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In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.

A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] "A baffle to philosophy." South.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.

in proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

m projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

k cartridge, containing only powder. -- Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. -- Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. Knight.…

A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.

The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. -- Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around…

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth." Holland.

Complete loss; -- followed by of.

The 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.

orse for another. To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate." G. Eliot.

To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.