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).