BAY
BAY, adjective [Latin badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay dark bay d...
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BAY-SALT
BAY-SALT, is salt which crystallizes or receives its consistence from the heat of the sun or action of the air. It forms in pits or basins, and from this circumstance receives i...
BAY-WINDOW
BAY-WINDOW, noun A window jutting out from the wall, as in shops.
BAY-YARN
BAY-YARN, noun A denomination sometimes used promiscuously with woolen yard.
BAYARD
BA'YARD, noun [bay and ard, kind.]1. A bay horse.2. An unmannerly beholder.
BAYARDLY
BA'YARDLY, adjective Blind; stupid.
BAYED
BA'YED, adjective Having bays, as a building.
BAYONET
BA'YONET, noun A short pointed instrument of iron or broad dagger, formerly with a handle fitted to the bore of a gun, where it was inserted for use, after the soldier had fired...
BAYS
BAYS, or BAYZE. [See Baize.]
BAZA
BAZ'A, noun A long, fine spun cotton from Jerusalem, whence it is called Jerusalem cotton.
BAZAR
BAZ'AR, noun Among the Turks and Persians, an exchange, market-place, or place where goods are exposed to sale. Some bazars are open, others are covered with lofty ceilings or d...
BAZAT
BAZ'ATB'BARBACAN, noun1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle, consisting of an elevation of earth about three feet high, along the foot of the rampart.2. A fort...
BBARBARISM
B'BARBARISM, noun [Latin Barbarisums. See Barbarian.]1. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language.2...
BDELLIUM
BDEL'LIUM, noun [Bochard and Parkhurst translate it, pearl. Genesis 2:12. But it is doubtful whether the bdellium of the scriptures is that now used.]A gummy resinous juice, pro...
BE
BE, verb intransitive substantive, participle present tense being; participle passive been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to continue. This verb is defective,...
BEACH
BEACH, noun The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the tide and waves; the strand. It may be sometimes used for the shore of large rivers.
BEACHED
BE'ACHED, adjective Exposed to the wares; washed by the tide and waves.
BEACHY
BE'ACHY, adjective Having a beach or beaches.
BEACON
BE'ACON, noun beekn.1. A signal erected on a long pole, upon an eminence, consisting of a pitch barrel, or some combustible matter, to be fired at night, or to cause a smoke by ...
BEACONAGE
BE'ACONAGE, noun Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
BEAD
BEAD, noun1. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn about the neck, for ornament. A string of beads is called a necklace. Beads are made of gold, pearl, am...
BEAD-MAKER
BE'AD-MAKER, noun One who makes beads. In French, paternostrier is one who makes, strings, and sells beads. In Paris are three companies of paternostriers; one that works in gla...
BEAD-PROOF
BE'AD-PROOF, adjective Spirit is bead-proof when, after being shaken, a crown of bubbles will stand, for some time after, on the surface, manifesting a certain standard of stren...
BEAD-ROLL
BE'AD-ROLL, noun Among Catholics, a list or catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls, they are to repeat a certain number of prayers, which they count by their beads.
BEAD-TREE
BE'AD-TREE, noun The azederach, a species of Melia, a native of the Indies, growing about 20 feet high, adorned with large pinnated or winged leaves, and clusters of pentapetalo...
BEADLE
BE'ADLE, noun1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites persons to appear and answer; called also an apparitor or summoner.2. An officer in a university, whos...
BEADLESHIP
BE'ADLESHIP, noun The office of a beadle.