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3041 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BASILAR.1 (Noah Webster)
BASILAR, BASILARY, a. s as z. [See Basilic .]
3042 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BASILIC.1 (Noah Webster)
BASILIC, n. s as z. [L. basilica; Gr. a king.]
3043 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BASILICAL.1 (Noah Webster)
BASILICAL, a. s as z. In the manner of a public edifice or cathedral.
3044 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BASILICON.1 (Noah Webster)
BASILICON, n. s as z. [Gr. royal.]
3045 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BASILISK.1 (Noah Webster)
BASILISK, n. s as z. [L. basiliscus.]
3046 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEGREASE.1 (Noah Webster)
BEGREASE, v.t. s as z. [be and grease.] To soil or daub with grease, or other oily matter.
3047 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BENISON.1 (Noah Webster)
BENISON, n. s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.]
3048 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BESOM.1 (Noah Webster)
BESOM, n. s as z. A broom; a brush of twigs for sweeping.
3049 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISMUTH.1 (Noah Webster)
… , n. s as z. A metal of a yellowish or reddish white color, and a lamellar texture. It is somewhat harder than lead, and scarcely, of at all, malleable, being so brittle …
3050 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOMBASIN.1 (Noah Webster)
BOMBASIN, n. s as z. A name given to two sorts of stuffs, one of silk, the other crossed of cotton.
3051 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOSOM.1 (Noah Webster)
BOSOM, n. s as z.
3052 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BROWSE.1 (Noah Webster)
BROWSE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. to eat or browse; food, but probably these words may be from sprouts.]
3053 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BROWSE.3 (Noah Webster)
BROWSE, v.i. s as z. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle, sheep and goats.
3054 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BROWSING.1 (Noah Webster)
BROWSING, ppr. s as z. Feeding on branches, shrubs, or shoots of trees.
3055 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRUISE.1 (Noah Webster)
… , v.t. s as z. To crush by beating or pounding with an instrument not edged or pointed. When applied to animal flesh or to vegetables, a bruise is a contusion that …
3056 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. C.3 (Noah Webster)
… like s, which occurs before E, I and Y. The former is distinguished in this vocabulary by C, which may be called ke. In Russ. C is precisely the English s, as it was in …
3057 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CAROUSAL.1 (Noah Webster)
CAROUSAL, n. s as z. [See Carouse .] A feast or festival.
3058 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CAUSE.1 (Noah Webster)
CAUSE, n. s as z.
3059 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHAISE.1 (Noah Webster)
CHAISE, n. s as z. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. It is open or covered.
3060 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOSE.2 (Noah Webster)
CHOSE, s as z, pret. and pp. of choose.