Part 862

<h1>Baffler</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Baf"fler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, baffles.</def>

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<h1>Baffling</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Baf"fling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, <i>baffling</i> currents, winds, tasks.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bafflingly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bafflingness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Baft</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Baft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bafta</er>.</def>

<h1>Bafta</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Baf"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Per. <ets>baft</ets>. woven, wrought.]</ety> <def>A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.</def>

<h1>Bag</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bagge</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>baggi</ets>, and also OF. <ets>bague</ets>, bundle, LL. <ets>baga</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; <as>as, a <ex>bag</ex> of meal or of money</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; <as>as, the <ex>bag</ex> of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the <ex>bag</ex> of a cow.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The quantity of game bagged.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; <as>as, a <ex>bag</ex> of pepper or hops; a <ex>bag</ex> of coffee.</as></def>

<cs><col>Bag and baggage</col>, <cd>all that belongs to one.</cd> -- <col>To give one the bag</col>, <cd>to disappoint him. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Bunyan.</i>

<h1>Bag</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bagged</er>(<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bagging</er>]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put into a bag; <as>as, to <ex>bag</ex> hops</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To seize, capture, or entrap; <as>as, to <ex>bag</ex> an army; to <ex>bag</ex> game.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.</def>

<blockquote>A bee <b>bagged</b> with his honeyed venom. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bag</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To swell or hang down like a full bag; <as>as, the skin <ex>bags</ex> from containing morbid matter</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To swell with arrogance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To become pregnant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).</i>