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ad and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has give -- Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

nity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.

A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. "The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G. P. Marsh.

With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.

t. -- To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck." Macaulay.

An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

To lay up in a barn. [Obs.] Shak. Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller.

An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay.

(a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. Dryden.

called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.

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.

One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.

ling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.