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servation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison.

Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterocious.

ment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

es. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. A long and awkward process. Macaulay. An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. C. J. Smith.

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.

Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.

To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

ozen, thirteen. -- Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. -- Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.

torial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -…

e railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

f guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. -- Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. -- Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in…

A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, use…