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conferring a benefit; the benefit conferred. BENEFACTOR, bên-é-fâk'tůr. s. 166. He that

taighs, containing the bowels; the womb; that|| BENEFACTION, bên-é-fak'shan. s. The act of part of a man which requires food; that part of any thing that swells out into a larger capacity: any place in which something is enclosed. To BELLY, běl'lè. v. n. To hang out, to bulge

out. BELLYACHE, bêllè-åke. s. 355. The cholick. BELLYBOUND, bêllè-bôûnd. a. Costive. BELLYFUL, bèl lè-fül. s. As much food as fills the belly.

BELLYGOD, bêl'lè-god. s. A glutton.

BELMAN, bellman. s. 88. He whose business it
is to proclaim any thing in towns, and to gain
attention by ringing his bell.
BELMETAL, bell'mat-tl. s. 405. The metal of
which bells are made.

To BELOCK, bè-lôk. v. a. To fasten.
To BELONG, bè-lông'. v. n. To be the property
of; to be the province or business of; to ad-
here, or be appendant to; to have relation to;
to be the quality or attribute of.
BELOVED, bè-lived. a. Dear.

This word, when an adjective, is usually pronounced in three syllables, as a beloved son; and when a participle in two, as he was much beloved. See Principles, No. 362.

BELOW, bè-lo'. prep. Under in place, not so high; inferiour in dignity; inferiour in excellence; unworthy of, unbefitting.

BELOW, bè-lo'. ad. In the lower place; on earth, in opposition to heaven; in hell, in the regions

of the dead.

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BEMUSED, bé-můzd'. a. 359. Overcome with musing.

BENCH, bensh. s. 352. A seat; a seat of jus-
tice, the persons sitting upon a bench.
BENCHER, ben shar. s. 93. The senior members
of the society of the inns of court.

To BEND, bend. v. a. To make crooked, to||
crook; to direct to a certain point; to incline
to subdue, to make submissive.

To BEND, bend. v. n. To be incurvated; to lean
or jut over; to be submissive, to bow.
BEND, bend. s. Flexure, incurvation; the crook-)
ed timbers which make the ribs or sides of a
ship.

BENDABLE, b2n'dâ-bla. 405. That may be bent.
BENDER, ben'ddr. s. 98. The person who bends

the instrument with which any thing is bent. BENDWITH, bễnd with. s. An herb. BENEAPED, bè-nèpt'. a. 352. A ship is said to be beneaped, when the water does not flow high) enough to bring her off the ground. BENEATH, be-nèrнe'. prep. Under, lower in place; lower in rank, excellence, or dignity;)

unworthy of.

BENEATH, bè-nèтнe', ad. 467. In a lower place, under below, as opposed to heaven. LENEDICT, ben'è-dikt. a. Having mild and salubrious qualities.

confers a benefit.

BENEFACTRESS, bên-è-fâk'très. s. A woman
who confers a benefit.

BENEFICE, bên'è-fis. s. 142. Advantage con-
ferred on another. This word is generally
used for all ecclesiastical livings.
BENEFICED, bên'è-fist. a. 352. Possessed of
a benefice.

BENEFICENCE, bè-nêf'è-sènsc. 6. Active
goodness.

BENEFICENT, bè-nêf'è-sent. a. Kind, doing good

BENEFICIAL, bên-e-fish'al. a. Advantageous,
conferring benefits, profitable; helpful, medi-
cinal.

BENEFICIALLY, bên-è-fish ́ál-lè. ad. Advan-
tageously, helpfully.
BENEFICIALNESS bên-è-fish'al-nes. s. Use-
fulness, profit.

BENEFICIARY, bên-è-fish'yâ-rẻ. a. 113. Hold-
ing something in subordination to another.
BENEFICIARY, bên-è-fish'ya-rè. s. 113. He
that is in possession of a benefice.
BENEFIT, ben'è-fit. s. A kindness, a favour
conferred; advantage, profit, use.

Benefit of Clergy in law is a privilege formerly allowed, by virtue of which a man convicted of felony or manslaughter was put to read in a Latin book of a Gothick black character; and if the Ordinary of Newgate said Legit ut Clericus, i.e. he reads like a clerk, he was only burnt in the hand and set free, otherwise he suffered death for his crime.-Bailey.

