Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales.

  • Samuel Johnson
Date:
1822
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Credit: Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    D Bat'lett «• a square piece os wood used lor beating linen Batoo'n, r. a staff*or dub; a truncheon borne.. by a marshal in an army Batta'lia,!. order of battle, battle array Battal'ion, x. a body of foot soldier?, from AGO to 900 men ; a division of an army Bat'ten, x. a scantling; a narrow board Bat'ten, v. to fatten, to grow fat, to fertilize Bat'ter, x. a mixture of flour, milk, eggs, and salt—v. to beat down, to beat Bat'tenng-ram, x a military engine, formerly! used to batter down walls, having a bead resembling a ram’s Bat'tery, x. raised work on which cannons are mounted; in law, a violent as>ault Bat'tle, x. a fight between armies or fleets Bat'tle-</rr<ry, x. a form or order of battle Bat'tleaxe, x. a weapon like an axe; a bill Bat'tle ioor, x. a flat instrument used to strike shuttlecocks with Bat'tlement,x. a wall indented on the top of buildings; a breastwork Baulaj'c, x. in Scotland a halfpenny Bav'in, x. a stick like those hound upin faggots Bau'ble, x. a trifle, a plaything, a trinket Bawl, v. to speak aloud, to call out, cry out Baw'rel, x. a kind of hawk llay,x. a tree; a road where ships may anchor; a term in architecture—a. nehesnut colour Bay, v. to bark as a dog; to surround Bay-salt, x. salt made from sea water exjiosed to the sum, so named from its colour Bay-frcr, r. the female laurel Bay'onet, x. a dagger fixed to a musket Bays, x. an honorary crown or gailand Bdcl'lium, x. an aromatic gum Be, v. n. to exist, to have existence Beach, x. the strand, the coast, the shore Be'acon, x. an edifice on an eminence, where signs arc made to direct seamen Bead, x. a small glass ornament, with which necklaces, and monkish rosaries, arc made; any globular body Be'iulle, x. an inferior officer in a parish, uni- versity, or trading company Be'agle, x. a small hound to hunt hares Beak, x. the lull of a bird ; a promontory Beak'er, x. a cup with a spout formed like the beak of a bird Beam, x. the principal piece of timber which supports a building ; a rav of light; the ba- lance of a pair of scales; the pole of a chariot; the horn of a stag Beam, t*. n. to emit beams or rays Bean, x. a well-known kind of pulse Bear, x. a rough, savage animal; a rude un- polished man; the name of two constella- tions, called the greater and lesser hear Bear,:-, to carry a load, to support, to keep irom tailing, to curry in remembrance tube fruitful; to press; to endure; to he patient; to tend, to he directed to any pain Beard, x. hair which grows on the chin and ! lips; the barb of an allow or hook | Beard'lest, a. having no beard ; youthful Bear'er,x. a supporter, a carriei ot an' thing Bear'garden, x. any place ot tumult 1 Hearing, •. the rituation of any place, both » | to distance and direction; gesture Beast, x. in ii rational animal; a brutal n.un Be'astlv, a. tiilliy, nasty, obscene Beat, i. to conquer; to strike; to throb Beatific, BeaiiPical, «. blissful, the making. happy or blessed; belonging to the happy I Beatification, x. an acknowledgment made by the Pope and his consistory, that the ; person beatified is in heaven, and may be j reverenced as blessed l Beat'ify, v. to bless with celestial enjoyment I Beat'ing, x. correction by blows jBeat'itude, x. happiness, blessedness, felicity ]Beau, j. a fop, a man of dress, a coxcomb Be'aver, x. an animal, otherwise named the Castor, amphibious, and remarkable for his- art in building his habitation; a hat made of its fur; the part of a helmet which co- vers the face Beauteous, Beautiful, a. lovely, elegant, fair Beautifully, ad. in a beautiful manner Beautify, v. a. to embellish, to adorn Beauty, x. n beautiful person; that assemblage of giaces which pleases the eye Becafi'co, x. a small bird, the tig eater Becaufse, a»i;> on this account that, for this teason that Bccatm, v. a. to quiet the mind, to still Hecatne, the preterite of become Beck, x. a sign with the hand or head, a nod Beck'on, r. n. to make a sign with the hand Beco'me, v. to enter into some state; to befi t to be suitable to the perron Becoming, a. pleasing, elegant, graceful Becomrmgness, x. elegant congruitv Bed, x. a place to sleep on ; the channel of a river; a division in a garden in which roods are sown ; a layer, a stratum Bedab'ble, v. a. to w et, to besprinkle Hedng'gle, Bedrag'gle,t>. a. to trail in the dirt II Beda'wb, v. a. to heMiiear, to daw b ! Bed'ding, x. the materials belonging to a bed J Bede'ck, r. a. to adorn, to deck Bede'w.r. a. to moisten gently as with dew I BeMehou.se, x. an hospital or alms house J Bed'fellow, i. one that lies in the same bed j1 Bed'lam,x. an hospital for lunatics Ded'lumite, x. a madman, a noisv person j Ued'rid, a. confined to lied by violent sickness or extreme old ace i Bedstead,!, the Maine which supports n l*cd