~Bridewell~, _n._ Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of
correction.
~Bridle~, _n._ Restraint, curb, check.
~Bridle~, _v. a._ Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern.
~Brief~, _a._ ~1.~ Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT.
~2.~ Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.
~Brief~, _n._ ~1.~ Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus,
abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.
~2.~ Pontifical letter, papal rescript.
~3.~ (_Law._) Writ, precept.
~Briefly~, _ad._ Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.
~Brigand~, _n._ Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw,
bandit.
~Bright~, _a._ ~1.~ Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous,
beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid,
beamy, silvery, argent.
~2.~ Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.
~3.~ Illustrious, glorious, famous.
~4.~ Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT.
~5.~ Auspicious, promising, propitious.
~Brighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright.
~2.~ Make cheerful, make joyous.
~Brighten~, _v. n._ Grow bright.
~Brightness~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance,
resplendence, effulgence.
~2.~ Clearness, transparency, lucidity.
~3.~ Acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment,
mother-wit, quick parts.
~Brilliancy~, _n._ Splendor, lustre, brightness, effulgence,
refulgence, radiance, shine, sheen, gloss.
~Brilliant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous,
shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendent.
~2.~ Illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famous.
~Brilliant~, _n._ Diamond (_cut into facets_).
~Brim~, _n._ Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt.
~Brimful~, _a._ Quite full, full to the brim, choke full.
~Brimstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Sulphur.
~2.~ [_Commercial term._] Cane brimstone, roll sulphur, stick sulphur.
~Brinded~, _a._ Brindled, tabby.
~Brindled~, _a._ Brinded, tabby.
~Brine~, _n._ ~1.~ Salt water.
~2.~ Sea, ocean, deep, main.
~Bring~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey, bear, FETCH.
~2.~ Produce, gain, be the cause of, be the means of.
~3.~ Draw, lead, induce, prevail upon.
~Bring about~, Effect, achieve, accomplish, bring to pass.
~Bring back~, ~1.~ Recall.
~2.~ Restore, return.
~Bring down~, Humble, abase.
~Bring forth~, ~1.~ Give birth to.
~2.~ Produce, exhibit, show, expose, bring out, bring to light, make
manifest.
~Bring forward~, Introduce, propose.
~Bring near~, APPROXIMATE.
~Bring on~, Originate, give rise to.
~Bring out~, Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to
light.
~Bring over~, ~1.~ Bear across.
~2.~ Convert, win over.
~Bring to~, ~1.~ Check the course of (_said of a ship_).
~2.~ Resuscitate, revive.
~Bring under~, Subdue, repress, restrain, conquer, get the better of.
~Bring up~, Educate, instruct, rear, nurse.
~Brink~, _n._ Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.
~Briny~, _a._ Salt.
~Brisk~, _a._ Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart,
alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly.
~Brittle~, _a._ Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH,
easily broken (_into pieces_), easily shivered.
~Britzska~, _n._ Brett.
~Broach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, tap.
~2.~ Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.
~Broached~, _a._ Tapped, abroach, on tap.
~Broad~, _a._ ~1.~ Wide.
~2.~ Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.
~3.~ Spread, diffused, open.
~4.~ Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.
~Broaden~, _v. a._ Widen, make broad.
~Broadside~, _n._ ~1.~ Cannonade (_from all the guns on the side of a
ship)_.
~2.~ Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill.
~Brochure~, _n._ [Fr.] Pamphlet.
~Broil~, _n._ Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud, BRAWL.
~Broken~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, rent, severed, separated.
~2.~ Weakened, impaired, feeble, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted.
~3.~ Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough.
~Broken-hearted~, _a._ Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless,
cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woebegone, forlorn, undone,
heart-broken, in despair.
~Broker~, _n._ Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.
~Brood~, _v. n._ Incubate.
~Brood~, _n._ Offspring, progeny, issue.
~Brood over~, Think long and anxiously about.
~Brook~, _n._ Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN,
small stream.