To BENEFIT, bene-fit. v. a. To do good to.
To BENEFIT, ben'è-fit. v. n. To gain advantage.
To BENET, bè-net'. v. a. To ensnare.
BENEVOLENCE, bè-nêv'vô-lênse. s. Disposi-
tion to do good, kindness; the good done, the
charity given; a kind of tax.
BENEVOLENT, bè-něv vô-lênt. a. Kind, having
good will.

BENEVOLENTNESS, bé-nêv'vô-lênt-nês. s. The
same as benevolence.

BENGAL, ben-gill. a. A sort of thin slight stuff.
BENJAMIN, ben-ja-min. s. The name of a tree.
To BENIGHT, be-nite'. v. a. To surprise with
the coming on of night; to involve in darkness;
to embarrass by want of light.
BENIGN, bè-nine'. a. 385. Kind, generous, lib-
eral; wholesome, not malignant.
BENIGNITY, be-nig'ne-tè. 8. Graciousness, ac

tual kindness; salubrity, wholesome quality. BENIGNLY, bé-nine'lè, ad. Favourably, kindly. BENISON, ben'nè-zn. s. 170, 443. Blessing, benediction.

BENNET, ben'nt. s. 99. An herb.

BENT, bent. s. The state of being bent; degres of flexure; declivity; utmost power; applica tion of the mind; inclination, disposition towards something; determination, fixed pur pose; turn of the temper or disposition; tendency, flexion; a stalk or grass, called the Bent

grass.

BENT, bent. part. of the verb To bend. Made crooked; directed to a certain point; determined upon.

BENTING TIME, bên'ting-time. s. The time when pigeons feed on bents before peas are ripe.

To BFNUM, be-nom'. v. a. To make torpid; t stupify. See to NUMB.

BENZOIN, bên-zöln'. s. A medicinal kind of re-
sin, imported from the East Indies, and vulgar-
ly called Benjamin.

BENEDICTION, bễn-d-dik'shan. s. Blessing, a
decretory pronunciation of happiness; the ad-
vantage conferred by blessing; acknowledg
ments for blessings received: The form of iusti-To BEQUEATH, bè-kwèтHe'
tuting in abbot.
by will to another.

To BEPAINT, be pant'. v. a. To cover with paint.
To BEPINCH, bé-pinsh'. v. a. To mark with
pinches

a. 467. To leave

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tâb, bûll ;-;-pound ;—thin, THIS

BEQUEST, bé-kwist'. s. 334, 414. Something To BESPREAD, bè-sprêd'. v. a. To spread ove left by will. To BESPRINKLE, bè-sprink'kl. v. a. To sprinka

To rattle off.

To BERATTLE, bè råt'tl. v. a. BERBERRY, barber-rè. s. 555. A berry of a sharp taste, used for pickles.

To BEREAVE, be-rève'. v. a. To strip of, to deprive of; to take away from.

BEREFT, be-reft'. Part. pass. of Bereave. BERGAMOT, ber gå-môt. s. A sort of pear, commonly called Bergamot; and vulgarly called Burgamee; a sort of essence or perfume, drawn from a fruit produced by ingrafting a lemon tree on a Burgamot pear stock; a sort of snuff. To BERHYME bè-rime'. v. a. To celebrate in

rhyme or verses.

BERLIN, ber-lin's. A coach of a particular form. BERRY, berré. s. Any small fruit with many

seeds

To BERRY, berré. v. n. To bear berries. BERTRAM, bér tråm. s. 83. Bastard peilitory. BERYL, bér ril. s. A precious stone.

To BESCREEN, bè-skréèn'. v. a. To shelter, to conceal.

To BESEECH, bé-sèètsh'. v. a. To entreat, to supplicate; to implore; to beg; to ask. To BESEEM, bè-séèm'. v. n. To become, to befit. Tu BESET, bé-set'. v. a. To besiege, to hem in; to embarrass; to perples; to waylay, to surround; to fall upon, to harass.

To BESHREW, bè-shroở′ v. a. To wish a curse to; to happen ill to.

prep.

over.

To BESPUTTER, be-spåt'tår. v. a. To sputter over something; to daub any thing by sputtering.

BEST, best. a. Most good.

