Blink

blink, to wink.

bliss, highest happiness. blissful, very happy. blis'ter, a pustule. blithe'ful, gay. blithe'some, cheerful, gay blizzard, fierce wind, bloat, to swell.

block, a heavy piece.

bob'tail, a short tail.
bob'wig, a short wig.
bock'ing, coarse woolen
stuff.
[bode.

bōde, to portend, to for-
bod'ice, short stays, corset
bod'ied, having a body.
bōd'ing, a foreshadow.
bod'kin, a dagger.

blockade', to shut up a body, collective mass.

port. block headed, stupid. block house, sort of fort. blood'hound, hound.

a flerce

blood'less, without blood. blood'shot, filled with

blood.

blood'sucker, a leech.
blood thirsty, a desire or
longing to shed blood.
blood vessel, a a vein or
[blood.
artery.
blood'y, stained with
blood'y-flux, dysentery.
bloom, a blossom, flower.
bloom'ers, style of dress.
blos'som, to put forth
flowers.

blot, to efface, to stain.
blotch, to mark with spots
blot'ter, blotting paper.
blouse, a frock, a blowse
blow, a stroke, egg of fly
blow, to puff, to flower.
blowze, a ruddy wench.
blowz'y,, sunburnt, taw-
dry.

of

[whales. blüb'ber, the fat blüb'ber, to weep. blüd'geon, a thick club. blue, sky color.

blue bottle, a flower, a fly
blüff, a high steep bank.
bluff, pompous, surly.
blůn'der, to mistake
grossly.
[gun.
blun'derbuss, a kind of

bog, a marsh, a morass. bog'gle, to hesitate, to bog'gle, a hobgoblin.

doubt.

bog'gy, full of bogs. bo'gus, counterfeit. bohea', a species of tea. boil, to be agitated by heat boil, a painful tumor. boil'er, part of engine. bois'terous, stormy, noisy böld, brave, daring. bold'faced, impudent. böld'ness, courage. böle, a kind of earth. bōll, a pod or capsule. bōl'ster, a long pillow. böl'ster, to uphold. bolt, to fasten with a bolt bōlt'er, a kind of net, a sieve. [sel. bōlt'head, a chemical vesbo'lus, a large pill. bomb, an explosive shell bombard', to attack with

artillery, to besiege. bom'bardier, an engineer who discharges bombs. bombard'ment, an attack with bombs. bombăst', pompous lar[ing. guage. bombåst'le, high soundbombazětte', a kind of cloth. [sted. bombazine', silk and wor

blün'derhead, stupid fel- bomb'ketch, bomb'vessel,

low.

ently.

blunt, dull, rough, abrupt blur, a blot, a dark spot blurt, to utter inadvert[face. blush, to redden in the blus'ter, noise, boast. bō'a, a huge serpent. boar, the male swine. board, a flat piece of wood boar'ish, brutal.

a vessel for throwing bombs.

bom'byx, a silk worm. bön'bon, a sweatmeat. bondage, captivity. bonds'man, one bound as

security for another. bond, a written obligation bone, hard substance in body.

bon'fire, fire for celebra[head. covering for

tion. bon'net,

boast, to brag, to vaunt. boat, small water craft. boat'swain, a ship's officer bon'ny, handsome, beau

bob'bin, thread spindle.

tiful.

bob'cherry, a child's game bön'ny-clabber, sour milk bob'olink, singing bird. Ibō'nus, a premium.

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Brass

Booby boo'by, a stupid fellow. | boun'cer, a boaster. book, a volume. book'keeper, a keeper of account books,

book'worm, fond of books boom, a pole to put sait

on.

boon, a gift, grant, favor boon, gay, merry, kind. boor'ish, elownish, rude. boose, stall for cow or ox boo'sy. partially intox icated.

boot, covering for foot. booth, temporary shelter boot'less, useless. boot'tree, last to stretch boot.

boo'ty, plunder, pillage. bopeep', a child's game. bōr'age, a garden plant. bo'rax, a kind of salt bor'der, to be contiguous to.

