot, fanatic, enthusiast, dogmatist.

~Bigoted~, _a._ Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow- minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound, wedded to an opinion.

~Bigotry~, _n._ Prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal.

~Big-sounding~, _a._ High-sounding.

~Big-wig~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Person of consequence.

~Big-wigged~, _a._ Consequential, pompous, self-important.

~Bijou~, _n._ [Fr.] Jewel, trinket, elegant ornament.

~Bijoutry~, _n._ Jewelry, jewels, trinkets.

~Bi-labiate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Two-lipped.

~Bilbo~, _n._ Rapier, short sword.

~Bilboes~, _n. pl._ Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains.

~Bile~, _n._ Gall.

~Bileduct~, _n._ Biliary duct, hepatic duct.

~Biliary calculus~, Gall-stone.

~Biliary duct~, Bileduct, hepatic duct.

~Bilk~, _v. a._ Deceive (_by not fulfilling an engagement_), disappoint, elude.

~Bill~, _n._ ~1.~ Beak, mandible, neb.

~2.~ Account, charges, reckoning, score.

~3.~ Statement of particulars.

~4.~ Draft of a law, projected law.

~Bill of exchange~, Draft.

~Billet~, _n._ Note, short letter.

~Billet~, _v. a._ Assign (_to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet_), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.

~Billet-doux~, _n._ [Fr.] Love-letter.

~Billing and Cooing~, BLANDISHMENT.

~Billingsgate~, _n._ Ribaldry, BLACKGUARDISM, foul or profane language.

~Billow~, _n._ Wave, surge, breaker.

~Bin~, _n._ Bunker, crib.

~Binary~, _a._ Dual, double, consisting of two.

~Bind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon.

~2.~ Enwrap, put a bandage upon.

~3.~ Tie, fasten, secure by a bond.

~4.~ Engage, oblige, OBLIGATE, make responsible, lay under obligation.

~5.~ Confirm, ratify, sanction.

~6.~ Put a border round.

~Binding~, _n._ ~1.~ Bandage, band, fillet.

~2.~ Cover, covering.

~Binding~, _a._ ~1.~ Astringent, contracting, styptic.

~2.~ Obligatory, valid.

~Binoxide~, _n._ Deutoxide.

~Biography~, _n._ ~1.~ Life, memoir, history of a person's life.

~2.~ Biographical writings.

~Bird~, _n._ Fowl, fowl of the air.

~Birth~, _n._ ~1.~ Nativity, coming into life.

~2.~ Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry.

~Birthday~, _n._ ~1.~ Natal day.

~2.~ Anniversary of one's birth.

~Bisect~, _v. a._ Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve.

~Bisection~, _n._ Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.

~Bishop~, _n._ ~1.~ Prelate.

~2.~ Bustle, tournure.

~Bishopric~, _n._ Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.

~Bison~, _n._ [_U. S._] Buffalo.

~Bissextile~, _n._ Leap-year.

~Bit~, _n._ ~1.~ Mouth-piece of a bridle.

~2.~ Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap.

~3.~ Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace, scintilla.

~Bitch~, _n._ Slut, female dog.

~Bite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gnaw, chew, champ.

~2.~ Blast, nip (_as frost_).

~3.~ Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon.

~Biting~, _a._ ~1.~ Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.

~3.~ Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.

~Bitter~, _a._ ~1.~ That tastes like wormwood.

~2.~ Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.

~3.~ Severe, harsh, stern.

~4.~ Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.

~Bitter-apple~, _n._ Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber.

~Bitter-cucumber~, _n._ BITTER-APPLE.

~Bitterness~, _n._ ~1.~ Bitter taste.

~2.~ Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will.

~3.~ Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood.

~4.~ Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency.

~Bitter-sweet~, _n._ Woody nightshade (_Solanum dulcamara_).

~Bivalve~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.

~Bivalved~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.

~Bivalvular~, _a._ Two-valved, BIVALVE.

~Bivouac~, _n._ and _v. n._ Halt for the night (_without encamping_).

~Bizarre~, _a._ [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.

~Blab~, _v. a._ Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out.

~Blab~, _v. n._ Tattle, prattle, prate, BLOW, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school.

~Blab~, _n._ Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale.

~Black~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky, dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian.

~2.~ Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic, infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible.

~Black~, _n._ ~1.~ Black color.

~2.~ Mourning, black garment.

~3.~ Negro, blackamoor, black man.

~Blackamoor~, _n._ Negro, BLACK.

~Black art~, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, NECROMANCY, magical art.

~Blackball~, _v. a._ Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote.

~Blackcap~, _n._ Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (_Corucca atricapilla_).

~Black-coat~, _n._ Clergyman, minister, divine, pastor, priest.

~Black-cock~, _n._ Heath-cock, black-grouse, black-game (_Tetrao tetrix_).

~Blacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, make black.

~2.~ Vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of.

~Blackfish~, _n._ Tautog (_Labrus Americanus_).

~Blackfriar~, _n._ Dominican, predicant, jacobin, preaching friar.

~Black-game~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.

~Black-grouse~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.

~Blackguard~, _n._ Scurrilous or abusive fellow, person of low character, vile fellow.

~Blackguard~, _a._ Scurrilous, abusive, contumelious, insulting, ribald, vituperative, reproachful, opprobrious.

~Blackguardism~, _n._ Ribaldry, billingsgate, scurrility, indecency, obscenity, foul or profane language.

~Black hellebore~, Christmas rose (_Helleborus niger_).

~Black-jack~, _n._ [_Term used by miners._] Blende, zinc-blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena, mock lead.

~Black-lead~, _n._ Plumbago, graphite.

~Blackleg~, _n._ Gambler, sharper, swindler.

~Black-mail~, _n._ ~1.~ Tribute (_paid for immunity from robbery_).

~2.~ [_U. S._] Hush-money, bribe to keep silence.

~Black man~, Negro, blackamoor, black.

~Black Sea~, Euxine.

~Black tea~, Bohea.

~Blackthorn~, _n._ Sloe (_Prunus spinosa_).

~Blade~, _n._ ~1.~ Leaf.

~2.~ Flat part (_as of a knife or an oar_).

~3.~ Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow.

~Blain~, _n._ Pustule, blister, blotch, sore.

~Blamable~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy.

~Blame~, _v. a._ Censure, reprove, reprehend, reflect upon, lay or cast blame upon, find fault with, cry out against.

~Blame~, _n._ Censure, reprehension, animadversion, reproof, condemnation, imputation of fault.

~Blameless~, _a._ Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible, inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied, undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent.

~Blameworthy~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blamable.

~Blanc-fix~, _n._ Permanent white, sulphate of baryta (_artificially made_).

~Blanch~, _v. a._ Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white.

~Bland~, _a._ Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.

~Blandishment~, _n._ Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing.

~Blank~, _a._ ~1.~ Void, empty.

~2.~ White, of a white color.

~3.~ Astonished, confounded, confused, dumfounded, disconcerted, nonplussed, struck dumb.

~Blank verse~, Unrhymed verse (_especially the heroic verse of five feet_).

~Blare~, _n._ Noise, sound, roar, peal, blast, clang, clamor, uproar.

~Blarney~, _n._ ~1.~ Flattery, adulation.

~2.~ Unmeaning talk, smooth phrases.