~Brook~, _v. a._ Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with,
submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.
~Broom~, _n._ Besom.
~Broth~, _n._ Soup (_in which meat has been macerated_).
~Brothel~, _n._ Bagnio, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of
prostitution, house of ill-fame.
~Brotherhood~, _n._ ~1.~ Relation of a brother, mutual kindness (_as
of brothers_).
~2.~ Fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie,
clan, JUNTO.
~Brotherly~, _a._ Fraternal, affectionate, kind, amicable, friendly,
cordial.
~Brow~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead.
~2.~ Edge (_as of a precipice_), brink, border.
~Browbeat~, _v. a._ Bully, overbear, treat insolently.
~Brown study~, Reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, absence,
absence of mind.
~Browse~, _n._ Tender twigs of shrubs and trees.
~Browse~, _v. a._ Nibble, crop, feed upon.
~Browse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed on browse.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Live precariously.
~Bruin~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bear.
~Bruise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, squeeze, contuse.
~2.~ Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate,
break to pieces.
~Bruise~, _n._ Contusion.
~Bruit~, _n._ Rumor, fame, report, hearsay, town-talk.
~Bruit~, _v. a._ Report, noise, blaze or spread abroad.
~Brunt~, _n._ Shock, heat of onset.
~Brush~, _n._ ~1.~ Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter,
battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair.
~2.~ Thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood.
~Brushwood~, _n._ Underwood, shrubs, bushes, brush.
~Brusque~, _a._ [Fr.] Rude, rough, blunt, unceremonious, abrupt,
bluff, gruff, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous,
uncourteous, impolite.
~Brutal~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling,
barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody,
brutish, brute.
~2.~ Churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite,
unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly.
~3.~ Gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial.
~Brutality~, _n._ Savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty,
brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart.
~Brute~, _n._ ~1.~ BEAST (_in a wild state_), quadruped, four-footed
animal, ferocious animal.
~2.~ Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.
~Brute~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrational, void of reason.
~2.~ Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.
~3.~ Rough, rude, uncivilized.
~Brutish~, a. ~1.~ BRUTAL.
~2.~ Irrational, brute.
~3.~ Stupid, dull, insensible.
~4.~ Gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly.
~Brutum fulmen~, [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless
threatening, empty sound.
~Bubble~, _n._ ~1.~ Water bladder.
~2.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter.
~3.~ Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show.
~Buccaneer~, _n._ Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter,
picaroon.
~Buck~, _n._ ~1.~ Male (_of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare_).
~2.~ Blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow.
~Buckish~, _a._ Gay, dashing.
~Buckle~, _v. a._ Fasten with a buckle.
~Buckle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, bow.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Struggle, contend, strive.
~Buckle one's self~, Apply vigorously, set one's self earnestly.
~Buckler~, _n._ ~1.~ Shield, ægis.
~2.~ Defence, protection, safeguard.
~Bucolic~, _n._ Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem.
~Bucolic~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.
~Bucolical~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.
~Bud~, _n._ Germ, gem, undeveloped branch or flower.
~Bud~, _v. n._ Sprout, shoot, push, germinate, vegetate, pullulate,
put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.
~Budge~, _v. n._ Stir, move, go.
~Budget~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag (_with its contents_), pack, packet, parcel,
package, bundle, roll.
~2.~ Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection.
~Buff~, _n._ Buff-skin.
~Buff~, _a._ ~1.~ Light yellow.
~2.~ Made of buff or buff-skin.
~Buffalo~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bison.
~Buffet~, _n._ ~1.~ Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff.
~2.~ Cupboard.
~Buffet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff.
~2.~ Struggle against, contend against.
~Buffle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, doltish, foolish, blockish,
simple, witless, thick-skulled.
~Buffoon~, _n._ Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry Andrew,
punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack-
pudding, pickle-herring.
