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ban'dit, _robber_.
ban'ner, _flag_.
base, _lower part_.
bid'ding, _command; order_.
bil'lows, _large waves_.
bon'ny, _handsome; beautiful_.
bor'row, _to receive from another with the intention of returning_.
bore, _carried_.
bor'ders, _edges; outer parts_.
braced, _took a firm stand_.
braid'ed, _woven or twined together_
brick, _a body made of clay and water and hardened by fire_.
bri'er, _a prickly plant or shrub_.
brig, _a vessel with two masts, square-rigged_.
brill'iant, _splendid; shining_.
brim'ming, _full; nearly overflowing_.
bris'tling, _standing erect_.
bul'let, _small ball of lead_.
bur'den, _that which is carried_.
but'ter fly, _a winged insect of many colors_.

_C_
cack'ling, _sharp and broken in sounds_.
ca nals', _water-courses made by man_.
ca'per ing, _playing; dancing_.
capped, _covered over at the top_.
cap tiv'ity, _state of being a prisoner_.
car'go, _burden; load_.
cas'ters, _rollers or small wheels_.
ceil'ing, _the upper surface of a room_.
cen'ter, _the middle point of any thing_.
cen'ti pedes, _a kind of insect having a great number of feet_.
cent'u ry, _one hundred years_.


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