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`that indicate specific gravity in degrees
`baum marten \'baum-.m'ar-t9n\ n [ art trans. of G Baummarder, fr.
`Baum tree + Marder marten] (1909)): the pelt or fur of the European
`marten (Martes martes)
`baux-ite \'bok-.sit,
`'b'ak-\ n [F bauxite,
`fr. Les Baux, near Arles,
`France] (1861) : an impure mixture of earthy hydrous aluminum ox-
`ides and hydroxides that is the principal source of aluminum — baux-
`it-ic \bék-‘si-tik, bak-\ adj
`Ba-var-i-an \bo-‘ver-é—an, -'var-\ n (1638)
`1 : a native or inhabitant of
`Bavaria 2 :
`the High German dialect of southern Bavaria and Austria
`i Bavarian adj
`Bavarian cream n (ca. 1879) : flavored custard or pureed fruit com-
`bined with gelatin and whipped cream
`haw-bee \'bo-(.)be, bo-'\ n [prob. fr. Alexander Orrok, laird of Sil-
`lebawbe fl 1538 Scot. master of the mint] (1542)
`1 : any of various
`Scottish coins of small value 2 : an English halfpenny
`(1599) archaic: a fine fe low
`baw-cock \'bo-.k'ak\ n [F beau coq, fr. beau fine + coq fellow, cock]
`bawd \'bod\ n [ME bawde] (14c)
`1 obs : PANDER 2
`a : one who
`keeps a house of prostitution : MADAM b : PROSTITUTE
`bawd-ry \'bo-dre\ n [ME bawderie, fr. bawde] (15c)
`1 obs : UNCHAS-
`TITY 2: suggestive, coarse, or obscene language
`lbawdy \'bo-d5\ adj bawd-i-er; -est [bawd] (1513)
`1 : OBSCENE, LEWD
`2 : boisterously or humorously indecent — bawd-i-ly \'bo-d°l-e\ adv
`— bawd-i-ness \'bo-dé-nas\ n
`2bawdy n [prob. fr. lbawdy] (1656) : BAWDRY 2
`bawdy house n (1552) : BORDELLO
`to low] vi (1570
`1 2 to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly : YELL, BEL-
`1bawl \'bol\ vb RME, to bark, prob. of Scand origin; akin to lcel baula
`LOW 2 :
`to cry loudly : WAIL ~ vr :
`to cry out at the top of one’s
`voice — bawl-er n
`2bawl n (1792) : a loud prolonged cry : OUTCRY
`bawl out vi (1905) : to reprimand loudly or severely
`lbay \'ba\ adj [ME, fr. MF bai, fr. L badius; akin to Oh buide yellow]
`(l4c) : reddish browu (a ~ mare)
`Zbay n (1535)
`1 : a bay-colored animal; specif: a horse with a bay:
`colored body and black mane, tail, and points — compare CHESTNUT 4,
`‘SORREL 1
`2 : a reddish brown
`3bay n [ME, fr. MF baee opening, fr. 0F, fr. fem, of baé, pp. of baer to
`gape, yawn —— more at ABEYANCE] (14c)
`1 : a principal compartment
`of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building
`2 : a main division of a structure 3 : any of various compartments or
`sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or
`service station) (bomb ~) (cargo ~) 4 : BAY WINDOW l
`5 : a sup-
`fiort or housing for electronic equipment
`to
`1 :
`‘ 8y vb [ME baien, abaien, fr. OF abaiier, of imit. origin] vi(14c)
`to bark
`bark With prolonged tones
`2 : to cry out : SHOUT ~ vt
`l :
`at
`2 :
`to bring to bay
`3 : to pursue with barking 4 :
`to utter in
`deep prolonged tones
`5bay n (14c)
`1 : a haying of dogs
`2 :
`the position of one unable to
`retreat and forced to face danger (brought his quarry to ~) 3 : the
`position of one checked (police kept the rioters at ~)
`6bay n, often attrib [ME baye, fr. MF hole] (140)
`1 : an inlet of the sea
`or other body of water usu. smaller than a gulf
`2 : a small body of
`water set off from the main body 3 : any of various terrestrial forma-
`tions resembling a bay of the sea
`laurel Laurus nobilis)
`b i any of several shrubs or trees (as of the
`7bay n [ME, berry, fr. MF baie, fr. L baca] (15c)
`1
`a : the European
`genera Magnolia, Pimenta, and Gordonia) resembling the laurel
`2
`a
`: a garland or crown esp. of laurel given as a prize for victory or excel-
`lence b: HONOR, FAME—usu. used in pl.