~Buffoonery~, _n._ Jesting (_of a low sort_), mummery, foolery,
tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.
~Buff-skin~, _n._ Buff.
~Bugaboo~, _n._ [_Low._] BUGBEAR.
~Bugbear~, _n._ Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, BUGABOO, POKER, Gorgon,
Hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.
~Buggery~, _n._ Sodomy, unnatural carnal intercourse.
~Build~, _v. a._ Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.
~Build~, _v. n._ Construct edifices.
~Build upon~, Depend on, rest on, rely upon, calculate upon, reckon
upon, count upon.
~Building~, _n._ ~1.~ Construction.
~2.~ Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile.
~Bulb~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Scaly bud (_like the onion and the tulip_).
~2.~ Spherical protuberance.
~Bulbous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Of the nature of the bulb.
~2.~ Round, roundish, protuberant, swelling out.
~Bulbul~, _n._ Persian nightingale (_Pyconotus jocosus_).
~Bulge~, _n._ Protuberance, bilge, belly, swell, swelling.
~Bulge~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut out.
~Bulk~, _n._ ~1.~ Magnitude, size, volume, greatness, largeness,
bigness, bulkiness, amplitude, mass, massiveness, dimensions.
~2.~ Body, gross, majority, main part, greater part, principal part.
~Bulkhead~, _n._ (_Naut._) Partition, dividing wall.
~Bulky~, _a._ Large, great, big, huge, vast, of great size or bulk.
~Bull~, _n._ ~1.~ Male of bovine animals.
~2.~ Edict (_issued by the Pope_), rescript.
~3.~ Blunder (_involving a contradiction_), gross mistake.
~4.~ (_Astron._) Taurus.
~Bull-head~, n. ~1.~ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~2.~ Horn-pout, mud-pout, cat-fish (_Pimelodus cattus_).
~Bully~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater,
Hotspur, mock hero.
~Bully~, _v. a._ Browbeat, overbear, treat insolently.
~Bullying~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting,
hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish.
~Bullying~, _n._ Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade.
~Bulwark~, _n._ ~1.~ Rampart, redoubt, fortification.
~2.~ Security, safeguard, palladium.
~Bumble-bee~, _n._ Humble-bee.
~Bummer~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Raider (_in search of provisions_),
forager.
~Bump~, _n._ ~1.~ Thump, knock, blow.
~2.~ Swelling, protuberance.
~3.~ [_Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that
protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind._] Faculty,
power, endowment, gift.
~Bump~, _v. a._ Knock, thump, strike, hit.
~Bumpkin~, _n._ Rustic, peasant, clodpole, clown, boor, hind, lout,
lubber, swain, ploughman, countryman.
~Bumptious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Conceited, vain, egotistical, self-
opinionated, self-conceited.
~Bunch~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, hunch, knob, lump.
~2.~ Cluster (_as of grapes_).
~3.~ Batch, assortment, lot, set, parcel, collection.
~4.~ Tuft, knot.
~Bundle~, _n._ Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll.
~Bundle~, _v. a._ Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up.
~Bundle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry.
~2.~ Sleep together (_without undressing_).
~Bundle off~, (_Active._) Send off in a hurry.
~Bundle up~, (_Active._) Bundle, wrap up.
~Bungle~, _v. n._ Do any thing clumsily.
~Bungler~, _n._ Lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (_at any
thing_), fresh-water sailor.
~Bungling~, _a._ ~1.~ Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit,
inapt.
~2.~ Ill-done.
~Bunk~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Berth, bed.
~Bunk~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Lie (_in a bunk_), sleep.
~Bunker~, _n._ Bin, crib.
~Bunt~, _v. n._ Butt, strike with the head or the horns.
~Buoy~, _n._ Float (_to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c._).
~Buoy up~, ~1.~ Float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface.
~2.~ Encourage, embolden, reassure.
~Buoyancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Lightness, levity, specific lightness.
