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ne (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."

e utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

Perversely; ill.[Obs.] And does he think so backwardly of me Shak.

the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.] The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook.

Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]

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

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak.

stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.

Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. "Base balladry is so beloved." Drayton.

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.

, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.

Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. Herbert.

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.