Bacule
Bac″ule (�), n.(Fort.) See Bascule.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Baculine
Bac″u‐line (�), a. [L. baculum staff.] Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
Baculite
Bac″u‐lite (�), n. [L. baculum stick, staff; cf. F. baculite.] (Paleon.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoile...
Baculometry
Bac′u‐lom″e‐try (�), n. [L. baculum staff + -metry.] Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.
Bad
Bad (băd), imp. of Bid. Bade. Dryden.
Bad (2)
Bad (băd), a. [Compar.Worse (wûs); superl.Worst (wûst).] [Probably fr. AS. bæddel hermaphrodite; cf. bædling effeminate fellow.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or mora...
Bad lands
Bad″ lands″ (�). Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much inter...
Badaud
‖Ba′daud″ (?), n. A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.A host of stories... dealing chiefly with the subje...
Badder
Bad″der (�), compar. of Bad, a.Chaucer.
Badderlocks
Bad″der‐locks (�), n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr. Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; — also called murlin...
Baddish
Bad″dish, a. Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey.
Bade
Bade (băd). A form of the past tense of Bid.
Badge
Badge (�), n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS. bōg- in comp., AS. būgan to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend...
Badge (2)
Badge (�), v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Badgeless
Badge″less, a. Having no badge. Bp. Hall.
Badger
Badg″er (�), n. [Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huc...
Badger (2)
Badg″er, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge, n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied ge...
Badger (3)
Badg″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Badgered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Badgering.] [For sense 1, see 2d Badger; for 2, see 1st Badger.] 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry...
Badger game
Badg″er game. The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure.
Badger State
Badger State. Wisconsin; — a nickname.
Badger-legged
Badg″er–legged′ (�), a. Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. Shak.
Badgerer
Badg″er‐er (�), n. 1. One who badgers.2. A kind of dog used in badger baiting.
Badgering
Badg″er‐ing, n. 1. The act of one who badgers.2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.
Badiaga
‖Bad′i‐a″ga (băd′ĭā″gȧ or bȧd‐yä″gȧ), n. [Russ. badiaga.] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the l...
Badian
‖Ba″di‐an (�), n. [F. badiane, fr. Per. bādiān anise.] (Bot.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star ...
Badigeon
Ba‐di″geon (bȧ‐dĭj″ŭn), n. A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill hol...
Badigeon (2)
Ba‐di″geon (bȧ‐dĭj″ŭn), n. A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or...