BAD, BADE. The past tense of bid. See BID. BADGE, n. 1. A mark, sign, token, or thing, by which a person is distinguished. 2. The mark or token of any thing. 3. An ornament on ships, near the stern, decorated with figures. BADGE, v. t. To mark, or distinguish with a badge. BADG ER, 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. BADGER, n. A quadruped of the genus ursus. -The American badger is called the ground hog. BADG ER, v. t. To confound. BADI-ANE, or BANDI-AN, n. The seed of a tree in BADLY, adv. In a bad manner; not well; unskilfully; grievously; unfortunately; imperfectly. BAD NESS, n. The state of being bad, evil; vicious or depraved; want of good qualities. BAFFE-TAS, BAFTAS, or BASTAS, n. An India cloth, or plain muslin. That of Surat is said to be the best. BAF FLE, v. t. [Fr. befter.] To mock or elude by artifice; to elride by shifts and turns; hence, to defeat or confound. BAFLE, v. i. To practice deceit. Barrow. BAFFLING, ppr. Eluding by shifts and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. BAG, n. [Norm. bage.] 1. A sack; a pouch, usually of cloth or leather, used to hold, preserve, or convey corn and other commodities. 2. A sack in animal bodies containing some fluid, or other substance. 3. Formerly, a sort of silken purse tied to the hair. 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. BAG, v. t. 1. To put into a bag. 2. To load with bags. BAG, τ. ί. Το swell like a full bag, as sails when filled with wind. BAG-A-TELLE', (bag-a-tel) n. [Fr.] A trifle; a thing of no importance. BAGGAGE, n. [Fr. bagage.] 1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army. 2. The clothing and other conveniences, which a traveler carries with him on a journey. [The English now call this luggage.] BAGGAGE, n. [Fr. bagasse.] A low, worthless woman; a strumpet. BAGIGING, ppr. Swelling; becoming protuberant. BAGGING, n. The cloth or materials for bags. U. States. Edwards' W. Indies. BAGNIO, (ban yo) n. [It. bagno; Sp. baño.] 1. A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating, and otherwise cleansing the body. 2. A brothel. BAG PIPE, n. 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. BAG/PI-PER, n. One who plays on a bag-pipe. BA-GUET', (ba-get') n. [Fr. baguette.] In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal. BAR'RE, BA-HAR,n. Weights used in the East Indies. Encyc. BAIL, v. t. [Fr. and Norm. bailler.] 1. To set free, deliver, or liberate, from arrest and imprisonment. 2. To deliver goods in trust, upon a contract. 3. To free from water, as to bail a boat. This word is improperly written bale. BAIL, n. 1. The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from custody, by becoming surety for his appearance in court. 2. The security given for the release of a prisoner from custody. 3. The handle of a kettle or other vessel. 4. In England, a certain limit within a for est. BAIL/A-BLE, a. 1. That may be set free upon bond with sureties; that may be admitted to bail. 2. That admits of bail. BAIL/BOND, n. A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety. BAILED, pp. 1. Released from custody on bonds for appearance in court. 2. Delivered in trust, to be carried and deposited, re-delivered, or otherwise accounted for. 3. Freed from water, as a boat. BAILEE, n. The person to whom goods are committed in trust. BAIL/ER, or BAILOR, n. One who delivers goods to another in trust. BAILIFF, n. [Fr. baillif.] In England, an officer ap BAIL/IF, pointed by the sheriff, who is the king's bailiff. BAILA-WICK, n. [Scot. bailli, and Sax. wic.] The precinctu in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiffs authority. BAIL/MENT, n. A delivery of goods in trust, upon a con tract. BAIL/PIECE, n. A slip of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance of bail above, or bail to the action. †BAIL Y, n. The office or jurisdiction of a bailiff. Wickliff. BAIN, n. [Fr. bain.) A bath. Hakewill. †BANE, v. t. To bathe. Tuberville. BAIRN, or BARN, n. [Sax. bearn; Scot. bairn.] A child Little used in English. BAIT, n. [Sax. batan.] 1. Any substance for food, used to catch fish, or other animals. 2. A portion of food and drink, or a refreshment taken on a journey. 3. An allure ment; enticement; temptation. BAIT, v. t. 1. To put meat on a hook or line, or in an inclosure, or among snares, to allure fish, fowls and other animals into human power. 