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A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.

To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine.

To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]

In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

A box of the lowest tier in a theater. Du Maurier.

intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.

A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.

The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

A white-headed variety of pigeon.

Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [Archaic]

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 the warp.

do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and Abies balsamea (balsam fir).

A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [Obs.]