Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 99
Buzzard (a.) 【鳥】【美】紅頭美洲鷲；【鳥】【主英】鵟；貪婪卑鄙的小人 Senseless; stupid. [R. & Obs.] -- Milton.
Buzzard (n.) (Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.
Buzzard (n.) (Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture ({Cathartes aura}), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.
Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and Buteo lineatus) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard.
Bald buzzard, The fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. -- Goldsmith.
Buzzard (n.) A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States [syn: buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura].
Buzzard (n.) The common European short-winged hawk [syn: buzzard, Buteo buteo].
Compare: Indiscriminately
Indiscriminately (adv.) 不加區別地；不加選擇地；隨意地；任意地 In a random manner; unsystematically.
‘His armies slaughtered men, women, and children indiscriminately.’
Indiscriminately (adv.) In a way that does not show care or judgement.
‘People who are sedentary and who eat indiscriminately.’
Compare: Unsystematically
Unsystematically (adv.) 雜亂無章地 See unsystematic.
Compare: Unsystematic
Unsystematic (a.) 無組織的，無系統的 lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization.
Buzzardet (n.) (Zool.) A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.
Buzzer (n.) One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear with pestilent speeches of his father's death. -- Shak.
Buzzer (n.) A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell, bell, buzzer].
Buzzer (n.) A signaling device that makes a buzzing sound.
Buzzingly (adv.) In a buzzing manner; with a buzzing sound.
Buzzsaw () A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed.
By (pref.) In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them both. -- Milton.
By (pref.) On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
Long labors both by sea and land he bore. -- Dryden.
By land, by water, they renew the charge. -- Pope.
By (pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
By (pref.) Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
By (pref.) Against. [Obs.] -- Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].
By (pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency, belong, more or less closely, most of the following uses of the word:
(a) It points out the author and producer; as, "Waverley", a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.
(b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a Christian; no, by Heaven.
(c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of; after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a model to build by.
(d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen, meat by the pound; to board by the year.
(e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished, it indicates the measure of increase or diminution; as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen by a third.
(f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.
(g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had risen; he will be here by two o'clock.
Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to, or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east, i.e., a point towards the east from the north; northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than northeast is.
Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick; the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But there are many words which may be regarded as means or processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire; he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of his sufferings. see With.
By all means, Most assuredly; without fail; certainly.
By and by. (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] "Two yonge knightes liggyng [lying] by and by." -- Chaucer.
By and by. (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] "When . . . persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended." -- Matt. xiii. 21.
By and by. (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.
Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to "soon, and soon," that is instantly; hence, -- less emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.
By one's self, With only one's self near; alone; solitary.
By the bye. See under Bye.
By the head (Naut.), Having the bows lower than the stern; -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the stern.
By the lee, The situation of a vessel, going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.
By the run, To let go by the run, to let go altogether, instead of slacking off.
By the way, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental or secondary remark or subject.
Day by day, One by one, Piece by piece, etc., each day, each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or separately; each severally.
To come by, To get possession of; to obtain.
To do by, To treat, to behave toward.
To set by, To value, to esteem.
To stand by, To aid, to support.
Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell, and would be better written good-bye, as it is a corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
By (adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
By (adv.) Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
By (adv.) So as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" [syn: by, past].
By (adv.) In reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away].
By, () The country code for Belarus.
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By, () In the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "against myself."
Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.
By-bidder (n.) One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.
By-blow (n.) A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.
By-corner (n.) A private corner.
By-dependence (n.) An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.
By-drinking (n.) A drinking between meals.
Bye (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
Bye (n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
Bye (n.) A dwelling.
Bye (n.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
By-end (n.) Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
Bygone (a.) Past; gone by.
Bygone (n.) Something gone by or past; a past event.
By-interest (n.) Self-interest; private advantage.
Byland (n.) A peninsula.
Bylander (n.) See Bilander.
By-lane (n.) A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
By-name (n.) A nickname.
Byname (v. t.) To give a nickname to.
By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
By-passage (n.) A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
By-past (a.) Past; gone by. "By-past perils." -- Shak.
Bypast (a.) 過去的 Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone].
Bypaths (n. pl. ) of Bypath.
Bypath (n.) A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.
By-product (n.) A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
Byre (n.) A cow house.
By-respect (n.) Private end or view; by-interest.
Byroad (n.) A private or obscure road.
Byronic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.
By-room (n.) A private room or apartment.
Bysmottered (p.a.) Bespotted with mud or dirt.
By-speech (n.) An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.
By-spell (n.) A proverb.
Byss (n.) See Byssus, n., 1.
Byssaceous (a.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae.
Byssiferous (a.) Bearing a byssus or tuft.
Byssin (n.) See Byssus, n., 1.
Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
Byssoid (a.) Byssaceous.
Byssolite (n.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.
Byssuses (n. pl. ) of Byssus.
Byssi (n. pl. ) of Byssus.
Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
Byssus (n.) Asbestus.
Bystander (n.) One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
By-turning (n.) An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
By-view (n.) A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
By-walk (n.) A secluded or private walk.
By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
Byway (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.
By-wipe (n.) A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.
Byword (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.
Bywork (n.) Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
Byzant (n.) Alt. of Byzantine.
Byzantine (n.) (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at
Byzantian (a. & n.) See Byzantine.
Byzantine (a.) 東羅馬帝國的；拜占庭式的；錯綜複雜的 Of or
pertaining to
Byzantine (n.) 拜占庭人；拜占庭派的建築師、畫家 A native
or inhabitant of
Byzantine church, The Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under Greek.
Byzantine empire, The Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453.
Byzantine historians, Historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. -- P. Cyc.
Byzantine style (Arch.), A style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire.
Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.
Byzant, Byzantine (n.) (Numis.) 銀幣飾 A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
Compare: Numismatics
Numismatics (n.) （用作單數）貨幣學；古幣的收集（或研究）The science of coins and medals.
Numismatics (n.) The collection and study of money (and coins in particular) [syn: numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection].
Byzantine (a.) Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites".
Byzantine (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium.
Byzantine (a.) Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous].
Byzantine (n.) A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine, () A term describing any system that has so many labyrinthine internal interconnections that it would be impossible to simplify by separation into loosely coupled or linked components.
The city of Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul, and the Byzantine Empire were vitiated by a bureaucratic overelaboration bordering on lunacy: quadruple banked agencies, dozens or even scores of superfluous levels and officials with high flown titles unrelated to their actual function, if any.
Access to the Emperor and his council was controlled by powerful and inscrutable eunuchs and by rival sports factions.
[Edward Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"]. (1999-01-15)