Helen Fenton

Beau ideal: Definition and part of speech

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Beau ideal

  1. A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.

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.

Bearing rein: Definition and part of speech

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Bearing rein

  1. A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse’s head up; — called in the United States a checkrein.

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.

Bear’s-breech: Definition and part of speech

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Bear’s-breech

  1. n. The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
  2. n. See Acanthus, n., 1.

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.

Bear’s-ear: Definition and part of speech

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Bear’s-ear

  1. n. A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

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.