i : hatred. 2 Opposition or contrariety of nature. 3. The || A-VOWER, n. One who avows, owns, or asserts. A-VERT', v. t. [L. averto.] 1. To turn from; to turn off A-VERT', v. i. To turn away. Thomson. A-VERTER, n. One that turns away, that which turns away. A-VERTING, par. Turning from; turning away. AVI-A-RY, n. [L. aviarium.] A bird cage; an inclosure for keeping birds confined. A-VID 1-OUS-LY, adv. Engerly; with greediness. A-VIDI-TV, n. [L. aviditas.] 1. Greediness; strong appetite. 2. Eagerness; intenseness of desire. AV-I-GATO, or AV-O-CA DO, n. The Persea, or alligator pear. A-VILE, v. t. [Fr. avilir.] To depreciate. Ben Jonson. A-VISE, or † A-VISO, n. [Fr. avis.] Advice, intelligence. †A-VISE, v. i. To consider. Spenser. A-VISE MENT, n. Advisement. See ADVICE and ADVISE. ↑AVI-TOUS, a. [L. avitus.] Ancient. A-VIZE, v. t. To counsel; to consider. Spenser. AV-O-CA'DO, n. [Sp.] The name of a tree. See AVIGATO. † AVIO-CATE, v. t. [L. avoco.] To call off, or away. Boyle. AV-O-CATION, π. 1. The act of calling aside, or diverting from some employment. 2. The business which calls aside. The word is generally used for the smaller affairs of life, or occasional calls which summon a person to leave his ordinary or principal business. The use of this word for vocation is very improper. A-VOCA-TIVE, a. Calling off. A-VOID, τ. τ. [Fr. vuider, or vider.] 1. To shun; to keep at a distance from; that is, literally, to go or be wide from. 2. To shift off, or clear off. 3. To quit; to evacuate; to shun by leaving. 4. To escape. 5. To emit or throw out. 6. To make void; to annul or vacate. A-VOID, v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. 2. To become void, vacant, or empty. A-VOID A-BLE, a. 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned, or escaped. 2. That may be vacated; liable to be annulled. A-VOIDANCE, n. 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning. 2. the act of vacating, or the state of being vacant. 3. The act of annulling. 4. The course by which any thing is carried off. 4-VOID ED, pp. Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected. A-VOIDER, n. 1. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes. 2. The person who carries any thing away; the vessel in which things are carried away. A-VOIDING, ppr. Shunning; escaping; keeping at a dis- AV-OIR-DU-POIS, n. [Fr. avoir du poids.] A weight, of which a pound contains 16 ounces. Its proportion to a pound Troy, is as 17 to 14. This is the weight for the larger and coarser commodities. A-VOKE, v. t. [L. avoco.] To call back. Cockeram. AV-O-LATION, n. [L. avolo.] The act of flying away; flight; escape. [Little used.] AVIO SÉT, n. In ornithology, a species of fowls, arAV-O-SETTA, ranged under the genus recurvirostra. A-VOUCH', .t. [Norm. voucher.] 1. To affirm; to declare or assert with positiveness. 2. To produce or call in; to affirm in favor of, maintain or support. 3. To maintain, vindicate, or justify. Shak. A-VOUCH', n. Evidence; testimony; declaration. Shak. Little used.] A-VOUCH A-BLE, a. That may be avouched. [Little used.] A-VOUCHED, (a-voucht') pp. Affirmed; maintained; called in to support. A-VOUCHER, n. One who avouches. A-VOUCHING, ppr. Affirming; calling in to maintain; vindicating. A-VOUCH MENT, n. Declaration; the act of avouching Shak. A-VOWING, ppr. Openly declaring; frankly acknowledg ing; justifying. A-VOWRY, n. In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking; the act of maintaining the right to distrain, by the distrainer, or defendant in replevin. Blackstone. †A-VOW SAL, n. A confession. Dict. A-VOW TRY. See ADVOWTRY. A-VULSED, a. Plucked or pulled off. Shenstone. A-VULSION, n. [L. avulsio.] A pulling or tearing asunder; a rending or violent separation. A-WAIT, v. t. Literally, to remain, hold, or stay 1. To wait for; to look for, or expect. 2. To be in store for; to attend; to be ready for. A-WAIT, n. Ambush; in a state of waiting for. Spenser. A-WAITING, ppr. Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for. A-WAKE, v. t.; pret. awoke, awaked; pp. awaked. [Sax gewacan, wacian, or weccan.] 1. To rouse from sleep. 2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, or inaction; to put into action, or new life. A-WAKE, v. i. 1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep. 2. To bestir, revive, or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life. 3. To rouse from spiritual sleep. 4. To rise from the dead. Job, xiv. A-WAKE, a. Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action. A-WA KEN, (a-wa/kn) vt. and v. i. The same with awake. A-WA KENED, pp. Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense. A-WA KEN-ER, n. He or that which awakens. A-WA KEN-ING, n. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion than usual. A-WARD, v. t. [Scot. warde.] To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign by sentence. A-WARD, v.i. To judge; to determine; to make an award. A-WARD, n. The judgment, or determination of arbiuators; judgment; sentence. A-WARDED, pp. Adjudged, or given by judicial sentence, or by the decision of arbitrators. A-WARDER, n. One that awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge. A-WARDING, ppr. Adjudging; assigning by judicial sentence; determining. A-WARE, a. [Sax. gewarian.] Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly, in modern usage, apprised; expecting an event from information, or probability. A-WARE, v. i. Το beware; to be cautious. Milton. A-WARN, v. t. To warn, which see. Spenser. A-WATCHA, n. A bird of Kamtchatka. A-WAY', adv. [Sax.aweg.] 1. Absent; at a distance. 2. It is much used with words signifying moving, or going from; as, go away, send away, run away, &c. 3. As an exclamation, it is a command or invitation to depart away, that is, be gone, or let us go. Away with him,' take him away. 4. Away with has a peculiar signification in the phrase, "I cannot away with it." Isa. i. The sense is, "I cannot bear, or endure it." †A-WAY WARD, adv. [Sax. aweg weard.] Turned aside. Gower. AWE, (aw) n. [Dan. ave) 1. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear. 2. Fear; dread inspired by something great or terrific. AWE, v. t. To strike with fear and reverence; to influence by fear, terror, or respect. A-WEARY, a. Weary, which see. Shak. A-WEATHER, adv. On the weather-side, or towards the wind; as, the helm is aweather; opposed to alce. Mar. Dict. AWE BAND, n. A check. Dict. AW'ED, (awd) pp. Struck with fear; influenced by fear or reverence. A-WEIGH, (a-wa') adv. Atrip. The anchor is aweigh, when it is just drawn out of the ground, and hangs perpendicular. AWE-IN-SPIRING, a. Impressing with awe. Bp. Hobart. AWE-STRUCK, a. Impressed or struck with awe. AW FUL, a. 1. That strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence. 2. That fills with terror and dread 3. Struck with awe; scrupulous. †AW/FUL-EYED, a. Having eyes exciting awe. AW FUL-LY, adv. In a manner to fill with awe; in a rev erential manner. AW FUL-NESS, n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; solemnity. 2. The state of being struck with awe. † A-WHAPE, (a-whap') v. t. [W.cwapiaw.] To strike; to confound. Spenser. † A-WHEELS', adv. On wheels. Ben Jonson. A-WHILE, ado. A space of time; for some time; for a short time. 5 A-WHIT, adv A jot; a tittle. Bp. Hall. AWK, a. 1. Odd; out of order. L'Estrange. 2. Clumsy in performance, or manners; unhandy; not dextrous. [Vulgar] AWK WARD, a. 1 Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands or of instruments; unready; not dextrous; bungling; untoward. Dryden. 2. Inelegant; unpolite; ungraceful in manners; clumsy; unnatural; bad. Shak. AWKWARD-LY, adv. Clumsily; in a rude or bungling manner; inelegantly; badly. WKWARD-NESS, n. Clumsiness; ungracefulness in manners; want of dexterity in the use of the hands or instruments. AWL, n. [Sax. al; Ger. ahl.] An iron instrument for piercing small holes ir leather. AWLESS, a. 1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear. 2. Wanting the power of causing reverence; not exciting awe. AWL/WORT, n. The popular name of the subularia aquatica, or rough-leaved alyssum. AWM, or AUM, n. [D. aam; G. ahm.] A Dutch liquid measure, equal to the English tierce. AWN, n. [Sw. agne.] The beard of corn, or grass, as it is usually understood. But, technically, a slender, sharp process, issuing from the chaff or glume in corn and grasses. AWNING, n. [Goth. hulyan.] 1. A cover of canvas, usually a sail or tarpauling, spread over a boat or ship's deck, to shelter from the sun's rays the officers and crew, and preserve the decks. 2. That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulk-head of the cabin. Mar. Dict. AWN'LESS, a. Without awn or beard. azimuth, or vertical circle, passing through the centre of the object.-2. Magnetical azimuth, an arch of the hori zon, intercepted between the azimuth, or vertical circle, passing through the centre of any heavenly body, and the magnetic meridian.-3. Azimuth compass, an instrument for finding either the magnetic azimuth or amplitude of a heavenly object.-4. Azimuth dial, a dial whose stile or gnomon is at right angles to the plane of the horizon.