Part 860

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Badger-legged</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er-legged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Badiaga</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad`i*a"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>badiaga</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fresh-water sponge <fld>(Spongilla)</fld>, common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.</def>

<h1>Badian</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Ba"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.<ets>badiane</ets>, fr. Per. <ets>b\'bedi\'ben</ets> anise.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family <spn>(Illicium anisatum)</spn>, and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.</def>

<h1>Badigeon</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Ba*di"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.</def>

<h1>Badinage</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Ba`di`nage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>badiner</ets> to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. <ets>badin</ets> silly.]</ety> <def>Playful raillery; banter.</def> "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant <i>badinage</i>."

<i>Warburton.</i>

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

<hw>Bad" lands"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, <i>Mauvaises Terres</i> (bad lands).</def>

<h1>Badly</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Badly</i> is often used colloquially for <i>very much</i> or <i>very greatly</i>, with words signifying <i>to want</i> or <i>need</i>.</note>

<h1>Badminton</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"min*ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.</def>

<h1>Badness</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bad"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being bad.</def>

<h1>B\'91nomere</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>B\'91"no*mere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to walk + <ets>-mere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods.</def>

<i>Packard.</i>

<h1>B\'91nopod</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>B\'91"no*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to walk + <ets>-pod</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.</def>