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Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21.

us; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.

water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

er, a kind of balance, with a poised beam, which indicates, by weights suspended from one arm, the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces. Knight. -- Balance fish. (Zoöl) See Hammerhead. -- Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact w…

imes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

A signal fire; an alarm fire. Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. Sir W. Scott.

pherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

lm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus bal…

r Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.

the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.