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Show -_----- BI -~ fioners u h i t i t w a f e b r Unfep o e b i d o o f e f d O To bittereft enmity Skakefpeare te Bi n b a s v w u y v l d a f - " H n i f l C e againft t The word of God, inftead of a ditter, teaches us t r S a z l a i , cha . Calamitous ; miferable Noble friends and fellows, whom to leav ' 15 only bitter to me, only dying Shak Go with me, like good angels, to my end A dire induction am I witnefs to ' Will prove as itter, black, and tragical. Shakefp And thun the bitter confequgnce : for know The day thou eat'ft thereof; my fole comman Milton _ Tranfgreft, inevitably thou fhalt die Tell him, that if I bear my bitter fate *Tis to behold his vengeance for my fon. Dryden 4. Painful ; inclement The fowl the borders fly _ And fhun the bitter blaft, and wheel about the fky Dryden reproachful ; f{atirical Go with me And, in the breath of ditter words, let 's fmothe Shakefpeare My damned fon 6. Mournful ; affli&ted Wherefore is light given unto him that is i Fob mifery, and life unto the éitzer in foul 7. In any manner unpleafing or hurtful Bitter is an equivocal word; there is dirre wormwood, there are bitter words, there are birte enemies, and a ditter eold morning. Warts's Logick Bi'tTERGOURD. n. /. [colocynthis, Lat. The name of a plant Bi'rTERLY. adv. [from bitter. 1. With a bitter tafte 2. In a bitter manner ; forrowfully ; calamitoudly I fo lively aéted with my tears That my poor miftrefs, moved therewithal Shakefpeare Wept bitterly Bitterly haft thou paid, and fill art payin Milton That rigid fcore 3. Sharply ; feverely His behaviou is not to cenfure disterly the er Sprat rours of their zeal Bi'rTERN. #. f. [butour, Fr.] A'bird wit long legs, and a long bill, which feed upon fith; remarkable for the noife whichhe makes, ufually called bumping Se BitTour The poor fifh have enemies enough, befides fuc unnatural fifhermen as otters, the cormorant, an the bittern Walton So that fcarc The bittern knows his time, with bill ingulpht To fhake the founding marfh Thomfon Birrern # /f [from bitter. A ver bitter liquor, which drains off in makin of common falt, and ufed in the preparation of Epfom falt uincy Bi'rTERNESS. 7./. [from bitter. 1. A bitter tafte ‘The idea of whitenefs, or bitterneft, isin th mind, exaétly anfwering that power which s i any body to produce it there Locke 2. Malice ; grudge ; hatred ; implacability ‘The Bitternefs and animofity between the commanders was fuch, that a great part of the arm was. marched . 3. Sharpnefs; feverity of temper 4. Satire proach Clareudon His forrows have fo overwhelm'd his wits Shall we be thus affiicted in his wreaks His fits, his frenzy, and his bitternefs Shakefp Pierpoint and Crew appeared now to have con tracled mose birteragfs and fournefs than formeriy piquancy keennef Clarendon of re Some think their wits have been afleep, excep they dart out fomewhat piquant, and to the quick va and bitternefs Bacon 5. Sorrow; vexation; affliction There appears much joy in him, even fo much that joy could not fhow itfelf modeft enough, with Shakefpeare out a badge of birterncfs thal for him, as one mournct mour for his only fon, and fhall be in ditternefs for him as one that is in Jitternefs for his firfk-born. Zeck. Mot purfuc the pleafures, as they call them of their natures, which begin in fin, are carried o Wabke with danger, and end in butternefs L oft, in bitternefs of foul, deplor' My abfent daughter, and my dearer lord Pgpe Br'rrERSWEET. #. /. [from bitter an Javeer.] The name of an apple, whic has a compound tafte of fweet and bitter It i lours o for th Whe but a bitterfweer at beft, and the fine cothe ferpent do by no means make amend South {fmart and poifon of his fting I exprefs the tafte of an apple, which w call the dister/wvucery none can miftake what I mean Watts Bi'TTERVETCH n. / [ervum Lat. plant Bi T TERWORT. n. /. [gentiana, Lat.] A herb Bi"rTouUR. n. [. [butour, Fr. ardea fellaris Lat.] The name of a bird, commonl called the &itter bu (fee BirTErRN perhaps as properly bittour Bitu'MmE. n /. [from bitumen.] Bitumen See BITUMEN Mix with thef BITU'MEN matte du May . /. [Lat.] A fat un&uou out of the earth, or fcum med off lakes, as the Afphaltis in Judza, of various kinds : fome fo hard a to be ufed for coals ; others {o glutinou as to ferve for mortar Savary It is reported, that ditumen mingled with lime and put under water, will make as it were an artificial rock, the fubftance becometh fo hard. Bacon The fabrick feem'd a werk of rifing ground With fulphur and bitymen caft between. Dryden Bitumen is 2 body that readily takes fire, yield an oil, and is foluble in water a bizantine Camden nople T2 BLAB. w. a. [blabberen, Dutch. 