Helen Fenton

Bague: Definition and part of speech

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Bague

  1. n. The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

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.

Baguette: Definition and part of speech

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Baguette

  1. n. One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
  2. n. A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

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.

Bagworm: Definition and part of speech

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Bagworm

  1. n. One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

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.

Bahar: Definition and part of speech

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Bahar

  1. n. A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

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.

Bail: Definition and part of speech

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Bail

  1. n. A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
  2. v. t. To lade; to dip and throw; — usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.
  3. v. t. To dip or lade water from; — often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.
  4. v./t. To deliver; to release.
  5. v./t. To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.
  6. v./t. To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.
  7. n. Custody; keeping.
  8. n. The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court.
  9. n. The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.
  10. n. The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
  11. 1n. 1 A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To lade; to dip and throw; — usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

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.