Part 902

<h1>Banterer</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who banters or rallies.</def>

<h1>Bantingism</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ting*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William <i>Banting</i> of London.</def>

<h1>Bantling</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bant"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. for <ets>bandling</ets>, from <ets>band</ets>, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. <ets>b\'84ntling</ets> a bastard, fr. <ets>bank</ets> bench. Cf. <er>Bastard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]</def>

<blockquote>In what out of the way corners genius produces her <b>bantlings</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Banxring</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Banx"ring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus <spn>Tupaia</spn>.</def>

<h1>Banyan</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"yan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Banian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (<spn>Ficus Indica</spn>), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.</def>

<h1>Baobab</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ba"o*bab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A gigantic African tree (<spn>Adansonia digitata</spn>), also naturalized in India. See <er>Adansonia</er>.</def>

<h1>Baphomet</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Baph"o*met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[A corruption of <ets>Mahomet</ets> or <ets>Mohammed</ets>, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. <ets>Bafomet</ets>, OSp. <ets>Mafomat</ets>, OPg. <ets>Mafameda</ets>.]</ety> <def>An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.</def>

<h1>Baptism</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bap"tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baptim</ets>, <ets>baptem</ets>, OE. <ets>baptesme</ets>, <ets>batisme</ets>, F. <ets>bapt\'88me</ets>, L. <ets>baptisma</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to baptize, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to dip in water, akin to <ets><?/</ets> deep, Skr. <ets>g\'beh</ets> to dip, bathe, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.</def>

<h1>Baptismal</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bap*tis"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>baptismal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to baptism; <as>as, <ex>baptismal</ex> vows</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Baptismal name</col>, <cd>the Christian name, which is given at baptism.</cd></cs>

<h1>Baptismally</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bap*tis"mal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a baptismal manner.</def>

<h1>Baptist</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bap"tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>baptista</ets>, G. <ets><?/</ets>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See <er>Anabaptist</er>.</def>

<note>In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation.</note>