Part 840

<hw>Babe"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Babyhood.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i>

<h1>Babel</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Ba"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>B\'bebel</ets>, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of "confusion"]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.</def>

<blockquote>Therefore is the name of it called <b>Babel</b>. <i>Gen. xi. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.</def>

<blockquote>That <b>babel</b> of strange heathen languages. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The grinding <b>babel</b> of the street. <i>R. L. Stevenson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Babery</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. orig. for <ets>baboonery</ets>. Cf. <er>Baboon</er>, and also <er>Babe</er>.]</ety> <def>Finery of a kind to please a child.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Painted <i>babery</i>."

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Babian, Babion</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw><hw>Ba"bi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ba"bi*on</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Baboon</er>]</ety> <def>A baboon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Babillard</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"il*lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a babbler.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also <altname>babbling warbler</altname>.</def>

<h1>Babingtonite</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"ing*ton*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Dr. <ets>Babbington</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.</def>

<h1>Babiroussa, Babirussa</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw><hw>Bab`i*rous"sa</hw>, <hw>Bab`i*rus"sa</hw><hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>babiroussa</ets>, fr.Malay <ets>b\'beb\'c6</ets> hog + <ets>r<?/sa</ets> deer.]</ety> (<fld>Zo\'94l</fld>.) <def>A large hoglike quadruped (<spn>Sus, or Porcus, babirussa</spn>) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.</def>

<h1>Babish</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a babe; a childish; babyish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Babish</i> imbecility." Drayton. -- <wordforms><wf>Bab"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bab"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Babism</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Bab</ets> (Pers. <ets>bab</ets> a gate), the title assumed by the founder, Mirza Ali Mohammed.]</ety> <def>The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.</def>

<h1>Babist</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A believer in Babism.</def>

<h1>Bablah</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bab"lah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Per. <ets>bab<?/l</ets> a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic.]</ety> <def>The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.</def>