English English Dictionary

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Bait (v. i.)

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

Baited (imp. & p. p.)

of Bait

Baiter (n.)

One who baits; a tormentor.

Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bait

Baize (n.)

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

Bajocco (n.)

A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

Bake (v. t.)

To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

Bake (n.)

The process, or result, of baking.

Bake (v. i.)

To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

Bake (v. i.)

To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.

Bake (v. t.)

To harden by cold.

Bake (v. t.)

To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

Baked (imp. & p. p.)

of Bake

Baked-meat (n.)

A pie; baked food.

Bakehouse (v. t.)

A house for baking; a bakery.

Bakemeat (n.)

Alt. of Baked-meat

Baken

p. p. of Bake.

Baker (v. i.)

One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Baker (v. i.)

A portable oven in which baking is done.

Baker-legged (a.)

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.