~Blase~, _a._ [Fr.] Surfeited, cloyed, satiated, palled, incapable of enjoyment (_in consequence of excesses_).

~Blaspheme~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak irreverently or impiously of.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of.

~Blaspheme~, _v. n._ Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of sacred things.

~Blasphemous~, _a._ Impious, irreverent, profane.

~Blasphemy~, _n._ Impiety, irreverence, profanity.

~Blast~, _n._ ~1.~ Gust, squall, sudden breeze.

~2.~ Peal, blare, clang.

~3.~ Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge.

~4.~ Blight, pestilential influence.

~Blast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel.

~2.~ Rend by explosion.

~Blatant~, _a._ ~1.~ Bellowing, braying.

~2.~ Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy.

~Blatherskite~, _n._ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] ~1.~ Blusterer, swaggerer, bully, boaster, vaunter, braggart, braggadocio, roisterer, huff, drawcansir, noisy fellow.

~2.~ BLUSTER, boasting.

~Blattering~, _a._ BLUSTERING, swaggering, noisy.

~Blattering~, _n._ BLUSTER.

~Blaze~, _n._ Flame.

~Blaze~, _v. n._ Flame, burn with a flame.

~Blaze~, _v. a._ Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

~Blaze abroad~, BLAZE.

~Blazing star~, Comet.

~Blazon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emblazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.

~2.~ Display, exhibit, set forth, make a show of, show off.

~3.~ Proclaim, publish, blaze, make known, noise, spread or blaze abroad.

~Blazon~, _n._ ~1.~ Blazonry.

~2.~ Publication, proclamation.

~3.~ Exhibition, show, pompous display.

~Blazonry~, _n._ Emblazonry, heraldry.

~Bleach~, _v. a._ Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white.

~Bleach~, _v. n._ Whiten, etiolate, grow or become white.

~Bleaching powder~, Chloride of lime.

~Bleak~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing.

~2.~ Unsheltered, exposed to cold, exposed to wind.

~Blearedness~, _n._ Lippitude, dim-sightedness.

~Blear-eyed~, _a._ Dim-sighted.

~Bleb~, _n._ ~1.~ Blister, vesicle, little tumor.

~2.~ Air-bubble.

~Bleed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lose blood.

~2.~ Lose sap or juice.

~3.~ Be slaughtered.

~Bleeding~, _n._ Phlebotomy, venesection, blood-letting.

~Blemish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar, injure, taint.

~2.~ Defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign, revile, run down, speak ill of.

~Blemish~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish, flaw, fault.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint.

~Blench~, _v. n._ Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, lack courage or resolution.

~Blend~, _v. a._ Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate.

~Blende~, _n._ (_Min._) Black-jack, sulphuret of zinc, mock lead, false galena.

~Bless~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask or implore a blessing upon.

~2.~ Delight, gladden, make happy.

~3.~ Wish happiness to.

~4.~ Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise.

~Blessed~, _a._ ~1.~ Happy.

~2.~ Holy, hallowed, sacred.

~Blessedness~, _n._ Bliss, blissfulness, happiness, felicity, beatitude, joy.

~Blessing~, _n._ ~1.~ Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness.

~2.~ Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service.

~Blight~, _n._ Pestilence (_among plants_), mildew, blast.

~Blight~, _v. a._ Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay.

~Blind~, _a._ ~1.~ Sightless, eyeless, unseeing, stone-blind, stark- blind, unable to see.

~2.~ Ignorant, undiscerning, unaware, unmindful, inattentive, heedless, incapable of judging.

~Blind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make blind, deprive of sight.

~2.~ Hoodwink, blindfold.

~Blind~, _n._ Screen, cover.

~Blind alley~, CUL-DE-SAC.

~Blind-coal~, _n._ Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal.

~Blindfold~, _v. a._ Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (_by a bandage over the eyes_).

~Blindfold~, _a._ Blinded (_by a bandage over the eyes_), blindfolded.

~Blindside~, _n._ Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak part.

~Blink~, _v. n._ Wink, NICTATE, see obscurely.

~Blink~, _v. a._ Overlook (_purposely_), disregard, avoid, evade, pass over, gloss over, shut out of sight, make no account of, not take into account, not mind, not trouble one's self with, pretend not to see.

~Bliss~, _n._ Happiness, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatitude, beatification, transport, rapture, ecstasy, heavenly joy.

~Blissful~, _a._ Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstasies, very happy, full of joy, highly blessed.

~Blister~, _n._ ~1.~ Vesicle, pustule, blain.

~2.~ Vesicatory, blistering plaster.

~Blister~, _v. a._ Raise blisters on.

~Blister~, _v. n._ Rise in blisters.

~Blithe~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated, vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy, buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good spirits, full of life, full of spirit.

~Blithesome~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, BLITHE.

~Bloat~, _v. a._ Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid.

~Bloat~, _v. n._ Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid.

~Bloating~, _n._ Swelling, dilatation, DILATION, expanding, expansion.

~Blobber-lip~, _n._ Thick lip.

~Blobber-lipped~, _a._ Thick-lipped.

~Block~, _v. a._ Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE, shut up, stop up, block up.

~Block~, _n._ ~1.~ Thick and heavy piece (_as of wood or stone_).

~2.~ Wooden mould (_on which hats are made_).

~3.~ Simpleton, fool, blockhead, DUNCE.

~4.~ [_U. S._] Mass of houses (_in a square or a continuous row_).

~5.~ (_Naut._) Pulley.

~Blockade~, _v. a._ Close (_as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress_), block, shut up, stop up.

~Blockade~, _n._ Closure (_as of a port_), shutting up, blocking up.

~Blockhead~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Blockish~, _a._ Stupid, stolid, heavy, doltish, unintelligent, dull, stockish.

~Block up~, Obstruct, BLOCK.

~Blonde~, _a._ Fair, light, flaxen.

~Blood~, _n._ ~1.~ Vital fluid, vital current, life blood.

~2.~ Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity.

~3.~ Royal lineage, royal line.

~4.~ High birth, noble extraction.

~5.~ Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow.

~Bloodroot~, _n._ BLOODWORT.

~Bloodshed~, _n._ Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder.

~Bloodstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Hematite.

~2.~ Heliotrope.

~Blood-sucker~, _n._ Leech.

~Blood-thirsty~, _a._ Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous, barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded.

~Bloodwort~, _n._ Bloodroot, red root, red puccoon (_Sanguinarea Canadensis_).

~Bloody~, _a._ ~1.~ Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory.

~2.~ Murderous, cruel, BLOOD-THIRSTY.

~Bloody-flux~, _n._ Dysentery.

~Bloody-minded~, _a._ BLOOD-THIRSTY.

~Bloom~, _n._ ~1.~ Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow.

~2.~ Flush, freshness, vigor.

~Bloom~, _v. n._ Flower, blossom, put forth blossoms.

~Bloomy~, _a._ Flowery.

~Blossom~, _n._ Flower, bloom, blow.

~Blossom~, _v. n._ Flower, bloom, blow.

~Blot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, expunge, rub out, blot out, scratch out, strike out.

~2.~ Spot, stain, blur, disfigure.

~3.~ Tarnish, sully, disgrace.

~Blot~, _n._ ~1.~ Obliteration, erasure, blotting.

~2.~ Blur, spot, stain, blemish.

~3.~ Disgrace, cause of reproach.

