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An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.

The act of imparting balsamic properties.

Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.

The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.

ivial; the commonplace, in speech. The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. J. Morley.

ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter. Every one's bands were loosed. Acis xvi 26.

A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up. The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott.

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." Garth. "Baneful wrath." Chapman. -- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n.

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. Waller.

law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

ley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]

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

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.…

Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.

lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

r another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

ite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.

been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.