Webster's Dictionary 1828

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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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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...

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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.

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BAFFLED

BAF'FLED, participle passive Eluded; defeated; confounded.

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BAFFLER

BAF'FLER, noun One that baffles.

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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...

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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...

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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

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BAGATELLE

BAGATELLE, noun bagatel'.A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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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 ...

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BAGGING

BAG'GING, participle present tense Swelling; becoming protuberant.BAG'GING, noun The cloth or materials for bags. U.States. Edwards' W. Indies.

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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...

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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 ...

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BAGPIPER

BAG'PIPER, noun One who plays on a bag-pipe.

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BAGRE

BAG'RE, noun A small bearded fish, a species of Silurus, anguilliform, of a silvery hue, without scales, and delicious food.

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BAGREEF

BAG'REEF, noun [bag and reef.] A fourth and lower reef used in the British navy.

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BAGUET

BAGUET', noun In architecture, a little round molding, less than an astragal, sometimes carved and enriched.

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BAHAR

BAHAR'BAIGNE, verb transitive To soak or drench. [Not used.]

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BAIGNE

BAIGNE, v.t. To soak or drench. [Not used.]

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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...

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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....

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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.

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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...

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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...