Helen Fenton

Bait: Definition and part of speech

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Bait

  1. v. i. A light or hasty luncheon.
  2. v. i. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
  3. v. i. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
  4. v. i. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
  5. v. i. To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one’s self or one’s beasts, on a journey.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Baggy: Definition and part of speech

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Baggy

  1. a. Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bagnio: Definition and part of speech

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Bagnio

  1. n. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
  2. n. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; — also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bagpipe: Definition and part of speech

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Bagpipe

  1. v. t. To make to look like a bagpipe.
  2. n. A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.