Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Baggage

Bag″gage (băg″gā̍j), n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.] 1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army...

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Baggage master

Bag″gage mas′ter (�). One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.

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Baggager

Bag″ga‐ger (�), n. One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower. Sir W. Raleigh.

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Baggala

‖Bag″ga‐la (�), n. [Ar. “fem. of baghl a mule.” Balfour.] (Naut.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in the Indian Ocean.

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Baggily

Bag″gi‐ly (�), adv. In a loose, baggy way.

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Bagging

Bag″ging, n. 1. Cloth or other material for bags.2. The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.3. The act of swelling; swelling.

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Bagging (2)

Bag″ging, n. Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

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Baggy

Bag″gy (�), a. Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

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Bagman

Bag″man (�), n.; pl.Bagmen (�). A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

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Bagnio

Bagn″io (�), n. [It. bagno, fr. L. balneum. Cf. Bain.] 1. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; — also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.

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Bagpipe

Bag″pipe (�), n. A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.☞ It consists of a leather bag, which receives the air by a tube that is stopped by a v...

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Bagpipe (2)

Bag″pipe, v. t. To make to look like a bagpipe.To bagpipe the mizzen(Naut.), to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. Totten.

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Bagpiper

Bag″pip′er (�), n. One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper. Shak.

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Bagreef

Bag″reef′ (�), n. [Bag + reef.] (Naut.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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Bague

‖Bague (�), n.(Arch.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

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Baguet

{ Ba‐guet″, Ba‐guette″ } (�), n. [F. baguette, prop. a rod� It. bacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculu� stick, staff.] 1. (Arch.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a b...

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Bagwig

Bag″wig″ (�), n. A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

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Bagworm

Bag″worm′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platœcetic...

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Bah

Bah (�), interj. An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was utterly unknown to the English public.De Quincey.

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Bahadur

{ ‖Ba‐ha″dur‖Ba‐hau″dur } (?), n. [Written also bahawder.] [Hind. bahādur hero, champion.] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, an...

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Bahai

Ba‐hai″ (bȧ‐hī″), n.; pl. Bahais (–hīz). A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled “Baha 'u 'llah,” or, “the Splendor of ...

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Bahaism

Ba‐ha″ism (?), n. The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

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Bahar

‖Ba‐har″ (�), n. [Ar. bahār, from bahara to charge with a load.] A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being...

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Baigne

Baigne (bān), v. t. [F. baigner to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath.] To soak or drench. Carew.

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Baignoire

‖Bai′gnoire″ (?), n. [Written also baignoir.] A box of the lowest tier in a theater. Du Maurier.

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Bail

Bail (bāl), n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.] A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.The bail of a canoe... ...

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Bail (2)

Bail, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bailed (bāld); p. pr. & vb. n.Bailing.] 1. To lade; to dip and throw; — usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.Buckets... to bail out the wat...