Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . purchase. — Buyer, n. Buzz, buz, V. i. [buzzed (buzd), buz-zixG.] To make a low, continuous. ^humming sound, as bees ; to speakwith a low, humming voice. — v. make known by bvizzing; tospread, as report, by whispers. — n. A continuous;humming noise ; whisper ; report spread cautiously^ Buzzard, buierd, n. (Ornith.) A bird of prey, of thefalcon family. A blockhead ; a dunce. By, bi, prep. Ne
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . purchase. — Buyer, n. Buzz, buz, V. i. [buzzed (buzd), buz-zixG.] To make a low, continuous. ^humming sound, as bees ; to speakwith a low, humming voice. — v. make known by bvizzing; tospread, as report, by whispers. — n. A continuous;humming noise ; whisper ; report spread cautiously^ Buzzard, buierd, n. (Ornith.) A bird of prey, of thefalcon family. A blockhead ; a dunce. By, bi, prep. Near or next to; from one to the other sideof ; past; with, as instrument, means, way, etc. ;through means of ; with aid of ; through. — ; present; passing near; going or gone past. —a. Out of the common path ; aside ; — in composi-tion giving the meaning of something incidental,collateral, or private. Bye, bi, n. A dwelling ; in certain games, the stationof a player. By-law, liilaw, n. A law of a city, town, corpora-tion, etc. Byzant, bizant, Byzantine,-tin,??. (Niimis.) A goldcoin, worth $, coined at Byzantium. — Byzantine,bi-zantin or bizan-tin, a. Pert, to Buttress. sttn, cube, full; moon, f66t; cow, oil; linger or ink, tiien, boNboif, chair, get. 50 CALAMITY 0. C, se,the 3d letter in the English, alphabet, has 2 sounds,one close (represented in the phonetic respellings inthis vocabulary by k), the other a sibilant (repre-sented by s). The digraph ch has 3 sounds, the 1stas in church (represented by ch), the 2d as in chaise(represented by sh), the 3d as in chorus (representedby K). — (Jlus.) C after the clef is the mark of com-mon time, in which each measure is a semibreve, cor-responding to 4-. C is also the name of a note in the scale; the key note major, and the third minor, ofthe natural scale. — C is used as a contr. for L. cen-tum, a hundred. Cab, kab, n. Abbr. of Cabkiolet, q. v. — A Hebrewdry measure of 2 5-6 pints. Cabal, k
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