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A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

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.

A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidæ.

The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Deep or grave in tone. Bass clef (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.] -- Bass voice, a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomæa batatas).

t of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. "Batty wings." Shak.

s in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.

A baker; originally, a female baker. [Old Eng. & Scotch]

as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and t…

s directed. -- Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. -- Beam compass, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. -- Beam engine, a steam engine having a workin…

A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. Shak.

To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. Sir W. Scott.

Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.