2. To give a portion of food and drink to man or beast upon the road. ΒΑΙΤ, τ. i. To take a portion of food and drink for refreshment on a journey. BAIT, v. t. [Goth. beitan.] 1. To provoke and harass by dogs; to harass by the help of others. 2. To attack with violence; to harass in the manner of small animals. ΒΑΙΤ, v. i. Τo clap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover. BAIT, n. White bait, a small fish of the Thames. BAIT ED, pp. 1. Furnished with bait; allured; tempted. 2. Fed, or refreshed, on the road. 3. Harassed by dogs or other small animals; attacked. BAITING, ppr. 1. Furnishing with bait; tempting; alluring. 2. Feeding; refreshing at an inn. 3. Harassing with dogs; attacking. BAIZE, n. [Sp. bausan.] A coarse, woolen stuff, with a long nap. BAKE, v. t. [Sax. bacan.] 1. To heat, dry, and harden, a3 in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place; heated. 2. To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln, or furnace, or by the solar rays. ΒΑΚΕ, ν. 1. 1. To do the work of baking. 2. To be baked; to dry and harden in heat. BAKED, pp. Dried and hardened by heat; dressed in heat. BAKER-LEGGED, a. Having crooked legs, or legs that bend inward at the knees. BAKER-Y, n. 1. The trade of a baker. 2. A place occupied with the business of baking bread, &c. BAKING, ppr. Drying and hardening in heat; dressing or cooking in a close place, or in heat. BAKING, n. The quantity baked at once; as a baking of bread. BALIAN, n. A fish of a beautiful yellow. BALANCE, n. [Fr. balance; Sp. balanza.] 1. A pair of scales, for weighing commodities. 2. One of the simple powers in mechanics. 3. Figuratively, an impartial state of the mind, in deliberating. 4. As balance signifies equal weight, or equality, it is used for the weight or sum necessary to make two unequal weights or sums equal. 5. Balance of trade is an equal exportation of domestic productions, and importation of foreign. 6. Equipoise, or an equal state of power between nations; as, the "balance of power." 7. Equipoise, or an equal state of the passions. 8. That which renders weight or authority equal. 9. The part of a clock or watch which regulates the beats.-10. In astronomy, a sign in the zodiac, called, in Latin, Libra. The hydrostatic balance is an instrument to determine the specific gravity of fluid and solid bodies The assay balance is one which is used in docimastic operations, to determine the weight of minute bodies. BAL/ANCE, v. t. 1. To adjust the weights in the scales of a balance, so as to bring them to an equipoise. 2. To weigh reasons; to compare, by estimating the relative force, importance, or value of different things. 3. To regulate different powers, so as to keep them in a state of just proportion. 4. To counterpoise; to make of equal weight or force; to make equipollent; to support the centre of grav ity. 5. To settle and adjust, as an account BALANCE, v. i. 1. To have on each side equal weight; to be on a poise 2. To hesitate; to fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force. BALANCED, pp. Charged with equal weights; standing on an equipoise; regulated so as to be equal'; settled; adjusted, made equal in weight or amount. BALANCE-FISH, a The tygena, or marteau. BAL/AN-CER, n. 1 The person who weighs, or who uses a balance & A member of an insect useful in balancing the body. 3. One skilled in balancing. BALANCE-REEF, A. A reef band that crosses a sail diagonally, used to contract it in a storm. BALANCING, ppr. Charging with equal weights; being in a state of equipoise; bringing to a state of equality; regulating respective forces or sums to make them equal; setting; adjusting; paying a difference of accounts; hes Rating. BALAN-CING, a. Equilibrium; poise. Spenser riety of spinel ruby. BA-LAUSTINE, A. The wild pomegranate-tree. BALLAD-STYLE, n. The air or manner of a ballad. BAL/LAD-TUNE, n. The tune of a ballad. Warton. BAL/LAD-WRITER, n. A composer of ballads. BAL/LA-RAG, v. t. To bully; to threaten. Warton BAL/LAST, n. [Sax. bat, with last.] 1. Heavy matter, as stone, sand or iron, laid on the bottom of a ship or other vessel, to sink it in the water, to such a depth as to enable it to carry sufficient sail without oversetting. 2. Figuratively, that which is used to make a thing steady. BAL LAST, v. t. 1. To place heavy substances on the bottom of a ship or vessel, to keep it from oversetting. 2 To keep any thing steady, by counterbalancing its force BAL/LAST-ED, pp. Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force. BAL/LAST-ING, ppr. Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady. BAL-HOCIN-ATE, . 1. (L. balbutio.] To stammer in BAL LAST-ING, w. Ballast; that which is used for ballast BAL-BOTIATE, speaking. Dict. BAL-CO-NIED, e. Having balconies. R. North. BAL/GO-NY, n. [Fr. balcon; It. balcone.] In architectare, a frame of wood, iron or stone, in front of a house or other building. BALD, (hawid a. [Sp. baldio.] 1. Destitute of hair, especially on the top and back of the head. 2. Destitute of The natural covering. 3. Without feathers on the head. 4. Destitute of trees on the top. 5. Unadorned; inelegant. 6. Mean, naked, base; without dignity or value. Shak. 7. In popular language, open, bold, audacious. 8. With out heard or awn. BALD-MON-Y, A. The same with gentian. BALDER-DASH, n. Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; any thing jumbled together without juigiment. BALDER DASH, .t. To mix or adulterate liquors. BALLY, ade. Nakedly; meanly; inelegantly; openly. BALDNESS, A. Want of hair on the top and back of the bead, loss of hair; meanness or inelegance of writing; want of ornament. BALD PATE., n. A pate without hair. БАДУРА TED, 4. Destitute of hair; shorn of hair. BALDRICK, n. [L.. balteus, and rick.] 1. A girdle, or richly ornamented belt; a war girdle. 2. The zodiac. BALE, n. Fr. balle: Ger. ballen.] 1. A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for carriage or transportation. 2. Formerly, a pair of dice. BALE, c. t. To make up in a bale. BALE, . Sax. beal, bealo.] Misery; calamity. BALEARIC, a. Pertaining to the isles of Majorca and Migorca. BALE FUL, 4. 1. Woeful; sad; sorrowful; full of grief; producing misery. 2. Mischievous; destructive; pernisome calamitous; deadly. BALE FUL-LY, adr. Sorrowfully; perniciously; in a calamitous manner. BALISTER, n. [L. balista.] A cross bow. bank. BALK, (bawk) n. [Sax. bale; W. balc.] 1. A ridge of lard, left unplowed, between furrows, or at the end of a fhead A great beam, or rafter. [G. balken; D. balk.] 3. Any thing left untouched, like a ridge in plowing. 4. A frustration; disappointment. BALK, bawk e. t. 1. To disappoint; to frustrate. 2. Το leave untouched; to miss or omit. 3. To pile, as in a heap or ridge. 4. To turn aside; to talk beside one's mearing. [Obs.] Spenser. 5. To plow, leaving balks. ALA ED, bawkt pp. 1. Plowed in ridges between furrows, as in American husbandry. 2. Frustrated; disapprented. BALK ER, (bawker) n. One who balks. BALK ING, ppr. Plowing in ridges; frustrating. BALL, G. ball. D. bal; Sw. ball.] 1. A round body; a spherical substance. 2. A bullet. 3. A printer's ball, torasting of hair or wool, covered with leather, and used to put ink on the types in the forms. 4. The globe or earth, freeds its figure. 5. A globe borne as an ensign of authorM6 Any part of the body that is round or protuberant; as, the eye ball. 7. The weight at the bottom of a pendulum. BALL, Fr. bal: It. ballo. An entertainment of dancing. BALL To form into a ball, as snow on horses' hoofs. BALLAD, . It. ballata.) A song, originally, a solemn wing of praise; but now a meaner kind of popular song. BAI/LAD, v. i. To make or sing ballads. Shak. BAL/LAD, v. i. To write ballads. BAL/LA-TED, a. Sung in a ballad. [Little used.] BAL-LA-TOON', n. A heavy luggage boat employed on the rivers about the Caspian lake. BAL-LA-TRY, n. A song; a jig. Milton. BAL/LET, n. [Fr. ballet.] 1. A kind of dance; an interlude; a comic dance, consisting of a series of severa airs, with different movements, representing some subject or action. 2. A kind of dramatic poem, representing some fabulous action or subject. BAL/LI-AGE, or, more correctly, ly, bailage, π. [Ir. baile.] A small duty paid to the city of London by aliens, and even by denizens, for certain commodities exported by them. BAL/LIARDS. See BILLIARDS. BAL/LIS-TER. See BALUSTER. BAL-LISTIC, a. [L. balista.) Pertaining to the balista, or to the art of shooting darts. BAL-LISTICS, n. The science or art of throwing missive weapons, by the use of an engine. BAL-LOON', n. [Fr. ballon.] 1. In general, any spherical, hollow body.-2. In chemistry, a round vessel with a short neck, to receive whatever is distilled; a glass receiver, of a spherical form.-3. In architecture, a ball or globe, on the top of a pillar.-4. In fireworks, a ball of pasteboard, or kind of bomb, stuffed with combustibles, to be played off, when fired, either in the air, or in water, which, bursting like a bomb, exhibits sparks of fire like stars. 