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r condition of being base; degradation; vileness. I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. Shak.

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.

ing vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.

art of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.

to load. -- Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. -- In battery, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. -- Masked battery, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the en…

face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. Dryden. The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. I. Taylor

A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.

-- Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. -- Bear caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. -- Bear garden. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold. -- Bear leader, one who leads a…

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

See Bairn. [Obs.]

Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.] She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.

To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. Philips.

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Shak.

daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. Barrow.

A recess in a room for a bed. Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev.

line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. "A bee line for the brig." Kane.

Same as Beild. Fairfax.

s also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee. Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax.