Beau dollar
a silver dollar.
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- Beau geste
a fine or n-ble gesture, often futile or only for effect. contemporary examples finally, -ssad was back in the diplomatic arena, strengthened by his beau geste. for bashar al–ssad, crossing obama’s red line was a win-win anna momigliano november 21, 2013 historical examples but this was the beau geste of a contemporary who wished to […]
- Beau ideal
a conception of perfect beauty. a model of excellence. historical examples he was my beau ideal of a naval officer—bold and masterful, yet soft and pleasant-voiced withal when he chose to conciliate. a modern buccaneer rolf boldrewood and there, you know who that is, that beau ideal of a hussar? charles o’malley, the irish dragoon, […]
- Beau monde
the fashionable world; high society. historical examples well, if she does, i shall perhaps have a glimpse at the beau monde. lippincott’s magazine of popular literature and science, vol. xii. no. 31. october, 1873. various i chose the latter, on account of the beau monde which the soldier had boasted of. the memoirs of count […]
- Beau's line
beau’s line beau’s line (bōz) n. transverse depressions on the fingernails occurring after trauma such as severe febrile disease, malnutrition, or coronary occlusion.
- Beaufort scale
a scale of wind forces, described by name and range of velocity, and cl-ssified as from force 0 to force 12, or, sometimes, to force 17. a scale of the states of sea created by winds of these various forces up to and including force 10. historical examples the cl-ssification of winds, here stated, is […]