Beagle

1. n. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
2. n. A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

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Beak

1. n. A magistrate or policeman.
2. n. The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
3. n. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
4. n. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
5. n. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
6. n. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
7. n. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
8. n. A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
9. n. That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
10. n. A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
11. 1n. 1 A magistrate or policeman.
12. 1n. 1 The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.

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Beaked

1. a. Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
2. a. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

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Bdellium

1. n. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.
2. n. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.

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Bdelloidea

1. n. pl. The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

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Bdellometer

1. n. A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.

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Bdellomorpha

1. n. An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

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Was

1. imp. of Be

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Been

1. p. p. of Be

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Being

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Be
2. p. pr. Existing.
3. n. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
4. n. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
5. n. Lifetime; mortal existence.
6. n. An abode; a cottage.

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