~Blotch~, _n._ Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain.

~Blow~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat.

~2.~ Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.

~3.~ Bloom, blossom, flower.

~4.~ [_Low._] SPREE, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT.

~Blow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move or flow in currents (_as the wind_).

~2.~ Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.

~3.~ Flower, bloom, blossom.

~4.~ [_Low._] BLAB, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the bag.

~Blow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drive by the wind.

~2.~ Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.

~Blow down~, Prostrate (_by the wind_).

~Blow off~, ~1.~ Drive from shore (_by the wind, as a ship_).

~2.~ Detach or scatter (_by the wind_, _as fruit from trees_).

~3.~ Let off (_as steam_), suffer to escape.

~Blow out~, Extinguish.

~Blow-out~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Carousal, BLOW.

~Blow up~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Inflate, fill with air.

~2.~ Burst, scatter by explosion, cause to explode.

~3.~ Kindle.

~4.~ (_Low._) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at.

~Blow up~, [_Neuter._] Explode, burst, be scattered by explosion.

~Blow upon~, Discredit, blast, taint, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.

~Blow-valve~, _n._ Snifting-valve.

~Blowzed~, _a._ Ruddy, BLOWZY.

~Blowzy~, a. Ruddy, blowzed, tanned, ruddy-faced, high-colored, sun- burnt.

~Blubber~, _n._ Whale fat.

~Blubber~, _v. n._ Cry (_so as to swell the cheeks_), whine, whimper, weep.

~Bludgeon~, _n._ Club, cudgel.

~Blue~, _a._ ~1.~ Azure, cerulean, sky-colored.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hypped, chopfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth.

~Blue~, _n._ Azure, sky-color.

~Blue-devils~, _n. pl._ BLUES.

~Blue-fish~, _n._ Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (_Temnodon saltator_).

~Blues~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals.

~Blue-stocking~, _n._ Literary woman.

~Blue-vitriol~, _n._ Sulphate of copper.

~Bluff~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous, coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish.

~Bluff~, _n._ Precipitous bank (_especially on the margin of a river or the sea_).

~Bluff~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Repulse (_by a bluff manner_), repel, snub, bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

~Blunder~, _v. n._ Mistake (_grossly_), err (_from want of care_), make a bull.

~Blunder~, _n._ Mistake (_of the grossest kind_), error (_from thoughtlessness_), gross mistake, bull.

~Blunderbuss~, _n._ ~1.~ Short gun (_with a large bore_).

~2.~ Blunderer, blunderhead, stupid fellow.

~Blunderer~, _n._ Blunderhead, blunderbuss, stupid fellow.

~Blunderhead~, _n._ BLUNDERER.

~Blunt~, _a._ ~1.~ Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless.

~2.~ Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle.

~Blunt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dull, make dull.

~2.~ Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make insensible, callous, or obtuse.

~3.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften.

~Blunt-witted~, _a._ Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, obtuse, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow.

~Blur~, _n._ Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect.

~Blur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obscure, darken.

~2.~ Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish.

~Blush~, _v. n._ Redden (_in the cheeks_), color.

~Blush~, _n._ Reddening (_of the cheeks_), suffusion of the face.

~Bluster~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar (_as the wind_), make a loud noise.

~2.~ Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully.

~3.~ Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing.

~Bluster~, _n._ ~1.~ Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.

~2.~ Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE.

~3.~ Great ado, much ado about nothing.

~Blusterer~, _n._ Swaggerer, bully, boaster, braggart, vaunter, BOUNCER, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.

~Blustering~, _a._ ~1.~ Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty.

~2.~ Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming, important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self- conceited.

~Board~, _n._ ~1.~ Plank (_thin_).

~2.~ Table (_for food_), stand.

~3.~ Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.

~4.~ Conclave, council, committee.

~Board~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with boards.

~2.~ Enter or go on board of (_a vessel_) by force.

~3.~ Furnish with meals.

~Boards~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The stage (_of a theatre_).

~Boast~, _v. n._ Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse.

~Boast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Magnify (_unduly_), make much of, boast of, brag of.

~2.~ (_Sculp._) Shape roughly (_as a block of marble_).

~Boast~, _n._ ~1.~ Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.

~2.~ Cause of pride or laudable exultation.

~Boaster~, _n._ Braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.

~Boastful~, _a._ Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.

~Boasting~, _n._ Vaunt, brag, BOAST.

~Boast one's self~, Exult over-confidently.

~Boat-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cymbiform, navicular, SCAPHOID.

~Bob~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move with a jerk.

~2.~ Strike (_suddenly and lightly_), rap, knock.

~3.~ Clip, cut short.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.

~Bob~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.

~2.~ Angle (_with a jerking motion_), fish.

~Bob~, _n._ ~1.~ Jerking motion.

~2.~ Pendent, hanging appendage.

~Bobolink~, _n._ Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).

~Bode~, _v. a._ Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.

~Bode~, _v. n._ Forebode, presage.

~Bodice~, _n._ ~1.~ Corset, stays.

~2.~ Waist (_of a dress_).

~Bodiless~, _a._ Incorporeal, without a body.

~Bodily~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the body.

~2.~ Corporeal.

~Bodily~, _ad._ ~1.~ Corporeally.

~2.~ Entirely (_as respects the body or mass_), completely, wholly.

~Body~, _n._ ~1.~ Material substance, material part (_as distinguished from the spirit or life_).

~2.~ Carcass, corpse, dead body.

~3.~ Visible form or frame.

~4.~ Trunk (_as distinguished from the limbs_), stem, BOLE.

~5.~ Bulk, main part (_as distinguished from subordinate parts_).

~6.~ Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.

~7.~ Company, band, party, COTERIE, society, association, corporation.

~8.~ System, summary, general collection.

~9.~ Consistency, thickness, substance.

~Body coat~, _n._ Dress coat.

~Bog~, _n._ Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.

~Bog-berry~, _n._ Cranberry.

~Boggle~, _v. n._ Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.

~Bogtrotter~, _n._ [_In derision._] Irishman.

~Bogus~, _a._ [_Cant term_, _U. S._] Spurious, counterfeit, false.

~Bohea~, _n._ Black tea.

~Boil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be agitated by heat.

~2.~ Bubble, rise in bubbles.

~3.~ Be ardent, be hot.

~Boil~, _v. a._ Seethe.

~Boil~, _n._ Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.

~Boiling~, _n._ Ebullition.

~Boisterous~, _a._ ~1.~ Roaring, loud, stormy.

~2.~ Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.

~Bold~, _a._ ~1.~ Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.

~2.~ Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.

~3.~ Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.

~4.~ Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.

~5.~ Steep, abrupt.

~Bold-faced~, _a._ Impudent, BOLD.

~Boldness~, _n._ ~1.~ Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK.

~2.~ Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.

~3.~ Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK.

~4.~ Prominence, striking character or quality.

~5.~ Steepness, abruptness.

~Bold-spirited~, _a._ Courageous, BOLD.

~Bole~, _n._ ~1.~ Body (_of a tree_), stem, trunk.

~2.~ Bolus, large pill.

~Boll~, _n._ Pod, capsule, pericarp.

~Bolt~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrow, dart, shaft.

~2.~ Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.

~3.~ Pin (_of large size_).

~4.~ Sieve.

~Bolt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a bolt.

~2.~ Swallow (_without chewing_).

~3.~ Sift, pass through a sieve.

