Webster's Dictionary 1913

1135

Bawbee

Baw‐bee″ (�), n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny.] A halfpenny. [Spelt also baubee.]

1136

Bawble

Baw″ble (�), n. A trinket. See Bauble.

1137

Bawbling

Baw″bling, a. Insignificant; contemptible.

1138

Bawcock

Baw″cock (�), n. [From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird); or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd.] A fine fellow; — a term of endearment. “How now, my bawcock?...

1139

Bawd

Bawd (�), n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry.] A person who keeps a house of prostitut...

1140

Bawd (2)

Bawd, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.

1141

Bawdily

Bawd″i‐ly (�), adv. Obscenely; lewdly.

1142

Bawdiness

Bawd″i‐ness, n. Obscenity; lewdness.

1143

Bawdrick

Bawd″rick (�), n. A belt. See Baldric.

1144

Bawdry

Bawd″ry (�), n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd.] 1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.2. Illicit intercourse; fornicat...

1145

Bawdy

Bawd″y, a. 1. Dirty; foul; — said of clothes.It is al bawdy and to-tore also.Chaucer.2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. “A bawdy story.” Burke.

1146

Bawdyhouse

Baw″dy‐house′ (�), n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

1147

Bawhorse

Baw″horse′ (�), n. Same as Bathorse.

1148

Bawl

Bawl (ba̤l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bawled (ba̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Bawling.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bu...

1149

Bawl (2)

Bawl, v. t. To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.

1150

Bawl (3)

Bawl, n. A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

1151

Bawler

Bawl″er (�), n. One who bawls.

1152

Bawn

Bawn (ba̤n), n. [Ir. & Gael. babhun inclosure, bulwark.] 1. An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure. Spenser.2. A large house. Swift.

1153

Bawrel

Baw″rel (�), n. [Cf. It. barletta a tree falcon, or hobby.] A kind of hawk. Halliwell.

1154

Bawsin

{ Baw″sin (�), Baw″son (�), } n. [OE. bawson, baucyne, badger (named from its color), OF. bauzan, bauçant, bauchant, spotted with white, pied; cf. It. balzano, F. balzan, a whit...

1155

Baxter

Bax″ter (�), n. [OE. bakestre, bakistre, AS. bæcestre, prop. fem. of bæcere baker. See Baker.] A baker; originally, a female baker.

1156

Bay

Bay (�), a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnut-colored; — used only of horses.] Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; — applied to the color of horses.Bay cat(Zoöl.), a...

1157

Bay (2)

Bay, n. [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf. Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay, harbor, creek; Bisc. baia, baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.] 1. (Geog....

1158

Bay (3)

Bay, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.] 1. A berry, particularly ...

1159

Bay (4)

Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bayed (bād); p. pr. & vb. n.Baying.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, ...

1160

Bay (5)

Bay (�), v. t. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. Shak.

1161

Bay (6)

Bay (�), n. [See Bay, v. i.] 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. “The bay of curs.” Cowper.2. [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois, prop. the extremity to which th...