English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bakery
(n.)
The trade of a baker.
Bakery
(n.)
The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.
Baking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bake
Baking
(n.)
The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and
hardening by heat or cold.
Baking
(n.)
The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.
Bakingly
(adv.)
In a hot or baking manner.
Bakistre
(n.)
A baker.
Baksheesh
(n.)
Alt. of Bakshish
Bakshish
(n.)
Same as Backsheesh.
Balaam
(n.)
A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill
out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass
speaking.
Balachong
(n.)
A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded
up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.
Balaenoidea
(n.)
A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale
and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.
Balance
(n.)
To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts
equal by paying the difference between them.
Balance
(n.)
A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.
Balance
(n.)
To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by
adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
Balance
(n.)
To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling;
as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a
tight rope.
Balance
(n.)
To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to
counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.
Balance
(n.)
To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to
estimate.
Balance
(n.)
To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of
the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a
set of books.
Balance
(n.)
To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to
balance the boom mainsail.