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Same as Baccare.

Same as Germicide.

Same as Bafta.

Same as Bailie. [Scot.]

Same as Backsheesh.

Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aroma…

Same as Bandelet.

Same as Banderole.

e of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. They cast up a bank against the city. 2 Sam. xx. 15.

A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.

ty of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

Same as Calico bass.

Same as Barkentine.

Same as 3d Bark, n.

es a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31

Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

Same as Bascinet.

Same as Bascinet.

Same as Bas-relief.