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One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

nces footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the…

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

A hindrance or disappointment; a check. A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker. South.

To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.

t by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.

er entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott.

of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.

law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See Insolvent, a.

n order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.

To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.] Where they did both sup and banquet. Cavendish.

and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

ished 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.

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

A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.

ts, is able to reach the first base without being put out. -- Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. -- Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. -- Base ring (O…

A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.