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The whole body of barons or peers. The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet.

ry breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Part.

A jar. [Obs.] 1 Kings xvii. 12.

The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods. The spirit of huckstering and barter. Burke.

A bluestocking; a literary woman. [Somewhat derisive]

other falls. Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.

Royal; kingly; also, basilican.

Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

den or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices. Barrow.

isting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the fla…

An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

To leave out; to except. [Obs.] Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He lies that says it. Beau. & Fl.

Act of taking a bath or baths. Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.

An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

f several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc. , beaten together and used in cookery. King.

Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.