BPage 20
- English Word Baldrib Definition A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
- English Word Baldric Definition A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.
- English Word Baldwin Definition A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
- English Word Bale Definition A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.
- English Word Bale Definition To make up in a bale.
- English Word Bale Definition See Bail, v. t., to lade.
- English Word Bale Definition Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
- English Word Bale Definition Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
- English Word Balearic Definition Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.
- English Word Baled Definition of Bale
- English Word Baleen Definition Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
- English Word Balefire Definition A signal fire; an alarm fire.
- English Word Baleful Definition Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
- English Word Baleful Definition Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
- English Word Balefully Definition In a baleful manner; perniciously.
- English Word Balefulness Definition The quality or state of being baleful.
- English Word Baling Definition of Bale
- English Word Balisaur Definition A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).
- English Word Balister Definition A crossbow.
- English Word Balistoid Definition Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.
- English Word Balistraria Definition A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.
- English Word Balize Definition A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
- English Word Balk Definition A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
- English Word Balk Definition A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
- English Word Balk Definition One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- English Word Balk Definition A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- English Word Balk Definition A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- English Word Balk Definition A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
- English Word Balk Definition To leave or make balks in.
- English Word Balk Definition To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.