‖n. [ F. See Cashew. ] (Bot.) (a) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew. (b) The mahogany tree; also, its timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. & adv. [ OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. &unr_; dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God. ] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adieus A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The Asiatic gazelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be the native name for man. ] One of a peculiar race found primarily in Hokkaido, in the northern part of the empire of Japan, the Kurile Islands, and nearby. They are believed to be the native inhabitants of the Japanese islands. The Ainus are stout and short, with hairy bodies. Also called Aino and hairy Ainu. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ Equiv. to arquifoux, F. alquifoux, Sp. alquifól, fr. the same Arabic word as alcohol. See Alcohol. ] A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat. ] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a very large closely branched South African shrub (Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries. Also called natal plum.
Syn. -- natal plum, Carissa macrocarpa. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. the fruit of the amatungulu{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. ambigu doubtful, L. ambiquus. See Ambiguous. ] An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aperçus /plu>. [ F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive. ] 1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Akkadian mythology) father of the gods and consort of Tiamat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Akkadian mythology) mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag (Mama; Nintu). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (
babassu oil) and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn. -- babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Hind. bābū. ] A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Azerbaijan. Population (2000) = 1, 713, 300. [ PJC ]

{ } n. A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bandeaux /plu>. [ F. ] A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a headdress, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person; or as in Watusi. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. the family of languages spoken by the Bantu people (definition 1). [ PJC ]

adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the Bantu language group Bantu (definition 2); as, Bantu languages. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to the Bantu people (definition 1). The Bantu population of Sierra Leone [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bas stocking + bleu blue. ] A bluestocking; a literary woman. [ Somewhat derisive ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A cofferdam. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bateaux [ F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boat, which agrees with AS. bāt boat: cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n. ] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [ Written also, but less properly, batteau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bayous [ North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque. ] An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [ Southern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. F. Beaux E. Beaus [ F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr. L. bellus pretty, fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Belle, Beauty. ] 1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a suitor or lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also bibiru. ] [ Native name. ] (Bot.) A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodiœi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. bigarreau, fr. bigarré variegated. ] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bijoux [ F.; of uncertain origin. ] A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Population (2000) = 200, 000. [ PJC ]

{ ‖‖ } n. (Bot.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bordereaux /plu>. [ F. ] A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire. ] An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Boyaux or Boyaus [ F. boyau gut, a long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See Bowel. ] (Fort.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Bureaus F. Bureaux [ F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. &unr_; flame-colored, prob. fr. &unr_; fire. See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n. ] 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the “Pension Bureau, ” a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [ Obs. ] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. --
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zoöl.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (Xenurus unicinctus and Xenurus hispidus); the tatouay. [ Written also kabassou. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Cashoo. ] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; of unknown origin. Cf. Cameo. ] 1. A cameo. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene. ] (Zool.) The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt, from F. quart d'écu. ] A quarter of a crown. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Canadian French. ] (Zool.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). [ 1913 Webster ]

Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. --
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cashoo. ] (Chem.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines, important for its fine harbor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Chapeux [ F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See Chaplet. ] 1. A hat or covering for the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Chapeau bras ety>[ F. chapeau hat + bras arm ], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chateux [ F. château a castle. See Castle. ] 1. A castle or a fortress in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Chin. chih fu, lit., (He who) knows (the) prefecture. ] An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business of the hsiens or districts comprised in his fu (which see). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Moldova. Population (2000) = 676, 700. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Choux /plu>. [ F., fr. L. caulis stalk. ] 1. A cabbage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F. ] A report of an officer or agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Chin. kung-foo labor. ] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.” S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]