-5. Azimuths, or vertical circles, are great circles intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles. ↑A-WORK', adv. [Sax. gewsorcan.] At work; in a state of labor or action. Shak. A-WORKING, adv. At work; into a state of working or action. Hubbard's Tale. 1-WRY, (a-ri) a. or adv. [Dan. vrider.] 1. Turned or twisted towards one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; asquint; with oblique vision. 2. In a figurative sense, turned aside from the line of truth, or right reason; perverse or perversely. Milton. AXE, n. [improperly written aze. Sax. ex, eax, ase.] An AX, instrument, usually of iron, for hewing timber, and chopping wood. AX-A-YA CAT, n. A fly in Mexico. { hard than nephrite. AX HEAD, n. The head of the axe. AXI-FORM, a. [L. azis and forma.] In the form of an axis. Encyc. AX'IL, n. [L. azilla.] 1. The armpit; a cavity under the upper part of the arm or shoulder.-2. In botany, the space or angle formed by a branch with the stem, or by a leaf with the stem or branch. a. Pertaining to the armpit, or to the axil AXIL-LA-RY, of plants. Axillary leaves are those which proceed from the angle formed by the stem and branch. AXI-NITE, n. A mineral. AX-I-NOM'AN-CY, n. [Gr. αξινη and μαντεια.] Among the ancients, a species of divination, by means of an axe or hatchet.. AXIOM, n. [Gr. αξιωμα.] 1. A self-evident truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident at first sight, that no process of reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer. 2. An established principle in some art or science. AX-IO-MATIC, AX-IO-MATI-CAL, the nature of self-evident truths. AXIS, n.; plu. AXES. [L.] 1. The straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may revolve.-2. In geometry, a straight line in a plain figure, about which it revolves to produce a solid. AXLE, (ak'sl) AXILE-TREE, (ak/sl-tre) of timber, or bar of iron, fitted for insertion in the hobs or naves of wheels, on which the wheels turn. n. [Sax. az, and tree.] A piece AXO-LOTE, n. A water lizard found in the Mexican lake AY, adv. [G. D. Dan. Sw. ja, pron. ya; Fr. oui.] Yes, ΑΥΕ, yea, a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. AYE, adv. [Sax. aa, a, or awa.] Always; forever; continually; for an indefinite time; used in poetry. ↑AY-GREEN, n. Houseleek. Dict. AYLE, n. In law, a grandfather. AY-RY. See AERIE. AZ/A-ROLE, n. [Fr.] A species of thorn. of plum, or prunus. Fam. of Plants. AZI-MUTH, n. 1. In astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and the A-ZOTE, n. [Gr. a and ζωη or ζωτικός.] A species of gas, called also mephitic air, and atmospheric mephitis, on account of its fatal effects upon animal life. † ΑΖOTH, n. 1. Among alchimists, the first principle of metals; the mercury of metals; a universal medicine Ash. 2. The liquor of sublimated quicksilver; brass. A-ZOTIC, a. Pertaining to azote; fatal to animal life. AZO-TITE, n. A salt formed by a combination of the prot oxyd of azote, or nitrous oxyd, with an alkali. *AZURE, (azh-ur) a. [Fr. azur; Sp. azul, or azur; It. azzurro.] Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky. * AZURE, (azh-ur) n. 1. The fine blue color of the sky 2. The sky, or azure vault of heaven.-3. In heraldry, a blue color in coats of all persons under the degree of baron Jones. AZURE, v. t. To color blue. color. Sidney. AZURE-STONE, } n. Another name of the lazulite. AZ'UR-ITE, AZ URN, (azh-urn) a. Of a blue color. Milton. [Little used.) †ΑΖΥΜΕ, n. Unleavened bread. AZY-MITE, n. In church history, Azymites are Christiane who administer the eucharist with unleavened bread. AZ/Y-MOUS, a. [Gr. a and ζυμη.] Unleavened; unfermented; as sea-biscuit. B. B is the second letter, and the first articulation, or conso nant, in the English, as in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and most other alphabets. It is a mute and a labial, being formed by pressing the whole length of the lips together, as in pronouncing eb. The Greek B is always pronounced like the English V, and the Russian B corresponds with the Greek. BXA, (ba) n. The cry or appropriate bleating of sheep. BA'AL, n. An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. BABBLE, v. i. [D. babbelen.] 1. To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children. 2. To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly. 3. To talk much; to prate; hence, to tell secrets. Shak. 4. To utter sounde frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly. BABBLE, v. t. To prate; to utter. BAB'BLE, n. Idle talk; senseless prattle. Shak. BAB/BLE-MENT, n. Idle talk; senseless prate; unmeaning words. Milton. BABBLER, n. An idle talker; an irrational prattler; a teller of secrets. BAB BLING, ppr. 1. Talking idly; telling secrets. 