Part 962

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.</def>

<h1>Bawl</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawl</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bawl</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.</def>

<h1>Bawler</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawl"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bawls.</def>

<h1>Bawn</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. & Gael. <ets>babhun</ets> inclosure, bulwark.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A large house.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bawrel</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Baw"rel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>barletta</ets> a tree falcon, or hobby.]</ety> <def>A kind of hawk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Bawsin, Bawson</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw><hw>Baw"sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Baw"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bawson</ets>, <ets>baucyne</ets>, badger (named from its color), OF. <ets>bauzan</ets>, <ets>baucant</ets>, <ets>bauchant</ets>, spotted with white, pied; cf. It. <ets>balzano</ets>, F. <ets>balzan</ets>, a white-footed horse, It. <ets>balza</ets> border, trimming, fr. L. <ets>balteus</ets> belt, border, edge. Cf. Belt.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A badger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A large, unwieldy person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Baxter</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bax"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bakestre</ets>, <ets>bakistre</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'91cestre</ets>, prop. fem. of <ets>b\'91cere</ets> baker. See <er>Baker</er>.]</ety> <def>A baker; originally, a female baker.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scotch]</mark>

<h1>Bay</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bai</ets>, fr. L. <ets>badius</ets> brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only of horses.]</ety> <def>Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.</def>

<cs><col>Bay cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (<spn>Felis aurata</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Bay lynx</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common American lynx (<spn>Felis, or Lynx, rufa</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Bay</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baie</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>baia</ets>. Of uncertain origin: cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>badh</ets> or <ets>bagh</ets> bay harbor, creek; Bisc. <ets>baia</ets>, <ets>baiya</ets>, harbor, and F. <ets>bayer</ets> to gape, open the mouth.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.</def>