Part 870

<hw>Bait</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>battre de l'aile</ets> (or <ets>des ailes</ets>), to flap o<?/ flutter. See <er>Batter</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.</def> "Kites that <i>bait</i> and beat."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Baiter</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bait"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who baits; a tormentor.</def>

<h1>Baize</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Baize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>bayes</ets>, pl. fr. OF. <ets>baie</ets>; cf. F. <ets>bai</ets> bay-colored. See <er>Bay</er> a color.]</ety> <def>A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.</def>

<blockquote>A new black <b>baize</b> waistcoat lined with silk. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bajocco</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Ba*joc"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. <ets>bajo</ets> brown, bay, from its color.]</ety> <def>A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.</def>

<h1>Bake</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bake</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.& p. p.</tt> <er>Baked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Baking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>bacan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bakken</ets>, OHG. <ets>bacchan</ets>, G. <ets>backen</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>baca</ets>, Dan. <ets>bage</ets>, Gr. <?/ to roast.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; <as>as, to <ex>bake</ex> bread, meat, apples</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Baking</i> is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, <as>as, to <ex>bake</ex> bricks; the sun <ex>bakes</ex> the ground.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To harden by cold.</def>

<blockquote>The earth . . . is <b>baked</b> with frost. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They <b>bake</b> their sides upon the cold, hard stone. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bake</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bake</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To do the work of baking something; <as>as, she brews, washes, and <ex>bakes</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; <as>as, the bread <ex>bakes</ex>; the ground <ex>bakes</ex> in the hot sun.</as></def>

<h1>Bake</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bake</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process, or result, of baking.</def>

<h1>Bakehouse</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bake"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>b\'91ch<?/s</ets>. See <er>Bak<?/</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and <er>House</er>.]</ety> <def>A house for baking; a bakery.</def>

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<h1>Bakemeat, Baked-meat</h1> <Xpage=113>

<hw><hw>Bake"meat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Baked"-meat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pie; baked food.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gen. xl. 17. Shak.</i>