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Kid·ney n.; pl. Kidneys
1. Anat. A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Note: ☞ In man and in other mammals there are two kidneys, one on each side of vertebral column in the back part of the abdomen, each kidney being connected with the bladder by a long tube, the ureter, through which the urine is constantly excreted into the bladder to be periodically discharged.
2. Habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different kidney.
There are in later times other decrees, made by popes of another kidney. --Barrow.
Millions in the world of this man's kidney. --L'Estrange.
Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence. --Burns.
Note: ☞ This use of the word perhaps arose from the fact that the kidneys and the fat about them are an easy test of the condition of an animal as to fatness. “Think of that, -- a man of my kidney; -- . . . as subject to heat as butter.”
3. A waiter. [Old Cant]
Floating kidney. See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.
Kidney bean Bot., a sort of bean; -- so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (Phaseolus vulgaris). See under Bean.
Kidney ore Min., a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.
Kidney stone. Min. See Nephrite, and Jade.
Kidney vetch Bot., a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.
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Bean n.
1. Bot. A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
Note: ☞ The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris.
As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables.
2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
Bean aphis Zool., a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant.
Bean fly Zool., a fly found on bean flowers.
Bean goose Zool., a species of goose (Anser segetum).
Bean weevil Zool., a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus fabæ.
Florida bean Bot., the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean Bot., a species of Strychnos.
Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
Screw bean. See under Screw.
Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
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Bush n.
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
Note: ☞ This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush.
2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne.
3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
5. Hunting The tail, or brush, of a fox.
To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting.
Bush bean Bot., a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.
Bush buck, or Bush goat Zool., a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.
Bush cat Zool., the serval. See Serval.
Bush chat Zool., a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family.
Bush dog. Zool. See Potto.
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
Bush harrow Agric. See under Harrow.
Bush hog Zool., a South African wild hog (Potamochœrus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog.
Bush master Zool., a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
Bush pea Bot., a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
Bush shrike Zool., a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.
Bush tit Zool., a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits California.
French prop. a. Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
French bean Bot., the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
French berry Bot., the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.
French casement Arch. See French window, under Window.
French chalk Min., a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
French cowslip Bot. The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.
French fake Naut., a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.
French honeysuckle Bot. a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
French pie
French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above.
French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. --Ure.
French red rouge.
French rice, amelcorn.
French roof Arch., a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
French window. See under Window.
Har·i·cot n.
1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
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Phaseolus vulgaris
n : the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its
edible seeds or pods [syn: common bean, common bean
plant]