`ba-ya-dere \'bi-e-.dir, —.der\ n F bayadére professional female dancer
`co ors
`in lIndia] (1856) : a fabric with orizontal stripes in strongly contrasted
`bay-ber-ry \‘ba-.ber-e\ n (1687)
`1 : any of several wax myrtles; esp
`: a hardy shrub (Myrica pens lvanica) of coastal eastern No. America
`bearing dense clusters of sma l berries covered with grayish white wax
`2 :
`the fruit of a bayberry
`Bayesdan \'ba-zé-an, -zhon\ adj (1961) : being, relating to, or con-
`cerned with a theory (as of decision making or statistical inference)
`involving the application of Bayes’ theorem and the use of probabilities
`mo e s
`basgd1 o>n prior knowledge and accumulated experience (N probability
`Bayes’ theorem \'baz-\ n [Thomas Bayes T1761 Eng. mathematician]
`(1939) : a theorem about conditional probabilities: the probability that
`an event A occurs given that another event B has already occurred is
`equal to the probability that the event B occurs given that A has al-
`ready occurred multiplied by the probability of occurrence of event A
`and divided by the probability of occurrence of event B
`bay leaf n (15c) :
`the dried leaf of the European laurel (Laurus nobilis)
`used in cooking
`bay-man \'ba-mon, -.man\ n (1641) : a person and esp. a fisherman
`who lives or works on or about a bay
`lbiiy-o-net \'ba-a—not, -.net,
`.ba-a-'net\ n F bai'onnette, fr. Bayonne,
`France] (1704) : a steel blade attached at t e muzzle end of a shoulder
`arm (as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat
`2bayonet vb -net-ed also met-ted; met-ing also met-ting vt (1858)
`1
`: to stab with a bayonet
`2 :
`to compel or drive by or as if by the bay-
`onet ~ vi:
`to use a bayonet
`bay-on \'bi-(.)ii, -(.)o\ n [LaF, fr. Choctaw bayuk] (1763)
`1 : a creek,
`secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body
`of water 2 : any of various usu. marshy or sluggish bodies of water
`bay rum n (1840) : a fragrant cosmetic and medicinal liquid distilled
`from the leaves of a West Indian bay tree (Pimento racemosa) or usu.
`prepared from essential oils, alcohol, and water
`Bay Stat-er \'ba-.sta-tor\ n (1845) : a native or resident of Massa-
`chusetts
`used as a nickname
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`
`
`pipes and a funnel)] (1943) : a light‘p‘ortable antitank weapon consist.
`ing of an open-breech smoothbore firing tube that launches an armop:
`piercing rocket and is fired from the shoulder
`BB \'bé-(.)bE\ n (1874)
`1 : a shot pellet 0.18 inch in diameter for usiz
`in a shotgun cartridge 2 : a shot pellet 0.175 inch in diameter for Us:
`in an air gun
`.
`code for representing a phanumeric inforrnatron
`BCD \.be-(.)sé-'dé\ n [binary coded deCimal] (ca. 1962) : a computer
`B cell n [bone-marrow-derived cell] (1968) : any of the lymphocyteS
`that have antibody molecules on the surface and comprise the anti.
`body~secreting plasma cells when mature — called also B lymphocyte:
`com are TCELL
`BC vaccine \.bé-(.)sé—'je-\ n [Bacillus Calmette-Guenn (an attenu.
`ated strain of tubercle bacilli), fr. Albert Calmette T1933 and Camille
`Guérin T1961 Fr. bacteriologists] (1927) : a vaccrne prepared froi-fla
`living attenuated strain of tubercle bacrlli and used to vaccrnate human
`beings against tuberculosis — called also BCG
`B complex n (1934) : vrTAMrNa COMPLEX
`BC soil \'be—'sé-\ n (ca. 1938) : a 5011 whose profile has only B hori-
`zons and C horizons
`bdel-li-um \'de-lé-9m\ n [ME, fr. L, fr. Gk bdellion] (14c) : a gum resin
`similar to myrrh obtained from various trees (genus Commiphora) of
`the East Indies and Africa
`..
`be \'bE\ vb, past 1st & 3d sing was \'waz, 'waz\; 2d sing were \'war\; pl
`were; pas! subjunctive were; past part been \'brn, chiefly Brit 'bén\;
`pres part being \'be(-i)r]\; pres lst sing am \om, 'am\; 2d sing are \"2ir,
`or\; 3d sing is \'iz, 92\; pl are; pres subjunctive be [ME, fr. OE béon;
`akin to OHG bim am, L fui l have been, futurus about to be, fieri to
`become, be done, Gk phynai to be them, be by nature, phyein to pro.
