English English Dictionary

The trade of a baker.

The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.

of Bake

The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.

In a hot or baking manner.

A baker.

Alt. of Bakshish

Same as Backsheesh.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.

A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.

To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.

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.

To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.

To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

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.

To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.