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r, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. Hutton. -- Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. -- Neutral axis (Mech…

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.

The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.

A believer in Babism.

, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be or lie on one's back, to be helpless. -- To put, or get, one's back up, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked.). [Colloq.] -- To see the back of, to get rid of. -- To turn the back, t…

Already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. Byron.

nerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]

, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.

ne person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.

Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.

An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. Garrick. To relieve the tediumbams. Prof. Wilson.

One who banters or rallies.

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.

g of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]

A bird of the family Bucconidæ, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.

A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

ithout concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. "Barefaced treason." J. Baillie.