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+<-- Begin file 2 of 26: Letter B (Version 0.46)
+
+ This file is part 2 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
+ Also referred to as GCIDE
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+ This dictionary was derived from the
+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
+ by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
+ Springfield, Mass.
+ Under the direction of
+ Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
+
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+ of Princeton University
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+ Last edit April 9, 2002.
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+ -->
+
+
+<p><-- p. 109 pr=SA --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>B.</point26></centered></p>
+
+<p><hw>B</hw> <pr>(b<emac/)</pr> <def>is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to <it>p</it>, <it>v</it>, <it>f</it>, <it>w</it>, and <it>m</it>, letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. <xex>b</xex>ursar and <xex>p</xex>urser; Eng. <xex>b</xex>ear and Lat. <xex>f</xex>erre; Eng. sil<xex>v</xex>er and Ger. sil<xex>b</xex>er; Lat. cu<xex>b</xex>itum and It. go<xex>m</xex>ito; Eng. se<xex>v</xex>en, Anglo-Saxon seo<xex>f</xex>on, Ger. sie<xex>b</xex>en, Lat. se<xex>p</xex>tem, Gr.<grk>"epta`</grk>, Sanskrit sa<xex>p</xex>tan. The form of letter B is Roman, from the Greek B (<xex>Beta</xex>), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note>In <fld>(Music)</fld>, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the model major scale (the scale of C major), or of the second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A minor). B<flat/ stands for B flat, the tone a half step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands for our B<flat/, while our B natural is called H (pronounced h\'84).</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>B-52</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large long-range bomber airplane of the U. S. military aircraft fleet; <it>B-</it> stands for bomber. It has the capability of delivering nuclear weapons.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba</hw> <pr>(b<aum/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>baer</ets> to open the mouth, F. <ets>bayer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To kiss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Baa</hw> <pr>(b<aum/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>b\'84en</ets>; an imitative word.]</ety> <def>To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>He treble <qex>baas</qex> for help, but none can get.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Baa</hw> <pr>(b<aum/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Baas</plw> <pr>(b<aum/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>b\'84</ets>.]</ety> <def>The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Baa"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The bleating of a sheep.</def> <rj><au>Marryat.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"al</hw> <pr>(b<amac/"<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>Heb. pl. <plw>Baalim</plw> <pr>(-<icr/m)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ba'al</ets> lord.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, <xex>Baal</xex>-berith (the Covenant Baal), <xex>Baal</xex>-zebub (Baal of the fly).</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.</def> <rj><au>Judges x. 6.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"al*ism</hw> <pr>(-<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Worship of Baal; idolatry.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ba"al*ist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ba"al*ite</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.]</ety> <def>Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of <etsep>Bab-ud-Din</etsep>, assumed by him.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Ba"ba</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of plum cake.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>babassu</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (<spn>Orbignya barbosiana</spn>) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (<prod><col><b>babassu oil</b></col></prod>) and a kind of vegetable ivory.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> babassu palm, coco de macao, <spn>Orbignya phalerata</spn>, <spn>Orbignya spesiosa</spn>, <spn>Orbignya martiana</spn>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>babbiting</hw>, <hw>babbitting</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> babbitting</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"bitt</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To line with Babbitt metal.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"bitt met`al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[From the inventor, <person>Isaac <etsep>Babbitt</etsep></person> of Massachusetts.]</ety> <def>A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ble</hw> <pr>(b<acr/b"b'l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Babbled</conjf> <pr>(b<acr/b"b'ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Babbling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>babbeln</ets>, D. <ets>babbelen</ets>, G. <ets>bappeln</ets>, <ets>bappern</ets>, F. <ets>babiller</ets>, It. <ets>babbolare</ets>; prob. orig., to keep saying <ets>ba</ets>, imitative of a child learning to talk.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child <xex>babbles</xex>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To talk much; to chatter; to prate.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In every <qex>babbling</qex> brook he finds a friend.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ Hounds are said to <xex>babble</xex>, or to be <xex>babbling</xex>, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>These [words] he used to <qex>babble</qex> in all companies.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.</def> \'bdThis is mere moral <xex>babble</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The <qex>babble</qex> of our young children.</q> <rj><qau>Darwin.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The <qex>babble</qex> of the stream.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ble*ment</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Babble.</def> <rj><au>Hawthorne.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"bler</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Great <qex>babblers</qex>, or talkers, are not fit for trust.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name given to any one of a family (<fam>Timalin\'91</fam>) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ble*ry</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Babble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. More.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Babe</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Ir. <ets>bab</ets>, <ets>baban</ets>, W. <ets>baban</ets>, <ets>maban</ets>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A doll for children.</def> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Babe"hood</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Babyhood.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Udall.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"bel</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>B\'bebel</ets>, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of \'bdconfusion.\'b8]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Therefore is the name of it called <qex>Babel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xi. 9.