Astrictive, a. styptic; of a binding nature. Astride, ad. with the legs apart. Astrin'ge, v. to draw together, to bind. Astrin'gency, s. the power of contracting. Astringent, a. binding, contracting: s. a medicine that binds, or restrains discharges. Astrolabe, s. an instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars at sea. Astrologer, s. one who pretends to foretel events by the aspects, &c. of the stars. Astrologic, Astrological, a. belonging or relating to astrology.

Astrologically, ad.in an astrological manner. Astrology, 8. the science of foretelling events by the stars, planets, &c.

Astronomer, 8. one who studies celestial bodies.

Astronom'ic, Astronom'ical, a. belonging to astronomy.

Astronomically, ad. in an astronomical

manner.

Astronomy, s. the science that teaches the
knowledge of the heavenly bodies.
Astn'te, a. cunning; shrewd, penetrating.
Astuteness, s. craft, cunning, subtlety.
Asun'der, ad. separately, in two parts.
Asylum, s. a refuge, a place of protection.
At, prep. near to, in, by, on, with.
At'aghan, s. a small Turkish sabre; a dagger.
A'theism, s. the disbelief of a God.
A'theist, s. a disbeliever in God's existence.
Atheistic, Atheis'tical, a. impious.
Atheistically, ad. in an atheistic manner.
Athirst, ad. dry, thirsty, in want of drink.
Athle'tæ, s. pl. public or prize wrestlers of
Greece and Rome.

Athlet'ic, a. strong, lusty, bony, vigorous.
Athwart', ad. across, through; wrong.
Atilt', ad. in a raised posture.
Atlante'an, a. resembling Atlas; huge.
Atlantic, s. the ocean between Europe and
America: a. pertaining to the Atlantic
Ocean.

Atlan'tides, s. pl. the Pleiades or seven stars. At'ias, s. a collection of maps; a mountain in Africa.

Atmosphere, s. the air that encompasses the
earth on all sides.
Atmospheric, Atmospher'ical, a. relating to
the atmosphere.

At'om, At'omy, s. an extreme small particle.
Atom'ic, Atom'ical, a. consisting of atoms.
Atomism, s. the doctrine of atoms.
Atomist, s. one who holds the atomical phi-
losophy, or doctrine of atoms.
Ato'ne, v. to answer for; to expiate.
Atonement, s. agreement; expiation.
Ato'ner, s. he who reconciles.
Atrabila'rian, Atrabila'rious, a. melancholy.
Atrabila'riousness, s. the state of melancholy
arising from bile.

Atramen'tal, Atramen'tous, a. inky, black.
Atrocious, a. wicked, enormous, heinous.
Atrociously, ad. very wickedly, heinously.
Atrociousness, s. enormous wickedness.
Atrocity, s. horrible wickedness.
Atrophy, s. a disease in which what is taken
for food ceases to nourish.
Attach', v. to seize or lay hold on; to win
or gain over; to fix one's interest.
Attach'able, a. that may be attached or taken.

Attachment, s. adherence, fidelity, regard.
In a legal sense, a process for taking the
person or goods by a writ in a civil action.
Attack', s. an assault on an enemy: v. to
assault or impugn in any manner.
Attain', v. to gain, to overtake, to arrive at.
Attainable, a. that which may be attained.
Attainableness, a. the being attainable.
Attain'der, s. the act of attainting.
Attain'ment, s. an acquisition, a quality.
Attaint', v. to dishonour: s. a stain.
Attaint'ure, s. legal censure; imputation.
Attem'per, v. to mingle, to soften, to regu-
late, to proportion.

Attem'perate, a. suited: v. to attemper.
Attempt', v. to try, to endeavour: s. an effort.
Attempt'able, a. liable to attempts.
Attempt'er, s. one who attempts or attacks.
Attend', v. to wait for, or give attendance to;
to regard with attention; to accompany.
Attendance, s. the act of waiting on another.
Attend'ant, s. one who attends on another :
a. accompanying as subordinate.
Attent', a. attentive, intent, regardful.
Atten'tion, s. the act of attending, close ap-
plication of the mind to any thing.
Attentive, a. heedful, regardful, intent.
Attentively, ad. heedfully.

