B NWAD B.0

B — BAILABLE NWAD B.1

B is the second letter, and the first articulation, or consonant, in the English, as in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and most other alphabets. In the Ethiopic, it is the ninth letter, and its shape is that of a hut. Perhaps from this or other like figure, it received its Hebrew name, beth, a house. It is a mute and a labial, being formed by pressing the whole length of the lips together, as in pronouncing eb. It is less perfectly mute than p, as may be perceived by pronouncing the syllables ab and ap. It is convertible, 1st, with p, as in the Celtic, ben or pen, a mountain; in the English, beak and peak, beck and peck; 2d, with v, as in the German, silber for silver; and in Spanish, b and v are used indifferently; 3d, with f, as in bore and perforo; Eng. bear, L. fero; in the celtic bun, bunadh, bunait, stock, origin, foundation; English, found; L. fundamentum; with the Gr. as Bilip; 4th, with the v and w; as, Ir. fior, L. verus; fear, vir; Ir. buaic, the wick of a candle. NWAD B.1

The Greek B is always pronounced like the English V, and the Russian B corresponds with the Greek. NWAD B.2

In composition, the letter B is changed into p before the letter p; as in opprimo, from ob and premo; oppono, from ob and pono; into f, before f, as in offero, from ob and fero; into c before c, as in occido, from ob and cado, and coedo. NWAD B.3

As a numeral, B was used by the Hebrews and Greeks, as now by the Arabians, for 2; by the Romans for 300, and with a dash over it thus B, for 3000. B is used also as an abbreviation; thus B.A. stand for bachelor of arts; B.L. for bachelor of laws; B.D. for bachelor of divinity; B.F. before the decrees of the old Romans, for bonum factum. In music, B stands for the tone above A; for B flat, or the semi-tone major above A. B also stands for base, and B.C. for basso continuo, or thorough base. NWAD B.4

BAA, n. The cry or appropriate bleating of sheep. NWAD BAA.1

BAA, v.i. To cry or bleat as sheep. NWAD BAA.2

BAAL, n. An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. The word signifies also lord, or commander; and the character of the idol was varied by different nations, at different times. Thus Baal Berith is supposed to signify the Lord of the Covenant; Baal Peor, or rather Baal Phegor, the Lord of the dead. Psalm 106:28. Baal Zebub, the god of flies, etc. NWAD BAAL.1

BABBLE, v.i. NWAD BABBLE.1

1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children. NWAD BABBLE.2

2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly. NWAD BABBLE.3

3. To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets. NWAD BABBLE.4

4. To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream. NWAD BABBLE.5

BABBLE, v.t. To prate; to utter. NWAD BABBLE.6

BABBLE, n. Idle talk; senseless prattle. NWAD BABBLE.7

BABBLEMENT, n. Idle talk; senseless prate; unmeaning words. NWAD BABBLEMENT.1

BABBLER, n. An idle talker; an irrational prattler; a teller of secrets. NWAD BABBLER.1

BABBLING, ppr. Talking idly; telling secrets. NWAD BABBLING.1

2. Uttering a succession of murmuring sounds; as a babbling stream. NWAD BABBLING.2

3. In hunting, babbling is when the hounds are too busy after they have found a good scent. NWAD BABBLING.3

BABBLING, n. Foolish talk. 1 Timothy 6:20. NWAD BABBLING.4

BABE, n. [L. pupus, a word of endearment; pupa, little girl; whence pupillus, pupilla, pupil.] NWAD BABE.1

An infant; a young child of either sex. NWAD BABE.2

BABEL, n. [Heb.] Confusion; disorder. NWAD BABEL.1

BABERY, n. Finery to please a child; any trifling toy for children. NWAD BABERY.1

BABISH, a. Like a babe; childish. NWAD BABISH.1

BABISHLY, adv. Childishly. NWAD BABISHLY.1

BABOON, n. A monkey of the largest species; a quadruped belonging to the genus Simia, in the class Mammalia, and order Primates, according to the system of Linne; but by Pennant arranged under the digitated quadrupeds. Baboons have short tails; a long face; a broad high muzzle; dog-like tusks, or canine teeth; and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are found only on the eastern continent. NWAD BABOON.1

BABY, a. Like a young child; pertaining to an infant. NWAD BABY.1

BABY, n. [See Babe.] An infant or young child of either sex; a babe; [used in familiar language.] NWAD BABY.2

