Flute A Bec :: Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet..
Imbecile :: Imbecile (a.) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane..
Imbecile :: Imbecile (n.) One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind..
Imbecile :: Imbecile (v. t.) To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage..
Imbecilitate :: Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble..
Obectize :: Obectize (v. t.) To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Purbeck Beds :: Purbeck beds () The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology..
Purbeck Stone :: Purbeck stone () A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.