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Blucher
Language; Encyclopedias
Prussian field-marshal, familiarly named "Marshal Forwards," born at Rostock; served first in the Swedish army, then in the Prussian; distinguished as a leader of cavalry, and met with varying ...
Bluebeard
Language; Encyclopedias
A wealthy seigneur, the owner of a castle; marries a beautiful woman, and leaves her in charge of the keys of the apartments in his absence, with injunctions not to unlock any of the doors, an ...
Blue Mountains
Language; Encyclopedias
A range of thickly wooded mountains traversing Jamaica from E. to W., from 5000 to 7000 ft. in height; also a chain of mountains in New South Wales of two parallel ranges, with a deep chasm between, ...
Blue-books
Language; Encyclopedias
Parliamentary documents bound in blue paper, as the corresponding documents in France are in yellow; they have been published regularly since the beginning of the 18th century, those of a single ...
Bloody Statute
Language; Encyclopedias
Statute of Henry VIII. making it a crime involving the heaviest penalties to question any of the fundamental doctrines of the Romish Church.
Blue-coat School
Language; Encyclopedias
A name given to Christ's Hospital, London, founded in the reign of Edward VI., from the blue coats worn by the boys.
Blowpipe
Language; Encyclopedias
A contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it.
