A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

(aeronautics) A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine, causing an airplane to drop suddenly. Same as air hole. [ PJC. ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Acton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English. ] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. “Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.” Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [ Improperly so used. ] Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [ Eng. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A container shaped like a basket{ 1 }, even if made of solid material rather than woven; -- the top is often, but not always, open and without a lid. [ PJC ]

6. a vessel suspended below a balloon, designed to carry people or measuring instruments for scientific research. The earliest balloons designed to carry people often had small vessels of woven flexible vegetable materials to hold the passengers, which resembled large baskets{ 1 }, from which the name was derived. [ PJC ]

7. (Basketball) A goal{ 3 } consisting of a short cylindrical net suspended from a circular rim, which itself is attached at about ten feet above floor level to a backboard, placed at the end of a basketball court. In professional basketball, two such baskets are used, one at each end of the court, and each team may score only by passing the ball though its own basket. In informal games, only one such basket is often used. [ PJC ]

8. (Basketball) An instance of scoring points by throwing the basketball through the basket; as, he threw four baskets in the first quarter; -- the ball must pass through the basket from above in order to score points. [ PJC ]

Basket fish (Zool.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. --
Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence,
Basket-hilted, a. --
Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. --
Basket worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. Thyridopteryx ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. --
collection basket, a small basket{ 1 } mounted on the end of a pole, used in churches to collect donations from those attending a church service; -- the long pole allows the collector to hold the basket in front of those at the end of the pew, while the collector remains in the aisle.
waste basket, a basket{ 4 } used to hold waste matter, such as discarded paper, commonly shaped like a truncated cone, with the wide end open and at the top. Vessels of other shapes, such as oblong containers, are also called waste baskets. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To put into a basket. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.
Syn. -- basketball game. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Basketfuls As much as a basket will contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. bek beak, and E. beak. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Naut.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope or metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spade for digging turf. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. same as expensive, but in an absolute sense; -- referring to items of a type which are all expensive, such as automobiles, refrigerators, or large-screen television sets. The roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big-ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season. cheap
Syn. -- costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the illicit buying and selling of goods, in violation of price controls, rationing, tax laws, prohibition of sale, etc. [ PJC ]

2. a place where such illegal commerce is conducted, or the entire system of such illicit commerce considered as a whole; as, the black market accounts for twenty percent of the Ukrainian economy. [ PJC ]

adj. distributed or sold illicitly.
Syn. -- bootleg, contraband, smuggled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of white pear, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a. ] 1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, “Hold, hold!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size. --
A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour&unr_;ges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanketing. ] 1. To cover with a blanket. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll . . . blanket my loins. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. Cloth for blankets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. [ 1913 Webster ]

That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ OF. blanquet whitish, dim. of blanc white. Cf. Blanket. ] Gray; bluish gray. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our bloncket liveries been all too sad. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a serviceman in the navy.
Syn. -- navy man, sailor, sailor boy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From its resemblance to the style of jacket work by the crews of World War II bomber airplanes. ] a short men's jacket made of leather, having a zipper in front, knitted cuffs, and ribbed trim. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ F. bosquet a little wood, dim. fr. LL. boscus. See Boscage, and cf. Bouquet. ] (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) One of two characters [ ], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracketing ] 1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Arch.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The stomach. [ Humorous ] S. Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bruskette, OF. bruschet, F. bréchet, brichet; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brysced the breast of a slain animal, brisket, Corn. vrys breast, Armor. brusk, bruched, the front of the chest, Gael. brisgein the cartilaginous part of a bone. ] That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest. [ See Illust. of Beef. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn). ] 1. (Zool.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, Coassus rufus, and Coassus auritus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Buck. ] A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub. ] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine. [ PJC ]

6. (Mach.) a bucketfull. [ PJC ]

Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. --
To kick the bucket, to die. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bucketed p. pr. & vb. n. Bucketing. ] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a bucket filled with a substance, or the quantity which would fill a bucket.
Syn. -- bucket. [ PJC ]

An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of buckwheat. ] Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bosket, Bouquet. ] 1. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55. ] 1. A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves, especially a knitted jacket with sleeves that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [ Poetic ] “I have casketed my treasure.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco. ] 1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little casket bring me hither. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of burial case. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak.) (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [ poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click. ] 1. The knocker of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A latch key. [ Eng. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fast and rhythmic clicking sound, as of “click-clack”; as, the clickety-clack of the typewriters.
Syn. -- clickety-clack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette, n. ] Pert; saucy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A measure for bread. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat. 379), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were also excepted as being “obviously within the commuting principle.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See congreve and cf. Rocket. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. To play at cricket. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak. ] (Zool.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are Gryllus niger, Gryllus neglectus, and others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Balm cricket. See under Balm. --
Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler. --
Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool probably having been first used as a wicket. See Crutch. ] 1. A low stool. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plays at cricket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet. ] 1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antlers and the crockets. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]