BEST, best. ad. In the highest degree of goodness, fittest.

To BESTAIN, bè-ståne'. v. a. To mark with stains; to spot.

To BESTEAD, bè-stêd'. v. a. To profit; to treat, to accommodate.

BESTIAL, bes'tshe-ål. a. 46. Belonging to a beast; brutal, carnal.

BESTIALITY, bes-tshè-ål'è-tè. s. The quality of beasts. BESTIALLY, bês'tshiè-al-lè. s. Brutally.

To BESTICK, bè-stik'. v. a. To stick over with any thing.

To BESTIR, be-ster'. v. a. 103. To put into vigorous action.

To BESTOW, bè-stó'. v. a. To give, to confer upon; to give as charity; to give in marriage; to give as a present; to apply; to lay out upon, to lay up, to stow, to place.

BESTOWER, be-sto ́år. s. 98. Giver, disposer. BESTRAUGHT, bè-strawt'. particip. Distracted,

mad.

To BESTREW, bè-stro'. v. a. To sprinkle over. See STREW.

To BESTRIDE, bè-stride'. v. a. To stride over any thing; to have any thing between one's legs; to step over.

BESIDE, be-side".
At the side of
BESIDES, be-sides'.
another, near; over and above; not according
to, though not contrary; out of, in a state of de-To

viation from.

BESIDE, be-side'. BESIDES, b-sides'.

ad. Over and above not in this number, beyond this class. To BESIEGE, bé-sèéje', v. a. To beleaguer, to Jay siege to; to beset with armed forces. BESIEGER, bé-sèè'jår. s. 98. One employed in a siege.

To BESLUBBER, bè-slāb’bůr. v. a. To daub, to

To BESMEAR, bè-sınèér'. v. a. To bedawb; to sod to foul.

To BESMIRCH, bè-smêrtsh'. v. a. To soil to discolour:

To BESMOKE, bè-smoke'. v. a. To foul, with smoke; to harden or dry in smoke.

1 BESMUT, bê-småt'. v. a. To blacken with smoke or sont.

BESTUD, bè-ståd'. v. a. To adorn with studs. BET, bêt. s. A wager.

To BET, bt. v. a. To wager, stake at a wager. To BETAKE, bé-tåke'. v. a. To take, to seize; to have recourse to.

To BETHINK, bè-think'. v. a. To recall to reflection.

To BETHRAL, bè-thrall. v. a. 406. To enslave, to conquer.

To BETHUMP, be-thump'. v. a. To beat.
To BETIDE, bé-tide'. v. n. To happen to, to be
fall: to come to pass, to fall out.
BETIME, be-time'.
BETIMES, bé-timz'.

ad. Seasonably; early;

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To BETOKEN, bè-to'kn. v. a. To signify, to mark, to represent; to foreshow, to presignify BETONY, bet'to-ne. s. A plant.

BESOM, bộ zům, s. An instrument to sweep with.|| BETOOK, bé-took'. Irreg. pret. from Betake.
To BESORT, be-sort'. v. a. To suit, to fit. To BETOSS, bè-tôs'. v. a. To disturb, to agitate.
BESORT, be-sort'. s. Company, attendance,To BETRAY, be-tra'. v. a. To give into the hands

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of enemies; to discover that which has been intrusted to secrecy; to make liable to some thing inconvenient: to show, to discover. BETRAYER, be-trà ̈ür. s. He that betrays, a

traitor.

To BETRIM, be-trim'. v. a. To deck, to dress,

to grace.

To BETROTH, bẻ-trôth'. v. a. To contract to any one, to affiance; to nominate to a bishoprick.

To BETRUST, bè-tråst'. v. a. To intrust, to put into the power of another.

BETTER, bêt'tår. a. 98. Having good qualitics in a greater degree than something else. BETTER, bet ir ad. Well in a greater degree. To BETTER, bêt tår. v. a. To improve, to melio rate; to surpass; to exceed, to advance. BETTER, bettor. a. Superiour in goodness. BETTOR, bettar. s. 166. One that lays bets or

wagers.

BETTY, bêt ́tè. s. An instrument to break open

doors.

BETWEEN, bè-twèèn', prep. In the intermediate space; from one to another; belonging a two in partnership; bearing relation to tea; in separation of one from the other.

