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A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." Warburton.

In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

The state of being bad.

One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

The thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

A blow; a stroke. [Scot.] H. Miller.

aceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser.

The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

One who, or that which, baffles.

Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks. -- Bafflingly, adv. -- Bafflingness, n.

A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

Same as Bafta.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.