2. A small image in form of an infant, for girls to play with; a doll. NWAD BABY.3

BABY, v.t. To treat like a young child. NWAD BABY.4

BABYHOOD, n. The state of being a baby. NWAD BABYHOOD.1

BABY-HOUSE, n. A place for children’s dolls and babies. NWAD BABY-HOUSE.1

BABYLONIAN, BABYLONISH, a. Pertaining to Babylon, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia, or to the kingdom. The city stood on the river Frat, or Euphrates, and it is supposed, on the spot where the tower of Babel was founded. NWAD BABYLONIAN.1

2. Like the language of Babel; mixed; confused. NWAD BABYLONIAN.2

BABYLONIAN, n. An inhabitant of Babylonia. In ancient writers, an astrologer, as the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. NWAD BABYLONIAN.3

BABYLONIC, BABYLONICAL, a. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as Babylonic garments, carpets or hangings. NWAD BABYLONIC.1

2. Tumultuous; disorderly. NWAD BABYLONIC.2

BABYLONICS, n. plu. The title of a fragment of the history of the world, ending 267 years before Christ, composed by Berosus, a priest of Babylon. NWAD BABYLONICS.1

BABYROUSSA, n. In zoology, the Indian hog, a native of Celebes, and of Buero, but not found on the continent of Asia or of Africa. This quadruped belongs to the genus, Sus, in the class Mammalia, and order Bellua. From the outside of the upper jaw, spring two teeth twelve inches long, bending like horns, and almost touching the forehead. Along the back are some weak bristles, and on the rest of the body only a sort of wool. These animals live in herds, feed on herbage, are sometimes tamed, and their flesh is well tasted. When pursued hard, they rush into the sea, swim or dive and pass from isle to isle. In the forest, they rest their heads by hooking their upper tusks on a bough. NWAD BABYROUSSA.1

BAC or BACK, n. NWAD BAC.1

1. In navigation, a ferry-boat or praam. NWAD BAC.2

2. In brewing, a large flat tub, or vessel, in which wort is cooled before boiling; hence called a cooler. NWAD BAC.3

3. In distilleries, a vessel into which the liquor to be fermented is pumped, from the cooler, in order to be worked with the yeast. NWAD BAC.4

BACCA, n. [L.] In botany, a berry; a fruit which consists of a pulpy pericarp, without valves, inclosing several naked seeds. NWAD BACCA.1

BACCALAUREATE, n. [The first part of this word is from the same root as bachelor; or as Bailey supposes, from bacca, berry; and the latter part, from laurea, a laurel, from the practice of wearing a garland of bay berries.] NWAD BACCALAUREATE.1

The degree of bachelor of arts. NWAD BACCALAUREATE.2

BACCATED, a. [L. baccatus, garnished with pearls, from bacca, a berry.] NWAD BACCATED.1

Set or adorned with pearls; having many berries. NWAD BACCATED.2

BACCHANAL, BACCHANALIAN, n. [from Bacchus, Gr.,the deity of wine and revelling. L. poculum.] NWAD BACCHANAL.1

One who indulges in drunken revels; a drunkard; one who is noisy and riotous, when intoxicated. NWAD BACCHANAL.2

BACCHANAL, BACCHANALIAN, a. Revelling in intemperate drinking; riotous; noisy. NWAD BACCHANAL.3

BACCHANALIAN, a. Pertaining to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. NWAD BACCHANALIAN.1

BACCHANALS, n. plu. Drunken feasts; the revels of bacchanalians. In antiquity, feasts in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine. These were celebrated in spring and autumn, with games and shows. NWAD BACCHANALS.1

BACCHIC, a. Jovial; drunken; mad with intoxication. NWAD BACCHIC.1

2. Relating to Bacchus, the god of wine; as, a bacchic feast or song; bacchic mysteries. NWAD BACCHIC.2

BACCHIUS, n. In ancient poetry, a foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; as in avari. NWAD BACCHIUS.1

BACCIFFEROUS, a. [L. baccifer, of bacca, a berry, and fero, to bear.] NWAD BACCIFFEROUS.1

That produces berries. [See Bacca.] Bacciferous plants formerly included all such plants as have a pulpy fruit, whether of the apple, berry or cherry kind; but the modern systems of botany comprehend under this description such plants only as bear the pulpy pericarp, called bacca, or berry. NWAD BACCIFFEROUS.2

