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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]

At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked.). [Colloq.] -- To see the back of, to get rid of. -- To turn the back, to go away; to flee. -- To turn the back on one, to forsake or neglect him.

A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]

ee Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).

ead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

ard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] Forby.

To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]

One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.

The collective body of baronets.

d as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.