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One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.

barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. Milton.

foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.

l, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.

wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. Milton.

houghts or actions; open to view; exposed. Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton.

cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." Milton.

undamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

ntinued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.

of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." Milton.

To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton.

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

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. "Each beaked promontory." Milton.

Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.

t, or strike, as with water or wind. A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms. Milton.

Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak.

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.

life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.

garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton.