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n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn. -- beaner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Turk., prop., chief of a thousand; bin thousand + bash head. ] (Mil.) A major in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Buttonwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a corn ball. [ PJC ]

2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

a. same as corny{ 5 }. [ PJC ]

n. a genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.
Syn. -- genus Dieffenbachia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Embattled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balænoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balænopteridæ, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus. [ 1913 Webster ]

same as Eddy kite. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hen + bane. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To embark; to go or put into a barge. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. to bake in an oven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado). [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Trainbands A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. “Unbacked colts.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bag. ] To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance. ] 1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + ballast. ] To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not ballasted. [ Obs. & R. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. [ Properly p. p. of unballast. ] Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Pref. un- not + ballasted. ] Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st un- + band + -ed. ] Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bank. ] To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bar. ] To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not shaven. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of barbs, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarbed feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bark rind. ] To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bark the vessel. ] To cause to disembark; to land. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + barrel. ] To remove or release from a barrel or barrels. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + barricade. ] To unbolt; to unbar; to open. [ 1913 Webster ]

You shall not unbarricade the door. J. Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bay to dam. ] To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]