Part 858

<h1>Bacteroid, Bacteroidal</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw><hw>Bac"te*roid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bac`te*roid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bacterium</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Resembling bacteria; <as>as, <ex>bacteroid</ex> particles</as>.</def>

<h1>Bactrian</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac"tri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of Bactria.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Bactrian camel</col>, <cd>the two-humped camel.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bacule</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bascule</er>.</def>

<h1>Baculine</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac"u*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>baculum</ets> staff.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.</def>

<h1>Baculite</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac"u*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>baculune</ets> stick, staff; cf. F. <ets>baculite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A cephalopod of the extinct genus <i>Baculites</i>, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.</def>

<h1>Baculometry</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bac`u*lom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>baculum</ets> staff + <ets>-metry</ets>]</ety> <def>Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.</def>

<h1>Bad</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Bid</er>. Bade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Dryden.</i>

<h1>Bad</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Worse</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Worst</er> <tt>(?)</tt>. ]</wordforms> <ety>[Probably fr. AS. <ets>b\'91ddel</ets> hermaphrodite; cf. <ets>b\'91dling</ets> effeminate fellow.]</ety> <def>Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of <i>good</i>; as a <i>bad</i> man; <i>bad</i> conduct; <i>bad</i> habits; <i>bad</i> soil; <i>bad</i> health; <i>bad</i> crop; <i>bad</i> news.</def>

<note>Sometimes used substantively.</note>

<blockquote>The strong antipathy of good to <b>bad</b>. <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.</syn>

<h1>Badder</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>compar.</tt> of <er>Bad</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Badderlocks</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"der*locks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. for <ets>Balderlocks</ets>, fr. <ets>Balder</ets> the Scandinavian deity.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large black seaweed <spn>(Alaria esculenta)</spn> sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called <altname>murlins</altname>, <altname>honeyware</altname>, and <altname>henware</altname>.</def>

<h1>Baddish</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"dish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat bad; inferior.</def>