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Ban'ner,n. a flag; a stand

ard. Ban' quet, n a feast. v. to feast; to fare daintily. Ban' ter, v. to play upon ; to rally. n. ridicule, raillery.

Bap' tism, n. a sacrament of admission into the church.

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Bap tize', v. to christen to plunge to administer baptism.

Barbari an, n. a savage. Bar ba rism6, n. an uncouth manner of speaking; inhumanity. Barbar' i ty, n. inhumanity; cruelty.

Bar' ba rous, a. rude; inhuman; cruel.

Bar' ber, n. one whose

trade is to shave. Bard, n. a poet. Barely, ad. merely; openly; nakedly. Bar gain, v. to make a contract. n. a contract; stipulation. Barm, n yest.

Ba rom' e ter, n. a weath

er-glass

Bar' on, n. a rank in nobili

ty next to a viscount. Bar o net, n. the lowest hereditary title, next in rank to a baron.

Bar' os cope, n. an instru ment to shew the weight of the atmosphere. Bar rack, n. a building to quarter soldiers in. Bar' ren, a. unfruitful uninventive.

Bar ri cade', v. to fortify;

to stop up a passage. Bar' ri er, n. a boundary ; a defence.

Bar' ris ter, n. a pleader

at the bar; an advocate. Bar' ter, v. to exchange

one thing for another; to traffick.

Base' ness, n. vileness;

meanness.

Bash aw', n. a turkish viceroy.

Bash' ful, a. timid, modest, shamefaced.

Basilisk, n. a serpent: 2 cockatrice.

Basin, n. a small hollow dish.

Ba' sis, n. the foundation of any thing. Bask, v. to lie in the heat of the sun.

Bass, n. a mat used to

kneel on in churches. Bas seon', . a musical

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Bas' tion, n. a bulwark; a huge mass of earth | usually faced with sods, standing out from rampart. Bate, v. to retrench; to sink the price; n. strife, contention. Bate' ment, n. diminution. Bath, n. a place for bathing.

Bathes, v. to wash in a bath; to wash with any thing.

Bat oon', n. a staff or club; a marshal's staff. Bat tal ion, n. a division

of an army. Bat' ter, v. to beat; to

beat down, to wear out with service. Bat' tle ar ray', n. order of battle.

Bat' tle door, n. a bat to

strike a ball or shuttlecock with. Bat' tle ment, n. a wall with open places to look through or annoy

an enemy. Baw' ble, n. a gewgaw; a trifling piece of finery.

Baw' dy, a. obscene; unchaste.

Bawl, v. to hoot; to cry as a froward child; to proclaim as a crier. Ba yo net, n. a short sword fixed at the end of a musket.

Bdell' ium, n. an aromatic gum, brought from the Levant.

Bea con, n. a mark erect

ed to direct travellers. Bea' dle, n. a petty officer in parishes. Bea`gle, n. a small hound with which hares are hunted.

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Beat' ing, n. correction by blows.

Be ati tude, n blessedness; felicity; happi

ness.

Beau,(bo)n. a man of dress. Beaver, n. an animal; the castor; a hat of the best kind, Beau monde', n. the fashionable world. Beau' te ous, a. fair; elegant in form. Beau' ti ful, a. fair. Beau' ti fy, v. to adorn; to embellish. Beau` tỷ, n. that assem. blage of graces which pleases the eye. Be cause, con. account that. Be calm', v. to still; to quiet the mind. Beck' on, v. to make a sign with the hand. Be come', v. to be suitable to ; to enter into

some state.

on the

Be com' ing, a. graceful;

pleasing; elegant. Bed' lam ite, n. a mad

man; a noisy person. Bed' stead, n the frame which supports a bed. Bee' tle, n. an insect; a large heavy mallet. Be fall', v. to happen; to come to pass

Be fore', prep. further on

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ward; in front of; pri

or to

Be fore' hand, ad. previ ously.

Be friend', v. to favour; to be kind to.

Beg' gar ly,a. mean; poor; indigent.

Be gin', v. to commence. Be gin' ning, n. the first part of any thing. Be gone', in. get away; away; hence.

Be guile', v. to cheat; to amuse; to evade. Be hav' iour, n. conduct; course of life. Be head', v to kill by cutting off the head Be' be moth, n. the river horse; hippopotamus. Be hest', n. a command; order; precept.

Be hold', v. to view; to

see.

Be hold' en, a. bound in gratitude.

Be hoove', v. to be fit; to be meet.

Be ing, n. existence ; a person existing. con. since.

Be la bour, v. to beat; to thump.

Bel' a mōur, n. a gallant;

a consort.

Be la' ted, a. benighted. Bel' foun der, n, one who casts bells.

Bel' fry,n. the place where | Ben e fac'tor, n. he that

bells are rung.

Be lie', v. to calumniate ; to slander.

Be lief, n. persuasion; opinion; creed. Be lieve', v. to credit upon the authority of another. Be liev er, n. a professor of christianity. Belle, n. a gay young lady. Belles lettres, n. polite literature.

Bel li" ge rent, a. waging

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confers a benefit. Be nef' i cence, n. active goodness.

Be nef' i cent, a. kind; doing good. Ben e fi" cial, a. advantageous.

Ben' e fit, v. to do good to; to gain advantage. n. advantage.

Be nev' o lence, n. kindness; disposition to do good.

kind;

Be nev' o lent, a having good will. Be nign, a. kind; generous; liberal.

Be nig' ni ty, n. gracious

ness; actual kindness. Be nign' lỹ, ad, favourably; kindly.

Bent, n. degree of flexure; inclination.

Be queaths, v. to leave by will to another. Be quest', n. something left by will.

Be reave', v. to strip of; to deprive of. Be" ryl,n a precious stone. Be seech', v. to entreat; to supplicate.

Be set', v. to besiege; to embarrass.

Be siege, v. to lay siege

to; to beleaguer. Be smear', v. to bedaub; to soil.

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Be times, ad. seasonably; early.

Be tray', v. to reveal se

crets; to discover. Bet' ter, v. to improve; to surpass; to advance. Be tween', pr. betwixt. Bev' e rage, n. drink; liquor to be drunk

Be wail', v. to bemoan; to lament.

Be ware', v. to be suspi

cious of danger from Be wil' der, v. to puzzle ; to lose in pathless pla

ces.

Be witch', v. to charm; to please.

Be wray', v. to betray; to discover perfidiously. Bi as, v. to incline to some side.

n. propension; inclination. Bi' ble, n. the book; the

sacred volume.

Bib li oth ́e cal a. belonging to a library Bid' ding, n. command; order.

Bi en' ni al, a. continuing for two years.

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Bile, n a thick bitter liquor collected in the gall bladder; a painful swelling.

Bilge, v. to spring a leak; n. the breadth of a ship's bottom.

Bil' ious, a. consisting of bile.

Bilk, v. to cheat; to defraud.

Bill, n. the beak of a fowl; an account of money; an advertise

ment

Bil' let, n a small note or
letter; a stick of wood.
V. to quarter soldiers
Bil' let doux, n. a love-let-

ter.

Bill' iards, n. a kind of play.

Bil' low, n. a wave swollen

Bin' a cle, n. compass box (sea term).

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