BACCIVOROUS, a. [L. bacca, berry, and voro, to eat.] NWAD BACCIVOROUS.1

Eating or subsisting on berries; as baccivorous birds. NWAD BACCIVOROUS.2

BACHELOR, n. [L. baculus, a stick, that is, a shoot.] NWAD BACHELOR.1

1. A young man who has not been married. NWAD BACHELOR.2

2. A man of any age, who has not been married; often with the word old. NWAD BACHELOR.3

3. A person who has taken the first degree in the liberal arts and sciences, at a college or university. This degree or honor is called the baccalaureate. This title is given also to such as take the first degree in divinity, law or physic, in certain European universities. NWAD BACHELOR.4

4. A knight of the lowest order, or more correctly, a young knight, styled, a knight bachelor. The Germans anciently constituted their young men knights or soldiers, by presenting to them a shield and a lance, in a great council. This ceremony answered to that of the toga virilis of the Romans. In the livery companies of London, those persons not yet admitted to the livery are called bachelors. NWAD BACHELOR.5

BACHELORSHIP, n. The state of being a bachelor. NWAD BACHELORSHIP.1

2. The state of one who has taken his first degree in a college or university. NWAD BACHELORSHIP.2

BACK, n. NWAD BACK.1

1. The upper part of an animal, particularly of a quadruped, whose back is a ridge. In human beings, the hinder part of the body. NWAD BACK.2

2. The outward or convex part of the hand, opposed to the inner, concave part, or palm. NWAD BACK.3

3. As the back of man is the part on the side opposite to the face; hence the part opposed to the front; as the back of a book and of a chimney, or the back of a house. NWAD BACK.4

4. The part opposite to or most remote from that which fronts the speaker or actor, or the part out of sight; as the back of an isle, of a wood, of a village. NWAD BACK.5

5. As the back is the strongest part of an animal, and as the back is behind in motion; hence the thick and strong part of a cutting tool; as the back of a knife, or of a saw. NWAD BACK.6

6. The place behind or nearest the back; as, on the back of a hill or of a village. NWAD BACK.7

7. The outer part of the body, or the whole body; a part for the whole; as, he has not clothes to his back. NWAD BACK.8

8. To turn the back on one, is to forsake, or neglect him. NWAD BACK.9

9. To turn the back to one, to acknowledge to be superior. NWAD BACK.10

10. To turn the back, is to depart, or to leave the care or cognizance of; to remove or be absent. NWAD BACK.11

11. Behind the back, is in secret, or when one is absent. NWAD BACK.12

12. To cast behind the back, in scripture, is to forget and forgive, Isaiah 38:17; or to treat with contempt. Ezekiel 23:35; Nehemiah 9:26. NWAD BACK.13

13. To plow the back, is to oppress and persecute. Psalm 129:3. NWAD BACK.14

14. To bow the back, is to submit to oppression. Romans 11:10. NWAD BACK.15

BACK, adv. To the place from which one came; as, to go back is to return. NWAD BACK.16

2. In a figurative sense, to a former state, condition or station; as, he cannot go back from his engagements. NWAD BACK.17

3. Behind; not advancing; not coming or bringing forward; as, to keep back a part; to keep one’s selfback. NWAD BACK.18

4. Towards times or things past; as, to look back on former ages. NWAD BACK.19

5. Again; in return; as, give back the money. NWAD BACK.20

6. To go or come back, is to return, either to a former place, or state. NWAD BACK.21

7. To go or give back, is to retreat to recede. NWAD BACK.22

BACK, v.t. To mount; to get upon the back; sometimes perhaps to place upon the back; as, to back a horse. NWAD BACK.23

2. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid; as, the Court was backed by the House of Commons. NWAD BACK.24

3. To put backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen. NWAD BACK.25

4. To back a warrant, is for a justice of the peace in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender. NWAD BACK.26

5. In seamanship, to back an anchor is to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one, to prevent its coming home. NWAD BACK.27

6. To back astern, in rowing, is to manage the oars in a direction contrary to the usual method, to move a boat stern foremost. NWAD BACK.28

7. To back the sails, is to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern. NWAD BACK.29

BACK, v.i. To move or go back; as, the horse refuses to back. NWAD BACK.30

BACKBITE, v.t. [back and bite] To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of the absent. Proverbs 25:23. NWAD BACKBITE.1

