Banquet
Ban″quet (băṉ″kwĕt), n. [F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto, dim. of banco a bench, counter. See Bank a bench, and cf. Banquette.] 1. A feast; a sumptuou...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Banquet (2)
Ban″quet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Banqueted; p. pr. & vb. n.Banqueting.] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.Just in time to banquetThe illustrious c...
Banquet (3)
Ban″quet, v. i. 1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets,I would not taste thy treasonous offer.Milton.2. To ...
Banqueter
Ban″quet‐er (băṉ″kwĕt‐ẽr), n. One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.
Banquette
Ban‐quette″ (băṉ‐kĕt″), n. [F. See Banquet, n.] 1. (Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.2. ...
Banquette (2)
Ban‐quette″ (?), n. A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle.My brother-in-law... took refuge in the banquette. Mrs. Howe.
Banshee
{ Ban″shee, Ban″shie } (�), n. [Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a fam...
Bansshee
{ Bans″shee, Ban″shie (?) }, n. [Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] (Celtic Folklore) A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the appr...
Banstickle
Ban″stic′kle (�), n. [OE. ban, bon, bone + stickle prickle, sting. See Bone, n., Stickleback.] (Zoöl.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.
Bantam
Ban″tam (�), n. A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
Bantam work
Ban″tam work′. Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
Banteng
‖Ban″teng (�), n.(Zoöl.) The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).
Banter
Ban″ter (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bantered(�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bantering.] [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See Badinage, and cf. ...
Banter (2)
Ban″ter, n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.Part banter, part affection.Tennyson.
Banterer
Ban″ter‐er (�), n. One who banters or rallies.
Bantingism
Ban″ting‐ism (�), n. A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; — so called from William Banting of London.
Bantling
Bant″ling (�), n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. bäntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard, n.] A young or small...
Bantu
Ban″tu (?), n. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras,...
Banxring
Banx″ring (�), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
Banyan
Ban″yan (�), n. [See Banian.] (Bot.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take r...
Banzai
‖Ban″zai″ (?), interj. [Jap. banzai, banzei, ten thousand years, forever.] Lit., May you live ten thousand years; — used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry.
Baobab
Ba″o‐bab (�), n.(Bot.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
Baphomet
Baph″o‐met (�), n. [A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, OPg. Mafameda.] An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were...
Baptism
Bap″tism (�), n. [OE. baptim, baptem, OE. baptesme, batisme, F. baptême, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to baptize, fr. � to dip in water, akin to � deep, Skr. gāh to dip, bathe,...
Baptismal
Bap‐tis″mal (�), a. [Cf. F. baptismal.] Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows.Baptismal name, the Christian name, which is given at baptism.
Baptismally
Bap‐tis″mal‐ly, adv. In a baptismal manner.
Baptist
Bap″tist (�), n. [L. baptista, G. �]1. One who administers baptism; — specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.2. One of a denomination of Christians who d...