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B  n.  Is the second letter of the English alphabet. It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w, and m, letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from the Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B. Note: In (Music), B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the model major scale (the scale of C major), or of the second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A minor).






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"B" Quotes from Famous Books



... each of the three legs of our strategic forces. The cruise missile production which will begin next year will modernize our strategic air deterrent. B-52 capabilities will also be improved. These steps will maintain and enhance the B-52 fleet by improving its ability to deliver weapons against ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter • Jimmy Carter

... seams give, said Doctor A. Avoid dried fruits as you would the plague, counseled the equally eminent Doctor B. Professor C considered the drinking of water with meals highly inadvisable; whereas Professor D said that without adding an extra ounce of weight I might consume water until my fluid contents sloshed up and down in me when I walked, ...
— One Third Off • Irvin S. Cobb

... regulators Water Mineral matter, or ash Same as in I Cellulose Fruits Vegetables Covering of cereals and nuts Food Acids Sour fruits—citric and malic Tomatoes—malic Spinach—oxalic Rhubarb—oxalic Vitamines Fat soluble A Milk Butter Egg yolk Water soluble B Green vegetables, as spinach, chard, lettuce, beet greens Asparagus and stem vegetables, as celery Fruit vegetables, as tomatoes, peppers, ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... them shall die to-night before they find me. For the honor of the regiment, sahib, do not refuse this thing. All I ask is, if your honor escapes, that you will write to Kurnal I-shpence-sahib, and tell him the last act of Mir Jan, naik in B troop." ...
— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

... a few pretty auguries, dressed, and went down to dinner, where Phoebe had made sure that, as before, Lucy would sit next Robin, and be subdued. Alas, no! Ladies were far too scarce articles for even the last but one to be the prize of a mere B.A. To know who were Phoebe's own neighbours would have been distraction to Juliana, but they were lost on one in whom the art of conversation was yet undeveloped, and who was chiefly intent on reading her brother's face, and catching what Lucy was saying. She had nearly ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge


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