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e of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak.

d no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

f the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. Donne.

The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser.

has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

freshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young.

o hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

n cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.

to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories." Shak.

speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic] If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. Chatham.

A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.

Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]

To except; to exclude by exception. Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to- night. Shak.

An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii.

Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.

With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.

An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. Shak.