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The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

r molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

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.

dence of the others; international equilibrium; also, the ability ( of a state or a third party within a state) to control the relations between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a state. -- Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit…

A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.

beginning a game; also, a line around the table, parallel to the sides, used in playing a particular game, called the balk line game.

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

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

The act of imparting balsamic properties.

s thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress. Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. Sir W. Scott.

A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. Johnson.

To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. "Banish all offense." Shak.

specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.