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the work, to steady it in turning. -- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the…

A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. [Written also bayle.] [Obs.]

A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc.]

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol.] From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.

A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]

n horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]

Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.

A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written barguest.]

Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. [Rarely written barytum.]

A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]

Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In this sense, commonly written bass.]

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

e bass, or contrabasso. Basso continuo (. Etym: [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.

A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also bajadere.]

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.