Helen Fenton

Bird’s-foot: Definition and part of speech

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Bird’s-foot

  1. n. A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bird’s-mouth: Definition and part of speech

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Bird’s-mouth

  1. n. An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; — commonly called crow’s-foot in the United States.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bird’s-nest: Definition and part of speech

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Bird’s-nest

  1. n. An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)
  2. n. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
  3. n. The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bird-witted: Definition and part of speech

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Bird-witted

  1. a. Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Birectangular: Definition and part of speech

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Birectangular

  1. a. Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.