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ight spots resembling a string of beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge.

A bath; a bagnio. [Obs.] Holland.

A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.

Respects; compliments. [Obs.]

A light or hasty luncheon. Bait bug (Zoöl), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura.

One who baits; a tormentor.

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.

A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

king in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

A house for baking; a bakery.

A pie; baked food. [Obs.] Gen. xl. 17. Shak.

p. p. of Bake. [Obs. or. Archaic]

One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

The trade of a baker. [R.]

The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter.

In a hot or baking manner.

A baker. [Obs.] Chaucer.