[der. bor'derer, one near a bor

bound, a limit, boundary
bound, destined.
boun'dary, a limit, a bound
bound'en, obliged.
boun'teous, liberal, plen-
tiful.
[erous.
boun'tiful, liberal, gen-
boun'ty, generosity.
bouquet', bunch of flowers
bourgeois', a size of type
bourn, a limit.

bout, a turn, a trial.
bo'vine, relating to cattle
bow, to bend, to depress
bow, an act of reverence
bow, anything curved.
bow'els, the entrails.
bow'er, a shady recess.
bow'ery, having bowers
bowl, a vessel to hold
liquids.

boul'der, large stone. bow'leg, a crooked leg. bow'line, rope fast to sail

bōre, a hole, one that bow'sprit, spar head of a

ship. [window. bow'window, projecting box'er, a pugilist. boy'cott, an embargo. boy'hood, state of a boy boy'ishness, childishness bräb'ble, to clamor. brace, cincture, bandage brace'let, ornament for [arm. brach'ial, belonging to bräch'ium, upper arm. brachyg'raphy, shorthand. [stay. bråck'et, a support, a brack'ish, somewhat salt bract, a small leaf. brăd, a headless nail. brag, to boast;card game braggado'clo, boasting. brăg'gardism, boastful

bot, a small worm.
botan'ic, botan'ical, relat-
ing to plants.
bot'anize, to study plants
bot'any, science of plants
botch, a swelling, pustule
botch, to mend awk- ness.
wardly.

bot'fly, an insect.

both'er, to perplex.

both'eration, vexation.

horses.

brăg'gart, boaster.
braid, to weave together.
brain, intellect.

brain'less, foolish.

bots, small worms in brake, part of an engine.

[liquid. brake, a fern.

bot'tle, vessel for holding

brăm'ble, a prickly shrub bot'tom, under surface. brăn, husk of grain. boud, insect that breeds branch, shoot or limb.. in malt. [room. brand, a mark burned in boudoir, lady's private brăn'dish, to flourish. bough, branch of a tree. brand'ling, kind of worm bougie', surgical instru- brand'-new, quite new. bran'dy, a strong liquor. bran'gle, wrangle. brash, impetuous. brass, alloy of copper and

ment.

bought, purchased. boulevard, broad avenue bounce, to spring, to leap bounce, a blow or thrust

zinc.

Brassy

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Brittle

brass'y, partaking of brass brew'house, brewery. brat, a child in contempt brew'is, a piece of brea brāvā'do, a boast, bluster soaked in hot fat pottage brave, an Indian warrior bribe, a reward to corbrave, bold, intrepid.. bra'very, courage, heroism bra'vo, a daring villain. brawl, to quarrel, to roar brawl'er, a wrangler. brawl'ing, act of quarreling.

brawn, strength.
brawn'y, muscular, fleshy
bray, to pound small.
bray, to make noise like

an ass.

rupt the conduct. bri'bery, crime of bribing brick, block of burnt clay brick'bat, piece of brick brick'kiln, kiln to burn brick. [brick. brick'layer, one who lays bri'dal, nuptial festival. bride, newly married [ing.' bride'cake, cake for wedbride'-chamber, a nuptial

woman.

brāze, to solder with brass chamber. [ried man. bra zen, made of brass. bride'groom, newly marbrā'zen, impudent. bride'maid, she who atbra'zen-faced, bold. tends the bride. braʼzier, worker in brass bride'man, he who attends breach, a gap, an opening the bride and bridebread, food made of grain groom. [house. breadth, width. bride'well, correction break, to rend, to crush. bridge, a passage over break'er, one who breaks bri'dle, a check. [river. break'fast, first meal in day. break'water, structure to break force of waves. bream, name of a fish. bream, to clean, as a ship breast, fore part of body breast, to meet in front. breast bone, bone of breast breast'pin, pin for breast breast plate, breast armor brigadier', brigade officer breast'work, a low para- brig'and, a robber. breath, afr drawn in and brig'antine, a light vessel expelled from the lungs brilliancy, lustre, splenbright, shining, witty. breath'able, respirable. breathe, to draw breath. breath'less, out of breath breech, lower part of body

pet.