BACKBITER, n. One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent. NWAD BACKBITER.1

BACKBITING, n. The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2 Corinthians 12:20. NWAD BACKBITING.1

BACKBITINGLY, adv. With secret slander. NWAD BACKBITINGLY.1

BACKBOARD, n. [back and board.] A board placed across the after part of a boat. NWAD BACKBOARD.1

BACKBONE, n. [back and bone.] The bone of the back; or the spine. NWAD BACKBONE.1

BACKCARRY, n. A having on the back; a term of law. NWAD BACKCARRY.1

BACKDOOR, n. [back and door.] A door on the back part of a bulding; a private passage; and indirect way. NWAD BACKDOOR.1

BACKED, pp. Mounted; having on the back; supported by aid; seconded; moved backward. NWAD BACKED.1

BACKED, a. Having a back; a word used in composition; as broad-backed, hump-backed. NWAD BACKED.2

BACKFRIEND, n. [back and friend.] A secret enemy. NWAD BACKFRIEND.1

BACKGAMMON, n. A game played by two persons, upon a table, with box and dice. The table is in two parts, on which are 24 black and white spaces, called points. Each player has 15 men of different colors for the purpose of distinction. NWAD BACKGAMMON.1

BACKGROUND, n. [back and ground.] Ground in the rear or behind, as opposed to the front. NWAD BACKGROUND.1

2. A place of obscurity, or shade; a situation little seen, or noticed. NWAD BACKGROUND.2

BACKHANDED, a. [back and hand.] With the hand turned backward; as a backhanded blow. NWAD BACKHANDED.1

BACKHANDED, adv. With the hand directed backward; as, to strike backhanded. NWAD BACKHANDED.2

BACKHOUSE, n. [back and house.] A building behind the main or front building. NWAD BACKHOUSE.1

BACKING, ppr. Mounting; moving back, as a horse; seconding. NWAD BACKING.1

BACKPAINTING, n. [back and paint.] The method of painting mezzotinto prints, pasted on glass of a size to fit the print. NWAD BACKPAINTING.1

BACKPIECE, n. [back and piece.] The piece of armor which covers the back. NWAD BACKPIECE.1

BACKRETURN, n. Repeated return. NWAD BACKRETURN.1

BACKROOM, n. [back and room.] A room behind the front room, or in the back part of the house. NWAD BACKROOM.1

BACKS, n. Among dealers in leather, the thickest and best tanned hides. NWAD BACKS.1

BACKSET, a. [back and set.] Set upon in the rear. NWAD BACKSET.1

BACKSIDE, n. [back and side.] The back part of anything; the part behind that which is presented to the face of a spectator. Exodus 3:1. NWAD BACKSIDE.1

2. The hind part of an animal. NWAD BACKSIDE.2

3. The yard, ground or place behind a house. NWAD BACKSIDE.3

BACKSLIDE, v.i. [back and slide.] To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually from the faith and practice of christianity. Jeremiah 3:6-22; Hosea 4:16. NWAD BACKSLIDE.1

BACKSLIDER, n. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religion. Proverbs 14:14. NWAD BACKSLIDER.1

2. One who neglects his vows of obedience and falls into sin. NWAD BACKSLIDER.2

BACKSLIDING, n. The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from religion into sin or idolatry. Jeremiah 5:6. NWAD BACKSLIDING.1

BACKSTAFF, n. [back and staff, so called from its being used with the observer’s back toward the sun.] NWAD BACKSTAFF.1

A quadrant; an instrument for taking the sun’s altitude at sea; called also, from its inventor, Davis’s quadrant. NWAD BACKSTAFF.2

BACKSTAIRS, n. [back and stairs.] NWAD BACKSTAIRS.1

Stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs; and figuratively, a private or indirect way. NWAD BACKSTAIRS.2

BACKSTAYS, n. [back and stay.] NWAD BACKSTAYS.1

Long ropes or stays extending from the top-mast heads to both sides of a ship, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast, when strained by a weight of sail, and prevent it from giving way and falling overboard. NWAD BACKSTAYS.2

BACKSWORD, n. [back and sword.] NWAD BACKSWORD.1

A sword with one sharp edge. In England, a stick with a basket handle used in rustic amusements. NWAD BACKSWORD.2

