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{ } n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. baqy`s deep + bi`os life ] (Zool.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis. (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris). (c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bolt with a barbed shank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Costive; constipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. The depression in the middle of the abdomen in humans left as a residue of the umbilical cord; the umbilicus; the navel{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A terrible bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who does special exercises to develop the musculature.
Syn. -- musclebuilder. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. exercise that builds muscles through tension.
Syn. -- anaerobic exercise, musclebuilding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. intruding unasked into the affairs of others.
Syn. -- interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Busybodies One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person. [ 1913 Webster ]

And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Tim. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. capibara, fr. the native name. ] (Zool.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. chalybeïus, fr. chalybs steel, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. chalybeatus, fr. chalubeïus. See Chalubean. ] Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., Gr. cha`rybdis. ] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of white-spored agarics with flat or funnel-shaped cap and elastic stem.
Syn. -- genus Clitocybe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a small coin. ] A money changer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the face of these guilty collybists. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. E. Corybants (-b&unr_;nts), oftener L. Corybantes [ L. Corybas, Gr. Kory`bas. ] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. Korybantiasmo`s a corybantic frenzy. ] (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. Korybantiko`s, fr. Kory`bas a Corybant. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night.
Syn. -- divan bed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a long chair; for reclining.
Syn. -- chaise longue, chaise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a day boarder who is a boy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any small bird; as, adults talking to children sometimes call small birds dickeybirds. [ informal ]
Syn. -- dickybird. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as dickeybird. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. dybbuks; Hebr. dybbukim (Jewish folklore) the wandering soul of a dead person, or a demon, that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior. It may be exorcised by religious rites.
Syn. -- dibbuk. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Every person. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.
Syn. -- ferry{ 2 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot. ] 1. (Naut.) A large Dutch coasting vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An old man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a man who is old.
Syn. -- old man. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. (Naut.) See Jib. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Gibe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Gybed p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing. ] [ See Jibe. ] (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [ Also jibe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b) The European blackcap. [ 1913 Webster ]