Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Badinage

‖Ba′di′nage″ (�), n. [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.] Playful raillery; banter. “He... indulged himself only in an elegant badinage.” Warburton.

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Badly

Bad″ly, adv. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.☞ Badly is often used colloqui...

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Badminton

Bad″min‐ton (�), n. 1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

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Badness

Bad″ness, n. The state of being bad.

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Bænomere

‖Bæ″no‐mere (�), n. [Gr. βαίνειν to walk + -mere.] (Zoöl.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

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Bænopod

Bæ″no‐pod (�), n. [Gr. βαίνειν to walk + -pod.] (Zoöl.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

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Bænosome

‖Bæ″no‐some (�), n. [Gr. βαίνειν to walk + -some body.] (Zoöl.) The thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

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Bætulus

‖Bæ″tu‐lus (?), n.; pl. Bætuli (#). [L., fr. Gr. βαίτυλοσ a sacred meteorite.] (Antiq.) A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of di...

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Baff

Baff (băf), n. A blow; a stroke. H. Miller.

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Baff (2)

Baff (băf), v. t. & i. [Scot., prob. imitative; cf. G. baff, interj. imitating the sound of a shot.] To strike; to beat; to make a baff.

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Baff (3)

Baff, n. A blow; stroke; thud; specif. (Golf), a stroke in which the sole of the club hits the ground and drives the ball aloft.

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Baffle

Baf″fle (băf″f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Baffled (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Baffling (–flĭng).] [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, I...

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Baffle (2)

Baf″fle, v. i. 1. To practice deceit. Barrow.2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.

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Baffle (3)

Baf″fle, n. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. “A baffle to philosophy.” South.

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Baffle (4)

Baf″fle, n. 1. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be ...

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Bafflement

Baf″fle‐ment (băf″f'l‐ment), n. The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

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Baffler

Baf″fler (băf″flẽr), n. One who, or that which, baffles.

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Baffling

Baf″fling (băf″flĭng), a. Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks. — Baff″ling‐ly, adv. — Baff″ling‐ness, n.

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Baffy

Baff″y (bȧf″y̆), n. [See Baff, v. t.] (Golf) A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

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Baft

Baft (băft). n. Same as Bafta.

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Bafta

Baf″ta (băf″tȧ), n. [Cf. Per. baft woven, wrought.] A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

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Bag

Bag (băg), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.] 1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.2. A sac, or depen...

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Bag (2)

Bag, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bagged (băgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bagging] 1. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.3. To furni...

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Bag (3)

Bag, v. i. 1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.2. To swell with arrogance. Chaucer.3. To become pregnant. Warner. (Alb. Eng.).

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Bag net

Bag″ net′ (nĕt′). A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

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Bagasse

‖Ba‐gasse″ (�), n. Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

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Bagatelle

‖Bag′a‐telle″ (băg′ȧ‐tĕl″), n. [F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n.] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance.Rich trifles...