Attentiveness, s. state of being attentive. Atten'uate, a. endued with the power of diluting s. a medicine which thins the humours; a diluent.

Atten'uate, v. to make thin, to dilute.
Attenua'tion, s. state of being made thin..
Attest', v. to bear witness of, to invoke.
Attesta'tion, s. testimony, witness, evidence.
Attest'er, Attest'or, s. a witness.
Attic, a. pertaining to Attica in Greece, or
to its chief city, Athens ; and hence
classical and elegant.

Attic, s. the garret or upper story of a house. Attire, s. clothes, dress, ornaments: v. to dress, to deck, to array.

At'titude, s. posture, gesture, action. Attitu'dinal, a. pertaining to attitude. Attorney, s. one who is deputed to act for

another, particularly in matters of law. Attorneyship, s. the office of an attorney. Attract', v. draw to; to entice; to allure. Attractability, s. power of attraction. Attraction, s. the act or power of attracting. Attractive, a. inviting, drawing to, enticing. Attract'ively, ad. with the power of attracting. Attractiveness, s. the quality of attraction. Attract'or, s. that which, or one who, attracts. Attrib'utable, a. that which may be ascribed. At'tribute, s. an inherent quality. Attrib'ute, v. to impute or ascribe to. Attribu'tion, s. the act of attributing. Attrib'utive, a. pertaining to or expressing an attribute: s. the thing attributed. Attri'tion, s. the act of wearing things by rubbing; sorrow for sin.

Attu'ne, v. to tune, to make musical. Au'burn, a. brown, of a fine tan colour. Auc'tion, s. a public sale of goods by bidding. Auc'tionary, a. belonging to an auction. Auctioneer', s. one who sells by auction. Auda'cious, a. daring, bold, impudent. Auda'ciously, ad. boldly; impudently. Auda'ciousness, Auda"city, s. impudence.

Au'dit, s. a final account: v. to take a final account, to examine, to scrutinize. Au'ditor, s. a hearer; an examiner of accounts. Au'ditors of the Exchequer, s. pl. officers who settle the Exchequer accounts. Au'ditorship, s. the office of auditor. Au'ditory, s. an assembly of hearers; a place where lectures are delivered: a. pertaining to the organ of hearing. Au'ger, s. a carpenter's tool to bore holes with. Aught, s. any thing.

Augment', v. to increase, to add, to enlarge. Augmenta'tion, 8. the act of increasing. Augmentative, a. having the quality or power of augmenting.

Augment'er, s. one who augments.

Au'gur, s. a soothsayer or diviner v. to
predict by signs; to guess.
Augury, s. the foretelling of events.
August', a. majestic, grand, magnificent.
August, 8. the eighth month of the year.
Augus'tan, a. pertaining to Augustus.
Augus'tins, s. monks of the order of St. Au-
gustin, formerly called Austin Friars.
August'ness, s. nobleness of look; dignity.
Aula'rian, s. the member of a hall.
Au'lic, a. belonging to a royal hall or palace.
Auln, Aune, s. a French measure; an ell.
Aunt, s. a father's or mother's sister.
Au'reate, a. golden.

Aurelia, s. the first change of a maggot before it becomes a fly; a chrysalis. Aure'ola, s. the circle of rays called a glory. Au'ricle, s. the external ear; two appendages of the heart which cover the ventricles and resemble ears.

Auric'ula, s. a flower, called from the shape of its leaves bear's ear.

Auricular, a. within hearing, told in secret. Auric'ularly, ad. in a secret manner. Auri'ga, s. one of the northern constellations. Au'rist, s. a curer of disorders in the ear. Auro'ra, s. poetically, the dawn of day. Aurora Borea'lis, s. a luminous meteor, frequently visible in the northern hemisphere, commonly called northern lights. Ausculta'tion, s. a hearkening or listening to the internal sounds proceeding from the region of the breast; (a medical term.) Auspice, s. an omen drawn from birds. Auspices, s. pl. patronage, protection. Auspicious, a. prosperous, fortunate, happy. Auspiciously, ad. prosperously, favourably. Auspiciousness, s. prosperity, success. Austere, a. severe, rigid, harsh, stern. Auste rely, ad. rigidly, severely. Austerity, s. severity; harsh discipline. Australa'sian, a. belonging to the countries south of Asia, comprehending New Holland, New Guinea, &c. termed Australasia. Aus'trian, a. pertaining to the Austrian empire: s. a native of Austria. Authentic, a. genuine, original, true. Authen'tically, ad. in an authentic manner.

Authenticate, v. to establish by proof. Authentica'tion, s. the establishing by proof. Authenticity, s. authority, genuineness. Au'thor, s. the writer of a book; an inventor. Authoress, s. a female author.

Author'itative, a. having authority, positive. Authoritatively, ad. in an authoritative manner; with due authority. Authoritativeness, s. an acting by or appearance of authority.

Authority, s. legal power; influence; rule;
support; testimony; credibility.
Authorization, s. establishment by authority.
Au'thorize, v. to give authority, to justify.
Authorship, s. state of being an author.
Au'to-biography, s. the life or history of a
person written by himself.
Au'tocrat, s. a despotic prince.

Autocrat'ic, Autocrat'ical, a. absolutely,

supreme.

Au'tograph, s. original hand-writing. Autograph'ic, Autograph'ical, a. pertaining to one's own writing.

Autom'aton, s. a self-moving machine. Autumn, s. the third season of the year. Autum'nal, a. belonging to autumn. Auxiliary, a. assistants. a helper. Auxiliaries,s.troops assisting another nation. Avail', v. to profit, to be of advantage. Available, a. profitable, advantageous. Avalanche, s. a vast mass of snow sliding down a mountain.

Avan't-courier,s. [Fr.] one despatched before the rest to notify their approach.

A van't-guard, s. the van or front of an army.
Av'arice, s. covetousness, niggardiness.
Avaricious, a. covetous, greedy of gain.
Ava'st, int. hold! stop! enough (a sea term).
Avatar', s. a change; the term used to express
each metamorphosis of an Indian deity.
Avau'nt, int. begone! hence!
Aven'ge, v. to revenge, to punish.
Aven'gement,s.vengeance; satisfaction taken.
Aven'ger, s. a punisher; revenger.
Av'enue, s. an entrance to a place; an alley
or walk of trees leading to a house.
Aver', v. to affirm as true; to assert posi-
tively as true.

Average, s. the medium number or quantity.
Av'erage, v. to find or reduce to a medium:
a. containing a medial proportion.
Aver'ment, s. a declaration, an affirmation.
Averrun'cate, v. to root up.

Aver'se, a. contrary to, not favourable to.
Aversely, ad. unwillingly; backwardly.
Aver'seness, s. unwillingness; dislike.
Aver'sion, s. hatred, dislike, antipathy.
Avert', v. to turn aside, to keep off.
Avert'er, s. one that averts.

A'viary, s. a place enclosed to keep birds in.
Avid'ity, s. greediness, eagerness.
Avoca'tion, s. the act of calling off or away;
the business that calls away.
Avoid', v. to shun, to escape from.
Avoid'able, a. that which may be avoided.
Avoid'ance, s. the act of avoiding.
Avoid'er, s. one who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
Avoid'less, a. inevitable; unavoidable.
Avoirdupois', s. the weight most commonly
in use, containing 16 ounces to the pound.
Avouch', v. to assert, to affirm, to maintain.

Avouch'er, s. one who avouches or affirms.
Avouch'ment, s. declaration.

Avow', v. to declare, to assert, to profess.
Avow'able, a. that may be avowed.
Avow'ably, ad. in an avowable manner.
Avowal, s. a positive or open declaration.
Avow'edly, ad. in an open manner.
Avow'er, s. one who avows or justifies.
Avul'sed, p. and a. plucked or pulled off.
Avulsion, s. pulling one thing from another.
Await', v. to expect, to wait for, to attend.
Awa'ke, v. to rouse from sleep, to put into
new action: a. not sleeping; vigilant, active.
Awa'ken, v. to rouse from a state of torpidity.
Award', v. to adjudge, to determine, to give :
8. a sentence, a determination.
Awa'ro, a. vigilant, attentive, cautious.
Away', ad. absent; from a place; begone.
Awe, s. dread, fear, respect, reverence.
Awe, v. to strike with fear and reverence.
Aweath'er, ad. on the weather side; towards
the wind (a sea term).
Awe-command'ing, a. influencing by awe.
Awe-inspi'ring, a impressing with awe.
Awe-struck, a. impressed with awe.
Aw'ful, a. causing awe, or filling with reve-

rence.

Aw'fully, ad. in an awful manner.
Aw'fulness, s. quality of striking with awe.
Awhile, ad. for some space of time.
Awk'ward, a. clumsy, inelegant, unpolite.
Awkwardly, ad. clumsily, inelegantly.
Awkwardness, s. inelegance, clumsiness.
Awl, s. a sharp instrument to make holes.
Aw'less, a. void of awe or reverence.
Awn'ing, s. any covering spread over a ship
or boat to keep off the heat or wet.
Awry', ad. obliquely, asquint, unevenly.
Axe, s. a hatchet.

Ax'cstone, s. a hard mineral found in New

Zealand, and used by the natives for axes. Axil'lar, Axillary,a.belonging to the arm-pit. Ax'iom, s. a self-evident truth. Axiomat'ical, a. relating to an axiom. Axis, s. a line passing directly through the centre of any thing that revolves on it. Ax'le, Axle-tree, s. the picce of timber or iron on which the wheel revolves. Ay, ad. yes; certainly; even so. Aye, ad. always; for ever. Azimuth, s. the arch of the horizon between the meridian of the place, and a vertical circle passing through the object. Azo'te, s. nitrogen, an element in chymistry. Azot'ic, a. of or relating to azote. Az'ure, a. of a bright blue colour; skycoloured s. the sky.

B.

Baa', v. to bleat or cry like a sheep: s. the
bleating or natural cry of a sheep.
Ba'al, s. à Canaanitish idol.
Bab'ble, Bab'bling, s. idle discourse.
Bab'ble, v. to talk idly, to tell secrets.
Bab'blement, s. unmeaning words; prate.
Bab'bler, s. an idle talker; a teller of secrets.
Babe, s. a young child of either sex.
Ba'bel, s. disorder; tumult; confusion. A
place in Shinar, where the original lan-
guage of mankind was confounded.
Baboon', s. a large species of monkey.

Baby, s. a babe, an infant child.
Babyhood, s. infancy; childhood.
Ba'by-house, s. a toy; a place for dolls.
Ba'byish, Ba'bish, a. childish.

Babylonian, s. a native of Babylon: a. pertaining to Babylon; mixed, confused. Baccalaureate, s. the degree of bachelor of arts.

Bao'chanal, s. a devotce to Bacchus, the god of wine a. drunken, revelling. Bacchanalian, s. a drunken riotous person: a. relating to revelry.

Bac'chanals, s. drunken revels.

Bach'elor, s. an unmarried man; one who takes his first degree at the university; a knight of the lowest order.

Bach'elorship, s. the state of a bachelor. Back, s. the hinder part of a thing: ad. behind; to the place left: v. to second, to maintain.

Back'bite, v. to censure an absent person.
Back'biter, s. one who slanders secretly.
Back'biting, s. secret detraction.
Backbone, s. the bone of the back.
Backdoor', s. a hinder door; a private en-
trance.

Backgam'mon, s. a game with dice and tables.
Back'ground, s. ground in the rear, obscurity.
Back piece, s. a piece of armour for the back.
Back'side, s. the hinder part of any thing.
Backsli'de, v. to fall off; to apostatize.
Backsli'der, s. an apostate.

Backsli'ding, s. apostacy, transgression. Back'stays, s. ropes which keep the masts from pitching forward.

Back'sword, s. a sword with one sharp edge;
a stick with a basket handle.
Back'ward, a. unwilling, dull, sluggish.
Back'wardly, ad. unwillingly, sluggishly.
Back'wards, ad. with the back forwards.
Back'wardness, s. unwillingness; tardiness.
Ba'con, s. the flesh of a hog, salted and dried.
Bad, a. ill, wicked, hurtful, vicious, sick.
Badge, s. a mark or token of distinction.
Bad'ger, s. a beast resembling a hog and dog:
v. to worry, to tease, to annoy.
Bad'inage, s. [Fr.] light or playful discourse.
Bad'ly, ad. in a bad manner.