BEVIL,

559.—Fate, får, fåll, fât;—mè, mêt;-pine, pin ;—

BETWIXT, be-twikst'. prep. Between.
BEVEL, bevil. s. 99. In masonry and join-
ery, a kind of square, one leg of which is fre-
quently crooked.
BEVERAGE, bêv'år-idje. s. 90, 555. Drink,
liquor to be drunk.
BEVY, bêve. s.

an assembly.

A flock of birds; a company,

To BEWAIL, bè-wåle'. v. a. To bemoan, to la

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To BID, bid. v. a. To desire; to ask; to command; to order; to offer; to propose; to pronounce; to declare; to denounce.

BIDDEN, bid'dn. part. pass. 103. Invited; commanded.

BIDDER, bid'dur. s 98. One who offers or
proposes a price.

BIDDING, bidding. s. 410. Command, order.
To BIDE, blde. v. a. To endure, to suffer.
To BIDE, bide. v. n. To dwell, to live, to inhabit;
to remain in a place.

BIDENTAL, bl-dên ́tål. a. 118. Having two

teeth.

BIDING, bi'ding. s. 410. Residence, habitation.
BIENNIAL, bl-en'nè-âl. a. 116. Of the continu-
ance of two years.

BIER, bèèr. s. 275. A carriage on which the
dead are carried to the grave.
BIESTINGS, bèès tingz. s. 275. The first milk
given by a cow after calving.
BIFARIOUS, bl-fa'rè-us. a. Twofold.

To BEWRAY, bè-rà'. v. a. 474. To betray, to discover perfidiously; to show, to make visible. BEWRAYER, be-ra år. s. Betrayer, discoverer.BIFEROUS, bif' fé-rûs. a. 533. Bearing fruit

BEYOND, be-yond'. prep. Before, at a distance not reached; on the farther side of; farther onward than; past, out of the reach of; above, exceeding to a greater degree than; above in excellence; remote from, not within the sphere of; To go beyond, is to deceive.

There is a pronunciation of this word so obviously wrong as scarcely to deserve notice; and that is sounding the o like a, as if the word were written beyand. Absurd and corrupt as this pronunciation is, too many of the people of London, and those not entirely uneducated, are guilty of it.

BEZOAR, bezore. s. A medicinal stone, for-
merly in high esteem as an antidote, brought
from the East-Indies.
BEZOARDICK, béz-d-år'dîk. a. Compounded
with bezoar.

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BIANGULATED. bl-âne'gu-là-tid. ?
BIANGULOUS, bl-ang gù-lås. 116.
two corners or angles.
BIAS, blås. s. 83. The weight lodged on one
side of a bowl, which turns it from the straight
line; any thing which turns a man to a partic-
ular course propension, inclination.
To BIAS, blas. v. a. To incline to some side.
BIB, bib. s. A small piece of linen put upon the
breasts of children, over their clothes.
BIBACIOUS, bi-ba'shus. a. 118. Much addicted||
to drinking.

Perhaps the first syllable of this word may be considered as an exception to the general rule. 117.

BIBBER, bib'bûr. s. 93. A tippler.

BIBLE, bibl. s. 405. The sacred volume, in which are contained the revelations of God. BIBLIOGRAPHER, bib-lé-ôg'grå-fur. s A trans

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We see that the antepenultimate accent on this word, as well as on Bigamy, and some others, has the power of shortening the vowel in the first syllable. 535.

BIFID, bird, bi-da-ted.} a. 503, 535. Open-
BIFIDATED, bif'fè-dà-têd.
ing with a cleft.

BIFOLD, bifold. a. Twofold, double.
BIFORMED, biformd. a. 362. Compounded of

two forms.

BIFURCATED, bi-fur'kå-têd. a. 118. Shooting out into two heads.

BIFURCATION, bi-für-ka'shun. s. Division into

two.

BIG, big. a. Great in bulk, large; teeming, pregnant; full of something; distended, swoln; great in air and mien, proud; great in spirit, brave.

BIGAMIST, big'gâ-mist. s. One that has committed bigamy.

BIGAMY, big'gå-mè. s. 535, 503. The crime of
having two wives at once.

