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al; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton.

Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.

A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. Ure.

The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier.

One 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.

Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.] The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gape.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

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.

vereign states or between dominant parties in a state. -- Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounte…

Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]

Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

f four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. -- Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. -- Bath stone, a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. Dickens.

A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." Sterne.