Bad'ness, s. want of good qualities.

Baffle, v. to elude, to deceive; to confound.
Baffler, s. one that baffles or eludes.
Bag, s. a sack; a purse.

Bagatell'e, s. a thing of no import, a trifle. Bag'gage, s. the luggage of an army; a term for a worthless woman.

Bagn'io, s. a warm bath; house of ill-fame.
Bagpipe, s. a Scotch musical instrument.
Bagpiper, 8. one that plays on a bagpipe.
Bail, s. surety given for another's appearance:
v. to give hail, to admit to bail.
Bail'able, a. that may be set at liberty by bail.
Bail'iff, s. an officer who puts in force an
arrest; a land steward.

Bail'iwick, s. the jurisdiction of a bailiff. Bail'picce, s. a slip of parchment or paper containing a recognizance of bail.

Bait, s. a temptation; a refreshment; a lure: v. to bait the hook in angling; to take refreshment on a journey; to set dogs upon. Baize, s. a coarse kind of open cloth. Bake, v. to harden by fire; dress in an oven.

Ba'kehouse, s. a place for baking bread. Ba'ker, s. he whose trade is to bake. Bal'ance, s. a pair of scales; the difference of an account: v. to make equal, to settle; to hesitate, to fluctuate.

Bal'ancer, s. the person that weighs any thing; one who poises a weight. Balancing, s. equilibrium; poising. Balcony, s. a small gallery of wood or stone on the outside of a house.

Bald, a. without hair; inelegant, unadorned. Balderdash, s. any thing jumbled together without judgment; a jargon of words. Baldly, ad. nakedly; meanly.

Bald'ness, s. the want of hair; the loss of
hair; meanness of writing; inelegance.
Bald'pated, a. destitute of hair on the head.
Baldric, s. a girdle, a belt.

Bale, s. goods packed for carriage; misery.
Bale, v. to lave water out of a boat.
Balearic, a. pertaining to the islands of
Majorca and Minorca (the Balearic Isles).
Ba'leful, a. full of misery, sad; pernicious.
Ba'lefully, ad. calamitously; perniciously.
Balis'ter, s. a cross-bow.

Balk, v. to disappoint, to frustrate.

Ball, s. any thing round; a globe; an entertainment of dancing.

Ballad, s. a common or trifling song, an air. Ballad-monger, s. a trader in ballads. Ballad-singer, s. one whose employment is to sing ballads in the streets.

Bal'last, s. a weight placed in the bottom of a ship, to prevent its oversetting: v. to keep any thing steady by ballast. Ballasting, s. the articles used for ballast. Ballet, s. an historical or comic dance. Balloo'n, s. a globe made of silk, &c. which, being inflated with gas, rises into the air; a large vessel used in chymistry. Ballot, s. a ball or ticket used in giving votes; act of so voting: v. to choose by ballot. Ballot-box, s. a box for receiving ballots. Balloting, s. act of voting by ballot. Balm, s. an odoriferous plant. Balm'y, a. soothing, soft; fragrant, odorife

rous.

Bal'neary, s. a bathing-room, a bath.
Bal'sam, s. an ointment; a shrub.
Balsam'ic, a. mitigating, softening, healing:
s. a warm, demulcent, oily medicine.
Bal'uster, s. a small pillar or column.
Balustered, a. having balusters.
Balustra'de, s. a row of small pillars.
Bamboo', s. an Indian cane or large reed.
Bamboo'zle, v. to trick, to cheat, to deceive.
Ban, s. a public notice; a curse, interdiction.
Bana'na, s. a kind of plantain-tree.

Band, s. a bandage or tie; a company: v.
to bind together, to unite in a troop.
Band'age, s. a fillet; a roller for a wound.
Bandan'a, s. a species of silk handkerchief.
Band'box, s. a thin slight box.

Band'elet, s. a flat moulding; a little band. Ban'dit, s. a man outlawed; a robber. Bandit'ti, s. pl. outlaws, robbers, plunderers. Ban'dog, s. a large dog; a mastiff. Bandolee'rs, s. pl. small wooden cases, each containing a charge of powder, formerly appended to the band of a musketeer. Band'rol,Ban'nerol, s, a little flag or streamer.

