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--- ../../gcide-0.44-orig/cide.b Sat May 26 17:30:08 2001
+++ cide.b Mon Jun 4 16:09:55 2001
@@ -6181,7 +6181,7 @@
<p><hw>Ba*sic"i*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The quality or state of being a base.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>Ba"sic proc"ess</hw>. <fld>(Iron Metal.)</fld> <def>A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to <contr><cref>acid process</cref></contr>, above. Called also <altname>Thomas process</altname>.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Ba"sic proc"ess</hw>. <fld>(Iron Metal.)</fld> <def>A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to <cref>acid process</cref>, above. Called also <altname>Thomas process</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>basics</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a statement of fundamental facts or principles.</def><br/
@@ -22433,7 +22433,7 @@
<p><hw>blo"vi*ate</hw> <pr>(bl<omac/"v<icr/*<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>bloviated</conjf> <pr>(bl<omac/"v<icr/*<amac/*t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>bloviating</conjf> <pr>(bl<omac/"v<icr/*<amac/*t<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To orate pompously; -- used especially of politicians and news commentators.</def> <au>Frank Rich (N. Y. Times Jan. 6, 1999, p. A23)</au> -- <wordforms><wf>blo"vi*a*tor</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>blo"vi*a*tion</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-<p><q>\'bdWe've had almost three weeks of lawyers <qex>bloviating</qex> about what the facts in the case are,\'b8 Mr. Rogan said. \'bdWouldn't it be easier to bring the witnesses?\'b8</q> <rj><qau>Quoted by Eric Schmitt in <publ>The New York Times</publ>, Jan 22, 1999, p. A15.</qau></rj></p>
+<p><q>\'bdWe've had almost three weeks of lawyers <qex>bloviating</qex> about what the facts in the case are,\'b8 Mr. Rogan said. \'bdWouldn't it be easier to bring the witnesses?\'b8</q> <rj><qau>Quoted by Eric Schmitt in (The New York Times), Jan 22, 1999, p. A15.</qau></rj></p>
<p><hw>Blow</hw> <pr>(bl<omac/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Blew</conjf> <pr>(bl<umac/)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Blown</conjf> <pr>(bl<omac/n)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Blowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>blowen</ets>, AS. <ets>bl<omac/wan</ets> to blossom; akin to OS. <ets>bl<omac/jan</ets>, D. <ets>bloeijen</ets>, OHG. <ets>pluojan</ets>, MHG. <ets>bl<uum/ejen</ets>, G. <ets>bl\'81hen</ets>, L. <ets>florere</ets> to flourish, OIr. <ets>blath</ets> blossom. Cf. <er>Blow</er> to puff, <er>Flourish</er>.]</ety> <def>To flower; to blossom; to bloom.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
@@ -36180,7 +36180,7 @@
<p><-- p. 187 --></p>
-<p><hw>Bry"o*ny</hw> <pr>(br<imac/"<osl/*n<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>bryonia</ets>, Gr. <grk>brywni`a</grk>, fr. <grk>bry`ein</grk> to swell, esp. of plants.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus <gen>Bryonia</gen>. The root of <spn>Bryonia alba</spn> (<xtype>rough bryony</stype> or <stype>white bryony</stype>) and of <spn>Bryonia dioica</spn> is a strong, irritating cathartic.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Bry"o*ny</hw> <pr>(br<imac/"<osl/*n<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>bryonia</ets>, Gr. <grk>brywni`a</grk>, fr. <grk>bry`ein</grk> to swell, esp. of plants.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus <gen>Bryonia</gen>. The root of <spn>Bryonia alba</spn> (<stype>rough bryony</stype> or <stype>white bryony</stype>) and of <spn>Bryonia dioica</spn> is a strong, irritating cathartic.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><cs><col><b>Black bryony</b></col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Tamus communis</spn>) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.</cd></cs><br/
@@ -36992,7 +36992,7 @@
<p><mhw><hw>buffalofish</hw>, <hw>buffalo fish</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>any of several large carplike North American fish.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the family <fam>Catostomid\'91</fam> (also called <membof>suckers</membof> see <a href="http://www.state.ia.us/dnr/organiza/fwb/fish/iafish/sucker/sucker.htm">Sucker family</a>), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (<spn>Ictiobus bubalus</spn>), the <stype>big-mouthed buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus cyrinellus</spn>, formerly called <spn>Bubalichthys urus</spn>), the <stype>black buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus niger</spn>), and the <stype>small-mouthed buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus bubalus</spn>, formerly called <spn>Bubalichthys altus</spn>), are among the more important species used as food.</def><br/
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the family <fam>Catostomid\'91</fam> (also called <membof>suckers</membof>) of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (<spn>Ictiobus bubalus</spn>), the <stype>big-mouthed buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus cyrinellus</spn>, formerly called <spn>Bubalichthys urus</spn>), the <stype>black buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus niger</spn>), and the <stype>small-mouthed buffalofish</stype> (<spn>Ictiobus bubalus</spn>, formerly called <spn>Bubalichthys altus</spn>), are among the more important species used as food.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>buffalo nickel</hw> <def>A United States five-cent coin minted from 1913 to 1937 having an image of an American bison (\'bdbuffalo\'b8) on its reverse, and an American Indian on the obverse.</def><br/
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