Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BATTULATE

BAT'TULATE, verb transitive To interdict commerce. [A word used by the Levant company.]

569

BATTULATION

BATTULA'TION, noun A prohibition of commerce.

570

BATTY

BAT'TY, adjective [from bat, an animal.] Belonging to a bat.

571

BATZ

BATZ, noun A small copper coin with a mixture of silver, current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland.

572

BAUBEE

BAUBEE', noun In Scotland the North of England, a half penny.

573

BAUGE

BAUGE, noun A drugget manufactured in Burgundy, with thread spun thick, and of coarse wool.

574

BAULK

BAULK [See Balk.]

575

BAVAROY

BAV'AROY, noun A king of cloke or surtout.

576

BAVIN

BAV'IN, noun A stick like those bound up in faggots; a piece of waste wood. In war, brush, faggots.

577

BAWBLE

BAW'BLE, noun [According to Spelman, baubella are gems or jewels.]A trifling piece of finery; a gew-gaw; that which is gay or showy without real value.

578

BAWBLING

BAWB'LING, adjective Trifling; contemptible.

579

BAWCOCK

BAW'COCK, noun A fine fellow.

580

BAWD

BAWD, noun [Gr., a procurer or procuress.]A procurer or procuress. A person who keeps a house of prostitution, and conducts criminal intrigues. [Usually applied to females.]BAWD...

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BAWDILY

BAWD'ILY, adverb Obscenely; lewdly.

582

BAWDINESS

BAWD'INESS, noun Obscenity; lewdness.

583

BAWDRICK

BAWD'RICK, noun [See Baldrick.] A belt.

584

BAWDRY

BAWD'RY, noun [See Bawd.] The abominable practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.1. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.

585

BAWDY

BAWD'Y, adjective Obscene; filthy, unchaste; applied to language.

586

BAWDY-HOUSE

BAWD'Y-HOUSE, adjective A house of lewdness and prostitution.

587

BAWL

BAWL, verb intransitive [Latin balo, to bleat; Heb. the blast of a trumpet; to weep, to wail. These all coincide in elements with Latin pello, appello, Eng. peal, and the primar...

588

BAWLED

BAWL'ED, participle passive Proclaimed by outcry.

589

BAWLER

BAWLER, noun One who bawls.

590

BAWLING

BAWL'ING, participle present tense Crying aloud.BAWL'ING, noun The act of crying with a loud sound.

591

BAWN

BAWN, noun An inclosure with mud or stone walls for keeping cattle; a fortification. [Not used.]

592

BAWREL

BAW'REL, noun A kind of hawk.

593

BAWSIN

BAW'SIN, noun A badger.

594

BAXTERIAN

BAXTE'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Baxter, a celebrated English divine; as the baxterian scheme.