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uage. See Solecism. The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. G. Campbell.

Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.

A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written barguest.]

Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. [Rarely written barytum.]

A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]

Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In this sense, commonly written bass.]

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

ality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness. I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. Shak.

A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

e bass, or contrabasso. Basso continuo (. Etym: [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.

A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

isting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. -- Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. -- Bath stone, a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing. Milton.

A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also bajadere.]

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]

-- mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written behove.]