5. A game, somewhat resembling tennis, played in an open field, with a large ball of leather, inflated with wind. 6. A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; called, for distinction, an air-balloon. BAL LOON, or BALLO-EN, n. A state barge of Siam, made of a single piece of timber. BALLOT, n. [Fr. ballotte.] 1. A ball used in voting. 2. A ticket, or written vote, being given in lieu of a ballot, is now called by the same name. 3. The act of voting by balls or tickets. BAL LOT, v. i. 1. To vote by ballot. 2. To vote by written papers or tickets. BAILO-TADE, or BALO-TADE, n. In the menage, a leap of a horse between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his fore feet are in the air, he shows nothing but the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. BAL-LO-TATION, n. A voting by ballot. [Little used.] BALLOT-BOX, n. A box for receiving ballots. BALM, (bam) n. [Fr baume. 1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkably odoriferous or aromatic. 2. Any fragrant or valuable ointment. Shak. 3. Any thing which heals, or which soothes or mitigates pain.-4. In botany, the name of several aromatic plants, particularly of the genus melissa. Balm of Gilead. A plant of the genus amyris. Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this plant is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca or of Syria. BALM, v. t. 1. To anoint with balm. 2. To soothe; to mitigate; to assuage BALMY, (bame) a. 1. Having the qualities of balm, aromatic. 2. Producing balm. 3. Soothing; soft; mild 4. Fragrant; odoriferons. 5. Mitigating; easing; assuaging. BAL NE-AL, a. [L. balneum.] Pertaining to a bath. BALNE-A-RY, n. [L. balnearium.] A bathing room Brown. BAL-NE-APTION, n. The act of bathing. Brown. BAL/NE-A-TO-RY, a. Belonging to a bath or stove. BAL/NE-UM, n. [L.] Used in chemistry, for a vessel BALSAM, n. [Gr. βαλσαμον.] An oily, aromatic, resinous substance, flowing spontaneously, or by incision, from certain plants. Balsam apple. An annual Indian plant. Balsam tree. A name given to a genus of plants. BAL SAM-SWEAT-ING, a. Yielding balsam. BALTIC, n. The sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Holstein and Germany. BALTIC, a Pertaining to the sea of that name; situated BAL/US-TER, n. [It. balaustro; Sp. balaustre; Fr. balustre.] BAM, or BEAM, as an initial syllable in names of places, BAMBOO, n. A plant of the reed kind, or genus arundo, BAM-BOOZLE, v. t. To confound; to deceive; to play BAN, v. t. To curse; to execrate. Shak. Knolles. *BA-NANA, n. A species of the genus musa, or plantain- BAND, n. [Sax. banda; Sw. band.] 1. A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confined together.-2. In architecture, any flat, low member or molding, broad, but not deep, called also fascia, face or plinth. 3. Figuratively, any chain; any means of restraint; that which draws or confines. 4. Means of union or connection between persons. 5. Any thing bound round or encircling another. 6. Something worn about the neck. 7. A company of soldiers; the body of men united under one flag or ensign. Also, indefinitely, a troop, a body of armed men. 8. A company of persons any comme design. 9. A slip of canvas, sewed across a sail to strengthen it.-The bands of a saddle are two pieces of iron nailed upon the bows, to hold them in their proper situation. Johnson. BAND, v. t. 1. To bind together; to bind over with a band. 2. To unite in a troop, company or confederacy. BAND, τ. ί. To unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose. BANDAGE, n. [Fr.] 1. A fillet, roller, or swath, used in BAN-DANA, n. A species of silk handkerchief. BAND ED, pp. Bound with a band; united in a band. BANDIED, pp. Beat or tossed to and fro; agitated; con- BANDING, ppr. Binding with a band; uniting in a band or company. BAN-DO-LEERS', n. [Sp. bandolera.] A large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm; worn by ancient musketeers for sustaining their fire arms, and their musket charges, which, being put into little wooden cases, and coated with leather, were hung, to the number of twelve, to each bandoleer. BAN DON, n. Disposal; license. Chaucer. BAN DORE, n. [Sp. bandurria.] A musical stringed instrument, like a lute. BAND ROL, n. [Fr. banderole.] 1. A little flag or streamer in form of a guidon, used to be hung on the masts of vessels. 