breech'es, trousers.
breed, to engender.
breed, a kind, family.
breeze, a gentle gale.
breez'y, airy, brisk.
breth'ren, plural of

brother.

brēve, musical note. brevět', gives officer title above pay."

brev'iary, abridgment.

pendium.

brief, short, concise.
brief, concise writing.
brief'less, without clients
brief'ly, in few words.
bri'er, plant with thorns
bri'ery, rough, full of
briers.
[vessel.
brig, a kind of sailing
brigade', a division of

troops.

dor.

brilliant, very bright. brilliant, a cut diamond

brim, edge, brink.

brim'ful, full to the top
brim'mer, a bumper.
brim'stone, sulphur.
brin'ded, of varied color
brin'dle, streaked color.
brine, salty water.
bring, to fetch to.
brink, the edge, verge.
brin'y, like brine.
brisk, lively, active.

brev'iate, short com- bris'ket, breast of animal [tion. bris'tle, swine's stiff hair brev'iature, abbrevia- bris'tle, to stand erect. brévier', small printing bris'tolboard, fine card

type.

brev'ity, shortness.

brew, to concoct.

board.

britan'nia, a mixed metal brit'ish, belonging to

brew'age, drink brewed. Britain.

brew'ery, place for brew-brit'on, native of Britain

ing.

brit'tle, easy to break.

Broach

26 Bumble-bee

brüte, savage, bestial.
brü'tify, to make brutish
brüt'ish, savage, ferocious
bry'ony, wild climbing
plant.
bub'ble, a water bladder
buccaneer', a pirate.
buck, the male of deer.
bück'et, a vessel for
water.

broach, a pin, see brooch broach, to tap, to open. broad, wide, large, clear broad'cast, cast afar. broad'cloth, fine cloth. broad'en, to make broad. brocade', a flowered silk bro'cage, or bro'kage, brokerage. [bage. broc'coll, a kind of cabbrock, a badger. brō'gan, a thick shoe. brōgue, a dialect. broil, discord, quarrel. broil, to be on coals. bro'ken, separated, fractured, subjugated. cloth. [skin. brokerage, pay of a broker bück'skin, dressed deer brō'mal, an oily fluid. bück'thorn, a shrub. brö'mide, bromine com- bück'wheat, a kind of

pound.

bro'mine, brown liquid.
bron'chial, relates to
smaller ramifications of
windpipe.
bronchi'tis,

[throat. disease of bron'cho, small horse.

bronze, copper and tin

alloy.

brooch, breast-pin.
brood, to sit on eggs.
brood, offspring, progeny
brood, think gloomily.
brook, running water.
brook, to beat, endure.
broom, utensil to sweep

with.
broth, liquor in which
meat has been boiled.
broth'el, house of illfame
broth'er, son of
parent.

bück'eye, variety of tree
büc'kle, devise to fasten
straps.
[metal.
büc'kle, to bend or kink
buck'ler, a shield.

bück'ram,

grain.

a stiffened

bu'gle, a wild ox.
bug'loss, a plant.
bühr'stone,
same

stone.

a silicious [struct.

broth'erly, like a brother build, to erect, to conbrough'am, carriage. bül'bous, protuberant. brought, past tense of bulge, a protuberance. bring. [eye. bülge, to bend outward. brow, hairy ridge over bülk, size, main part. brow'beat, to intimidate bulk'head, browse, to eat twigs, ship.

partition

in

buds, &c. [bear. bulk'iness, greatness. bra'in, cant term for a bal'ky, large, massive. bruise, a contusion. bull, male of cattle. brüit, noise, rumor, re- büll'doze, to coerce. port. [winter. bil'let, ball of metal. brü'mal, belonging to bulletin, official notice. brünette', dark complex- büll'finch, a small bird. ion. büll'ion, gold or silver. brunt, force of a blow. bul'lock, a young ox. brush, an instrument of bül'ly, a quarrelsome hair, [brush. brush, to clean with a brush, to move with haste brusk, rude, abrupt, rough| bru'tal, savage, cruel. bra'talize, to make brutal

fellow. [rush. bŭl'rush, a large water bŭl'tel, bran of meal, bolter.

bul'wark, fortification. büm'ble-bee, large bee.

