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ter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

t tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

ertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

ing to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A garment for the back; hence, clothing. A bak to walken inne by daylight. Chaucer. Behind one's back, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. -- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be or lie on one's bac…

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

compar. of Bad, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Something characteristic; a mark; a token. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak.

To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.

One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]

Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, 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 baker. [Obs.] Chaucer.

rmometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed artificially, and as a fire alarm. -- Balance of torsi…