BACKWARD, BACKWARDS, adv. [back and ward. See Ward.] With the back in advance; as, to move backward. NWAD BACKWARD.1

2. Toward the back; as, to throw the arms backward; to move backwards and forwards. NWAD BACKWARD.2

3. On the back, or with the back downwards; as, to fall backward. NWAD BACKWARD.3

4. Toward past times or events; as to look backward on the history of man. NWAD BACKWARD.4

5. By way of reflection; reflexively. NWAD BACKWARD.5

6. From a better to a worse state; as, public affairs go backward. NWAD BACKWARD.6

7. In time past; as, let us look some ages backward. NWAD BACKWARD.7

8. Perversely; from a wrong end. NWAD BACKWARD.8

I never yet saw man but she would spell him backward. NWAD BACKWARD.9

9. Towards the beginning; in an order contrary to the natural order; as, to read backward. NWAD BACKWARD.10

10. In a scriptural sense, to go or turn backward, is to rebel, apostatize, or relapse into sin, or idolatry. Isaiah 1:4. NWAD BACKWARD.11

11. Contrarily; in a contrary manner. NWAD BACKWARD.12

To be driven or turned backward, is to be defeated, or disappointed. Psalm 40:14. turn judgment backward, is to pervert justice and laws. Isaiah 59:14. NWAD BACKWARD.13

BACKWARD, a. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating. For wiser brutes are backward to be slaves. NWAD BACKWARD.14

2. Slow; sluggish; dilatory. The mind is backward to undergo the fatigue of weighing every argument. NWAD BACKWARD.15

3. Dull; not quick of apprehension; behind in progress; as a backward learner. NWAD BACKWARD.16

4. Late; behind in time; coming after something else, or after the usual time; as backward fruits; the season is backward. NWAD BACKWARD.17

BACKWARD, n. The things or state behind or past. NWAD BACKWARD.18

In the dark backward or abysm of time. [Not proper, nor in use.] NWAD BACKWARD.19

BACKWARDLY, adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly; adversely; perversely. NWAD BACKWARDLY.1

BACKWARDNESS, n. Unwillingness; reluctance, dilatoriness, or dullness in action. NWAD BACKWARDNESS.1

2. A state of being behind in progress; slowness; tardiness; as the backwardness of the spring. NWAD BACKWARDNESS.2

BACKWORM, n. [back and worm.] A small worm, in a thin skin, in the reins of a hawk. [See Filanders.] NWAD BACKWORM.1

BACON, n. ba’kn. NWAD BACON.1

Hog’s flesh, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. NWAD BACON.2

To save one’s bacon, is to preserve one’s self from harm. NWAD BACON.3

BACULE, n. In fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made like a pit-fall, with a counterpoise, and supported by two great stakes. NWAD BACULE.1

BACULITE, n. [L. baculus.] NWAD BACULITE.1

A genus of fossil shells, of a straight form, in their cellular structure resembling the ammonites. NWAD BACULITE.2

BACULOMETRY, n. [L. baculus, a staff, and Gr. measure.] NWAD BACULOMETRY.1

The act of measuring distance of altitude by a staff or staves. NWAD BACULOMETRY.2

BAD, a. [Heb. to perish or destroy] NWAD BAD.1

1. Ill; evil; opposed to good; a word of general use, denoting physical defects and moral faults, in men and things; as a bad man, a bad heart, a bad design, bad air, bad water, bad books. NWAD BAD.2

2. Vicious; corrupt; depraved, in a moral sense; as a bad life; a bad action. NWAD BAD.3

3. Unwholesome; as bad provisions. NWAD BAD.4

4. Unfortunate; unprosperous; as a bad state of affairs. NWAD BAD.5

5. Unskillful; as a bad player. NWAD BAD.6

6. Small; poor; as a bad crop. NWAD BAD.7

7. Infirm; as a bad state of health. NWAD BAD.8

8. Feeble, corrupt, or oppressive; as a bad government. NWAD BAD.9

9. Hurtful; pernicious; as, fine print is bad for the eyes. NWAD BAD.10

10. Unfavorable; as a bad season. NWAD BAD.11

11. Poor; sterile; as a bad soil. NWAD BAD.12

12. Rough or muddy; as a bad road. In short, bad expresses whatever is injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, unlawful or immoral; whatever is offensive, painful or unfavorable; or what is defective. NWAD BAD.13

