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ing the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

n the siege, of a fortified place. The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland.

A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] "To fight with blunt bastons." Holland.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.

Germanic tribe; or to (b) as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

[Obs.] About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. Holland.

A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects. Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. -- Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. "People walked out, o…

To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.

To fertilize or enrich, as land.

Paste of clay or loam. Holland.

pper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. Trumbull.

ed with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.

An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land. Carew.

To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.] -- To bear away (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind. -- To bear back, to retreat. "…

e relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.

To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant.

One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.