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Bescummer
Bescumber Be*scum"ber, Bescummer Be*scum"mer, v. t. [Pref.
be- + scumber, scummer.]
To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
BreastsummerBreastsummer Breast"sum`mer, n. (Arch.)
A summer or girder extending across a building flush with,
and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a
long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop
windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.] bressummerBreastsummer Breast"sum`mer, n. (Arch.)
A summer or girder extending across a building flush with,
and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a
long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop
windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.] brestsummerBreastsummer Breast"sum`mer, n. (Arch.)
A summer or girder extending across a building flush with,
and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a
long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop
windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.] Bummer
Bummer Bum"mer, n.
An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means
of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]
BummeryBummery Bum"me*ry, n.
See Bottomery. [Obs.]
There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for
relief against a bummery bond. --R. North. Circummeridian
Circummeridian Cir`cum*me*rid"i*an, a. [Pref. circum- +
meridian.]
About, or near, the meridian.
cummerbandCummerbund Cum"mer*bund`, n. [Written also kummerbund,
cummerband, etc.] [Hind. kamarband, fr. Per. Kamar loins +
band fastening.]
A sash for the waist; a girdle. [India] CummerbundCummerbund Cum"mer*bund`, n. [Written also kummerbund,
cummerband, etc.] [Hind. kamarband, fr. Per. Kamar loins +
band fastening.]
A sash for the waist; a girdle. [India] DrummerDrummer Drum"mer, n.
1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military
exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq.
U.S.] --Bartlett.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
(a) The squeteague.
(b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta
gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. Dummerer
Dummerer Dum"mer*er, n.
One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] --Burton.
Flummery
Flummery Flum"mer*y, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a
sort of pap.
Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
--Locke.
2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
The flummery of modern criticism. --J. Morley.
Gorget hummer 6. (Zo["o]l.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of
a bird or mammal.
Gorget hummer (Zo["o]l.), a humming bird of the genus
Trochilus. See Rubythroat. GummerGummer Gum"mer, n. [From 2d Gum.]
A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging
the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw. Hummer
Hummer Hum"mer, n.
1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
--Ainsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A humming bird.
Kettledrummer
Kettledrummer Ket"tle*drum`mer, n.
One who plays on a kettledrum.
kummerbundCummerbund Cum"mer*bund`, n. [Written also kummerbund,
cummerband, etc.] [Hind. kamarband, fr. Per. Kamar loins +
band fastening.]
A sash for the waist; a girdle. [India] Martinmas summerMartinmas Mar"tin*mas, n. [St. Martin + mass religious
service.] (Eccl.)
The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often
called martlemans.
Martinmas summer, a period of calm, warm weather often
experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer.
--Percy Smith. MidsummerMidsummer Mid"sum`mer, n. [AS. midsumor.]
The middle of summer. --Shak.
Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. Midsummer daisyMidsummer Mid"sum`mer, n. [AS. midsumor.]
The middle of summer. --Shak.
Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. MummerMummer Mumm"er, n. [Cf. OF. mommeur. See Mumm, and cf.
Momier.]
One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a
buffon.
Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. --Milton. MummeriesMummery Mum"mer*y, n.; pl. Mummeries. [F. momerie, of Dutch
or German origin. See Mumm.]
1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
The mummery of foreign strollers. --Fenton.
2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or
ceremonies. --Bacon. MummeryMummery Mum"mer*y, n.; pl. Mummeries. [F. momerie, of Dutch
or German origin. See Mumm.]
1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
The mummery of foreign strollers. --Fenton.
2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or
ceremonies. --Bacon. Rummer
Rummer Rum"mer, n. [D. roemer, romer, akin to G. r["o]mer, Sw.
remmare; perhaps properly, Roman.]
A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. [Obs.] --J. Philips.
Scummer
Scummer Scum"mer, v. i.
To scumber. [Obs.] --Holland.
Scummer
Scummer Scum"mer, n.
Excrement; scumber. [Obs.]
sickle-billed hummerSicklebill Sic"kle*bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They
have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer.
(b) A curlew.
(c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera. SummerSummer Sum"mer, n. [From Sum, v.]
One who sums; one who casts up an account.
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