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Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. "Baby figure" Shak.

A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

haft; as, ores are brought to bank. Bank beaver (Zoöl.), the otter. [Local, U.S.] -- Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.

a (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. -- Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.

Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] "A pleasant and base swain." Bacon.

[Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.] Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. Fletcher.

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

Dark-visaged; swart.

To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.

One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.

Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." L'Estrange.

A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] Bog bean. See Buck bean. -- Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] -- Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. -- B…

Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.]

See Boatswain. [Obs.] Dryden.