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In a swoon. Chaucer.

In a swoon.

Babyhood. [R.] Udall.

A Hindoo gentleman; native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.

of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

Baboonish behavior. Marryat.

Like a baboon.

Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. A. Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.

The state or period of infancy.

The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. Atterbury.

Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues.

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.

utline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. -- Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the…

A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

Swelled out like a balloon.

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.

The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.