~Bolt~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.

~2.~ [_U. S._] RAT, abscond, withdraw (_especially from a political party_), desert suddenly.

~Bolt-upright~, _a._ Perpendicular, quite upright.

~Bolus~, _n._ Bole, large pill.

~Bombard~, _v. a._ Attack with bombs.

~Bombardment~, _n._ Attack with bombs.

~Bombast~, _n._ Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.

~Bombastic~, _a._ Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN.

~Bona fide~, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, without fraud.

~Bond~, _n._ ~1.~ Band, ligature, cord, chain, FETTER.

~2.~ Obligation, compact.

~Bondage~, _n._ Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment, confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty.

~Bonds~, _n. pl._ Imprisonment, captivity, chains, FETTERS, BONDAGE.

~Bonbon~, _n._ [Fr.] Sweetmeat, sugar-plum.

~Bone-ash~, _n._ Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones.

~Bone-black~, _n._ IVORY-BLACK, animal charcoal.

~Bone-earth~, _n._ BONE-ASH.

~Bone of contention~, Subject of contention, subject of dispute.

~Boneset~, _n._ Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage (_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).

~Bonhomie~, _n._ [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor, good-natured simplicity.

~Bonito~, _n._ Albicore, horse-mackerel (_Thynnus pelamys_).

~Bonmot~, _n._ [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee.

~Bonne-bouche~, _n._ [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful.

~Bonny~, _a._ ~1.~ Handsome, beautiful, pretty.

~2.~ Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous, jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good spirits, in high spirits.

~3.~ Plump, round, chubby, in good health.

~Bon-ton~, _n._ [Fr.] High mode, fashionable style, style of high life.

~Bonus~, _n._ [L.] Premium, reward.

~Bon-vivant~, _n._ [Fr.] Luxurious liver, boon companion, jovial companion, jolly fellow.

~Booby~, _n._ ~1.~ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~2.~ (_Ornith._) Gannet, noddy, solan goose (_Sula bassana_).

~Book~, _n._ Work, volume.

~Booked up~, Posted, well-informed.

~Bookish~, _a._ Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very studious.

~Book-keeper~, _n._ Accountant.

~Book-learned~, _a._ Versed in books.

~Book-madness~, _n._ Bibliomania.

~Book-maker~, _n._ Compiler.

~Book-making~, _n._ Compilation.

~Bookstore~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bookseller's shop.

~Bookworm~, _n._ Great reader or student (_without discrimination and without definite purpose_).

~Booley~, _n._ [_Irish._] Nomad, wanderer.

~Boom~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar, resound.

~2.~ Rush, bound, dash forward.

~Boon~, _n._ Gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering.

~Boon~, _a._ ~1.~ Kind, bountiful, generous.

~2.~ Gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial.

~Boor~, _n._ Rustic, clown, hind, lout, lubber, swain, peasant, bumpkin, clodpole, countryman, ploughman.

~Boorish~, _a._ Rustic, rude, clownish, loutish, bearish, awkward, clumsy, ungainly, coarse, rough, unrefined, uncourtly, ungraceful, gawky, lubberly.

~Boosy~, _a._ BOOZY.

~Boot~, _v. a._ [_Generally used impersonally._] Profit, benefit, advantage.

~Bootee~, _n._ Bootikin, half boot, short boot.

~Bootikin~, _n._ BOOTEE, half boot.

~Bootless~, _a._ Useless, unavailing, fruitless, futile, unprofitable, profitless, valueless, worthless, ineffectual, abortive, vain, idle, without avail.

~Booty~, _n._ Plunder (_to be used for any purpose_), spoil, pillage, PREY.

~Boozy~, _a._ [Written also _Boosy_.] Tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, half drunk, half seas over.

~Borax~, _n._ TINCAL, bi-borate of soda.

~Border~, _n._ ~1.~ Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt.

~2.~ Limit, boundary, confine, frontier.

~Border~, _v. a._ Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for.

~Border on~, Adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at the side or end of, be contiguous to, border upon.

~Border upon~, BORDER ON.

~Bore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, pierce, drill.

~2.~ Weary (_by tedious repetition_), fatigue, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.

~Bore~, _n._ ~1.~ Hole, calibre.

~2.~ Proser, button-holder.

~3.~ Eagre, great tidal flood.

~Boreal~, _a._ Northern, northerly, arctic.

~Boreas~, _n._ The north wind.

~Born again~, Regenerated, regenerate, converted, renewed in spirit.

~Born days~, [_Low._] Life, lifetime.

~Borough~, _n._ Town (_In England, a town represented in Parliament_).

~Borrow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan.

~2.~ Take, appropriate, adopt, make use of.

~Bosom~, _n._ Breast.

~Bosom-friend~, _n._ Confidant, intimate friend, dear friend.

~Boss~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part.

~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman.

~Boss~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stud, cover with bosses.

~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Direct, oversee, superintend.

~Bossy~, _n._ [_Childish term._] Calf.

~Botch~, _n._ ~1.~ Pustule, blotch, blain, sore.

~2.~ Failure, miscarriage, bad work, bad job, clumsy performance, bungling piece of work.

~Botch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mend awkwardly, patch clumsily.

~2.~ Put together unskilfully, construct in a bungling manner.

~Both~, _a._ The two, the one and the other.

~Both~, _conj._ [_Preceding a word or phrase which is followed by_ and; Both--and.] As well as, not only, but also.

~Bother~, _v. a._ Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester.

~Bother~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore.

~Botheration~, _n._ [_Low._] BOTHER.

~Bottom~, _n._ ~1.~ Lowest part.

~2.~ Foundation, basis, groundwork, base.

~3.~ Dale, valley, alluvial land.

~4.~ Ship, vessel, sailing craft.

~5.~ Fundament, seat.

~6.~ Stamina, native strength, power of endurance.

~7.~ Grounds, lees, dregs, sediments.

~Bottom~, _v. a._ Found, establish, build.

~Bottom~, _v. n._ Rest (_for support_), be based.

~Boudoir~, _n._ [Fr.] Cabinet, private room, retired apartment.

~Bough~, _n._ Branch, limb, shoot.

~Bouilli~, _n._ [Fr.] Stew, boiled meat, stewed meat.

~Bouillon~, _n._ [Fr.] Broth, soup.

~Bounce~, _n._ ~1.~ Knock, thump, sudden blow.

~2.~ Bound, leap, jump, spring.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Boast, vaunt, brag.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer.

~Bounce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bolt, leap or spring suddenly.

~2.~ Rebound, recoil.

~3.~ Knock, thump, beat.

~Bounce~, _v. a._ Thrust, drive against.

~Bouncer~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Boaster, BLUSTERER, bully.

~2.~ Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bounce.

~3.~ Giant, STRAPPER, large person.

~Bouncing~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stout, lusty, strong, portly, burly, huge, great, strapping.

~Bound~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, BOUNDARY, bourn, border, confine.

~2.~ Leap, jump, spring, bounce.

~Bound~, _v. a._ Limit, border, terminate, circumscribe.

~Bound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Jump, leap, spring.

~2.~ Rebound, spring back.

~Bound~, _a._ [Followed by _to_ or _for_.] Destined, tending, going, on the way.

~Boundary~, _n._ Limit, border, confine, bourn, bound, verge, term, termination.

