Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BALNEATION

BALNEA'TION, noun The act of bathing.

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BALNEATORY

BAL'NEATORY, adjective Belonging to a bath or stove.

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BALOTADE

BAL'OTADE, noun In the menage, a leap of pillars, or upon a strait line, so that when his fore feet are in the air, he shrews nothing but the shoes of his hind feet, without jer...

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BALSAM

BAL'SAM, noun [Latin balsamum.] An oily, aromatic, resinous substance, flowing spontaneously or by incision, from certain plants. A (p.22)great variety of substances pass under ...

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BALSAM-SWEATING

BAL'SAM-SWEATING, adjective Yielding balsam.

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BALSAMATION

BALSAMA'TION, noun The act of rendering balsamic.

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BALSAMI-CAL

BALSAM'I-CAL, adjective Having the qualities of balsam; stimulating; unctuous; soft; mitigating; mild.BALSAM'IC, noun A warm, stimulating, demulcent medicine, of a smooth and oi...

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BALSAMIC

BALSAM'ICBAL'SAMINE, noun touch-me-not, or Impatiens, a genus of plants.

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BALSAMINE

BAL'SAMINE, n. touch-me-not, or Impatiens, a genus of plants.

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BALTIC

BALT'IC, noun [From balte, belt, from certain straits or channels, surrounding its isles, called belts. See Belt.]The sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Holstei...

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BALUSTER

BAL'USTER, noun [Latin palus; Eng.pole, pale. This is corrupted into bannister, which I have rejected.]A small column or pilaster, of various forms and dimension, often adorned ...

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BALUSTERED

BAL'USTERED, adjective Having balusters.23

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BALUSTRADE

BAL'USTRADE, noun A row of balusters, joined by a rail, serving as a fence or inclosure, for altars, balconies, stair-cases, terraces. tops of buildings, etc.

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BAM

BAM or BEAM, as an initial syllable in names of places, signifies wood; implying that the place took its name from a grove, or forest.

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BAMBOO

BAM'BOO, noun A plant of the reed kind, or genus Arundo, growing in the East Indies, and in some other warm climates, and sometimes attaining to the height of 60 feet. From the ...

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BAMBOOZLE

BAMBOO'ZLE, verb transitive To confound; to deceiving; to play low tricks. [A low word.]

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BAMBOOZLER

BAMBOO'ZLER, noun A cheat; one who plays low tricks.

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BAN

BAN, noun1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory.In a more particular sense,2. Notice of a marriage proposed, or of a matrimonial c...

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BANANA

BAN'ANA, noun A species of the genus Musa, or plantain tree, and its fruit. It rises 15 or 20 feet high, with a soft stalk, marked with dark purple stripes and spots, with leave...

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BAND

BAND, noun [See Bind and Bend.]1. A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confine...

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BANDAGE

BAND'AGE, noun A fillet, roller, or swath, used in dressing and binding up wounds, restraining hemorrhages, and joining fractured and dislocated bones. Sometimes, the act or pra...

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BANDANA

BANDAN'A, noun A species of silk handkerchief.

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BANDBOX

BAND'BOX, noun A slight paper box for bands, caps, bonnets, muffs, or other light articles.

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BANDED

BAND'ED, participle passive Bound with a band; united in a band.

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BANDELET

BAND'ELET, noun Any little band or flat molding, as that whichcrowns the Doric architrave.

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BANDER

BAND'ER, noun One that bands or associates with others.

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BANDERET

BAND'ERET, noun [from band.] In Swisserland, a general in chief of military forces.