Helen Fenton

Babbitt metal: Definition and part of speech

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Babbitt metal

  1. A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.

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.

Babble: Definition and part of speech

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Babble

  1. n. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
  2. v. i. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
  3. v. i. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
  4. v. i. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
  5. v. i. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
  6. v. i. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
  7. v. i. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
  8. n. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

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.

Babbler: Definition and part of speech

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Babbler

  1. n. A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
  2. n. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
  3. n. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

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.

Babel: Definition and part of speech

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Babel

  1. n. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
  2. n. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.

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.