English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Baldpate (a.)

Alt. of Baldpated

Baldpated (a.)

Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.

Baldrib (n.)

A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.

Baldric (n.)

A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.

Baldwin (n.)

A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.

Bale (n.)

Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Bale (n.)

Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.

Bale (v. t.)

See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Bale (n.)

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.

Bale (v. t.)

To make up in a bale.

Balearic (a.)

Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.

Baled (imp. & p. p.)

of Bale

Baleen (n.)

Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

Balefire (n.)

A signal fire; an alarm fire.

Baleful (a.)

Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.

Baleful (a.)

Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.

Balefully (adv.)

In a baleful manner; perniciously.

Balefulness (n.)

The quality or state of being baleful.

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

of Bale

Balisaur (n.)

A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).