BIGBELLIED, bigʻbêl-lid. a. 282. Pregnant.
BIGGIN, big gin. s. A child's cap.
BIGLY, b'gle. ad. Tumidly, haughtily.
BIGNESS, big'nes. s. Greatness of quantity,
size, whether greater or smaller.
BIGOT, big'ght. s. 166.

certain party.
BIGOTED, big'għt-dd. a.
in favour of something.

A man devoted to a

Blindly prepossessed

From what oddity I know not, this word is frequently pronounced as if accented on the last syllable but one, and is generally found written as if it ought to be so pronounced, the t being doubled, as is usual when a participle is formed from a verb that has its accent on the last syllable. Dr. Johnson, indeed, has very judiciously set both orthography and pronunciation to rights, and spells the word with one t, though he finds it with two in the quotations he gives us from Garth and Swift. That the former thought it might be pronounced with the accent on the second syllable, is highly presumable from the use he makes of it, where he says:

Bigotted to this idol, we disclaim

"Rest, health, and ease, for nothing but a name."" For if we do not lay the accent on the second syllable, here the verse will be unpardonably rugged. This mistake must certainly take it's rise from supposing a verb which does not ex

-no, move, nôr, nôt;-tube, tub, bull;-oil;-pound;-thin, THIS.

To BIND, bind. v. n. To contract, to grow stiff' to be obligatory.

, Lamely, as bigot; but as this word is dented from a substantive, it ought to have the same accent; thus though the words ballot and BINDER, bind'ar. s. 98. A man whose trade it are verbs as well as nouns, yet as they is to bind books; a man that binds sheaves; a have the accent on the first syllable, the partí- fillet, a shred cut to bind with. pial adjectives derived from them have only BINDING, binding. s. 410. A bandage. cnet, and both are pronounced with the ac-BINDWEED, bind wèèd. s. A plant. cent on the first syllable, as balloted, billeted. BINOCLE, bin'no-kl. s. 405. A telescope fitted bugeted therefore ought to have but one t, and so with two tubes, as that a distant object may to preserve the accent on the first syilable. be seen with both eyes. BIGOTRY, big gut-trẻ. s. 555. Blind zeal, prealice; the practice of a bigot. EGSWOLN, Bigswoln. a. Turgid. EILANDER, bi an-dur. s. 503. A small vessel used for the carriage of goods. BILBERRY, bil bér-rẻ. s. Whortle-berry. EILBO, bil bɔ. 8. A rapier, a sword. BILBOES, bf bóze. s. 296. A sort of stocks. BILE, bile 8. A thick, yellow, bitter liquor,

The same reason appears for pronouncing the i in the first syllable of this word short as in Bigamy. 535.

BINOCULAR, bl-nôk'ù-lår. a. 118. Having two

eyes. 88. 93.

BIOGRAPHER, bi-ôg'grâ-får. s. 116. A writer

of lives.

BIOGRAPHY, bl-ôg'grå-fè. s. 116. An historical account of the lives of particular men. 518. separated in the liver, collected in the gall-BIPAROUS, bỉp'pâ-růs. a. 503. Bringing forth bladder, and discharged by the common duct. two at a birth. BILE, bile. s. A sore angry swelling. Improper

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To BILL, bill vn. To caress, as doves, by join-
Trg bills.

To bli L, bell. v. a To publish by an advertise-
ELLET, Nit. s 99, 472, 481. A small paper,
ate Billet-doux, or a soft Billet; a love-
BILLET, Rt. s. 99. A small log of wood for
the chummy.

* BILLET, bề¶t. v. a. To direct a soldier
wer is to lodge; to quarter soldiers.
MILLIARDS by yurdz. s. 113. A kind of play.
Nores has very judiciously corrected a
etriclory of Dr. Johnson in this word,
haght eventualty lead to a false pronun-
Dr Johnson derives it from bal and
stra, or stick to push it with. So Spenser-
* Worn dice, with cards, with billiards far unfit,
With suid cocks, unseeraing manly wit."

This word and Bipedal, have the i long in Dr. Ash and Mr. Sheridan; but Mr. Perry makes the in the first long, and in the last short: analogy, however, seems to decide in favour of the sound I have given it. For though the penultimate accent has a tendency to lengthen the vowel when followed by a single consonant, as in biped, tripod, &c. the antepenultimate accent has a greater tendency to shorten the vowel it falls upon.-See BIGAMY and TRIPOD. 503.

