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en to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. S. G. Goodrich.

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

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

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

A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] Goldsmith.

f the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled "Baha 'u 'llah," or, "the Splendor of God"), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Baha…

To deliver, 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.…

That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

own, hundred, or castle; one to whom power Abbott. Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison.

A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.

One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting aEvelyn.

To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. Balance the good and evil of things. L'Estrange.

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] Gower.

oose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. -- Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.

To go up or voyage in a balloon.

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.