2. The little fringed silk flag that hangs on a trumpet. BAND STRING, n. A string appendant to a band. BANDY, v. i. To contend, as at some game, in which BAND'Y-LEGGED, a. Having crooked legs. BΑΝΕ, v. 1. To poison. Shak. BANE FUL, a. Poisonous; pernicious; destructive. BANG, n. A blow with a club; a heavy blow. Shak. *ΒΑΝΙΑΝ, n. 1. A man's undress or morning gown, as BANISH, v. t. [Fr. bannir.] 1. To condemn to exile, or còmpel to leave one's country. 2. To drive away; to compel to depart. 3. To quit one's country voluntarily; as, he banished himself. BANISHED, pp. Compelled to leave one's country; driven away BANISH-ER, n. One who compels another to quit his country BANISH-ING, ppr. Compelling to quit one's country; BANISH-MENT, n. 1. The act of compelling a citizen to BANK, v. t. 1. To raise a mound or dike; to inclose, de- BANK/A-BLE, a. Receivable at a bank, as bills; or dis- BANKED, pp. Raised in a ridge or mound of earth; inclosed, BANKER, n. 1. One who keeps a bank. 2. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland Mar. Dict. BANKING, ppr Raising a mound or bank; inclosing with a bank. BANKING, n. The business or employment of a banker. BANK'RUPT, n. [Fr. banqueroute.] 1. A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. 2. A trader who becomes unable to pay his just debts; an insolvent trader. BANDIT, n.; plu. BANDITS, OF BANDITTI, (ban-dit/te) [It. bandito.] An outlaw; also, in a general sense, a robber; a highwayman; a lawless or desperate fellow. BANDLE, n. An Irish measure of two feet in length. BAND LET, n. [Fr. bandelette.] Any little band or flat BANKRUPT, v. t. To break one in trade; to make insol BANK RUPT, a. Having committed acts of bankruptcy unable to pay just debts; insolvent. BANDE-LET, molding. vent. BANK/RUPT-CY, n. 1. The state of being a bankrupt, or BANDOG, n. A large species of dog. Shak. Insolvent, inability to pay all debts. 2. The act of beeming a bankrupt. BANK KUPTED, pp. Rendered insolvent. Ivent. BANK RUPT-LAW, 1. A law, which, upon a bankrupt's surrendering all his property to commissioners for the benefit of his creditors, discharges him from the payment of his debts. BANK'RUTT-SYSTEM, n. A system of laws and legal proceedings in regard to bankrupts BANK-STOCK, a. A share or shares in the capital stock of a bank. BANNER, n. [Fr. banniere.] 1. A square flag; a military ensign, the principal standard of a prince or state. 2. A streamer borne at the end of a lance or elsewhere. 3. In botase, the upper petal of a papilionaceous corol. BANNERED, a. Furnished with or bearing banners. BANNER Ef, R. Fr.] A knight made in the field. On the day of battle, the candidates presented their flags to the king or general, who cut off the train or skirt, and made it square. They were then called knights of the aquste fag. BAN M TION, n. [L. bannitus.] The act of expulsion. Asp. Land. BAN NOCK, n. (Ir. banneog.] A cake made of oatmeal or peas meal, baked on an iron plate over the fire. ΒΑΝΟΥ, «. A species of hawk. BANQUET, n. [Fr. banquet.) A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. BANQUET, B. L. To treat with a feast. BANQUET, F. L. To feast; to regale one's self with good esting and drinking. Shak. BANQUET-ED, pp. Feasted; richly entertained at the BANQUET-ER, n. 1. A feaster; one who lives deliciously. 2. One who makes feasts or rich entertainments. BANQUET-ING, ppr. 1. Feasting; entertaining with rich are. 2. Partaking of rich fare. BANQUET-ING, n. A feast; luxurious living. BANQUETING-HOUSE, or BAN QUET-HOUSE, n. A house where entertainments are made. BANQUET ING-ROOM, n. A saloon, or spacious hall for pabhe entertainments. BANQUETTE, or BAN-QUET', (ban-ket') n. [Fr.] In fort fcation, a little raised way or foot bank, running ab eg the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. BANSHEE, or BEN SHI, n. An Irish fairy. Todd. BAN STICKLE, . A small fish, called also stickle-back. BAN TER, e. t. To play upon in words and in good humor, to rally; to joke, or jest with. BANTER, A. A joking or jesting; raillery; wit or humor ; porasantry. BAN TERED, pp. Rallied; laughed at in good humor BANTER ER, B. One who banters, or laughs at with plearantry. HANTER-ING, ppr. Joking; laughing at with good hu BANDLING, n. A young child; an infant. BAPTISM, R. (Gr. βαπτισμα.] 1. The application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by whob he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. 