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>That <qex>babel</qex> of strange heathen languages.</q> <rj><qau>Hammond.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The grinding <qex>babel</qex> of the street</q>. <rj><qau>R. L. Stevenson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"er*y</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. orig. for <ets>baboonery</ets>. Cf. <er>Baboon</er>, and also <er>Babe</er>.]</ety> <def>Finery of a kind to please a child.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdPainted <xex>babery</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ba"bi*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ba"bi*on</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Baboon</er>.]</ety> <def>A baboon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Bab"il*lard</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a babbler.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also <altname>babbling warbler</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ing*ton*ite</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Dr. <ets>Babbington</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Bab`i*rous"sa</hw>, \'d8<hw>Bab`i*rus"sa</hw>}</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>babiroussa</ets>, fr. Malay <ets>b\'beb\'c6</ets> hog + <ets>r<umac/sa</ets> deer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large hoglike quadruped (<spn>Sus babirussa</spn>, <it>syn.</it> <spn>Porcus babirussa</spn>) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ish</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a babe; a childish; babyish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> \'bd<xex>Babish</xex> imbecility.\'b8 <au>Drayton.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Bab"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Bab"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Bab"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Bab"i*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by <person>Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik</person> (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of <person>Bab-ed-Din</person> (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bab"ist</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A believer in Babism.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Bab"lah</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Per. <ets>bab<umac/l</ets> a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic.]</ety> <def>The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Ba"boo</hw>, \'d8<hw>Ba"bu</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(b<aum/"b<oomac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>b\'beb<umac/</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English <sig>Mr.</sig> or <sig>Esquire</sig>.</def> <rj><au>Whitworth.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab*oon"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>babewin</ets>, <ets>baboin</ets>, fr. F. <ets>babouin</ets>, or LL. <ets>babewynus</ets>. Of unknown origin; cf. D. <ets>baviaan</ets>, G. <ets>pavian</ets>, baboon, F. <ets>babine</ets> lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. <ets>b\'84ppe</ets> mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera <gen>Cynocephalus</gen> and <gen>Papio</gen>; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See <er>Mandrill</er>, and <er>Chacma</er>, and <er>Drill</er> an ape.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab*oon"ery</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Baboonish behavior.</def> <rj><au>Marryat.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab*oon"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a baboon.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ba*bul"</hw>, <hw>Ba*bool"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Bablah</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of <gen>Acacia</gen>, esp. <spn>Acacia Arabica</spn>, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In place of Putney's golden gorse<br/
+The sickly <qex>babul</qex> blooms.</q> <rj><qau>Kipling.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by</hw> <pr>(b<amac/"b<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Babies</plw> <pr>(-b<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>babe</ets>.]</ety> <def>An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small image of an infant; a doll.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Babies in the eyes</b></col>, <cd>the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses,<br/
+Toyed with his locks, looked <qex>babies in his eyes</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Heywood.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; <as>as, <ex>baby</ex> swans</as>.</def> \'bd<xex>Baby</xex> figure\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Babied</conjf> <pr>(b<amac/"b<emac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Babying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.</def> <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>baby-blue-eyes</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> baby blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>baby-faced</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having a face resembling that of a baby</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by farm`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by farm`er</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>One who keeps a baby farm.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by farm`ing</hw>. <def>The business of keeping a baby farm.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by*hood</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or period of infancy.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by*house`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.</def> <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ba"by*ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ba"by*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by*ism</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being a baby.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A babyish manner of acting or speaking.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by jump`er</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab`y*lo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab`y*lo"ni*an</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Bab`y*lon"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Bab`y*lon"ic*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; <as>as, <ex>Babylonic</ex> garments, carpets, or hangings</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tumultuous; disorderly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir J. Harrington.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bab"y*lo`nish</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.</def> \'bdA <xex>Babylonish</xex> garment.\'b8 <rj><au>Josh. vii. 21.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Pertaining to the Babylon of <au>Revelation xiv. 8.</au></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Pertaining to Rome and papal power.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The . . . injurious nickname of <qex>Babylonish</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gage.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Confused; Babel-like.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Bab`y*rous"sa</hw>, \'d8<hw>Bab`y*rus"sa</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Babiroussa</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ba"by*ship</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>baby-sit</hw> <pos>v.