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See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

m sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. Before whom awake I stood. Milton. She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. Keats. He was awake to the danger. Froude.

Baboonish behavior. Marryat.

A garment for the back; hence, clothing. A bak to walken inne by daylight. Chaucer. Behind one's back, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. -- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be or lie on one's bac…

Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues.

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.

That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.

In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also, the catcher himself.

Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. "The backward learner." South.

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

The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.

A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.

ter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

With head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.

nse of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate." G. Eliot.

district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. Brande & C.

A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu.

A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.