Word Meanings - THIRDRAILSYSTEM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.

• Bearberry
  A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
• Bewigged
  of Bewig
• Belonging
  of Belong
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• BEARBERE
  Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]
• Benignly
  In a benign manner.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Besaile
  Alt. of Besayle
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Bewondered
  of Bewonder
• Beltin
  See Beltane.
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• BEBEERU
  A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodioi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart.
• Benumbed
  of Benumb
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Beseech
  To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.
• Bethel
  A place of worship; a hallowed spot.

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