BIPARTITE, bip'pår-tite. a. 155. Having two correspondent parts.

Every orthoepist has the accent on the first syllable of this word but Entick, who places it on the second; but a considerable difference is found in the quantity of the first and last i Sheridan and Scott have them both long, Nares the last long, Perry both short, and Buchanan and W. Johnston as I have done it. The va rieties of quantity on this word are the more surprising, as all these writers that give the sound of the vowels make the first i in tripartite short, and the last long; and this uniformity in the pronunciation of one word ought to have led them to the same pronunciation of the other, so perfectly similar. The shortening power of the antepenultimate accent is evident in both 503.

BIPARTITION, bl-pår-tish'ân. s. The act of di-
viding into two.

BIPED, biped. s. 118. An animal with two feet.
BIPEDAL, bip pè-dâl. a. 503. Two feet in length.
-See BIPAROUS.

BIPENNATED, bl-pên'nà-têd. a. 118. Having
two wings.

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An Englishmaan may blush at this cluster of consonants for a syllable; and yet this is unquestionably the exact pronunciation of the word, and that our language is full of thes syllables without vowels.-Sce Principles, No. 103, 405.

BIRD, burd. s. 103. A general term for the feather kind, a fowl.

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To BIRD, bürd. v. n. To catch birds.
BIRDBOLT. börd bóit. s. A small arrow.
BIRDCATCHER, bûrd kâtsh-år. s. 89.
that makes it his employment to take birds.
BIRDUR, Eð, d'ár, «, 95. A bird-catcher.
BIRDINGPIECE, bård ing-pèèse. s. A gun to
shoot birds with.

BIRDLIME, bård time. 5. A glutinous substance
spread upon twigs, by which the birds that
fight upon dem are entangled.

559.- Fate. far. fall, fät -iné, mêt ;—pine, pin ;

BIRDMAN, bûrd'mân, s. 88. A birdcatcher.
BIRDSEYE, bârdz'i. s. A plant.
BIRDSFOOT, bardz'fat. s. A plant.
BIRDSNEST, bürdz'oest. s. An herb.
BIRDSNEST, bardz'nest. s. The place where]
a bird lays her eggs and hatches her young.
BIRDSTONGUE, bårdz tung. s. An herb.
BIRGANDER, bêr'gan-dår. s. A fowl of the
goose kind.

BIRTH, berth. s. 108. The act of coming into life; extraction, lineage; rank which is inherited by descent; the condition in which any man is born; thing born; the act of bringing

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BIRTHWORT, berth'wårt. s. 166. The name of a plant.

BISCUIT, bis kit. s. 311. A kind of hard dry bread, made to be carried to sea; a composition of fire flour, almonds, and sugar.

To BISECT, bi-sekt'. v a. 118, 119. To divide into two parts.

BISECTION, bi-sek'shan. s. 118. A geometrical term, signifying the division of any quantity into two equal parts.

BISHOP, bish'up. s. 166. One of the head or der of the clergy.

BISHOP, bish'up. s. A cant word for a mixture||
of wine, oranges, and sugar.
BISHOPRICK, bish'up-rik. s. The diocese of a
bishop.

BISHOPWEED, bish'ap-wèèd. s. A plant.
BISK, bisk. s. Soup, broth.

in the steerage, where the compass is placed More commonly BINACLE.

BITTER, bit'tår. a. 93. Having a hot, acrid, biting taste, like wormwood; sharp, cruel, severe, calamitous, miserable; reproachful, satirical unpleasing or hurtful. BITTERGROUND, bit'tor-ground. s. A plant. BITTERLY, bit tar-le. ad. With a bitter taste; in a biting manner; sorrowfully, calamitousiy sharply, severely.

BITTERN, bit tårn. s. 98. A bird with long legs, which feeds upon fish.

BITTERNESS, bit tar-nês. s. A bitter taste; malice, grudge, hatred, implacability; sharpness, severity of temper; satire, piquancy, keenness of reproach; sorrow, vexation, afflic

tion.

BITTERSWEET, bît'tûr-swèèt. S. An apple which has a compounded taste.