2. The sufferings of Christ. 3. So much of the gospel as was one arched by John the Baptist. BAPTIMAL, 4. Pertaining to baptism. BAPTIST, n. 1. One who administers baptism. This appersoon is appropriately given to John, the forerunner of Gest. 2. As a contraction of Anabaptist, one who deres the doctrine of infant baptism, and maintains that batam ought to be administered only to adults by immersing the body in water. BAPTISTER-Y, n. [L. baptisterium.] A place where the sacrament of baptism is administered. BAP TIZ ER, w. One who christens, or administers bap BAP TIZING, ppr. Administering baptism to; christen BAIL, «, IW, bar.] 1. A piece of wood, iron or other solid matter, long in proportion to its diameter, used for various parumes bat especially for a hindrance or obstruction. Ans obstacle which obstructs, hinders or defends; an hetraction; a fortification. 3. The shore of the sea, which restrains its waters. 4. The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice; the body of lawyers licensed in a court. 5. Figuratively, any tribunal; as, the bas of public opinion. 6. The inclosed place of a tavern, inn or coffee house, where the landlord or his servant delivers out liquors, and waits upon customers 7. A bank of sand, gravel, or earth, forming a shoal at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing entrance, or rendering it difficult. 8. A rock in the sea; any thing by which structure is held together. 9. Any thing laid across another; as, bars in heraldry, stripes in color, and the like.-10. In the menage, the highest part of the place in a horse's mouth between the grinders and tusks.-11. In music, bars are lines drawn perpendicularly across the lines of the staff, including between each two a certain quantity of time, or number of beats.12. In law, a peremptory exception, sufficient to destroy the plaintiff's action. 13. A bar of gold or silver is an ingot, lump or wedge, from the mines, run in a mold, and unwrought. A bar of iron is a long piece, wrought in the forge, and hammered from a pig.-14 Among printers, the iron with a wooden handle, by which the screw of the press is turned. BAR, v. 1. 1. To fasten with a bar. 2. To hinder; to obstruct, or prevent. 3. To prevent; to exclude; to hinder; to make impracticable. 4. To prohibit; to restrain or exclude by express or implied prohibition. 5. To obstruct, prevent or hinder by any moral obstacle. 6. To except; to exclude by exception. 7. To cross with stripes of a different color. 8. To bar a vein, in farriery, is an opera tion upon the legs of a horse, to stop malignant humors. 9. To adorn with trappings; a contraction of barb. BARB, n. [L. barba.] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. 2. The down, or pubes, covering the surface of some plants. 3. Anciently, armor for horses; formerly, barbe or barde. 4. A common name of the Barbary pigeon. 5. A horse from Barbary, of which it seems to be a contraction. 6. The points that stand backward in an arrow, fish-hook, or other instrument for piercing, intended to prevent its being extracted.-7. In botany, a straight process armed with teeth pointing backward like the sting of a bee. BARB, v. t. 1. To shave; to dress the beard. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To furnish with barbs, as an arrow, fish-hook, spear, or other instrument. 3. To put armor on a horse. Milton. BAR BA-CAN, n. [Fr. barbacane.] 1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle. 2. A fortress at the end of a bridge, or at the outlet of a city, having a double wall with towers. 3. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which guns are leveled and fired upon an enemy. BAR-BA DOES-CHERRY, n. The malpighia. BAR-BA DOES TAR, n. A mineral fluid, of the nature of the thicker fluid bitumens. BAR-BARI-AN, n. [L. barbarus; Gr. βαρβαρος.] 1. Α man in his rude, savage state; an uncivilized person. 2. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. 3. A foreigner. BAR-BA RI-AN, a. 1. Belonging to savages; rude; uncivilized. 2. Cruel; inhuman. BAR-BAR IC, a. [L. barbaricus.] Foreign; imported from foreign nations. BAR BA-RISM, n. [L. barbarismus.] 1. A form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of any language 2. Ignorance of arts; want of learning. Dryden. 3. Rudeness of manners; savagism; incivility; ferociousness; a savage state of society. Spenser. 4 Brutality; cruelty; barbarity. BAR-BAR I-TY, R. 1. The manners of a barbarian; savageness; cruelty; ferociousness, nhumanity. 