~Bounden~, _a._ Obligatory, binding, appointed.

~Boundless~, _a._ Unbounded, unlimited, unconfined, undefined, immeasurable, illimitable, infinite.

~Bounteous~, _a._ Liberal, BOUNTIFUL.

~Bountiful~, _a._ Liberal, munificent, beneficent, generous, princely, bounteous.

~Bounty~, _n._ ~1.~ Liberality, munificence, beneficence, generosity.

~2.~ Present, gift, benefaction.

~3.~ Premium (_for encouragement_), reward.

~Bouquet~, _n._ [Fr.] Nosegay, bunch of flowers.

~Bourgeoisie~, _n._ [Fr.] Middle classes (_especially such as depend on trade_).

~Bourn~, _n._ Bound, limit, confine, border, BOUNDARY.

~Bourse~, _n._ [Fr.] Exchange.

~Bout~, _n._ ~1.~ Turn.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Conflict, contest, set to.

~Bow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make crooked.

~2.~ Incline, turn downward.

~3.~ Depress, sink, cast down, bring down.

~Bow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, buckle, be inflected, be bent.

~2.~ Incline (_in token of respect, reverence, or submission_), make a bow.

~Bow~, _n._ (_Naut._) Fore part (_of a ship_), prow, beak, stem.

~Bowels~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Intestines, guts, viscera, inwards.

~2.~ Inside, interior, interior parts.

~3.~ Compassion, pity, tenderness.

~Bower~, _n._ Arbor, shady recess, shady retreat.

~Bow-hand~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Archery._) The left hand.

~2.~ (_Music._) The right hand.

~Bowman~, _n._ Archer, SAGITTARY.

~Bow-window~, _n._ Bay-window.

~Box~, _n._ ~1.~ Case.

~2.~ Blow, stroke, cuff.

~Box~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose in a box.

~2.~ Strike (_with the hand or fist, as the ears_), buffet, cuff.

~Box-berry~, _n._ Wintergreen, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain- tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).

~Box-elder~, _n._ Ash-leaved maple (_Negundium Americanum_).

~Box the compass~, Name the points of compass in their order.

~Boy~, _n._ Lad, stripling, male child.

~Boy-servant~, _n._ Page, serving boy.

~Brace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up.

~2.~ Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to.

~Brace~, _n._ ~1.~ Couple, pair.

~2.~ Prop, support, stay, shore, strut.

~3.~ Bit-stock.

~Braces~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Suspenders, gallowses.

~2.~ Straps (_on which a carriage rests_).

~Boyish~, _a._ ~1.~ Of boyhood.

~2.~ Childish, puerile.

~Brachygraphy~, _n._ Stenography, shorthand.

~Bracing~, _a._ Strengthening, invigorating.

~Brackets~, _n. pl._ (_Printing._) Crotchets.

~Brackish~, _a._ Saltish, somewhat salt.

~Brag~, _v. n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.

~Brag~, _n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool.

~Braggadocio~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.

~Braggart~, _n._ Boaster, BRAGGADOCIO.

~Braggart~, _a._ BOASTFUL, boasting.

~Brag of~, Boast, vaunt, magnify, exalt, make much of.

~Brahma~, _n._ (_Hindoo Mythol._) The Creator, God.

~Brahmin~, _n._ [Written also _Bramin_.] Hindoo Priest.

~Braid~, _v. n._ Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together.

~Brain-fever~, _n._ Phrenitis.

~Brain-pan~, _n._ Skull, cranium.

~Brains~, _n. pl._ Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.

~Brake~, _n._ ~1.~ Fern.

~2.~ Thicket, brushwood, jungle.

~Brake up~, Put down the brakes (_to stop a railway train_).

~Bramah press~, Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.

~Branch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bough, limb, shoot.

~2.~ Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.

~3.~ Section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.

~Branch~, _v. n._ Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off.

~Branch off~, Ramify, BRANCH.

~Branch out~, Expatiate, be diffuse, speak diffusely.

~Branchiæ~, _n. pl._ [L.] Gills.

~Branching~, _n._ Ramification, arborescence.

~Branching~, _a._ Arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendritic.

~Brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Fire-brand.

~2.~ Mark (_of a hot iron_).

~3.~ Kind, quality.

~4.~ Stigma, stain, reproach.

~5.~ [_Poetical._] Sword.

~Brand~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark (_with a hot iron_).

~2.~ Stigmatize, denounce.

~Brand-goose~, n. Brant, brent (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brandish~, _v. a._ Flourish, wave.

~Brand-new~, _a._ Quite new, fire-new, spick and span new, span new.

~Brant~, _n._ Brent, BRAND-GOOSE.

~Brash~, _a._ ~1.~ Hasty, rash, impetuous.

~2.~ [_Local_, _U. S._] Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

~Brass~, _n._ ~1.~ Alloy of copper and zinc.

~2.~ Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK.

~Brassy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bold, pert, assuming, forward, CHEEKY, brazen, brazen-faced.

~Brat~, _n._ [_Term of contempt._] Child, urchin, bantling, infant, BAIRN.

~Bravado~, _n._ Boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE.

~Brave~, _a._ Fearless (_from temperament_), COURAGEOUS, intrepid, daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, Spartan, lion-hearted.

~Brave~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Bully, hector, blusterer.

~2.~ Indian warrior.

~Brave~, _v. a._ Defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance.

~Bravery~, _n._ Fearlessness (_from temperament_), COURAGE, intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit, mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK.

~Bravo~, _n._ Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat, daring villain.

~Bravo~, _interj._ Well done.

~Brawl~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_noisily_), dispute (_angrily_).

~2.~ Roar, resound.

~Brawl~, _n._ Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, squabble, fray, AFFRAY, feud, tumult, disturbance, row, BOBBERY, MÊLÉE. RUMPUS, outbreak.

~Brawny~, _a._ Muscular, sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, athletic, powerful, strong, vigorous, lusty, robust, nervous, strapping, Herculean, able- bodied.

~Bray~, _v. a._ Pound (_into small pieces or powder_), bruise, crush, grind, comminute, triturate.

~Bray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter a harsh cry (_like the ass_).

~2.~ Make a harsh sound.

~Braying~, _a._ Blatant, bellowing, clamorous, vociferous, noisy, obstreperous.

~Braze~, _v. a._ Solder with brass.

~Brazen~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of brass.

~2.~ Bold, BRAZEN-FACED.

~Brazen-faced~, _a._ Bold, impudent, assuming, forward, pert, saucy, brazen, BRASSY, CHEEKY.

~Brazier~, _n._ ~1.~ Worker or artificer in brass.

~2.~ Pan for coals.

~Brazil-root~, _n._ Ipecacuanha, ipecac.

~Brazil tea~, Maté.

~Breach~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift.

~2.~ Infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance.

~3.~ Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out.

~Bread~, _n._ Food (_especially food made of grain_), sustenance, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, victuals, viands, provisions.

~Breadth~, _n._ Width.

~Break~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder.

~2.~ Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces.

~3.~ Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair.

~4.~ Tame, make tractable, make docile.

~5.~ Make bankrupt.

~6.~ Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier.

~7.~ Violate, infringe, transgress, set at nought.

~8.~ Lessen the force of (_as a fall_).