Bummer

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Calabash

bam'mer, worthless man bus'y, full of business. bump, a protuberance. bütch'er, to slaughter. büt'ler, an upper servant

bump, to strike.

bump'er, a glass brim- bütt, a mark, a cask.
full.
[rustic. but'ter, made from cream
bump'kin, a clown; a but'ter-rump, the bittern
bunch, a cluster.
büt'tercup, a kind of

bün'dle, a bound parcel. flower.

[sect.

bung, a stopper for a but'terfly, a winged in-but'termilk, milk which remains after making

butter. büt'ter nut,

[fruit.

cask. bun'gle, to do clumsily. bünk, a place for sleeping. a tree and bunt'ing, woolen cloth. but'ter-tooth, broad tooth bün'yon, disease on toe. büt'tery, a pantry. buoy, to sustain. but'tock, the rump. buoyancy, being buoyant but'ton, a fastening. buoy'ant, floating, hope- but'ton-hole, [plant. button.

burs.

hole for

ful. [prop. bur, a prickly head of but'tress, a support, a bur'bot, kind of fish. büx'om, healthy and jolly bur'den, a load, a cargo. buy, to purchase. bur'densome, heavy. buzz, the noise of bees. bur'dock, a plant with buz'zard, a carrion-crow. [drawers. by, at, in, near. bureau, a chest of by, beside, in presence. by'gone, gone by, past. burgh, a corporate town by law, a rule or order. burgh'er, a citizen. by'path, an obscure path burg'lar, a house-breaker byre, a house for cattle. burglarious, relating to bys'sine, made of fine or in the nature of cloth. burglary.

bur'gess, a citizen.

by'stander, a looker-on. burg'lary, housebreaking by'way, an obscure way. bur gomaster, a magisstrate,

bur'gundy, a kind of wine bur'ial, act of burying. bü'rin, a graving tool. burl, to dress cloth. bur'lap, hemp fabric. burlesque', a travesty. bur'ly, great in size, bulky burn, to be on fire. bur'net, a kind of plant. bur'nish, to polish." bur'rel-shot, case-shot. bur'rock, a dam for fishing. [vate. bür'row, to dig, to excaburst, to break open. bur'ton, a small tackle. bur'y, to inter, to conceal bush'el, four pecks. bush'y, thick.

Căb'ala, science among
Jewish Rabbis.
căb, covered carriage.
cabal, intrigue, a junto.
căb'inet, a closet.
ca'ble, a strong rope.
ca'ble, telegraph under

seas.

că'blegram, a message.
caboose', ship's kitchen.
cacã'o, a chocolate tree.
cache, place of hiding.
cachou, a breath, perfume
cachex'y, run down sys-
tem.
căc'kle, noise of a hen.
cacoph'ony, discordance.
căc'tus, prickly plant.
căd, a mean fellow.
cadav'erous, like a corpse
căd'dy, a tea box.
cã'dence, rhythm.
cadět',a military student
ca'di, a Turkish judge.
cadu'cus, Mercury's wand
cada'city, senility.

bus'ily, in a busy manner bus'iness, employment. busk, a part of a corset. bus'ket, collection of plants. bus'kin, a high shoe. cafe', a coffee house. buss, a kiss, a fishing cairn, ancient stone-heap boat. [ers. câis'son, powder chest. bust, the head and should- cal'tiff, a knave. bus'tard, a kind of bird. cajole', to flatter. bus'tle, hurry, confusion, calabash, a gourd.