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Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21.

See Babyroussa.

The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.

Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.

A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ.

Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.

Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. [Obs.] Derham.

A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.

Stupid; dull.

A woman's breast. [Low]

A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. "Chubby faces." I. Taylor.

Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.

Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

The raven. [Scot.]

Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. "Persius is crabby, because ancient." Marston.

A snug or confined place.