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field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. Fuller.

or judgment; a tribunal or court. In banc, In banco (the ablative of bancus), In bank, in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings in banc (distinguished from sittings at nisi prius).

To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] Fuller.

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. Burrill.

debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See Insolvent, a.

the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court.

went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupré, and Diaz. Associated with them are certain painters of animals, as Troyon and Jaque,…

Full of obstructions. [Obs.] Shak.

ere is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.

Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." Dryden.

lay up in a barn. [Obs.] Shak. Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller.

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31

Unfruitfully; unproductively.

Not classical or correct. "Base Latin." Fuller.

In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.

Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry. -- Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut. -- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size th…

To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing. [His mother] in travail of his bearing. R. of Gloucester.

To beatify. [Obs.] Fuller.