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<hw>Bird's"-eye` ma"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Maple</er>.</def>

<h1>Bird's-foot</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird's"-foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A papilionaceous plant, the <i>Ornithopus</i>, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.</def>

<cs><col>Bird's-foot trefoil</col>. <cd><fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> A genus of plants (<spn>Lotus</spn>) with clawlike pods. <spn>L. corniculatas</spn>, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. <sd>(b)</sd> the related plant, <spn>Trigonella ornithopodioides</spn>, is also European.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bird's-mouth</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird's-mouth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An interior a<?/gle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called <i>crow's-foot</i> in the United States.</def>

<h1>Bird's nest, &or; Bird's-nest</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw><hw>Bird's" nest`</hw>, &or; <hw>Bird's-nest</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>The nest of a small swallow (<spn>Collocalia nidifica</spn> and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.</def>

<note>&hand; The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg\'91. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass. See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Edible</er>.</note>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus <spn>Neottia</spn> <spn>(N. nidus-avis.)</spn></def>

<cs><col>Bird's-nest pudding</col>, <cd>a pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaces by sugar.</cd> -- <col>Yellow bird's nest</col>, <cd>a plant, the <i>Monotropa hypopitys<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bird's-nesting</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bird's-nest`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.</def>

<h1>Bird's-tongue</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bird's"-tongue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The knotgrass (<spn>Polygonum aviculare</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bird-witted</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bird"-wit`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Birectangular</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bi`rec*tan"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>rectangular</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing or having two right angles; <as>as, a <ex>birectangular</ex> spherical triangle</as>.</def>

<h1>Bireme</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bi"reme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>biremis</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>remus</ets> oar: cf. F. <ets>bir\'8ame</ets>.]</ety> <def>An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.</def>

<h1>Biretta</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bi*ret"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Berretta</er>.</def>

<h1>Birgander</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bir"gan*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bergander</er>.</def>