`duce] vi (bef. 12c)
`1
`a : to equal in meaning : have the same conno.
`tation as : SYMBOLIZE (God is love) (January is the first month) (let it
`~ 10)
`b : to have identity with (the first person I met was my
`brother)
`c : to constitute the same class as
`qualification or characterization (the leaves are green)
`to the class of (the fish is a trout) f used regularly in senses la
`through 1e as the copula of simple predicatron 2
`jective existence : have reality or actuality : LIVE (I think, therefore]
`am) (once upon a time there was a knight) b : to have, maintain, or
`occupy a place, situation, or position (the book is on the table)
`remain unmolested, undisturbed, or umnterrupted — used only in
`infinitive form (let him ~) (1 : to take place : OCCUR (the concert was
`last night)
`e :
`to come or go (has already been and gone) (has never
`been to the circus)
`f archaic : BELONG.Bl=.1_-‘ALL ~ verbal auxiliary 1
`— used with the past participle of transrtive verbs as a passive-voice
`auxiliary (the money was found) (the house is being burlt) 2 — used as
`the auxiliary of the present participle in progressrve tenses expressing
`continuous action (he is reading) (I have been sleeping) '3 — used
`with the past participle of some intransitive verbs as an auxrliary form-
`ing archaic perfect tenses (Christ is risen from the dead —1 Cor 15:20
`(DV))
`4 — used with the infinitive with to to express futurity, ar-
`rangement in advance, or obligation (I am to interview him today) (she
`was to become famous)
`be- prefix [ME, fr. OE bi—, be-; akin to OE bi by, near — more at BY]
`: on : around : over (bedaub) (besmear)
`degree : thoroughly (befuddle) (berate)
`tiously — in intensive verbs formed from simple verbs (bedeck) and in
`adjectives based on adjectives ending in -ed (ber‘ibboned) 4 : about
`: to : at
`: upon : against
`: across (bestride) (bespeak)
`: cause to be : treat as (belittle) (befool) (befriend)
`esp. excessively (bedoctor)
`7 : affect, afflict, treat, provide, or cover
`1beach \'béch\ n [origin unknown] 1535)
`1 : shore pebbles : SHINGLE
`with esp. excessively (bedevil) (befo(g)
`2
`a : a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger
`rock fragments b : a seashore area
`2beach vi (1840)
`1 :
`to run or drive ashore
`a beach
`beach ball n (1940) : a lar e inflated ball for use at the beach
`hotel
`beach)-boy \-.boi\ n (1941 : a male beach attendant (as at a club or
`beach buggy n (1943) : DUNE BUGGY
`beach-comb-er \'bEch-.ko-mar\ n (1840)
`1 : a white man living as i
`drifter or loafer esp. on the islands of the So. Pacific 2 z a person who
`searches along a shore (as for salable refuse or for seashells) —— beach-
`comb \-.kom\ vb
`beach flea n (1843) : any of numerous amphipod crustaceans (family
`Talitridae) living on ocean beaches and leaping like fleas
`beach-front \'béch-.frant\ n (1921) : a strip of land that fronts a beach
`beach-go-er \-.g6-or\ n (1954) : a person who frequently goes to the
`beach
`beach grass n (1681) : any of several tough strongly rooted grasses
`that grow on exposed sandy shores; esp : any of a genus (Ammophrla)
`of rhizomatous perennials widely planted to bind sandy slopes
`beach-head \'b6ch-.hed\ n (1940)
`1 : an area on a hostile shore occu-
`pied to secure further landing of troops and supplies 2 : FOOTHOLD
`beach pea n (1802) : a wild pea (Laihyrus japonicus syn. L. maritimuSl
`having tough roots and purple flowers that is found along sandy shores
`beach plum n (1784) : a shrubby plum (Prunus maritima) havrns
`white flowers and growing along the northeastern coast of No. Amer-
`ica; also :
`its edible usu. dark purple fruit that is used esp. in preserves
`beach-side \'béch-.sid\ adj (1952) : located at a beach
`beach-wear \-.war, -.wer\ n (1928) : clothing for wear at a beach
`beachy \'bé-ché\ adj (1597) : covered with pebbles or shingle
`lbea-con \'bé—kon\ n [ME beken, fr. OE beacen sign; akin to OHG
`bouhhan sign] (140)
`1 : a signal fire commonly on a hill, tower, 9‘
`pole
`2
`a : a lighthouse or other signal for guidance
`transmitter emitting signals for guidance of aircraft
`light or inspiration
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