Part 865

<h1>Bagpiper</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"pip`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bagreef</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"reef`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bag</ets> + <ets>reef</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Bague</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bague</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a ring]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.</def>

<h1>Baguet, Baguette</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw><hw>Ba*guet"</hw>, <hw>Ba*guette"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baguette</ets>, prop. a rod<?/ It. <ets>bacchetta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>baculum</ets>, <ets>baculu<?/</ets> stick, staff.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.</def>

<h1>Bagwig</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"wig"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.</def>

<h1>Bagworm</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species <spn>(Plat\'d2ceticus Gloveri)</spn> feeds on the orange tree. See <er>Basket worm</er>.</def>

<h1>Bah</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.</def>

<blockquote>Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, <b>Bah</b>! was utterly unknown to the English public. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bahar</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Ba*har"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>bah\'ber</ets>, from <ets>bahara</ets> to charge with a load.]</ety> <def>A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.</def>

<h1>Baigne</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Baigne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baigner</ets> to bathe, fr. L. <ets>balneum</ets> bath.]</ety> <def>To soak or drench.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bail</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baille</ets> a bucket, pail; cf. LL. <ets>bacula</ets>, dim. of <ets>bacca</ets> a sort of vessel. Cf. <er>Bac</er>.]</ety> <def>A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>bail</b> of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. <i>Capt. Cook.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bail</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bailed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bailing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>bail</ex> water out of a boat</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Buckets . . . to <b>bail</b> out the water. <i>Capt. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>