Part 966

<hw>Bay" tree`</hw>. <def>A species of laurel. (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bay window</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" win"dow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a <altname>bow window</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bay yarn</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" yarn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Woolen yarn.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Bazaar Bazar</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw><hw>Ba*zaar" Ba*zar"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>b\'bezar</ets> market.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Bdellium</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bdel"lium</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; cf. Heb. <ets>b'dolakh</ets> bdellium (in sense 1).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (<i>Gen. ii. 12</i>, and <i>Num. xi. 7</i>), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Indian bdellium</i> or <i>false myrrh</i> is an exudation from <i>Balsamodendron Roxb<?/rghii</i>. Other kinds are known as <i>African</i>, <i>Sicilian</i>, etc.</note>

<h1>Bdelloidea</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bdel*loi"de*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> leech + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See <er>Hirudinea</er>.</def>

<h1>Bdellometer</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bdel*lom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> leech + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Bdellomorpha</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bdel`lo*mor"pha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> leech + <ets><?/</ets> form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (<spn>Malacobdella</spn>) often parasitic in clams.</def>

<h1>Be</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Be</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Was</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Been</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Being</er>.]</ety> <ety>[OE. <ets>been</ets>, <ets>beon</ets>, AS. <ets>be\'a2n</ets> to be, <ets>be\'a2m</ets> I am; akin to OHG. <ets>bim</ets>, <ets>pim</ets>, G. <ets>bin</ets>, I am, Gael. & Ir. <ets>bu</ets> was, W. <ets>bod</ets> to be, Lith. <ets>bu-ti</ets>, O. Slav. <ets>by-ti</ets>, to be, L. <ets>fu-i</ets> I have been, <ets>fu-turus</ets> about to be, <ets>fo-re</ets> to be about to be, and perh to <ets>fieri</ets> to become, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to be born, to be, Skr. <ets>bh<?/</ets> to be. This verb is defective, and the parts lacking are supplied by verbs from other roots, <ets>is</ets>, <ets>was</ets>, which have no radical connection with <ets>be</ets>. The various forms, <ets>am</ets>, <ets>are</ets>, <ets>is</ets>, <ets>was</ets>, <ets>were</ets>, etc., are considered grammatically as parts of the verb "to be", which, with its conjugational forms, is often called the <ets>substantive verb</ets>. <?/97. Cf. <er>Future</er>, <er>Physic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex<?/stence.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>be</b> contents his natural desire. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>be</b>, or not to <b>be</b>: that is the question. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; <as>as, to <ex>be</ex> happy; to <ex>be</ex> here; to <ex>be</ex> large, or strong; to <ex>be</ex> an animal; to <ex>be</ex> a hero; to <ex>be</ex> a nonentity; three and two <ex>are</ex> five; annihilation <ex>is</ex> the cessation of existence; that <ex>is</ex> the man.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take place; to happen; <as>as, the meeting <ex>was</ex> on Thursday</as>.</def>