BITUMEN, bè-tuinen. s. 118, 503. The generic name of several inflammable bodies of different degrees of consistency, from perfect fluidity to that of a brittle, but very fusible, solid, and of little specifick gravity. Thacher's Dispensatory.

This word, from the propensity of our language to the antepenultimate accent, is often pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, as if written bit u-men; and this last mode of sounding the word may be considered as the most common, though not the most learned pronunciation. For Dr. Ash is the only orthoepist who places the accent on the first syllable; but every one who gives the sound of the unaccented vowels, except Buchanan, very improperly makes the i long, as in idle; but if this sound be long, it ought to be slender, as in the second syllable of visible, terrible, &c. 117, 551. BITUMINOUS, bè-tu'mé-nús. a. 118. pounded of bitumen.

Com

BIVALVE, bi'vàlv. a. 118. Having two valves or shutters, used of those fish that have two shells, as oysters. BIVALVULAR, bi-vâl'vå-lår.

valves.

a. Having twe

BIXWORT, biks'wart, s. An herb.

of gold valued at fifteen pounds, which the king offers upon high festival days.

BISMUTH, biz'math. s. A brittle metal, of a yel-BIZANTINE, biz'an-tine. s. 149. A great piece lowish white colour, lamellated texture, and moderately hard. Parkes Chymistry. BISSEXTILE, bis-sekstil. s. 140. Leap year.

Mr. Scott places the accent on the first syllable of this word; Dr. Kenrick on the first and last; Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Johnson, W. Johnston, Dr. Ash, Buchanan, Perry, Entick, and Bailey, on the second; Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, and W. Johnston, pronounce the last i long, as in tile. But as the accent is on the second syllable by so great a majority, analogy determines the last to be short.

BISSON, bis'sun. a. 166. Blind. Obsolete.

Perry is the only orthocpist who pronoun ces the last i in this word short: and Dr. Johnson remarks, that the first syllable ought to be spelled with y, as the word arises from the cus toin established among the emperors of Con stantinople, anciently called BYZANTIUM.

To BLAB, bib, v. a. To tell what ought to be
Lept ecret.
To tell tales.
BLAB, bláb. s. A telltale.

To BLAB, blåb. v. n.

BLABBER, blåb'bûr. s. A tattler.

cloudy of countenance, sullen; horrible, wicked: dismal, mournful.

BISTORT, bis tort. s. A plant called snake-weed.BLACK, biak. a. Of the colour of night, dark; BISTOURY, bistår-è. s. 314. A surgeon's instrument used in making incisions. BIT, bit. s. The iron part of the bridle which is put into the horse's mouth.

BIT, bit. s. As much meat as is put into the mouth at once; a small piece of any thing; a Spanish West-India silver coin, valued at sevenpence halfpenny, sterling.

To BIT, bit. v. a. To put the bridle upon a horse. BITCH, bitsh. s. The female of the dog kind; a vulgar name of reproach for a woman. To BITE, bite. v. a. To crush or pierce with the teeth; to give pain by cold; to hurt or with reproach; to cut, to wound; to make the mouth smart with an acrid taste; to cheat, to trick.

BLACK-BRYONY, blak-brib-nè. s. The name of a plant.

BLACK-CATTLE, blák'kât-tl. s. Oxen, bulls A dirty

and cows.

BLACK-GUARD, big-gård'. a. 332. fellow. 1 low term. BLACK-LEAD, blåk-led'. s. A mineral found in the lead mines, much used for pencils. BLACK-PUDDING, blak-půd'ding. s. A kind of food made of blood and grain. painBLACKROD, blak-rôd'. s. The usher belonging to the order of the garter; so called from the black rod he carries in his hand. He is usher of the parliament. BLACK, blák. s. A black colour; mourning; a blackamoor; that part of the eye which is black.

BITE, bite. s. The seizure of any thing by the teeth; the act of a fish that takes the bait; a cheat, a trick; a sharper.

BITER, bitur. s. 93. He that bites; a fish apt to take a bait; a tricker, a deceiver.

To BLACK, blåk. v. a. To make black, to black

en.

BITTACLE, bitta-kl. s. 405. A frame of timberBLACKAMOOR, blâk'â-môre. s. A negro

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