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Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

Producing berries. " Bacciferous trees." Ray.

ckwards and forwards; to and fro. -- To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.]

A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.

gammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".

finished . . . performance. Mrs. Alexander. A husband somewhere in the background. Thackeray.

ies with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

ommercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

xcess on either side; as, the balance of an account. " A balance at the banker's. " Thackeray. I still think the balance of probabilities leans towards the account given in the text. J. Peile.

and balks his meat. Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. Drayton.

Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. "Base balladry is so beloved." Drayton.

A female banker. Thackeray.

Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray.

varieties occur in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins.

A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

Rich; fertile. [Obs.] "Batful valleys." Drayton.

The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

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