Bafta: Definition and part of speech

Bafta

  1. n. A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

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.

Bag: Definition and part of speech

Bag

  1. n. A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
  2. n. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
  3. n. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
  4. n. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men’s hair behind, by way of ornament.
  5. n. The quantity of game bagged.
  6. v. i. To swell with arrogance.
  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.

Bagging: Definition and part of speech

Bagging

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bag
  2. n. Cloth or other material for bags.
  3. n. The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.
  4. n. The act of swelling; swelling.

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.

Bagasse: Definition and part of speech

Bagasse

  1. n. Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

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.

Bagatelle: Definition and part of speech

Bagatelle

  1. n. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
  2. n. A trifle; a thing of no importance.

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.

Baggage: Definition and part of speech

Baggage

  1. n. A romping, saucy girl.
  2. n. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
  3. n. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.
  4. n. Purulent matter.
  5. n. Trashy talk.
  6. n. A man of bad character.
  7. n. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.

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.

Baggage master: Definition and part of speech

Baggage master

  1. One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.

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.