1. To tell what ought to be kept fecret it ufually implies rather thoughtleflnef than treachery; but may be ufed i either fenfe The gaudy, blabbing, and remorfeful da Is crept into the bofom of the fea Shakefpeare Thy dues be done, and none left out Ere the b/abbing caitern {cout The nice morn on the Indian fteep Milton From her cabin'd loophole peep Nature has made man's breafts no windores To publith what he does within doors Nor what dark fecrets there inhabit Hudibras Unlefs his own rath folly 2/ab it . Sorsow nor joy can be difguis'd by art Our foreheads bizb the fecrets of our heart, Dryd It is unlawful to give any kind of religious worfhip to a creature; but the very indices of th fathers cannot efcape the index expurgatorius, fo Stilling flect blabbing fo great a truth Nor whifper to the tattling reed The blackeft of all female deeds Nor blab it on the lonely rocks Swift Where echo fits, and lift'ning mocks 2. To tell : in a good fenfe: not ufed That delightful engine of her thoughts That blabb'd them with fuch pleafing eloquence Shak 7% Bras. w. . To tattle ; to tell tales Dryden Idzan pitch, quick fulphur, filver's fpume Sea onion, hellebore, and black bitame it 1s yet calle Is torn from forth that pretty hollow cage Then to the water's brink fhe laid her head And, as a bittour bumps within a reed "To thee alone, O lake, the faid, I tell days which "anciently was a piece of gol coined by the emperours of Conftanti men ought to find the difference between faltnef The And will to France, hoping the confequenc §. Sharp Br'zanrting, #. /. [more properly {pel byzantine 5 from Byzantium.] A grea piece of gold valued art fifteen pound, which the king offereth upon high fefti and were more referved towards the king's commif Friends now falt fworn L BI Woodward Your mute I'll bej When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes not fee Shake[peare BLaB. . /. [from the verb.] A telltale a thoughtlefs babbler; a treacherou betrayer of fecrets The fecret man heareth many confeffions; fo who will open himfelfto a blab, or babbler ? Bacon To have reveal' Secrets of man, the fecrets of a friend Contempt and fcorn of all, to be exclude Milton All friendfhip, and avoided as a blab Whoever fhews me a very inquifitive body, I'I fhew him a b/ab, and one that fhall make privae L' Eftrange as publick as a proclamation I fhould have gone about fhewing my letters under the charge of fecrecy, to every &lab of m Saift acquaintance BLA'BBER, . /. [from blab.] Atatler telltale Bitu'minovs. adj. [from bitumen.] Hav- 75 BLa'sper. w. 7 Tawhiftle to a horfe Skinner ing the nature and qualities of bitumen compounded of bitumen ‘ BLa BBERLIPPED. Shinner. See BLomNaphtha, which was the bituminous mortar ufe in the walls of Babylon, grows to an entire an Bacon very hard matter, like a ftone The fruitage fair. to fight, like that which gre Near that bisuminous lake, where Sodom flam'd Milton Biva"Lve. adj. [from binus and walve Lat.] Having two valves or fhutters : term ufed of thofe fifh that hav fhells tw as oyfters ; and of thofe plant whofe feed pods open their whole length to difcharge their feeds, as peas BERLIPPED BLACK. adj. [blac, Saxon. 1. Of the colour of night In'the twilight in the evening, in the dlack an Proverds dark night Ariftotle has problems which enquire why th fun makes man &lack, and not the firej why i Brown whitens wax, yet blacks the fkin 2Tk The heaven was blzck with clauds and wind 1 Kings and there was a great rain 3. Cloudy of countenance; fullen She hath abated me of half my train In the cavity lies Joofe the fhell of fome for of bivalye, larger than coul thofe holes be introduced in a W oodwward Biva'LvuLar. adf. [from bivalve.] HavDig ing two valves Bi'xworT, 7/, An herb Look'd black upon me Shakefpeare 4. Horrible ; wicked ; atrocious clean.sh data import.tsv out README Either my- country never muft be freed Or I confenting to fo &lack a deed 5. Difmal ; mournful Dryden A dir |