n. [ F. bédouin, OF. béduin, fr. Ar. bedawī rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr. badā to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life. ] One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts. --
a. Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. bouillir to boil. ] (Cookery) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. bouillir to boil. ]
‖n. [ Native name ] (Zool.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ F. ] In decorative art, boiled leather, fitted by the process to receive impressed patterns, like those produced by chasing metal, and to retain the impression permanently. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ F. ]
prop. n. (Geog.) An island on the Seine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice. ] Jollity; merriment. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ F., gold louis. ] Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ F., Louis fourteenth. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of
‖n. [ See Mouillé. ] (Phon.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouillé letter. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a. [ F., lit., wet. ] (Phon.) Applied to certain consonants having a “liquid” or softened sound;
n. [ F. ] (Zool.) See Wistit. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ F. quenouille distaff. ] (Hort.) A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The wood warbler. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]