Part 843

<hw><hw>Bab`y*rous"sa</hw>, <hw>Bab`y*rus"sa</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Babyroussa</er>.</def>

<h1>Babyship</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Ba"by*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.</def>

<h1>Bac</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Back</er> a vat]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vat or cistern. See 1st <er>Back</er>.</def>

<h1>Baccalaureate</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"ca*lau"re*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>baccalaureatus</ets>, fr.LL. <ets>baccalaureus</ets> a bachelor of arts, fr. <ets>baccalarius</ets>, but as if fr L. <ets>bacca lauri</ets> bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See <er>Bachelor</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A baccalaureate sermon.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Baccalaureate</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac`ca*lau"re*ate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.</def>

<cs><col>Baccalaureate sermon</col>, <cd>in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.</cd></cs>

<h1>Baccara, Baccarat</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw><hw>Bac`ca*ra"</hw>, <hw>Bac`ca*rat"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.</def>

<h1>Baccare, Backare</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw><hw>Bac*ca"re</hw>, <hw>Bac*ka"re</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote><b>Baccare</b>! you are marvelous forward. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Baccate</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>baccatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bacca</ets> berry.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Baccated</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"ca*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having many berries.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Set or adorned with pearls.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bacchanal</h1> <Xpage=109>

<hw>Bac"cha*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Bacchanalis</ets>. See <er>Bacchanalia</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to Bacchus or his festival.</def>