Bailable: Definition and part of speech

Bailable

  1. a. That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
  2. a. Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; — used of persons.
  3. a. Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.

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.

Baffle: Definition and part of speech

Baffle

  1. n. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
  2. v. t. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
  3. v. t. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
  4. v. t. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
  5. v. i. To practice deceit.
  6. v. i. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.
  7. 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.