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A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. Shak.

To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad. Byron.

Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] Chaucer. But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. Acts xvii. 5. Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. Southey .…

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.

The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look. Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted looks. Locke. There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell in the look of this. Carlyle.

tively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot. I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. Walpole.

e; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. Luck penny, a…

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden. -- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n.

A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.

hiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.

. A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.

Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one. W. D. Howells.

A bad adjustment.

Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]

Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] Marston.

Bad execution. D. Webster.

ll white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.

; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.

Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station. In the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the Senate. Shak.