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BE'NISON, _s._ a blessing
BENU'MB, _v.a._ make torpid; stupify
BESIE'GE, _v.a._ to beleaguer; to lay siege to
BESPRE'NT, _v. def._ besprinkled
BESTO'W, _v.a._ give; confer upon; lay up
BETWE'EN, _prep._ in the middle s.p.a.ce; from one to another; noting difference of one from another
BI'LBERRY, _s._ the fruit of a plant so called
BO'ATMAN, _s._ he that manages a boat
BO'DY, _s._ material substance of an animal; matter; person; collective ma.s.s; main part; main army
BO'RDER, _s._ edge; edge of a country; a bank raised round a garden and set with flowers
BO'UNTEOUS, _a._ liberal; kind; generous
BOUQUE'T, _s._ (p.r.o.nounced _boo-kay_) a nosegay
BOWSPRI'T, _s._ (a sea term) the mast that runs out at the bow of a s.h.i.+p
BRA'CELET, _s._ an ornament for the arms
BRA'CH, _s._ a she hound
BRA'CKISH, _a._ salt; somewhat salt
BRI'LLIANCY, _s._ brightness; l.u.s.tre
BRI'LLIANT, _s._ a diamond of the finest cut
BRI'LLIANT, _a._ s.h.i.+ning; sparkling; full of l.u.s.tre
BU'BBLE, _s._ a small bladder of water; anything which wants solidity and firmness
BU'LKY, _a._ of great size or stature
BU'LWARK, _s._ a fortification; a security
BUO'YANCY, _s._ the quality of floating
BU'RDENSOME, _a._ grievous
BU'RIAL, _s._ interment; the act of putting anything under earth or water
BU'RY, _v.a._ inter; put in the grave; conceal
BU'TTRESS, _s._ a prop; a wall built to support another
CA'DENCE, _s._ the fall of the voice; state of sinking, decline
CALA'MITY, _s._ misfortune; cause of misery; distress
CA'LCULATE, _v.a._ reckon; adjust
CAL'CULA'TION, _s._ a practice or manner of reckoning; a reckoning
CA'LEDO'NIANS, _s._ the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
CAMPA'IGN, _s._ a large, open, level tract of land; the time for which any army keeps the field
CA'NADA, _s._ a province of the British possessions in America
CANA'L, _s._ any course of water made by art; a pa.s.sage through which any of the juices of the body flow
CANA'RY, _s._ an excellent singing-bird--so called from its native place, the Canary Islands
CA'NNIBAL, _s._ a savage that eats his fellow-men taken in war
CA'PABLE, _a._ susceptible; intelligent; qualified for; able to receive; capacious; able to understand
CAPA'CIOUS, _a._ wide; large
CAPA'CITY, _s._ power; ability; state; condition; character
CAPERCA'ILZIE, _s._ (p.r.o.nounced _cap-per-kail-zeh_) c.o.c.k of the wood
CA'PITAL, _s._ the upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation or kingdom
CA'PITAL, _a._ applied to letters--large, such as are written at the beginning or heads of books
CA'PTAIN, _s._ a chief commander
CA'PTIVE, _s._ a prisoner
CAPTI'VITY, _s._ imprisonment; subjection by the fate of war; bondage; slavery; servitude
CA'PTURE, _v.a._ take prisoner; bring into a condition of servitude
CA'RAVAN, _s._ a conveyance; a troop or body of merchants or pilgrims, as they travel in the East
CARE'ER, _s._ a course; full speed; course of action
