Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.
Bagmen (pl. ) of Bagman
Bagman (n.) A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.
Bag net () A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.
Bagnio (n.) A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
Bagpipe (n.) A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.
Bagpipe (v. t.) To make to look like a bagpipe.
Bagpiper (n.) One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.
Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
Baguet (n.) Alt. of Baguette
Baguette (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
Baguette (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
Bagwig (n.) A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.
Bagworm (n.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.
Bah (interj.) An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.
Bahar (n.) A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
Baigne (v. i.) To soak or drench.
Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bail
Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bail
Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.
Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.
Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.
Bail (v./t.) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.
Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court.
Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.
Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.
Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.
Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
Bailer (n.) See Bailor.
Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.
Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.
Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
Bailment (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.
Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
Bain (n.) A bath; a bagnio.
Bain-marie (n.) A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.
Bairn (n.) A child.
Baisemains (n. pl.) Respects; compliments.
Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
Bait (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
Bait (v. i.) A light or hasty luncheon.
Baited (imp. & p. p.) of Bait
Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bait
Bait (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
Bait (v. t.) To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
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.
Baiter (n.) One who baits; a tormentor.
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.
Baked (imp. & p. p.) of Bake
Baking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bake
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.
Bake (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
Bake (v. t.) To harden by cold.
Bake (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
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 (n.) The process, or result, of baking.
Bakehouse (v. t.) A house for baking; a bakery.
Bakemeat (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat
Baked-meat (n.) A pie; baked food.
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.
Bakery (n.) The trade of a baker.
Bakery (n.) The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.
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.