An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.
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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 God/), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.
The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.
A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.
an island in the Persian Gulf.
of or pertaining to Bahrain (definition 2).
an island in the Persian Gulf; same as Bahrain.
a native or inhabitant of Bahrain.
a language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
To soak or drench.
A box of the lowest tier in a theater.
A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
One who bails or lades.
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
See Bailiwick.
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Bailiff.
The action of bailing a person accused.
One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
A bath; a bagnio.
A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
Either of two Muslim festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.
A child.
Respects; compliments.
To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
One who baits; a tormentor.
harassment, especially of a tethered animal.
A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
The process, or result, of baking.
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
A pie; baked food.
A house for baking; a bakery.
a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
p. p. of Bake.
One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
The trade of a baker.
The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.
In a hot or baking manner.
A baker.
A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
Same as Backsheesh.
The capital city of Azerbaijan. Population (2000) = 1,713,300.
A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.
A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.
close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.
type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.
type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.
a family comprising the shoebills.
a family comprising the right whales.
A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.
the type genus of the Balaenopteridae.
rorquals; blue whales.
a stringed instrument of Russian origin that has a triangular body and three strings.
To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.
Such as can be balanced.
being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; -- opposite of unbalanced.
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
One who balances, or uses a balance.
The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.
Bearing or producing acorns.
A fossil balanoid shell.
A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.
Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.
A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.
To stammer.
The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.
A balcony.
Having balconies.
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.
Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
Having a bald head; lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; -- alsp called bald and bald-pated; as, a bald-headed gentleman.
A rich brocade; baudekin.
The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.
To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
A person whose head is bald.
Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.
The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.
A baldheaded person.
Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.
A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; it is used to support a sword or bugle by the left hip; less properly, any belt.
A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
a person who has a bald head; -- a deprecatory term.
Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.
Plates or blades of /whalebone,/ from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Bal/noidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
A signal fire; an alarm fire.
Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
In a baleful manner; perniciously.
The quality or state of being baleful.
A badgerlike animal of India (Arctonyx collaris).
A crossbow.
a natural family comprising the triggerfishes.
Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistid/. See Filefish.
A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.
A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
to divide a territory into small, hostile states.
The countries occupying the Balkan Peninsula.
Same as baffled.
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly.
In a manner to balk or frustrate.
Uneven; ridgy.
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
A social assembly for the purpose of dancing; -- usually applied to an occasion lavish or formal.
An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.
skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; -- used of a Baseball or basketball or football player.
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