~2.~ Vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, cheerfulness, GAYETY.
~Buoyant~, _a._ ~1.~ Tending to float, light.
~2.~ Cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated,
spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive,
elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full
of spirit.
~Burbot~, _n._ Eel-pout (_Lota vulgaris_).
~Burden~, _n._ ~1.~ Load, weight.
~2.~ Cargo, freight, lading.
~3.~ Incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight.
~4.~ Chorus, refrain.
~Burden~, _v. a._ Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a
burden upon.
~Burdensome~, _a._ ~1.~ Heavy, oppressive, onerous.
~2.~ Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear.
~Bureau~, _n._ ~1.~ Chest of drawers.
~2.~ Office, counting-room, place of business.
~3.~ Department (_of Government_).
~Burgall~, _n._ Conner, cunner, CHOGSET, blue perch.
~Burglary~, _n._ House-breaking (_at night_).
~Burial~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying.
~Burial-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, burying-ground, church-
yard, necropolis.
~Burin~, _n._ Graver, style.
~Burlesque~, _a._ Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical,
ludicrous, jocular, sportive.
~Burlesque~, _n._ Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous
representation.
~Burlesque~, _v. a._ Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous.
~Burly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong,
STRAPPING, BOUNCING.
~2.~ Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring,
coarse and rough.
~Burn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Consume with fire, reduce to ashes.
~2.~ Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.
~3.~ Injure by fire or heat.
~4.~ Shrivel, cause to wither.
~Burn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flame, be on fire.
~2.~ Glow, warm, be excited.
~Burn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet,
rill, small stream.
~Burning~, _a._ ~1.~ Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.
~2.~ Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.
~3.~ Vehement, powerful.
~Burning-glass~, _n._ Convex lens.
~Burnish~, _v. a._ Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy.
~Burn one's fingers~, Get one's self into trouble (_as by meddling in
the affairs of others, or by speculation_), smart for it.
~Burst~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break open (_from internal pressure_), fly open,
be rent asunder.
~2.~ Break out suddenly.
~Burst~, _v. a._ Rend asunder, break open.
~Burst~, _n._ Explosion, BURSTING.
~Bursting~, _n._ Explosion, disruption, blast, burst.
~Bury~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover (_with earth, &c._), cover up.
~2.~ Inter, inhume, entomb, inurn, lay in the grave, consign to the
grave.
~3.~ Hide, conceal, secrete, shroud.
~Burying~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burial.
~Burying-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, BURIAL-GROUND.
~Bury the hatchet~, Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put
up the sword.
~Bush~, _n._ Shrub.
~Bushel~, _n._ Four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts.
~Business~, _n._ ~1.~ Calling, employment, occupation, pursuit,
vocation, profession, craft, AVOCATION, walk of life.
~2.~ Trade, commerce, traffic, dealing.
~3.~ Concern, matter, affair, transaction.
~4.~ Office, duty, function.
~Buskin~, _n._ ~1.~ Half boot (_especially one with high soles, worn
by the ancient tragedians_).
~2.~ Tragedy, tragic drama.
~Buskined~, _a._ ~1.~ Dressed in buskins.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Tragic.
~Buss~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Kiss.
~Buss~, _n._ Kiss, smack.
~Bustle~, _v. n._ FUSS, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be
busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a PUCKER,
be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing.
~Bustle~, _n._ ~1.~ Stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother,
commotion, ado, TO DO.
~2.~ Bishop, TOURNURE.
~Busy~, _a._ ~1.~ Diligent, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, notable,
active, working, hard-working, at work; diligently employed, engaged,
or occupied.
~2.~ Brisk, stirring, bustling, nimble, agile, SPRY, constantly in
motion.
~3.~ Meddling, officious, importunate.
~Busy~, _v. a._ Occupy, employ, make busy.
~Busybody~, _n._ Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious
person.