BAD, BADE, the past tense of bid. [See Bid.] NWAD BAD.14

BADGE, n. [I know not the affinities of this word, not having found it in any other language. Probably it belongs to class Bg.] NWAD BADGE.1

1. A mark, sign, token or thing, by which a person is distinguished, in a particular place or employment, and designating his relation to a person or to a particular occupation; as the badge of authority. NWAD BADGE.2

2. The mark or token of anything; as the badge of bitterness. NWAD BADGE.3

3. An ornament on ships, near the stern, decorated with figures. NWAD BADGE.4

BADGE, v.t. To mark, or distinguish with a badge. NWAD BADGE.5

BADGER, n. In law, a person who is licensed to buy corn in one place and sell it in another, without incurring the penalties of engrossing. NWAD BADGER.1

BADGER, n. A quadruped of the genus Ursus, of a clumsy make, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. It inhabits the north of Europe and Asia, burrows, is indolent and sleepy, feeds by night on vegetables, and is very fat. Its skin is used for pistol furniture; its flesh makes good bacon, and its hair is used for brushes to soften the shades in painting. The American badger is called the ground hog, and is sometimes white. NWAD BADGER.2

BADGER-LEGGED, a. Having legs like a badger. Johnson says having legs of unequal length; but, qu. short thick legs. NWAD BADGER-LEGGED.1

BADIAGA, n. A small spunge, common in the North of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises. NWAD BADIAGA.1

BADIANE, BANDIAN, n. The seed of a tree in China, which smells like anise seeds; used by the Chinese and Dutch to give their tea an aromatic taste. NWAD BADIANE.1

BADIGEON, n. A mixture of plaster and free stone, ground together and sifted, used by statuaries to fill the small holes and repair the defects of the stones, of which they make their statues. NWAD BADIGEON.1

BADINAGE, n. Light or playful discourse. NWAD BADINAGE.1

BADLY, adv. [from bad.] In a bad manner; not well, unskillfully; grievously; unfortunately; imperfectly. NWAD BADLY.1

BADNESS, n. The state of being bad, evil, vicious or depraved; want of good qualities, natural or moral; as the badness of the heart, of the season, of the roads, etc. NWAD BADNESS.1

BAFFETAS, BAFTAS, BASTAS, n. An India cloth or plain muslin. That of Surat is said to be the best. NWAD BAFFETAS.1

BAFFLE, v.t. To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or confound; as, to baffle the designs of an enemy. NWAD BAFFLE.1

Fashionable follies baffle argument. NWAD BAFFLE.2

BAFFLE, v.i. To practice deceit. NWAD BAFFLE.3

BAFFLE, n. A defeat by artifice, shifts and turns. NWAD BAFFLE.4

BAFFLED, pp. Eluded; defeated; confounded. NWAD BAFFLED.1

BAFFLER, n. One that baffles. NWAD BAFFLER.1

BAFFLING, ppr. Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one point to another. NWAD BAFFLING.1

BAG, n. [Norm. bage, a bag, a coffer, bagnes, baggage. This word seems to be from the root of pack, pouch.] NWAD BAG.1

1. A sack; a pouch, usually of cloth or leather, used to hold, preserve or convey corn, and other commodities. NWAD BAG.2

2. A sack in animal bodies containing some fluid or other substance. NWAD BAG.3

3. Formerly, a sort of silken purse tied to the hair. NWAD BAG.4

4. In commerce, a certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of corn. NWAD BAG.5

5. Among farriers, a bag of asafoetida and savin is tied to the bits of horses to restore their appetites. NWAD BAG.6

BAG, v.t. To put into a bag. NWAD BAG.7

2. To load with bags. NWAD BAG.8

BAG, v.i. To swell like a full bag, as sails when filled with wind. NWAD BAG.9

BAGATELLE, n. bagatel’. NWAD BAGATELLE.1

A trifle; a thing of no importance. NWAD BAGATELLE.2

BAGGAGE, n. [Eng. package.] NWAD BAGGAGE.1

1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army. NWAD BAGGAGE.2

2. The clothing and other conveniencies which a traveller carries with him, on a journey. NWAD BAGGAGE.3

Having dispatched my baggage by water to Altdorf. NWAD BAGGAGE.4

[The English now call this luggage.] NWAD BAGGAGE.5

BAGGAGE, n. A low worthless woman; a strumpet. NWAD BAGGAGE.6

BAGGING, ppr. Swelling; becoming protuberant. NWAD BAGGING.1

BAGGING, n. The cloth or materials for bags. U. States. Edwards’ W. Indies. NWAD BAGGING.2

