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A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.

A large stick of wood, forming the of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.] There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. S. G. Goodrich.

From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. Dryden.

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

, a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

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

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

f plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.

for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.

A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.

alance true. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.