2. Barbarism; impurity of speech. BAR BAR-IZE, v. t. To make barbarous. Burke. BAR BAR-IZE, v. i. To commit a barbarism. Milton. BAR BAR-OUS, a. 1. Uncivilized; savage; unlettered, untutored; ignorant; unacquainted with arts; stranger to civility of manners. 2. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman. BAR-BAR-OUS-LY, adr. 1. In the manner of a barbarian; ignorantly; without knowledge or arts; contrary to the rules of speech. 2. In a savage, cruel, ferocious or inhu man manner. BAR/BAR-OUS-NESS, n. 1. Rudeness or incivility of manners. 2. Impurity of language. 3. Cruelty; inhumanity; barbarity BAR/BA-RY, A barbary horse; a barb. BAR BATE, a. [L. barbatus.] In botany, bearded; also BARBE In the military art, to fire in barbe, is to fire the cannon over the parapet. BAR BE CUE, n. In the West Indies, a hog roasted whole It is, with us, used for an ox, or perhaps any other animal, dressed in like manner. BAR/BE-CUE, v. t. To dress and roast a hog whole; to roast any animal whole. BARBED, pp. 1. Furnished with armor. 2. Bearded; jagged with hooks or points. 3. Shaved or trimmed; having the beard dressed. BAR'BEL, n. [L. barba.] 1. A fish of the genus cyprinus. 2. A knot of superfluous flesh, growing in the channels of a horse's mouth; written also barble, or barb. BARBER, n. [Persian, barbr.] One whose occupation is to shave men, or to shave and dress hair. Shak. BARBER, v. t. To shave and dress hair. Shak. BAR BER-CHI-RUR/GEON, n. One who joins the practice of surgery with that of a barber, a practice now unusual; a low practitioner of surgery. BAR BER-ESS, n. A female barber. BAR/BER-MONGER, n. A man who frequents the barber's shop; a fop. Shak. BAR/BER-RY, n. [L. berberis.] A plant of the genus berberis, common in hedges; called in England pipperidgebush. BAR BET, n. 1. A name of a species of worms. 2. The bucco, a genus of birds. 3. A dog so called from his long hair. a tree, corresponding to the skin of an animal. 2. Py way of distinction, Peruvian bark. BARK, v. t. To peel; to strip off bark. Also, to cover or inclose with bark: BARK, or BARQUE, n. [Ir. barc; Fr. barque.] A small ship; but appropriately, a ship which carries three masts without a mizzen top-sail. BARK, v. i. [Sax. beorcan.] 1. To make the noise of dogs, when they threaten or pursue. 2. To clamor at; to purque with unreasonable clamor or reproach. BARK-BARED, a. Stripped of the bark. Mortimer. BARK-BOUND, a. Having the bark too firm or close, as with trees. BARKED, pp. Stripped of the bark; peeled; also, covered with bark. BARD, n. [W. bardh.] 1. A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts. 2. In modern usage, a poet. Pope. BARKER, n. One who barks, or clamors unreasonably; one who strips trees of their bark. BARK-GALLED, a. Having the bark galled, as with thorns. BARD, n. The trappings of a horse. BARDED, a. In heraldry, caparisoned. BARKING, ppr. Stripping off bark; making the noise of dogs; clamoring; covering with bark. BARKY, a. Consisting of bark; containing bark. Shak. from Bardesanes. BARDIE, a. Pertaining to bards, or to their poetry. cially for making malt, from which are distilled liquors of extensive use, as beer, ale and porter. BARDISH, a. Pertaining to bards; written by a bard. BARDISM, n. The science of bards; the learning and maxims of bards. Owen. 4 BARE, a. [Sax. bar, or bær.] 1. Naked; without covering. 2. With the head uncovered, from respect. 3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners. 4. Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed. 5. Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. 6. Thread-bare; much worn. 7. Wanting clothes; or ill-supplied with garments. BARE, v. t. [Sax. abarian.] To strip off the covering; to make naked. BARE. The old preterit of bear, now bore. BAREBONE, n. A very lean person. BARE/BONED, a. Lean, so that the bones appear, or, rather, so that the bones show their forms. Made bare; made naked. BARED, pp. BARE FACED, a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. 2. Undisguised; unreserved; without concealment; hence, shameless; impudent; audacious. BARE/FA-CED-LY, adv. Without disguise or reserve; openly; impudently. BARE FA-CED-NESS, n. Effrontery; assurance; auda ciousness. BARE FOOT, a. With the feet bare; without shoes and stockings. BARE FOOT, a. or adv. With the feet bare. BARE HEAD-ED-NESS, n. The state of being bareheaded. BARE NECKED, a. Having the neck uncovered. BARE PICKED, a. Picked to the bone. Shak. BAR FUL. See BARRFUL. BAR GAIN, (bärgin) n. [Fr. barguigner.] 