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A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland.

To deprive of. [Obs.] When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. Herbert.

A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.

f steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships in line of battle.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

ar (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. -- Bear garden. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold. -- Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who tak…

tain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

ned her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.

But, madam, where is Warwick then become! Shak. To become of, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of. What is then become of so huge a multitude Sir W. Raleigh.

mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed.…

Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.

A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.

The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

A recess in a room for a bed. Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.

The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. "A bee line for the brig." Kane.