~9.~ Interrupt, cease, intermit, cut short.

~10.~ Disclose, open, unfold, lay open.

~Break~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.

~2.~ Burst, explode.

~3.~ Open, dawn, appear.

~4.~ Become bankrupt.

~5.~ Decline, low health or strength.

~Break~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture.

~2.~ Interruption, pause, CÆSURA.

~3.~ Dawn, dawning.

~Break away~, ~1.~ Escape (_against resistance_), break loose.

~2.~ Be scattered, be dissipated.

~Break-bone fever~, Dengue, dandy-fever.

~Break bulk~, Begin to unload.

~Break down~, (_Active._) Crush, overwhelm, overcome.

~Break down~, (_Neuter._) Fall, give out.

~Breaker~, _n._ Wave, surge, billow.

~Break faith~, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word.

~Break forth~, Issue, burst out, break out.

~Break ground~, Begin, commence operations.

~Break jail~, Escape from jail.

~Break in~, ~1.~ Make an irruption.

~2.~ Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak.

~Breaking~, _n._ Rupture, fracture.

~Break of day~, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, MORN, dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.

~Break off~, ~1.~ Be ruptured.

~2.~ Desist, cease, stop, leave off.

~Break out~, Issue, break forth, burst out.

~Break the ice~, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.

~Breakwater~, _n._ Jetty, pier, mole.

~Break with~, Fall out, part friendship with.

~Breast~, _n._ ~1.~ Bosom.

~2.~ Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.

~3.~ Mamma, teat, dug, udder.

~Breast~, _v. a._ Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against.

~Breast bone~, _n._ Sternum.

~Breastwork~, _n._ (_Fort._) Parapet.

~Breath~, _n._ ~1.~ Air inspired and expired.

~2.~ Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.

~3.~ Respite, pause, rest.

~Breathe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Respire.

~2.~ Live, exist.

~3.~ Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite.

~Breathe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inspire and expire.

~2.~ Exhale, emit, give out, throw out.

~3.~ Whisper, utter softly.

~4.~ Indicate, manifest, express, show.

~Breathe in~, Inhale, draw into the lungs.

~Breathe out~, Expire, force out of the lungs.

~Breathing~, _n._ ~1.~ Respiration.

~2.~ Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning.

~Breathing~, _a._ Living, alive, live, not dead.

~Breathing-hole~, _n._ Vent-hole.

~Breathless~, _a._ ~1.~ Out of breath.

~2.~ Dead, lifeless, defunct.

~Breech~, _n._ Hinder part, after part.

~Breech-band~, _n._ Breeching.

~Breeches~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Small-clothes.

~2.~ Trousers, pantaloons.

~Breeching~, _n._ Breech-band.

~Breed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up.

~2.~ Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school.

~3.~ Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce.

~4.~ Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of.

~Breed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bring forth young, produce offspring.

~2.~ Be born, be produced.

~Breed~, _n._ Race (_of animals_), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock.

~Breeding~, _n._ ~1.~ Nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling.

~2.~ Deportment, manners.

~Breeze~, _n._ Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind.

~2.~ Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation.

~Bregma~, _n._ (_Anat._) Sinciput, top of the head.

~Brent~, _n._ Brant, brand-goose (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brett~, _n._ Britzska.

~Breviary~, _n._ ~1.~ Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.

~2.~ Prayer-book.

~Brevipennate~, _a._ (_Ornith._) Short-winged.

~Brevity~, _n._ ~1.~ Briefness, shortness.

~2.~ Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.

~Brew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare by fermentation.

~2.~ Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up.

~Brew~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make beer.

~2.~ Be gathering, be forming.

~Brewery~, _n._ Brew-house.

~Bribe~, _n._ Reward of treachery.

~Bribe~, _v. a._ Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to.

~Bridal~, _a._ Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal.

~Bridal~, _n._ Marriage, wedding, nuptials, nuptial festival.

~Bridewell~, _n._ Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of correction.

~Bridle~, _n._ Restraint, curb, check.

~Bridle~, _v. a._ Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern.

~Brief~, _a._ ~1.~ Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT.

~2.~ Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.

~Brief~, _n._ ~1.~ Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.

~2.~ Pontifical letter, papal rescript.

~3.~ (_Law._) Writ, precept.

~Briefly~, _ad._ Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.

~Brigand~, _n._ Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw, bandit.

~Bright~, _a._ ~1.~ Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent.

~2.~ Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.

~3.~ Illustrious, glorious, famous.

~4.~ Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT.

~5.~ Auspicious, promising, propitious.

~Brighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright.

~2.~ Make cheerful, make joyous.

~Brighten~, _v. n._ Grow bright.

~Brightness~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence.

~2.~ Clearness, transparency, lucidity.

~3.~ Acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Brilliancy~, _n._ Splendor, lustre, brightness, effulgence, refulgence, radiance, shine, sheen, gloss.

~Brilliant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous, shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendent.

~2.~ Illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famous.

~Brilliant~, _n._ Diamond (_cut into facets_).

~Brim~, _n._ Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt.

~Brimful~, _a._ Quite full, full to the brim, choke full.

~Brimstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Sulphur.

~2.~ [_Commercial term._] Cane brimstone, roll sulphur, stick sulphur.

~Brinded~, _a._ Brindled, tabby.

~Brindled~, _a._ Brinded, tabby.

~Brine~, _n._ ~1.~ Salt water.

~2.~ Sea, ocean, deep, main.

~Bring~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey, bear, FETCH.

~2.~ Produce, gain, be the cause of, be the means of.

~3.~ Draw, lead, induce, prevail upon.

~Bring about~, Effect, achieve, accomplish, bring to pass.

~Bring back~, ~1.~ Recall.

~2.~ Restore, return.

~Bring down~, Humble, abase.

~Bring forth~, ~1.~ Give birth to.

~2.~ Produce, exhibit, show, expose, bring out, bring to light, make manifest.

~Bring forward~, Introduce, propose.

~Bring near~, APPROXIMATE.

~Bring on~, Originate, give rise to.

~Bring out~, Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to light.

~Bring over~, ~1.~ Bear across.

~2.~ Convert, win over.

~Bring to~, ~1.~ Check the course of (_said of a ship_).

~2.~ Resuscitate, revive.

~Bring under~, Subdue, repress, restrain, conquer, get the better of.

~Bring up~, Educate, instruct, rear, nurse.

~Brink~, _n._ Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.

~Briny~, _a._ Salt.

~Brisk~, _a._ Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly.

~Brittle~, _a._ Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (_into pieces_), easily shivered.

~Britzska~, _n._ Brett.

~Broach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, tap.

~2.~ Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.

~Broached~, _a._ Tapped, abroach, on tap.

~Broad~, _a._ ~1.~ Wide.

~2.~ Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.

~3.~ Spread, diffused, open.

~4.~ Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.

~Broaden~, _v. a._ Widen, make broad.

~Broadside~, _n._ ~1.~ Cannonade (_from all the guns on the side of a ship)_.

~2.~ Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill.

~Brochure~, _n._ [Fr.] Pamphlet.

~Broil~, _n._ Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud, BRAWL.

~Broken~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, rent, severed, separated.

~2.~ Weakened, impaired, feeble, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted.

~3.~ Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough.

~Broken-hearted~, _a._ Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woebegone, forlorn, undone, heart-broken, in despair.

~Broker~, _n._ Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.

~Brood~, _v. n._ Incubate.

~Brood~, _n._ Offspring, progeny, issue.

~Brood over~, Think long and anxiously about.

~Brook~, _n._ Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN, small stream.

~Brook~, _v. a._ Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.

~Broom~, _n._ Besom.

~Broth~, _n._ Soup (_in which meat has been macerated_).

~Brothel~, _n._ Bagnio, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Brotherhood~, _n._ ~1.~ Relation of a brother, mutual kindness (_as of brothers_).

~2.~ Fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie, clan, JUNTO.

~Brotherly~, _a._ Fraternal, affectionate, kind, amicable, friendly, cordial.

~Brow~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead.

~2.~ Edge (_as of a precipice_), brink, border.

~Browbeat~, _v. a._ Bully, overbear, treat insolently.

~Brown study~, Reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, absence, absence of mind.

~Browse~, _n._ Tender twigs of shrubs and trees.

~Browse~, _v. a._ Nibble, crop, feed upon.

~Browse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed on browse.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Live precariously.

~Bruin~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bear.

~Bruise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, squeeze, contuse.

~2.~ Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate, break to pieces.

~Bruise~, _n._ Contusion.

~Bruit~, _n._ Rumor, fame, report, hearsay, town-talk.

~Bruit~, _v. a._ Report, noise, blaze or spread abroad.

~Brunt~, _n._ Shock, heat of onset.

~Brush~, _n._ ~1.~ Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair.

~2.~ Thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood.

~Brushwood~, _n._ Underwood, shrubs, bushes, brush.

~Brusque~, _a._ [Fr.] Rude, rough, blunt, unceremonious, abrupt, bluff, gruff, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite.

~Brutal~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute.

~2.~ Churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly.

~3.~ Gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial.

~Brutality~, _n._ Savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart.

~Brute~, _n._ ~1.~ BEAST (_in a wild state_), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal.

~2.~ Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.

~Brute~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrational, void of reason.

~2.~ Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.

~3.~ Rough, rude, uncivilized.

~Brutish~, a. ~1.~ BRUTAL.

~2.~ Irrational, brute.

~3.~ Stupid, dull, insensible.

~4.~ Gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly.

~Brutum fulmen~, [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless threatening, empty sound.

~Bubble~, _n._ ~1.~ Water bladder.

~2.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter.

~3.~ Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show.

~Buccaneer~, _n._ Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon.

~Buck~, _n._ ~1.~ Male (_of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare_).

~2.~ Blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow.

~Buckish~, _a._ Gay, dashing.

~Buckle~, _v. a._ Fasten with a buckle.

~Buckle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, bow.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Struggle, contend, strive.

~Buckle one's self~, Apply vigorously, set one's self earnestly.

~Buckler~, _n._ ~1.~ Shield, ægis.

~2.~ Defence, protection, safeguard.

~Bucolic~, _n._ Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem.

~Bucolic~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bucolical~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bud~, _n._ Germ, gem, undeveloped branch or flower.

~Bud~, _v. n._ Sprout, shoot, push, germinate, vegetate, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Budge~, _v. n._ Stir, move, go.

~Budget~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag (_with its contents_), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll.

~2.~ Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection.

~Buff~, _n._ Buff-skin.

~Buff~, _a._ ~1.~ Light yellow.

~2.~ Made of buff or buff-skin.

~Buffalo~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bison.

~Buffet~, _n._ ~1.~ Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff.

~2.~ Cupboard.

~Buffet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff.

~2.~ Struggle against, contend against.

~Buffle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled.

~Buffoon~, _n._ Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry Andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack- pudding, pickle-herring.

~Buffoonery~, _n._ Jesting (_of a low sort_), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.

~Buff-skin~, _n._ Buff.

~Bugaboo~, _n._ [_Low._] BUGBEAR.

~Bugbear~, _n._ Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, BUGABOO, POKER, Gorgon, Hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

~Buggery~, _n._ Sodomy, unnatural carnal intercourse.

~Build~, _v. a._ Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.

~Build~, _v. n._ Construct edifices.

~Build upon~, Depend on, rest on, rely upon, calculate upon, reckon upon, count upon.

~Building~, _n._ ~1.~ Construction.

~2.~ Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile.

~Bulb~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Scaly bud (_like the onion and the tulip_).

~2.~ Spherical protuberance.

~Bulbous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Of the nature of the bulb.

~2.~ Round, roundish, protuberant, swelling out.

~Bulbul~, _n._ Persian nightingale (_Pyconotus jocosus_).

~Bulge~, _n._ Protuberance, bilge, belly, swell, swelling.

~Bulge~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut out.

~Bulk~, _n._ ~1.~ Magnitude, size, volume, greatness, largeness, bigness, bulkiness, amplitude, mass, massiveness, dimensions.

~2.~ Body, gross, majority, main part, greater part, principal part.

~Bulkhead~, _n._ (_Naut._) Partition, dividing wall.

~Bulky~, _a._ Large, great, big, huge, vast, of great size or bulk.

~Bull~, _n._ ~1.~ Male of bovine animals.

~2.~ Edict (_issued by the Pope_), rescript.

~3.~ Blunder (_involving a contradiction_), gross mistake.

~4.~ (_Astron._) Taurus.

~Bull-head~, n. ~1.~ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~2.~ Horn-pout, mud-pout, cat-fish (_Pimelodus cattus_).

~Bully~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater, Hotspur, mock hero.

~Bully~, _v. a._ Browbeat, overbear, treat insolently.

~Bullying~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish.

~Bullying~, _n._ Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade.

~Bulwark~, _n._ ~1.~ Rampart, redoubt, fortification.

~2.~ Security, safeguard, palladium.

~Bumble-bee~, _n._ Humble-bee.

~Bummer~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Raider (_in search of provisions_), forager.

~Bump~, _n._ ~1.~ Thump, knock, blow.

~2.~ Swelling, protuberance.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind._] Faculty, power, endowment, gift.

~Bump~, _v. a._ Knock, thump, strike, hit.

~Bumpkin~, _n._ Rustic, peasant, clodpole, clown, boor, hind, lout, lubber, swain, ploughman, countryman.

~Bumptious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Conceited, vain, egotistical, self- opinionated, self-conceited.

~Bunch~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, hunch, knob, lump.

~2.~ Cluster (_as of grapes_).

~3.~ Batch, assortment, lot, set, parcel, collection.

~4.~ Tuft, knot.

~Bundle~, _n._ Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll.

~Bundle~, _v. a._ Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up.

~Bundle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry.

~2.~ Sleep together (_without undressing_).

~Bundle off~, (_Active._) Send off in a hurry.

~Bundle up~, (_Active._) Bundle, wrap up.

~Bungle~, _v. n._ Do any thing clumsily.

~Bungler~, _n._ Lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (_at any thing_), fresh-water sailor.

~Bungling~, _a._ ~1.~ Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit, inapt.

~2.~ Ill-done.

~Bunk~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Berth, bed.

~Bunk~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Lie (_in a bunk_), sleep.

~Bunker~, _n._ Bin, crib.

~Bunt~, _v. n._ Butt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Buoy~, _n._ Float (_to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c._).

~Buoy up~, ~1.~ Float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface.

~2.~ Encourage, embolden, reassure.

~Buoyancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Lightness, levity, specific lightness.