2. Uttering a succession of murmuring sounds. 3. In hunting, babbling is when the hounds are too busy after they have found a good scent. BAB'BLING, n. Foolish talk. 1 Tim. vi. BA BEL, n. [Heb.] Confusion; disorder. BABISH-LY, adv. Childishly. BAB-ÖÖN, n. [Fr. babouin.] A monkey of the largest spe cies. BA'BY, a. Like a young child; pertaining to an infant. BABY, n. 1. An infant or young child of either sex; a babe; [used in familiar language.] 2. A small image in form of an infant, for girls to play with; a doll. BABY, v. t. To treat like a young child. Young. BAB-Y-LONI-AN, or BAB-Y-LONISH, a. 1. Pertaining to Babylon. 2. Like the language of Babel; mixed; con fused. BAB-Y-LONI-AN, n. An inhabitant of Babylonia. In ancient writers, an astrologer. BAB-Y-ROUSSA, n In zoology, the Indian hog, a native of Celebes and of Buero. BABY-SHIP, n. Infancy; childhood. BAC, or BACK, n. [D. bak, a bowl or cistern.] 1. In navigation, a ferry-boat or praam.-2. In brewing, a large flat tub, or vessel, in which wort is cooled before boiling; hence called a cooler.-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. ΒΑΘ'ΕΑ, π. [L.] In botany, a berry. BACCHI-US, n. In ancient poetry, a foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones. BACCHUS-BOLE, n. A flower. Mortimer. BAC-CIFER-OUS, a. [L. baccifer.] That produces berries. BAC-CIVOR-OUS, a. [L. bacia and voro.] Eating or subsisting on berries. BACH'E-LOR, n. [Fr. bachelier; Sp. bachiller.] 1. A man who has not been married. 2. A person who has taken the first degree in the liberal arts and sciences. 3. A knight of the lowest order, or, more correctly, a young Knight, styled a knight bachelor. BACH-E-LOR-SHIP, n. 1. The state of being a bachelor. 2. The state of one who has taken his first degree in a college or university. ΒΑΕΚ, π. (Sax. bac, bæc.] 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. 2. The outward or convex part of the hand, opposed to the inner, concave part, or palm. 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. 4. The part opposite te or most remote from that which fronts the speaker or actor. 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. 6. The place behind or nearest the back.-7. To turn the back on one, is to forsake him. 8 To turn the back to one, to acknowledge to be superior. 9. To turn the back, is to depart, or to leave the care or cognizance of; to remove, or be absent. 10. Behind the back, is in secret, or when one is absent. 11. To cast behind the back, in Scripture, is to forget and forgive, or to treat with contempt. 12. To plow the back, is to oppress and persecute. 13. To boro the back, is to submit to oppression. BACK, adv. 1. To the place from which one came. 2. In a figurative sense, to a former state, condition, or station. 3. Behind; not advancing; not coming or bringing for ward; as, to keep back a part. 4. Towards times or things past. 5. Again; in return. 6. To go or come back, is to return, either to a former place or state. 7. To go or give back, is to retreat, to recede. BACK, τ. 1. 1. To mount; to get upon the back; sometimes, perhaps, to place upon the back. 2. To support, to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid. 3. To put backward; to cause to retreat or recede. 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. ΒΑΕΚ, τ. ί. Τo move or go back; as, the horse refuses to back. BACK FRIEND, (bak'frend) n A secret enemy South. BACK-GAM'MON, n. [W. bac and cammaun.) A game played by two persons, upon a table, with box and dice, BACKGROUND, n. 1. Ground in the rear, or behind, as opposed to the front. 2. A place of obscurity, or shade a situation little seen or noticed. BACK HAND-ED, a. With the hand turned backward. BACK HAND-ED, adv. With the hand directed backward BACK'HOUSE, n. A building behind the main or front building. BACKING, ppr. Mounting; moving back, as a horse; seconding. BACK PAINT-ING, n. The method of painting mezzotinte prints, pasted on glass of a size to fit the print. BACK PIECE, n. The piece of armor which covers the back. BACK/RE-TURN, n. Repeated return. Shak. BACKROOM, n. A room behind the front room, or in the back part of the house. BACKS, n. Among dealers in leather, the thickest and best tanned hides. BACK SET, a. Set upon in the rear. BACK SIDE, n. 1. The back part of any thing; the part behind that which is presented to the face of a spectator. 2. The hind part of an animal. 