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Ba"by farm`er (&?;). One who keeps a baby farm.

Ba"by farm`ing. The business of keeping a baby farm.

Ba"by*hood (&?;), n. The state or period of infancy.

Ba"by*house` (&?;), n. A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture. Swift.

Ba"by*ish, a. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple. -- Ba"by*ish*ly, adv. -- Ba"by*ish*ness, n.

Ba"by*ism (&?;), n. 1. The state of being a baby.

2. A babyish manner of acting or speaking.

Ba"by jump`er (&?;). A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

Bab`y*lo"ni*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

Bab`y*lo"ni*an, n. 1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.

2. An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

{ Bab`y*lon"ic (&?;), Bab`y*lon"ic*al (&?;), } a. 1. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.

2. Tumultuous; disorderly. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.

Bab"y*lo`nish (&?;), a. 1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21.

2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.

3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.]

The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gage.

4. Confused; Babel-like.

{ ||Bab`y*rous"sa, ||Bab`y*rus"sa } (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) See Babiroussa.

Ba"by*ship (&?;), n. The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

Bac (&?;), n. [F. See Back a vat.] 1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

2. A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.

Bac"ca*lau"re*ate (&?;), n. [NL. baccalaureatus, fr. LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See Bachelor.] 1. The degree of bachelor of arts (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

2. A baccalaureate sermon. [U.S.]

Bac`ca*lau"re*ate, a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.

{ ||Bac`ca*ra", Bac`ca*rat" } (&?;), n. [F.] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

{ Bac*ca"re, Bac*ka"re } (&?;), interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.