Ban'dy, v. to toss to and fro, to contend at a game: a crooked: s. a crooked stick. Ban'dy-leg, s. a crooked leg.

Ean'dy-legged, a having crooked legs.
Bane, s. mischief, ruin, poison v. to poison.
Ba'netul, a. poisonous, hurtful.
Ba'nefully, ad. perniciously, destructively.
Ba'nefulness, s. destructiveness.
Ba'newort, s. the deadly nightshade.
Bang, s. a blow, a thump: v. to beat.
Ban'ian, s. one of a sect in India, who
believe in transmigration, and abstain
from animal food; a man's morning gown,
such as is worn by a Banian; a tree in
India.

Ban'ian-days (a naval expression), those
days when the men have no meat.
Ban'ish, v. to exile, to drive away.
Ban'isher, s. he who exiles another.
Ban'ishment, s. transportation, exile.
Ban'ister, s. a corruption of Baluster.
Bank, s. the side of a river; a little hill; a
shoal in the sea; a repository for money.
Bank-bill, Bank-note, s. a promissory note
for money to be paid by a banking company.
Bank'er, s. one who keeps a bank.
Bank'ing, s. a trading in money.
Bank'rupt, s. one who, being unable to pay
creditors, surrenders his effects: a. insol-
vent, unable to pay debts.
Bank'ruptcy, s. the state of a bankrupt.
Bank-stock, s. shares in the stock of a bank.
Ban'ner, s. a military standard or flag.
Ban'nered, a. furnished with banners.
Ban'neret, s. a knight created in the field of
battle; a little banner.

Ban'nock, s. a loaf or cake of oatmeal.
Ban'quet, s. a sumptuous feast.
Ban'quet, v. to feast; to regale.
Banqueter, s. a feaster; he that makes feasts.
Ban'queting, s. the act of feasting.
Ban'shee, s. an Irish fairy or spirit
Bantam, s. a small fowl with feathered legs,
probably first brought from bantam, a
kingdom in Java.

Ban'ter, v. to rally, play upon s. ridicule.
Bant'ling, s. a young child, an infant.
Baptism, s. the first sacrament of the

Christian church; sprinkling or immersion. Baptismal, a. relating to baptism. Bap'tist, s. one who christens; an anabaptist. Baptis'tical, a. relating to baptism.

Baptistry, s. a font, or place for baptizing at. Bapti'ze, v. to christen.

Bapti'zer, s. one who baptizes or christens. Bar, v. to secure, or fasten any thing with a bar; to hinder or obstuct.

Bar, s. a long piece of wood or iron; the place assigned for lawyers to plead; the place at which criminals stand during trial; a hindrance; an enclosed place in a tavern; a term in music.

Barb, s. a Barbary horse; a beard; the points which stand backward in an arrow: v. to jag arrows with hooks; to furnish horses with armour.

Bar'bacan, s. a fortification before the walls of a town; an opening in the wall for guns. Barba'rian, s. a rude uncivilized person, a savage: a. uncivilized, rude. Barbar'ic, a. foreign, far-fetched.

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Barbarism, s. ignorance, inhumanity; uncouth manner of speaking or writing. Barbar'ity, s. inhumanity, cruelty. Bar'barize, v. to render barbarous. Barbarous, a. rude, uncivilized, ignorant, inhuman, cruel; unacquainted with arts. Barbarously, ad. ignorantly; cruelly. Barbarousness, s. rudeness; impurity of language.

Barbecue, s. a hog dressed whole with spices.
Barbecue, v. to dress whole on a gridiron.
Barb'ed, p. and a. bearded or jagged with
hooks; armed.

Barbel, s. a kind of fish with barbs.
Barber, s. one whose trade is to shave.
Bar berry, s. the name of a prickly shrub.
Bard, s. a minstrel; a poet.