</pos> <def>act as a baby-sitter</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> babysit, sit</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>babysitter</hw>, <hw>baby-sitter</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>babysitting</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>baby-walker</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support small children while they are learning to walk, and usually having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called also <altname>walker</altname> and <altname>go-cart</altname>.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> walker, go-cart</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Back</er> a vat.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A vat or cistern. See 1st <er>Back</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>bac"ca</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> simple fruit</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"ca*lau"re*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>baccalaureatus</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>baccalaureus</ets> a bachelor of arts, fr. <ets>baccalarius</ets>, but as if fr. L. <ets>bacca lauri</ets> bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See <er>Bachelor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The degree of bachelor of arts (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A baccalaureate sermon.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac`ca*lau"re*ate</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Baccalaureate sermon</b></col>, <cd>in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Bac`ca*ra"</hw>, <hw>Bac`ca*rat"</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Bac*ca"re</hw>, <hw>Bac*ka"re</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Baccare</qex>! you are marvelous forward.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"cate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>baccatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bacca</ets> berry.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.</def> <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"ca*ted</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having many berries.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Set or adorned with pearls.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"cha*nal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchanalis</ets>. See <er>Bacchanalia</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Relating to Bacchus or his festival.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"cha*nal</hw> <pr>(b<acr/k"k<adot/*n<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.</def> \'bdTipsy <xex>bacchanals</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Drunken revelry; an orgy.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A song or a dance in honor of <persfn>Bacchus</persfn>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Bac`cha*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(b<acr/k`k<adot/*n<amac/"l<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchanal</ets> a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. <ets>Bacchanalia</ets> a feast of Bacchus, fr. <ets>Bacchus</ets> the god of wine, Gr. <grk>Ba`kchos</grk>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac`cha*na"li*an</hw> <pr>(b<acr/k`k<adot/*n<amac/"l<icr/*<ait/n; 106)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Even <qex>bacchanalian</qex> madness has its charms.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac`cha*na"li*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac`cha*na"li*an*ism</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"chant</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Bacchants</plw>, L. <plw>Bacchantes</plw>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>bacchans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>bacchari</ets> to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A priest of Bacchus.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bacchanal; a reveler.</def> <rj><au>Croly.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"chant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.</def> <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"chante</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>L. pl. <plw>Bacchantes</plw>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A priestess of Bacchus.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A female bacchanal.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac*chan"tic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bacchanalian.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Bac"chic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Bac"chic*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchicus</ets>, Gr. <grk>Bakchiko`s</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; riotously drunken; -- used of revelrous gatherings.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bacchanalian, bacchanal, bibulous, carousing, drunken(prenominal), orgiastic, riotous</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p>\'d8<hw>Bac*chi"us</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Bacchii</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchius</ets> pes, Gr. <grk>"o Bakchei^os</grk> (sc. <grk>poy`s</grk> foot).]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"chus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>Ba`kchos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>The god of wine, son of <persfn>Jupiter</persfn> and <persfn>Semele</persfn>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac*cif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>baccifer</ets>; <ets>bacca</ets> berry + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Producing berries.</def> \'bd <xex>Bacciferous</xex> trees.\'b8 <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac"ci*form</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>bacca</ets> berry + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a berry.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bac*civ"o*rous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>bacca</ets> berry + <ets>vorare</ets> to devour.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Eating, or subsisting on, berries; <as>as, <ex>baccivorous</ex> birds</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bace</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n., a., & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Base</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{<hw>Bach"a*rach</hw>, <hw>Back"a*rack</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of wine made at <etsep>Bacharach</etsep> on the Rhine.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Bach"e*lor</hw> <pr>(b<acr/ch"<esl/*l<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>bacheler</ets> young man, F. <ets>bachelier</ets> (cf. Pr. <ets>bacalar</ets>, Sp. <ets>bachiller</ets>, Pg. <ets>bacharel</ets>, It. <ets>baccalare</ets>), LL. <ets>baccalarius</ets> the tenant of a kind of farm called <ets>baccalaria</ets>, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See <er>Baccalaureate</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A man of any age who has not been married.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>As merry and mellow an old <qex>bachelor</qex> as ever followed a hound.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An unmarried woman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 110 pr=SA --></p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; <as>as, a <ex>bachelor</ex> of arts</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (<spn>Pomoxys annularis</spn>) of the southern United States.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><