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To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. Balance the good and evil of things. L'Estrange.

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

y consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

rk the first or fundamental principle; that which supports. The basis of public credit is good faith. A. Hamilton.

Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.

Blind; stupid. [Obs.] "A formal and bayardly round of duties." Goodman.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

king bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. S. G. Goodrich.

y subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

To befall. [Poetic] I wish all good befortune you. Shak.

To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech. I do beg your good will in this case. Shak. [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. Matt. xxvii. 58.

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele. To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon…

Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] "Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." Milton.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.