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  • English Word Baillie Definition Same as Bailie.
  • English Word Bailment Definition The action of bailing a person accused.
  • English Word Bailment Definition A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.
  • English Word Bailor Definition One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
  • English Word Bailpiece Definition A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
  • English Word Bain Definition A bath; a bagnio.
  • English Word Bain-marie Definition A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
  • English Word Bairam Definition The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.
  • English Word Bairn Definition A child.
  • English Word Baisemains Definition Respects; compliments.
  • English Word Bait Definition Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
  • English Word Bait Definition Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
  • English Word Bait Definition A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
  • English Word Bait Definition A light or hasty luncheon.
  • English Word Bait Definition To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
  • English Word Bait Definition To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
  • English Word Bait Definition To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
  • English Word Bait Definition To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
  • English Word Bait Definition To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
  • English Word Baited Definition of Bait
  • English Word Baiter Definition One who baits; a tormentor.
  • English Word Baiting Definition of Bait
  • English Word Baize Definition A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
  • English Word Bajocco Definition A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
  • English Word Bake Definition To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.
  • English Word Bake Definition To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
  • English Word Bake Definition To harden by cold.
  • English Word Bake Definition To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
  • English Word Bake Definition To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
  • English Word Bake Definition The process, or result, of baking.