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An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. Mrs. Alexander. A husband somewhere in the background. Thackeray.

fficers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.

Uneven; ridgy. [R.] Holinshed.

f small loose metal balls. -- Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. -- Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. -- Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form,…

, In bank, in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings in banc (distinguished from sittings at nisi prius).

amiliar place; -- used with from and out of. How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. Blair.

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

rt of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. Burrill.

Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.

A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.

Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." Dryden.

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

he judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.

unsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]

om which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

ncert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.

Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]