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Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

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

the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

Deep or grave in tone. Bass clef (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.] -- Bass voice, a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

en wagon with two or more seats. -- Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.

g bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.

To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee. Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax.

Same as Beetrave.

with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.

to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.] -- To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave. -- To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.

A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

ing cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.

on his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. Bryant.