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Allowedly
Allowedly Al*low"ed*lyadv.
By allowance; admittedly. --Shenstone.
Allower
Allower Al*low"er, n.
1. An approver or abettor. [Obs.]
2. One who allows or permits.
Animal flowerAnimal An"i*mal, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or
spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some
animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine
animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or
sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes,
etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a
living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at
nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with
animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under
these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera,
Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in
regular subordination, but variously arranged by different
writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms,
and the principal classes under them, generally
recognized at the present time: Animal flower Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a
geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an
outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes
consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly,
an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more
or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is
sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate
leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens,
consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther,
in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower,
and consists generally of three principal parts; one or
more compartments at the base, each containing one or
more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which
in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must
find its way in order to fertilize the flower. --Sir J.
Lubbock.
3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as,
the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time
of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is,
youth.
The choice and flower of all things profitable the
Psalms do more briefly contain. --Hooker.
The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. --Southey.
A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred
coats of arms. --Tennyson.
4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a
sort of glue. --Arbuthnot.
5. pl. (Old. Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder,
especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the
flowers of sulphur.
6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders
around pages, cards, etc. --W. Savage.
8. pl. Menstrual discharges. --Lev. xv. 24.
Animal flower (Zo["o]l.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a
bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of
flowers.
Flower beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle which feeds upon
flowers, esp. any one of numerous small species of the
genus Meligethes, family Nitidulid[ae], some of which
are injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zo["o]l.), an Australian bird of the genus
Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close
at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the
florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of
the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zo["o]l.), one of a family (Dic[ae]id[ae])
of small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble
humming birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a) A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem
that supports the flower or fructification. AvowedAvowed A*vowed", a.
Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly,
adv. AvowedlyAvowed A*vowed", a.
Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly,
adv. Avower
Avower A*vow"er, n.
One who avows or asserts.
Ball-flower
Ball-flower Ball"-flow`er, n. (Arch.)
An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower,
the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted
in a hollow molding.
Beetle-browedBeetle-browed Bee"tle-browed`, a. [OE. bitelbrowed; cf. OE.
bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See Beetle an
insect.]
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or
sullen.
Note: The earlier meaning was, ``Having bushy or overhanging
eyebrows.' Beflower
Beflower Be*flow"er, v. t.
To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.
--Hobbes.
Bellflower
Bellflower Bell"flow`er, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its
bell-shaped flowers.
BellflowerBellflower Bell"flow`er, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful
flower.]
A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow
winter apple. [Written also bellefleur.] bellflowerCampanula Cam*pan"u*la, n. [LL. campanula a little bell; dim.
of campana bell.] (Bot.)
A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of
great beauty; -- also called bellflower. BellowedBellow Bel"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bellowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bellowing.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr.
bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep,
OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. &
v., Bawl, Bull.]
1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.
3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when
violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden. Bellower
Bellower Bel"low*er, n.
One who, or that which, bellows.
BesnowedBesnow Be*snow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besnowed.] [OE.
bisnewen, AS. besn[=i]wan; pref. be- + sn[=i]wan to snow.]
1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.
[R.] --Gower.
2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow. Best bowerBower Bo"wer, n. [From Bow, v. & n.]
1. One who bows or bends.
2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]
His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were
wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.
--Spenser.
Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor. Best bowerBower Bow"er (bou"[~e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called
from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See
Boor.]
One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the
game of euchre.
Right bower, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card
(except the ``Joker') in the game.
Left bower, the knave of the other suit of the same color
as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.
Best bower or Joker, in some forms of euchre and some
other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack,
which takes precedence of all others as the highest card. BestowedBestow Be*stow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
Stow.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.' --Sir W.
Scott.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
5. To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord. Bestower
Bestower Be*stow"er, n.
One that bestows.
BillowedBillow Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Billowing.]
To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.
``The billowing snow.' --Prior. Black-browed
Black-browed Black"-browed` (bl[a^]k"broud`), a.
Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening;
forbidding. --Shak. Dryden.
BloodflowerBloodflower Blood"flow`er, n. [From the color of the flower.]
(Bot.)
A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named
H[ae]manthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H.
toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows. Blowen
Blowen Blow"en, Blowess Blow"ess, n.
A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] --Smart.
blowerPuffer Puff"er, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also
blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. BlowerBlower Blow"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as:
(a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part
of a grate or open fire.
(b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current
of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a
furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing
gram, etc.
3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon
turgidus); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett. Blowess
Blowen Blow"en, Blowess Blow"ess, n.
A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] --Smart.
Bluff-bowed
Bluff-bowed Bluff"-bowed`, a. (Naut.)
Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
BorrowedBorrow Bor"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Borrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Borrowing.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh,
pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS.
beorgan to protect. ?95. See 1st Borough.]
1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or
expressed intention of returning the identical article or
its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
2. (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher
denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a
term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is
larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style,
manner, or opinions of another.
Rites borrowed from the ancients. --Macaulay.
It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his
hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in
abundance; but to make them his own is a work of
grace only from above. --Milton.
4. To feign or counterfeit. ``Borrowed hair.' --Spenser.
The borrowed majesty of England. --Shak.
5. To receive; to take; to derive.
Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. --Shak.
To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be
overapprehensive.
Meaning of Owe from wikipedia
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given name, a
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