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The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. Johnson.

lding; defense; vindication. [Obs.] Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me Fuller.

Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray.

Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton.

See Aerie. Drayton.

Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] "Babish imbecility." Drayton. -- Bab"ish*ly, adv. -- Bab"ish*ness, n. [R.]

A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.

Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone. The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country. Darwin. We have now come to the backbone of our subject. Earle.

Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

The destruction or dissolution of bacterial cells. -- Bac*te`ri*o*lyt"ic (#), a.

A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax.

To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

d balks his meat. Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. Drayton.

Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. "Base balladry is so beloved." Drayton.