Bard'ic, a. relating to the bards or poets.
Bare, a. naked, unadorned: . to strip.
Ba'reboned, a. having the bones bare.
Ba'refaced, a. shameless, impudent.
Barefa'cedness, &. effrontery; assurance.
Ba'refoot, Barefoot'ed, a. without shoes.
Barehead'ed, a. having the head uncovered.
Ba'rely, ad. nakedly; openly; merely.
Ba'reness, s. nakedness; poverty; indigence.
Bargain, s. a contract or agreement; a thing
bought or sold; a cheap purchase: . to
make a contract.

Bar gainer, s. he who makes a bargain.
Bargaining, s. the act of making a bargain.
Barge, s. a large boat for pleasure or trade.
Bar geman, s. the manager of a barge.
Bar gemaster, s. the owner of a barge.
Baril'ia, s. a plant cultivated in Spain for its
ashes, from which the purest kind of min-
eral alkali is obtained.

Bark, s. the rind of a tree; a small ship: r. to make a noise like a dog or wolf; to elamour at; to strip trees of their bark. Barker, s. one that barks or clamours. Bark'y, a. consisting of bark.

Barley, & corn used for making malt. Barley-brake, s. a kind of rural play. Barley-oorn, s. a grain of barley; in measurement, the third part of an inch. Barley-mow, s. where barley is stowed. Barley-sugar, s. sugar bolled in a decoction of barley.

Barley-water, s. a soft and lubricating drink made of barley without the rinů. Barm, & yeast, used to make drink ferment. Bar'maid, s. a female waiter at an inn. Barmy, a. containing barm. Barn, s. a storehouse for corn, &e. Barnacle, s. shell-fish which adheres to wood, &c. in the water; a bird like a goose, fabulously said to grow on trees; an iron instrument to hold a horse by the nose during an operation of farriery. Barometer, s. an instrument for indiesting the state of the atmosphere and weather, Barometrical, a. relating to a barometer. Barometrically, ad, by means of a barometer. Baron, s. a rank in nobility next to a vis unt two sirloins of beef not cut asunder. s. the dignity of a baron,

s. a baron's wife.

the lowest title that is hereditary, k to a baron,

s the whole body of baronets

Baro'nial, a. relating to a baron or barony.
Bar'ony, s. the possessions of a baron.
Barou che, s. a four-wheeled open coach.
Bar rack, s. a building to quarter soldiers in.
Bar'rack-master, s. the officer who has the
superintendence of soldiers' barracks.
Bar'rator, s. an encourager of lawsuits.
Bar'ratry, s. foul practice in law; a fraud
committed by seamen on merchants' goods
entrusted to their care.

Barrel, s. a round wooden vessel; the hol-
low tube of a gun; a cylinder.
Bar'ren, a. unfruitful, unmeaning, dull.
Barrenness, s. sterility, want of invention.
Barrica'de, v. to secure a place, to fortify.
Barrica'de, Barrica'do, s. a fortification, an

obstruction, a bar to prevent admittance. Barrier, s. a boundary, a defence. Barrister, s. a pleader at the bar, an advocate. Barrow, s. a small hand or wheel carriage; a small mound of earth under which bodies were anciently deposited; a hog. Bar'ter, v. to give one commodity in exchange for another: s. traffic by exchanging. Bar'terer, s. he that exchanges goods. Bartery, s. exchange of commodities. Bary tes, Bary'ta, s. a very ponderous earth. Barytone, s. a grave deep sound; a male

voice, the tone of which is between the base and the tenor.

Basalt', Basalt'es, s. a grayish black mineral or stone, never found in layers, but upright. Basaltic, a. relating to or formed of basaltes. Bas'anite, s. black jasper, a kind of slate. Base, s. the foundation of any thing; a rustic play; the pedestal of a statue: a. vile, mean, low; metal below the standard; in music, deep, grave: . to found or estab

lish on a base.

reiz.

Bast Toom, &. a kind of ointment.
Basisk, & a crested serpent, a cockatrice,

said to kill by looking: a piece of ordnance. Basin, & a small vessel to hold water; a dock where ships foat in safety; a small pond. Basis, & the foundation of any thing; the foot, the pedestal.

Bask, to lie in the best of the sun or fire.
Basket, & & ressel made of twigs or rushes.
Bass, & a mat used to kneel on in churches:
a. in music, deep-toned.

Basset. & a certain game at cards.
Bassoon, & a musical wind instrument.