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baalism noun Worship of Baal; idolatry.
baalist noun Alt. of Baalite
baalite noun A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
babbitt verb t. To line with Babbitt metal.
babbled imp. & past participle of Babble
babbler noun An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets., A hound too noisy on finding a good scent., A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
babying present participle & vb. noun of Baby
babyish adjective Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
babyism noun The state of being a baby., A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
baccara noun Alt. of Baccarat
baccare interj. Alt. of Backare
backare interj. Stand back! give place! — a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess., Same as Baccare.
baccate adjective Pulpy throughout, like a berry; — said of fruits.
bacchic adjective Alt. of Bacchical
bacchii plural of Bacchius
bacchus noun The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
bacilli plural of Bacillus
backing present participle & vb. noun of Back, The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward., That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability., Support or aid given to a person or cause., The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.
backlog noun A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.
backrag noun See Bacharach.
backsaw noun A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
backset noun A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback., Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water., To plow again, in the fall; — said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
baddish adjective Somewhat bad; inferior.
badiaga noun A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.
badness noun The state of being bad.
baffled imp. & past participle of Baffle
baffler noun One who, or that which, baffles.
bagging present participle & vb. noun of Bag, Cloth or other material for bags., The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag., The act of swelling; swelling., Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.
bagasse noun Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.
baggage noun The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army., The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage., Purulent matter., Trashy talk., A man of bad character., A woman of loose morals; a prostitute., A romping, saucy girl.
baggala noun A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.
baggily adverb In a loose, baggy way.
bag net A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
bagpipe noun A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland., To make to look like a bagpipe.
bagreef noun The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.
bagworm noun One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.
bailing present participle & vb. noun of Bail
bailiff noun Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted., A sheriff’s deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc., An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
baillie noun Bailiff., Same as Bailie.
baiting present participle & vb. noun of Bait
bajocco noun A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
balance noun An apparatus for weighing., Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate., Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales., The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness., An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one’s accounts to a balance; — also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account., A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)., The constellation Libra., The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September., A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S., To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance., To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one’s self on a tight rope., To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize., To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate., To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them., To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; — said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account., To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books., To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners., To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail., To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance., To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate., To move toward a person or couple, and then back.
balcony noun A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater., A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
baldrib noun A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
baldric noun A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.
baldwin noun A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baleful adjective Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive., Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
balking present participle & vb. noun of Balk
balkish adjective Uneven; ridgy.
balling present participle & vb. noun of Ball
ballade noun A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
ballast adjective Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing., Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness., Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid., The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete., Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security., To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold., To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid., To keep steady; to steady, morally.
ballium noun See Bailey.
balloon noun A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation., A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul’s, in London., A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form., A bomb or shell., A game played with a large inflated ball., The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure., To take up in, or as if in, a balloon., To go up or voyage in a balloon., To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
balmify verb t. To render balmy.
balmily adverb In a balmy manner.
balneal adjective Of or pertaining to a bath.
bambino noun A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes., Babe Ruth.
banning present participle & vb. noun of Ban
banding present participle & vb. noun of Band
bandage noun A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc., Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature., To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
bandala noun A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
bandana noun A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form., A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
bandbox noun A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
bandeau noun A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
bandlet noun A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring., Same as Bandelet.
bandrol noun A little banner, flag, or streamer., Same as Banderole.
bandits plural of Bandit
bandore noun A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.
bandies plural of Bandy
bandied imp. & past participle of Bandy
baneful adjective Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
banging present participle & vb. noun of Bang, Huge; great in size.
banking present participle & vb. noun of Bank, The business of a bank or of a banker.
bannock noun A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; — used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.
banquet noun A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches., A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats., To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast., To regale one’s self with good eating and drinking; to feast., To partake of a dessert after a feast.
banshee noun Alt. of Banshie
banshie noun A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.
banteng noun The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).
baptism verb i. The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.
baptist noun One who administers baptism; — specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ., One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.
baptize verb t. To administer the sacrament of baptism to., To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name., To sanctify; to consecrate.
barring present participle & vb. noun of Bar
barbing present participle & vb. noun of Barb
barbara noun The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
barbaic adjective Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; — often with reference to barbarous nations of east., Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
barbary noun The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.
barbate adjective Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
barbule noun A very minute barb or beard., One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
bardish adjective Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
bardism noun The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
barfish noun Same as Calico bass.
bargain noun An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration., An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge., A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain., The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap., To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; — followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow., To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.
barilla noun A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes., The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes., Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
barking present participle & vb. noun of Bark
barkery noun A tanhouse.
barmaid noun A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.
barmote noun A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
barocco adjective See Baroque.
baronet noun A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
baroque adjective In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
barpost noun A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
barrack noun A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings., A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc., To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops., To live or lodge in barracks.
barrage noun An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
barrier noun A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy., A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach., A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd., An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack., Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
barroom noun A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
barruly adjective Traversed by barrulets or small bars; — said of the field.
bartery noun Barter.
bartram noun See Bertram.
barwise adverb Horizontally.
barwood noun A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner’s work.
barytes noun Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
barytic adjective Of or pertaining to baryta.
barytum noun The metal barium. See Barium.
basbleu noun A bluestocking; a literary woman.
bascule noun In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.
basenet noun See Bascinet.
bashful adjective Abashed; daunted; dismayed., Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
bashyle noun See Basyle.
basiled imp. & past participle of Basil
basilar noun Alt. of Basilary
basilic noun Basilica., Alt. of Basilical
basined adjective Inclosed in a basin.
basinet noun Same as Bascinet.
basking present participle & vb. noun of Bask
bassock noun A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
bassoon noun A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
bastard noun A “natural” child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union., An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings., A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained., A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor., A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper., Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note., Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; — applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so., Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin., Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book., To bastardize.
basting present participle & vb. noun of Baste
bastion noun A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
batting present participle & vb. noun of Bat, The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball., Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.
batable adjective Disputable.
batatas noun Alt. of Batata
bateaux plural of Bateau
bateful adjective Exciting contention; contentious.
batfish noun A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)
bathing present participle & vb. noun of Bathe, Act of taking a bath or baths.
batiste noun Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
batsmen plural of Batsman
batsman noun The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.
batwing adjective Shaped like a bat’s wing; as, a bat’s-wing burner.
battler noun A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.
battery verb t. The act of battering or beating., The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another’s person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him., Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense., Two or more pieces of artillery in the field., A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns., A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously., An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity., A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc., A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals., The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down., The pitcher and catcher together.
battled imp. & past participle of Battle, Embattled.
batture noun An elevated river bed or sea bed.
battuta noun The measuring of time by beating.
bauxite noun Alt. of Beauxite
bavaroy noun A kind of cloak or surtout.
bawcock noun A fine fellow; — a term of endearment.
bawdily adverb Obscenely; lewdly.
bawling present participle & vb. noun of Bawl
bayatte noun A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).
baybolt noun A bolt with a barbed shank.
bay ice See under Ice.
bayonet noun A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense., A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery., To stab with a bayonet., To compel or drive by the bayonet.
bay rum A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.