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A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
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A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
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A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.
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A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
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