3. The yard, ground, or place behind a house. * BACK-SLIDE', v. i. To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually from the faith and practice of Christianity *BACK-SLIDER, n. 1. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religion. 2. One who neglects his vows of obedience, and falls into sin. *BACK-SLIDING, n. The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from religion into sin or idolatry. Jer. v. 6. BACK/STAFF, n. A quadrant; an instrument for taking the sun's altitude at sea; called also, from its inventor Davis's quadrant BACK STAIRS, n. Stairs in the back part of a house; pri vate stairs; and, figuratively, a private, or indirect way BACK STAYS, n. Long ropes or stays extending from the topmast heads to both sides of a ship, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. BACK STONE, n. The heated stone, or iron, on which oat-cake is baked. North of England. BACK SWORD, n. A sword with one sharp edge. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements. BACK WARD, or BACK WARDS, adv. 1. With the back in advance. 2. Toward the back. 3. On the back, or with the back downwards. 4. Toward past times or events. 5. By way of reflection; reflexively. 6. From a better to a worse state. 7. In time past. 8. Perversely; from a wrong end. 9. Towards the beginning; in an order contrary to the natural order. 10. Contrarily; in a contrary manner. BACK WARD, a. 1. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating. 2. Slow; sluggish; dilatory. 3. Dull; not quick of apprehension; behind in progress. 4. Late; behind in time; coming after something else, or after the usual time. BACK WARD, v. t. To keep back; to hinder. BACK WARD-NESS, n. 1. Unwillingness; reluctance; BACK WORM, n. A small worm, in a thin skin, in the reins of a hawk. BACK WOUND, v. t. To wound behind the back Shak. BA CON, (ba'kn) n. [W. baccun.] Hog's flesh, salted, or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. To save one's bacon, is to preserve one's self from harm. BACULE, n. [Fr. bascule.] In fortification, a kind of portcuflis or gate, made like a pit-fall. BACU-LITE, n. [L. baculus.] A genus of fossil shells. BAC-U-LOME-TRY, n. [L. baculus, and Gr. μετρον.] The act of measuring distance or altitude by a staff or staves. BAD, a. Ill; evil; opposed to good; a word of general use, denoting physical defects and moral faults in men and things; whatever is injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, unlawful, or immoral; whatever is offensive, painful, or unfavorable; or what is defective. 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. 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. BADGER, n. A quadruped of the genus ursus. The American badger is called the ground hog. BADGER, v. t. To confound. BADGER-LEGGED, a. Having legs like a badger. BADI-ANE, or BAN'DI-AN, n. The seed of a tree in BAD-I-GEON, n. A mixture of plaster and free stone, ground together and sifted. BADIN-AGE, ) n. [Fr.) Light or playful discourse. ChesBA-DIN/E-RIE, terfield. 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 FLF, v. t. [Fr. befter.] To mock or elude by artifice; to elbide by shifts and turns; hence, to defeat or confouad. BAFFLE, v. i. To practice deceit. Barrow. BAF FLING, ppr. Eluding by shifts and turns, or by strat agem; 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, v. i. To 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. BAG GAGE, 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. BAG'RE, n. A small bearded fish, a species of silurus. BAG/REEF, n. A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy. BA-GUET', (ba-get) n. [Fr. baguette.] In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal. BA-HAR', BAR'RE, n. Weights used in the East Indies. Encyc. BAIGNE, v t. [Fr. baigner.] To soak or drench. BAUKAL-ITE, n. A mineral. 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. BAILIA-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. BAIL/PIECE, n. A slip of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance of bail above, or bail to the action. † BAILY, n. The office or jurisdiction of a bailiff. Wickliff. BAIN, n. [Fr. bain.) A bath. Hakewill. Η ΒΑΝΕ, τ. ι. 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, ν. ί. Τo 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. BAIT, v. i. To clap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover. BAIT, n. White bait, a small fish of the Thames. BAITED, 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, as 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, υ. 