1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; a contract. 2. Stipulation; interested dealing. 3. Purchase, or the thing purchased. BARGAIN, v. i. To make a contract or agreement. BARGAIN, v. t. To sell; to transfer for a consideration. BAR-GAIN-EE/, n. The party in a contract who receives or agrees to receive the property sold. BARGAIN-ER, n. The party in a contract who stipulates to sell and convey property to another. BARGE, (bärj) n. [D. bargie.] 1 A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished. 2. A flat-bottomed vessel of burden, for loading and unloading ships. BARGE-COUP-LES, n. In architecture, a beam mortised into another, to strengthen the building. BARGE-COURSE, n. In bricklaying, a part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters. BARGE MAN, n. The man who manages a barge. BARGE/MAS-TER, n. The proprietor of a barge, conveying goods for hire. BARGER, n. The manager of a barge. BA-RIL/LA, n. [Sp.] 1. A plant cultivated in Spain for its ashes, from which the purest kind of mineral alkali is obtained. 2. The alkali procured from this plant. BARI-TONE. See BARYTONE. BARI-UM, n. The metallic basis of barytes, which is an oxyd of barium. Davy. BXRK, n. [Dan. bark. 1. The rind or exterior covering of BAR/LEY-BRAKE, n. A rural play; a trial of swiftness. BARLEY-BROTH, n. A low word for strong beer. BAR/LEY-CORN, n. A grain of barley; the third part of an inch in length; hence originated our measures of length. BAR/LEY-MOW, n. A mow of barley, or the place where barley is deposited. BARLEY-SUGAR, (barle-shü-gar) n. Sugar boiled till it is brittle, formerly with a decoction of barley. BAR'LEY-WATER, n. A decoction of barley. BARM, n. [Sax. beorm.] Yeast; the scum rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven. BARM'Y, a. Containing barm, or yeast. Shak. BARN, n. [Sax. berern.] A covered building for securing grain, hay, flax, and other productions of the earth. In the Northern States of America, the farmers generally use barns for stabling their horses and cattle; so that, among them, a barn is both a cornhouse, or grange, and a stable. † BARN, v. t. To lay up in a barn. Shak. BARINA-CLE, n. [Port. bernaca.] 1. A shell, which is often found on the bottoms of ships, rocks, and timber, below the surface of the sea. 2. A species of goose, found in the northern seas, but visiting more southern climates in winter. 3. In the plural, an instrument to put upon a horse's nose, to confine him, for shoeing, bleeding, or dressing. BARN-DOOR, n. The door of a barn. Milton. BARO-LITE, n. [Gr. βαρος and λιθος.] Carbonate of barytes. BA-ROME-TER, n. [Gr. βαρος and μετρον.] An instrument for measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. Its uses are to indicate changes of weather, and to deter mine the altitude of mountains. BAR-O-MET'RI-CAL, a. Pertaining or relating to the barometer; made by a barometer. BAR-O-MET RI-CAL-LY, adv. By means of a barometer. BARON, n. [Fr. baron; Sp. baron, or varon; It. barone.] 1. In Great Britain, a title or degree of nobility; a lord; a peer; one who holds the rank of nobility next below that of a viscount. 2. Baron is a title of certain officers, as, barons of the exchequer. Barons of the Cinque Ports are members of the house of commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports.-3. In law, a husband; as, baren and feme, husband and wife. BARON-AGE, n. 1. The whole body of barons or peers. 2. The dignity of a baron. 3. The land which gives title to a baron. Johnson. BARON-ESS, n. A baron's wife or lady. BAR/ON-ET, n. [Fr.; dimin. of baron.] A dignity or degree of honor, next below a baron, and above a knight; having precedency of all knights except those of the garter, and being the only knighthood that is hereditary. BA-RO NI-AL, a. Pertaining to a baron. Encyc. BARO-NY, n. The lordship, honor, or fee of a baron whether spiritual or temporal. BAROS-COPE, π. [Gr. βαρος and σκοπεω.] An instrument to show the weight of the atmosphere; superseded by the barometer. BAR-OS-COPIC, a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. BAR-O-SEL/E-NITE, n. [Gr. βαρος οι βαρυς, and selenite.] BAR-RA-CA DA, n. A fish, about fifteen inches in length, of a dusky color on the back, and a white belly, with small black spots. |