~But~, _conj._ ~1.~ On the other hand, on the contrary.
~2.~ Yet, still, however, nevertheless, moreover, further.
~3.~ Unless, if it were not that, if it be not that.
~4.~ But that, otherwise than that.
~But~, _prep._ Except, excepting.
~But~, _ad._ Only, no more than.
~But~, _n._ ~1.~ End (_especially the larger end_), but-end.
~2.~ Bound, boundary, mete.
~Butcher~, _n._ Slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut-
throat.
~Butcher~, _v. a._ Kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre,
ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death.
~Butchery~, _n._ MURDER, slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodshed.
~But-end~, _n._ Blunt end, but.
~Butt~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, object, target, point aimed at.
~2.~ Laughing-stock.
~3.~ Stroke, blow.
~4.~ Cask.
~Butt~, _v. n._ Bunt, strike with the head or the horns.
~Butter-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird,
skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).
~Butterfly-shaped~, _a._ Papilionaceous.
~Buttery~, _n._ Pantry.
~Buttock~, _n._ Rump.
~Button-ball tree~, BUTTON-WOOD.
~Button-holder~, _n._ Bore, proser.
~Button-wood~, _n._ Sycamore, plane-tree, button-ball tree, water-birch
(_Platanus occidentalis_).
~Buttress~, _n._ Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.
~Buxom~, _a._ Gay, brisk, sprightly, lively, joyous, joyful, buoyant,
vivacious, cheerful, blithe, blithesome, WINSOME, jocund, sportive,
frolicsome, jolly, airy, debonair, in high health and spirits.
~Buy~, _v. a._ Purchase, bargain for.
~Buzz~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hum, make a humming sound (_as bees_).
~2.~ Whisper, murmur.
~Buzz~, _n._ ~1.~ Hum, humming noise.
~2.~ Whisper, murmur.
~By~, _prep._ ~1.~ Through (_as the cause, or the remote agent_),
WITH, by the agency of, by means of, by dint of.
~2.~ At, on, by way of.
~3.~ From, according to.
~4.~ Near to, close by.
~5.~ Past.
~6.~ Along, over.
~By~, _ad._ Near.
~By and by~, Presently, soon, before long, in a short time.
~By chance~, Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe,
it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened.
~By degrees~, Gradually, step by step, little by little, by little and
little.
~By dint of~, By, by force of, by means of, by the agency of.
~By-end~, _n._ By-purpose, private interest, secret purpose, self-
interested purpose, clandestine design.
~By far~, Very much, in a great degree.
~By fits~, Irregularly, fitfully, by fits and starts.
~By fits and starts~, BY FITS.
~Bygone~, _a._ Past, gone by.
~By hand~, With the hands, by the use of the hands.
~By hook or by crook~, Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way
or another, by any means.
~By-name~, _n._ Nickname, SOBRIQUET.
~By one's self~, ~1.~ Alone, solitary.
~2.~ On one's own account, ON ONE'S OWN HOOK.
~By-path~, _n._ By-way, private way.
~By-place~, _n._ Retired place, out-of-the-way place.
~By-purpose~, _n._ BY-END.
~By-road~, _n._ Private road, unfrequented road.
~By-room~, _n._ Private room, CABINET.
~By rote~, By mere repetition, without any exercise of the
understanding, with no attention to the meaning.
~Bystander~, _n._ Spectator, looker-on.
~By stealth~, Secretly, clandestinely.
~By the board~, Overboard, over the side.
~By the bye~, In passing, EN PASSANT, apropos to the matter in hand,
by the way.
~By the job~, At a stipulated price (_for the whole job_).
~By the strike~, By the level measure.
~By the way~, BY THE BYE.
~By-way~, _n._ By-path, private way.
~Byword~, _n._ ~1.~ Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism,
apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.
~2.~ Object of contempt, mark for scorn.
~3.~ Slang, cant term.
