a. [ See Aborigines. ] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. “Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An animal or a plant native to the region. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Primarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin. ] 1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ad- + margin. ] To write in the margin. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aeruginosus, fr. aerugo rust of copper, fr. aes copper: cf. F. érugineux. ] Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a battle in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415. It was named for the site at which it occurred. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process by which objects or materials acquire desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time under specific conditions. It is used mostly for foods snd beverages, but also for other materials. [ Also spelled ageing. ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of fungi that produce white blisterlike sori on certain flowering plants.
Syn. -- family Albuginaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Albugo. ] Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, obtained from certain algæ. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Ambagious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See anger, n. ] 1. (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Med.) Any spasmodic severe suffocative pain. [ AS ]

3. (Med.) Angina pectoris. [ AS ]

Angina pectoris Chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia precipitated by exertion and relieved by rest. It is so called because the pain is accompanied by a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. (Med.) Of or pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
Syn. -- anginal, anginose, anginous [ WordNet 1.5 + AS ]

{ } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing clay and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
Syn. -- arrangement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. asparagine. ] (Chem.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Cloth or other material for bags. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of swelling; swelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Huge; great in size. [ Colloq. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Began Begun p. pr. & vb. n. Beginning ] [ AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. √31. See Gin to begin. ] 1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. “Tears began to flow.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Sam. iii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To enter on; to commence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To commence; originate; set about; start. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beginning. [ Poetic & Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sermon of a new beginner. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enterprise. “To hinder our beginnings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being given reluctantly or with displeasure.
Syn. -- envious, grudging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.
Syn. -- carillon, carillon playing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Commonly in the pl. ] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. “Thyself and thy belongings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Family; relations; household. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon. ] A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t. ] A building. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + marginate. ] Having a double margin, as certain shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. biological science applied to the study the relation between workers and their environments.
Syn. -- ergonomics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also biomedical engineering. [ PJC ]

3. the branch of engineering dealing with the application of biological processes to the solution of practical problems, such as the manufacture of products by fermentation, the production and use of enzymes for various purposes, the use of microorganisms in environmental cleanup, etc.; -- called also biotechnology. [ PJC ]

n. The application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also bioengineering. [ PJC ]

n. The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Railroads) A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Perh. from OE. bord, for border + raging. Cf. Bodrage. ] An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a., etc. See Borage, n., etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Boastingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Buggy, a. ] The state of being infested with bugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave. [ Narrower terms: biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave; gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex ] Also See: protrusive.
Syn. -- convex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. curving outward.
Syn. -- bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation. ] Darkness. [ R. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]