BADNESS
BAD'NESS, noun 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, _ c.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BAFFETAS
BAF'FETASBAF'FLE, verb transitive 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.Fashionable fol...
BAFFLE
BAF'FLE, 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.Fashionable follies baffle argument.
BAFFLED
BAF'FLED, participle passive Eluded; defeated; confounded.
BAFFLER
BAF'FLER, noun One that baffles.
BAFFLING
BAF'FLING, participle present tense Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one...
BAFTAS
BAF'TASBAG, noun [Norm. bage, a bag, a coffer, bagnes, baggage. This word seems to be from the root of pack, pouch.]1. A sack; a pouch, usually of cloth or leather, used to hold...
BAG
BAG, n.[Norm. bage, a bag, a coffer, bagnes, baggage. This word seems to be from the root of pack, pouch.]1. A sack; a pouch, usually of cloth or leather, used to
BAGATELLE
BAGATELLE, noun bagatel'.A trifle; a thing of no importance.
BAGGAGE
BAG'GAGE, noun [Eng.package.]1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army.2. The clothing and other conveniencies which a traveller carries with him, on a ...
BAGGING
BAG'GING, participle present tense Swelling; becoming protuberant.BAG'GING, noun The cloth or materials for bags. U.States. Edwards' W. Indies.
BAGNIO
BAGNIO, noun ban'yo.[Latin balneum.]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 kep...
BAGPIPE
BAG'PIPE, noun [bag and pipe.]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 ...
BAGPIPER
BAG'PIPER, noun One who plays on a bag-pipe.
BAGRE
BAG'RE, noun A small bearded fish, a species of Silurus, anguilliform, of a silvery hue, without scales, and delicious food.
BAGREEF
BAG'REEF, noun [bag and reef.] A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy.
BAGUET
BAGUET', noun In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal, sometimes carved and enriched.
BAHAR
BAHAR'BAIGNE, verb transitive To soak or drench. [Not used.]
BAIGNE
BAIGNE, v.t. To soak or drench. [Not used.]
BAIKALITE
BA'IKALITE, noun [From Baikal, a lake in Northern Asia.]A mineral occurring in acicular prisms, sometimes long, and either confusedly grouped or radiating from a center. Its col...
BAIL
BAIL, verb transitive1. 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 ...
BAILABLE
BA'ILABLE, adjective That may be set free upon bond with sureties; that may be admitted to bail; used of persons.2. That admits of bail; as a bailable offense.
BAILBOND
BA'ILBOND, noun A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
BAILED
BA'ILED, participle passive Released from custody on bonds for appearance in court.2. Delivered in trust, to be carried and deposited, redelivered, or otherwise accounted for.3....
BAILEE
BAILEE', noun The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
BAILER
BA'ILERBA'ILIFF, noun [Heb.lord, chief.] In England, an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiffs are either special, and appointed, for their adroitness, to arrest persons; or...
BAILIF
BA'ILIF, n.[Heb.lord, chief.] In England, an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiffs are either special, and appointed, for their adroitness, to arrest persons; or bailiffs o...