~2.~ Vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, cheerfulness, GAYETY.

~Buoyant~, _a._ ~1.~ Tending to float, light.

~2.~ Cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated, spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive, elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full of spirit.

~Burbot~, _n._ Eel-pout (_Lota vulgaris_).

~Burden~, _n._ ~1.~ Load, weight.

~2.~ Cargo, freight, lading.

~3.~ Incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight.

~4.~ Chorus, refrain.

~Burden~, _v. a._ Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon.

~Burdensome~, _a._ ~1.~ Heavy, oppressive, onerous.

~2.~ Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear.

~Bureau~, _n._ ~1.~ Chest of drawers.

~2.~ Office, counting-room, place of business.

~3.~ Department (_of Government_).

~Burgall~, _n._ Conner, cunner, CHOGSET, blue perch.

~Burglary~, _n._ House-breaking (_at night_).

~Burial~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying.

~Burial-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, burying-ground, church- yard, necropolis.

~Burin~, _n._ Graver, style.

~Burlesque~, _a._ Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical, ludicrous, jocular, sportive.

~Burlesque~, _n._ Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation.

~Burlesque~, _v. a._ Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous.

~Burly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, STRAPPING, BOUNCING.

~2.~ Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough.

~Burn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Consume with fire, reduce to ashes.

~2.~ Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.

~3.~ Injure by fire or heat.

~4.~ Shrivel, cause to wither.

~Burn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flame, be on fire.

~2.~ Glow, warm, be excited.

~Burn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream.

~Burning~, _a._ ~1.~ Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.

~2.~ Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.

~3.~ Vehement, powerful.

~Burning-glass~, _n._ Convex lens.

~Burnish~, _v. a._ Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy.

~Burn one's fingers~, Get one's self into trouble (_as by meddling in the affairs of others, or by speculation_), smart for it.

~Burst~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break open (_from internal pressure_), fly open, be rent asunder.

~2.~ Break out suddenly.

~Burst~, _v. a._ Rend asunder, break open.

~Burst~, _n._ Explosion, BURSTING.

~Bursting~, _n._ Explosion, disruption, blast, burst.

~Bury~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover (_with earth, &c._), cover up.

~2.~ Inter, inhume, entomb, inurn, lay in the grave, consign to the grave.

~3.~ Hide, conceal, secrete, shroud.

~Burying~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burial.

~Burying-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, BURIAL-GROUND.

~Bury the hatchet~, Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put up the sword.

~Bush~, _n._ Shrub.

~Bushel~, _n._ Four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts.

~Business~, _n._ ~1.~ Calling, employment, occupation, pursuit, vocation, profession, craft, AVOCATION, walk of life.

~2.~ Trade, commerce, traffic, dealing.

~3.~ Concern, matter, affair, transaction.

~4.~ Office, duty, function.

~Buskin~, _n._ ~1.~ Half boot (_especially one with high soles, worn by the ancient tragedians_).

~2.~ Tragedy, tragic drama.

~Buskined~, _a._ ~1.~ Dressed in buskins.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Tragic.

~Buss~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Kiss.

~Buss~, _n._ Kiss, smack.

~Bustle~, _v. n._ FUSS, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a PUCKER, be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing.

~Bustle~, _n._ ~1.~ Stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother, commotion, ado, TO DO.

~2.~ Bishop, TOURNURE.

~Busy~, _a._ ~1.~ Diligent, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, notable, active, working, hard-working, at work; diligently employed, engaged, or occupied.

~2.~ Brisk, stirring, bustling, nimble, agile, SPRY, constantly in motion.

~3.~ Meddling, officious, importunate.

~Busy~, _v. a._ Occupy, employ, make busy.

~Busybody~, _n._ Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious person.

~But~, _conj._ ~1.~ On the other hand, on the contrary.

~2.~ Yet, still, however, nevertheless, moreover, further.

~3.~ Unless, if it were not that, if it be not that.

~4.~ But that, otherwise than that.

~But~, _prep._ Except, excepting.

~But~, _ad._ Only, no more than.

~But~, _n._ ~1.~ End (_especially the larger end_), but-end.

~2.~ Bound, boundary, mete.

~Butcher~, _n._ Slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut- throat.

~Butcher~, _v. a._ Kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death.

~Butchery~, _n._ MURDER, slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodshed.

~But-end~, _n._ Blunt end, but.

~Butt~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, object, target, point aimed at.

~2.~ Laughing-stock.

~3.~ Stroke, blow.

~4.~ Cask.

~Butt~, _v. n._ Bunt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Butter-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).

~Butterfly-shaped~, _a._ Papilionaceous.

~Buttery~, _n._ Pantry.

~Buttock~, _n._ Rump.

~Button-ball tree~, BUTTON-WOOD.

~Button-holder~, _n._ Bore, proser.

~Button-wood~, _n._ Sycamore, plane-tree, button-ball tree, water-birch (_Platanus occidentalis_).

~Buttress~, _n._ Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.

~Buxom~, _a._ Gay, brisk, sprightly, lively, joyous, joyful, buoyant, vivacious, cheerful, blithe, blithesome, WINSOME, jocund, sportive, frolicsome, jolly, airy, debonair, in high health and spirits.

~Buy~, _v. a._ Purchase, bargain for.

~Buzz~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hum, make a humming sound (_as bees_).

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~Buzz~, _n._ ~1.~ Hum, humming noise.

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~By~, _prep._ ~1.~ Through (_as the cause, or the remote agent_), WITH, by the agency of, by means of, by dint of.

~2.~ At, on, by way of.

~3.~ From, according to.

~4.~ Near to, close by.

~5.~ Past.

~6.~ Along, over.

~By~, _ad._ Near.

~By and by~, Presently, soon, before long, in a short time.

~By chance~, Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened.

~By degrees~, Gradually, step by step, little by little, by little and little.

~By dint of~, By, by force of, by means of, by the agency of.

~By-end~, _n._ By-purpose, private interest, secret purpose, self- interested purpose, clandestine design.

~By far~, Very much, in a great degree.

~By fits~, Irregularly, fitfully, by fits and starts.

~By fits and starts~, BY FITS.

~Bygone~, _a._ Past, gone by.

~By hand~, With the hands, by the use of the hands.

~By hook or by crook~, Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, by any means.

~By-name~, _n._ Nickname, SOBRIQUET.

~By one's self~, ~1.~ Alone, solitary.

~2.~ On one's own account, ON ONE'S OWN HOOK.

~By-path~, _n._ By-way, private way.

~By-place~, _n._ Retired place, out-of-the-way place.

~By-purpose~, _n._ BY-END.

~By-road~, _n._ Private road, unfrequented road.

~By-room~, _n._ Private room, CABINET.

~By rote~, By mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning.

~Bystander~, _n._ Spectator, looker-on.

~By stealth~, Secretly, clandestinely.

~By the board~, Overboard, over the side.

~By the bye~, In passing, EN PASSANT, apropos to the matter in hand, by the way.

~By the job~, At a stipulated price (_for the whole job_).

~By the strike~, By the level measure.

~By the way~, BY THE BYE.

~By-way~, _n._ By-path, private way.

~Byword~, _n._ ~1.~ Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.

~2.~ Object of contempt, mark for scorn.

~3.~ Slang, cant term.