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Be-: Definition and part of speech

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Be-

  1. To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).
  2. A prefix, originally the same word as by;
  3. To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.
  4. To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

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.

Bay salt: Definition and part of speech

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Bay salt

  1. Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.

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.

Bayard: Definition and part of speech

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Bayard

  1. a. A stupid, clownish fellow.
  2. a. Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

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.

Bay window: Definition and part of speech

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Bay window

  1. A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; — often corruptly called a bow window.

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.

Bayberry: Definition and part of speech

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Bayberry

  1. n. The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; — called also candleberry tree.
  2. n. The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
  3. n. A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).

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.