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~Cabal~, _n._ ~1.~ CLIQUE (_for some sinister purpose_), junto,
COTERIE, set, party, gang, faction, combination, league, confederacy,
CAMARILLA.
~2.~ Intrigue, plot, COMPLOT, conspiracy, machination.
~Cabal~, _v. n._ Intrigue, plot, conspire.
~Cabalistic~, _a._ Occult, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark.
~Cabaret~, _n._ [Fr.] Tavern, inn, hotel, public house, house of
entertainment.
~Cabbage~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make
off with.
~Cabbage~, _n._ ~1.~ Plant of the genus _Brassica_.
~2.~ [_Cant term._] Shreds of cloth, tailors' remnants.
~Cabin~, _n._ Hut, hovel, cot, shed, poor cottage, mean dwelling.
~Cabinet~, _n._ ~1.~ Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private
room, retired apartment.
~2.~ Ministry, council, body of advisers.
~Caboose~, _n._ [Written also _Camboose_.] Cook-room (_of a ship_),
galley.
~Cachalot~, _n._ Sperm-whale, spermaceti-whale (_Physeter
macrocephalus_).
~Cachinnation~, _n._ Laughter (_loud or immoderate_), laugh, guffaw,
horse-laugh.
~Cackle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Laugh (_with a sound like the cackling of a
goose_), GIGGLE, TITTER, SNICKER.
~2.~ Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense.
~Cackle~, _n._ Prattle, prate, twaddle, idle talk, small talk.
~Cacoethes~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bad habit, bad custom.
~2.~ (_Med._) Incurable ulcer.
~Cacophonous~, _a._ Harsh, grating, discordant.
~Cacophony~, _n._ Discord, jarring, jar, harsh sound.
~Cadaverous~, _a._ Pale, pallid, wan, ghastly, death-like.
~Caddice~, _n._ Case-worm, cade-worm.
~Caddis~, _n._ Case-worm, cade-worm.
~Cadence~, _n._ ~1.~ Fall of the voice.
~2.~ Tone, intonation, modulation of the voice.
~Cade-worm~, _n._ Caddice, case-worm.
~Caduceus~, _n._ [L.] Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff.
~Cæsura~, _n._ Pause (in a verse), break.
~Cæteris paribus~, [L.] Other things being equal, in like circumstances.
~Café~, _n._ [Fr.] Restaurant, coffee-house.
~Caitiff~, _n._ Villain, wretch, miscreant, knave, rascal, scoundrel,
mean fellow.
~Cajole~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon.
~2.~ Deceive (_by flattery_), delude, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.
~Cajolery~, _n._ ~1.~ Flattery, wheedling, fawning, coaxing,
adulation, blandishment, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.
~2.~ Deceit, deception, imposition.
~Cake~, _v. n._ Harden, solidify, concrete, become firm or solid.
~Calamine~, _n._ Silicate of zinc (_in a mineral state_).
~Calamitous~, _a._ Disastrous, unlucky, unfortunate, adverse,
untoward, unhappy, unprosperous, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred,
deplorable, ruinous, miserable, wretched, dreadful, distressful,
afflictive, sad, grievous.
~Calamity~, _n._ Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance,
reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction,
adversity, distress, hardship, casualty, ill luck, ill fortune.
~Calcareous~, _a._ Limy.
~Calcareous spar~, Iceland spar, Iceland crystal, crystallized
carbonate of lime.
~Calcine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Burn, reduce to ashes.
~2.~ Oxidize, oxidate.
~Calculable~, _a._ Computable.
~Calculate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast.
~2.~ Adjust, adapt, fit.
~Calculate~, _v. n._ Tell, estimate, make a calculation, make a
computation, cast accounts.
~Calculate upon~, Anticipate, contemplate, foresee, expect, look
forward to, look out for, reckon upon, count upon, rely upon, depend
upon, prepare one's self for.