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A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor. Sometimes called Pieper sys…

The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

s self of, to make use of; take advantage of. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. Milton. I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. Dickens.

e from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.

(Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

ran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as, furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines are also used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc.

One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

ower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Therefore is the name of it called Babel. Gen. xi. 9.

Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.] The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gape.

- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body…

of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

Wisconsin; -- a nickname.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.