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A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

a lathe, and placed in contact with 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…

A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

A kind of dog used in badger baiting.

The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov. Eng.]

A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. Balance electrometer, a kind of balance, with a poised beam, which indicates, by weights suspended from one arm, the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces. Knight. -- Balance fish. (Zoöl) See Hammerhead. -- Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle…

The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.

A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple. [U.S.]

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher than the common banjo; -- popularly so called.

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle. Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak.

A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]

of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. Bar shoe (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. -- Bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroy…

A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

oast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.

; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.