BAGNIO, n. ban’yo. [L. balneum.] NWAD BAGNIO.1

1. A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating and otherwise cleansing the body. In Turkey, it is the name of prisons where slaves are kept; so called from the baths which they contain. NWAD BAGNIO.2

2. A brothel. NWAD BAGNIO.3

BAGPIPE, n. [bag and pipe.] NWAD BAGPIPE.1

A musical wind instrument, used chiefly in Scotland and Ireland. It consists of a leathern bag, which receives the air by a tube, which is stopped by a valve; and pipes, into which the air is pressed by the performer. The base-pipe is called the drone, and the tenor or treble is called the chanter. The pipes have eight holes like those of a flute, which the performer stops and opens at pleasure. There are several species of bag-pipes, as the soft and melodious Irish bag-pipe, with two short drones and a long one; the Highland bag-pipe, with two short drones, the music of which is very loud; the Scot’s Lowland bag-pipe, which is played with a bellows and is also a loud instrument. There is also a small pipe, with a chanter about eight inches in length. NWAD BAGPIPE.2

In seamanship, to bag-pipe the mizen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizen shrouds. NWAD BAGPIPE.3

BAGPIPER, n. One who plays on a bag-pipe. NWAD BAGPIPER.1

BAGRE, n. A small bearded fish, a species of Silurus, anguilliform, of a silvery hue, without scales, and delicious food. NWAD BAGRE.1

BAGREEF, n. [bag and reef.] A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy. NWAD BAGREEF.1

BAGUET, n. In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal, sometimes carved and enriched. NWAD BAGUET.1

BAHAR, BARRE, n. Weights used in the E. Indies. The great bahar, for weighing pepper, cloves, nutmegs, etc., is 524 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupoise. The little bahar, for weighing quicksilver, vermilion, ivory, silk, etc., is 437 lbs. 9 oz. NWAD BAHAR.1

BAIGNE, v.t. To soak or drench. [Not used.] NWAD BAIGNE.1

BAIKALITE, n. [From Baikal, a lake in Northern Asia.] NWAD BAIKALITE.1

A mineral occurring in acicular prisms, sometimes long, and either confusedly grouped or radiating from a center. Its color is greenish, or yellowish white. It is regarded as a variety of Tremolite. This name is given also to an olive-green variety of augite and also of epidote. NWAD BAIKALITE.2

BAIL, v.t. NWAD BAIL.1

1. To set free, deliver, or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given that the person bailed shall appear and answer in court. The word is applied to the magistrate, or the surety. The magistrate bails a man, when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment, upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a person, when he procures his release from arrest, by giving bond for his appearance. NWAD BAIL.2

2. To deliver goods in trust, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee or person entrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment, or to bail goods to a carrier. NWAD BAIL.3

3. To free from water, as to bail a boat. This word is improperly written bale. The word is probably the same as bail in law, to free, or liberate, and signifies to throw out water, as with a bucket or shovel. NWAD BAIL.4

BAIL, n. The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from custody, by becoming surety for his appearance in court. NWAD BAIL.5

The bail must be real substantial bondsmen. NWAD BAIL.6

B and B were bail to the arrest in a suit at law. NWAD BAIL.7

Bail is not used with a plural termination. NWAD BAIL.8

2. The security given for the release of a prisoner from custody; as, the man is out upon bail. NWAD BAIL.9

Excessive bail ought not to be required. NWAD BAIL.10

Bail is common or special. Common bail are imaginary persons, who are pledges for the plaintiff’s prosecution; as John Doe and Richard Roe. NWAD BAIL.11

Special bail must be men of real substance, sufficient to pay their bond or recognizance. To perfect or justify bail is to prove by the oath of the person that he is worth the sum for which he is surety beyond his debts. To admit to bail, is to release upon security given by bondsmen. NWAD BAIL.12

3. The handle of a kettle or other vessel. NWAD BAIL.13

4. In England, a certain limit within a forest. NWAD BAIL.14

BAILABLE, a. That may be set free upon bond with sureties; that may be admitted to bail; used of persons. NWAD BAILABLE.1

2. That admits of bail; as a bailable offense. NWAD BAILABLE.2