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71burelé — /boor euh lay /, n. Philately. the netlike pattern of colored lines or dots forming the background design of certain postage stamps. Also, burelage /boor euh lahzh /. [ < F, OF, equiv. to burel spoke, ray, bar + é ATE1] * * * …
72Buriat — /boor yaht , boor ee aht /; Russ. /booh rddyuuaht /, n. Buryat. * * * …
73Buryat — /boor yaht , boor ee aht /; Russ. /booh rddyaht /, adj., n., pl. Buryats, (esp. collectively) Buryat. adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Buryat Mongol Republic, its people, or their language. n. 2. a member of any of the Mongol people in the Buryat… …
74Bourdon-tube gauge — /boor dn toohb , tyoohb , bawr , bohr , boor dawonn /, Chem. an instrument for measuring the pressure of gases or liquids, consisting of a semicircular or coiled, flexible metal tube attached to a gauge that records the degree to which the tube… …
75Bourbon — /boor beuhn, bawr , bohr / or, Fr., /boohrdd bawonn / for 1 3; /berr beuhn/ for 4 or occas. for 3, n. 1. a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589 1792, Spain 1700 1931, and Naples 1735 1806, 1815 60. 2. Charles /shannrddl/, (… …
76Bourbonnais — /boor boh nay , beuhr boh nis/, n. a town in NE Illinois. 13,280. * * * Historical region, central France. In Roman times it was part of Celtic Gaul under Julius Caesar and later part of Aquitania under Augustus. It gradually began a separate… …
77bourdon — /boor dn, bawr , bohr /, n. Music. 1. a. the drone pipe of a bagpipe. b. the drone string of a stringed instrument. 2. a low pitched tone; bass. 3. a pipe organ stop of very low pitch. 4. the bell in a carillon having the lowest pitch. [1350… …
78bourgeoisie — /boor zhwah zee /; Fr. /boohrdd zhwann zee /, n. 1. the bourgeois class. 2. (in Marxist theory) the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. [1700 10; < F; see BOURGEOIS1, Y3]… …
79Bourget — /boor zhay /; Fr. /boohrdd zhe /, n. Paul /pawl/, 1852 1935, French novelist and critic. * * * …
80Bourguiba — /boor gee beuh/, n. Habib ben Ali /hah beeb ben ah lee/, born 1903, leader in Tunisian independence movements: president of Tunisia 1957 87. * * * …
