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A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.
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A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
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A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.
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A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
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A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
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A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.
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A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.
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