*lebe*

n. [ OE. alebery, alebrey; ale + bre broth, fr. AS. brīw pottage. ] A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the German chemist Freiesleben. ] A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil. ] 1. A lump; a clod. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Law) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no glebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
Syn. -- maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, Lyonia ligustrina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. √15. Cf. Bumblebee. ] (Zool.) The bumblebee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Huckleberry, Whortleberry. ] See Whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers; also called swamp andromeda.
Syn. -- privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Bot.) A kind of coffee. See Pea berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. plèbe, fr. L. plebs. ] 1. The common people; the mob. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The plebe with thirst and fury prest. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. Plebeian. ] A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point; also, a freshman at any military or naval academy. [ Cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Plebeianism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plebeians, collectively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. plébéianisme. ] 1. The quality or state of being plebeian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plebeianized p. pr. & vb. n. Plebeianizing. ] To render plebeian, common, or vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets, scandal, etc., maliciously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Telling tales officiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America. [ 1913 Webster ]