Helen Fenton

Beef: Definition and part of speech

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Beef

  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
  2. n. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
  3. n. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
  4. n. Applied colloquially to human flesh.

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.

Beefeater: Definition and part of speech

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Beefeater

  1. n. An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.
  2. n. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
  3. n. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.

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.

Bed screw: Definition and part of speech

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Bed screw

  1. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
  2. A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.

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.