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The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

ess playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

foreigner. [Historical] Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.

ciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon.

t between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.…

An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.

or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

to beat down; to lower. He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. Locke.

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. South.

nt touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.

; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor Dryden. The ancient grudge I bear him. Shak.

The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage. I know him by his bearing. Shak.

casement. Longfellow. The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. Bacon.

Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.

eeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. Shak.

An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.] Let's get the bedlam to lead him. Shak.

To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. "Deep himself beducked." Spenser.

In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing. Abraham bowed down himself before the people. Gen. xxiii. 12. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord Micah vi. 6.

will beg thee, in the court of wards. Harrington. Hence: To beg (one) for a fool, to take him for a fool. I beg to, is an elliptical expression for I beg leave to; as, I beg to inform you. -- To bag the question, to assume that which was to be proved in a discussion, instead of adducing the proof or sustaining the poi…