A doctor and a lawyer were attending a cocktail party when the doctor was approached by a man who asked advice on how to handle his ulcer.
The doctor mumbled some medical advice, then turned to the lawyer and asked,
"How do you handle the situation when you are asked for advice during a social function?"
"Just send a bill for such advice" replied the lawyer.
On the next morning the doctor arrived at his surgery and issued the ulcer-stricken man a $50 bill.
That afternoon he received a $100 bill from the lawyer.
- a hist. Celtic minstrel. B prizewinner at an eisteddfod. bardic adj. [celtic]
BARE
—adj. - unclothed or uncovered.
- leafless; unfurnished; empty.
- plain, unadorned (the bare truth; bare facts).
- (attrib.) Scanty, just sufficient (a bare majority; bare necessities). —v. (-ring) uncover, reveal (bared his teeth; bared his soul). [old english]
BARK
—n. - sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, etc.
- sound like this. —v. - (of a dog etc.) Give a bark.
- speak or utter sharply or brusquely.
- colloq. Cough harshly. bark up the wrong tree make false assumptions. [old english]
- —n. Tough outer skin of tree-trunks, branches, etc. —v. - graze (one's shin etc.).
- strip bark from. [scandinavian]
BARM
n. Froth on fermenting malt liquor. [old english]
BARN
dance n. - informal gathering for country dancing.
- a kind of country dance.
- n. Large farm building for storing grain etc. [old english, = barley house]
BASE
rate n. Interest rate set by the bank of england, used as the basis for other banks' rates.
- —n. - a part supporting from beneath or serving as a foundation. B notional support or foundation (power base).
- principle or starting-point.
- esp. Mil. Headquarters.
- main or important ingredient.
- number in terms of which other numbers or logarithms are expressed.
- substance capable of combining with an acid to form a salt.
- baseball etc. Each of the four stations on a pitch. —v. (-sing) 1 (usu. Foll. By on, upon) found or establish (a theory, hope, etc.).
- station (troops based in malta). [greek basis stepping]
- adj. - cowardly, despicable.
- menial.
- alloyed (base coin).
- (of a metal) low in value. [latin bassus]
BASH
—v. - a strike bluntly or heavily. B (often foll. By up) colloq. Attack violently. C (often foll. By down, in, etc.) Damage or break by striking forcibly.
- (foll. By into) collide with. —n. - heavy blow.
- slang attempt. [imitative]
BASK
v. - relax in warmth and light.
- (foll. By in) revel in (basking in glory). [old norse: related to *bathe]
BASS
clef n. Clef placing f below middle c on the second highest line of the staff.
- guitar n. Electric guitar tuned as a double-bass.
- —n. - a lowest adult male singing voice. B singer with this voice.
- instrument pitched lowest in its family.
- colloq. Bass guitar or double-bass.
- low-frequency output of a radio, record-player, etc. —adj. - lowest in musical pitch.
- deep-sounding. bassist n. (in sense 3). [from *base2 altered after italian basso]
- n. (pl. Same or -es) 1 common perch.
- other spiny-finned fish of the perch family. [old english]
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