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 beat. BAKE HOUSE, n. A house or building for baking. lete. BAK'ER-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. BAL/ANCE, 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 maketwo 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. BALANCE, 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, 0. 1. 1. Te have on each side equal weight; to te on a poise 2. To hesitate; to fluctuate between inotives which appear of equal force. BAL/ANCED, pp. Charged with equal weights; standing on an equipoise; regulated so as to be equal; settled; adjusted; made equal in weight or amount. BAL/ANCE-FISH, n The zygana, or marteau. 4 BAL/AN-CER, n. 1. The person who weighs, or who uses a balance 2. A member of an insect useful in balancing the body. 3. One skilled in balancing. BAL/ANCE-REEF, n. A reef band that crosses a sail diagonally, used to contract it in a storm. BALAAN-CING, 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; settling; adjusting; paying a difference of accounts; hesitating. BAL/AN-CING, n. Equilibrium; poise. Spenser riety of spinel ruby. BAL LAD-STYLE, n. The air or manner of a ballad. BAL/LAD-TUNE, n. The tune of a ballad. Warton. BALLAD-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, & 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. BALLAST, 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 BALLAST-ED, pp. Furnished with ballast; kept steady by a counterpoising force. BAL'LAST-ING, ppr. Furnishing with ballast; keeping steady. BA-LAUSTINE, n. The wild pomegranate-tree. BAL-BOTIATE, 3 speaking. Dict. *BAL/CO-NIED, a. Having balconies. R. North. *BAL/CO-NY, n. [Fr. balcon; It. balcone.] In architec ture, a frame of wood, iron or stone, in front of a house or other building. BALD, (bawid) 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. Without beard or awn. BALDIA-CHIN, n. [It. baldacchino; Sp. baldaquino.] In BALD A-QUIN, architecture, a building in form of a canopy, supported by columns, and often used as a covering to insulated altars. BALD MON-Y, n. The same with gentian. BALDER-DASH, n. Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; any thing jumbled together without judgment. BALDER-DASH, v. t. To mix or adulterate liquors. BALDLY, adv. Nakedly; meanly; inelegantly; openly. BALDNESS, n. Want of hair on the top and back of the head; loss of hair; meanness or inelegance of writing; want of ornament. BALD PATE, n. A pate without hair. BALD PA-TED, a. 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, v. t. To make up in a bale. + BALE, n. [Sax. beal, bealo.] Misery; calamity. BAL-E-ARIE, a. Pertaining to the isles of Majorca and Minorca. BA-LISTER, n. [L. balista.] A cross bow. BA-LIZE/, n. [Fr. balise.] A sea-mark; a pole raised on a bank. BALK, (bawk) n. [Sax. bale; W. bale.] 1. A ridge of land, left unplowed, between furrows, or at the end of a field. 2. 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) v. 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 meaning. [Obs.] Spenser. 5. To plow, leaving balks. ALK'ED, (bawkt) pp. 1. Plowed in ridges between furrows, as in American husbandry 2. Frustrated; disappointed. BALKER, (bawk'er) n. One who balks. BALKING, ppr. Plowing in ridges; frustrating. BALL, n. [G. ball; D. bal; Sw. ball.] 1. A round body; a spherical substance. 2. A bullet. 3. A printer's ball, consisting of hair or wool, covered with leather, and used to put ink on the types in the forms. 4. The globe or earth, from its figure. 5. A globe borne as an ensign of authority. 6. Any part of the body that is round or protuberant; as, the eye ball. 7. The weight at the bottom of a pendulum. BALL, n. [Fr. bal; It. ballo. An entertainment of dancing. BALL, τ. 1. Τo form into a ball, as snow on horses' hoofs. BAL/LAD, n. [It. ballata.] A song; originally, a solemn song of praise; but now a meaner kind of popular song. BALALAD, 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. BALLET, 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, táilage, n. [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 BAL/LO-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. BALLOT, v. i. 1. To vote by ballot. 2. To vote by written papers or tickets. BAL/LO-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.] BAL/LOT-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, (bam'e) a. 1. Having the qualities of balm, aromatic. 2. Producing balm. 3. Soothing; soft; mild 4. Fragrant; odoriferous. 5. Mitigating; easing; assuaging. BAL NE-AL, a. [L. balncum.] Pertaining to a bath. BAL/NE-A-RY, n. [L. balnearium.] A bathing room Brown. BAL-NE-ATION, 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. |