Part 8

~Averment~, _n._ Affirmation, declaration, assertion, remark, asseveration, protestation, avowal, word.

~Avernus~, _n._ (_Mythol._) Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Erebus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

~Averse~, _a._ Unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed.

~Aversion~, _n._ ~1.~ Dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, repugnance, backwardness.

~2.~ ANTIPATHY, hatred, loathing, disgust, nausea, detestation, abhorrence, horror.

~Avert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Turn aside, turn away, turn off.

~2.~ Prevent, divert, preclude, FOREFEND, ward off, keep off.

~Avid~, _a._ [_Rare._] Eager, greedy.

~Avidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Eagerness, longing, yearning, intense desire.

~2.~ Greediness, craving, voracity, rapacity, voraciousness, ravenousness, canine appetite.

~Avocation~, _n._ Occasional business (_business that calls aside_).

~Avoid~, _v. a._ ~1.~ SHUN (_in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion_), eschew, escape, blink, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from, keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with.

~2.~ Forbear, help, refrain from.

~Avoset~, _n._ Scooper.

~Avouch~, _v. a._ Affirm, assert, asseverate, declare, protest, allege, say, maintain.

~Avow~, _v. a._ Acknowledge, confess, own, profess, declare, affirm.

~Avowal~, _n._ Acknowledgment, confession, declaration, profession, manifesto.

~Await~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness for.

~2.~ Attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for.

~Awake~, _a._ ~1.~ Not asleep.

~2.~ Attentive, watchful, vigilant, alive, on the alert.

~Awake~, _v. a._ & _n._ AWAKEN.

~Awaken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Awake, wake, rouse from sleep.

~2.~ Arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up.

~Awaken~, _v. n._ Wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep.

~Awakening~, _n._ Revival.

~Award~, _v. a._ Adjudge, decrees.

~Award~, _n._ Judgment, decree, adjudication, determination, decision.

~Aware~, _a._ Mindful, conscious, cognizant, observant, apprised, sensible, convinced, persuaded.

~Away~, _ad._ ~1.~ Absent, gone, off, from home, at a distance, not present.

~2.~ Begone, let us go.

~Away with~, Take away.

~Awe~, _n._ ~1.~ Reverence, veneration, reverential fear.

~2.~ Dread, fearfulness.

~Awe~, _v. a._ Overawe, intimidate, frighten, affright, daunt, cow, inspire with awe.

~Awe-struck~, _a._ Dismayed, horrified, appalled, terrified, frightened, panic-stricken, horror-struck.

~Awful~, _a._ ~1.~ Venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic.

~2.~ Dread, dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous.

~3.~ [_Vulgar._] Ugly, homely, unsightly, ill-looking.

~Awhile~, _ad._ For a time, for some time, some time, for a while.

~Awkward~, _a._ ~1.~ Unskilful, bungling, unhandy, maladroit, inapt, without dexterity.

~2.~ Unwieldy, unmanageable, inconvenient, unfit, lumbering.

~3.~ Uncouth, unrefined, unpolished, uncourtly, rude, rough, clumsy, coarse, wooden, inelegant, ungainly, untoward, ungraceful, stiff, constrained, uneasy, rustic, boorish, clownish, loutish, gawky, lubberly, slouching.

~Awned~, _a._ (_Bot._) Aristate, bearded.

~Awning~, _n._ Canopy, tilt.

~Awry~, _ad._ ~1.~ Obliquely, asquint, askance.

~2.~ Perversely, wrong.

~Awry~, _a._ Oblique, slanting, distorted, crooked, wry.

~Axilla~, _n._ [L. _pl. Axillæ_.] (_Anat._) Armpit.

~Axiom~, _n._ ~1.~ Truism, self-evident proposition, intuitive truth, necessary truth.

~2.~ Postulate, established principle (_not of necessity true_), proposition commonly received, assumed truth.

~Axiomatic~, _a._ Self-evident, certain, positive, absolute.

~Axiomatical~, _a._ Self-evident, certain, positive, absolute.

~Axis~, _n._ Shaft, spindle, arbor.

~Ay~, _ad._ Yes.

~Aye~, _ad._ Yes.

~Aye~, _ad._ [_Poetical._] Always, for ever.

~Azote~, _n._ Nitrogen.

~Azure~, _a._ Blue, cerulean, sky-colored, sky-blue.

~Azure~, _n._ Blue, sky-color.

B

~Babble~, _v.n._ ~1.~ Prattle, jabber, chatter, talk inarticulately.

~2.~ Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly.

~Babble~, _v. a._ Tell (_foolishly_), prate, utter, prate about.

~Babble~, _n._ Prattle, palaver, chit-chat, gabble, twaddle, chatter, balderdash, platitude, flummery, wish-wash, stuff, moonshine, fudge, trash, nonsense, small talk, idle talk, childish or foolish talk, frothy discourse.

~Babbling~, _n._ ~1.~ Prattle, BABBLE.

~2.~ Garrulity, loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness.

~Babe~, _n._ Infant, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little one.

~Babel~, _n._ Confusion, disorder, tumult, pother, hurly-burly.

~Baby~, _n._ Infant, BABE.

~Babyhood~, _n._ Infancy.

~Baccalaureate~, _n._ Degree of bachelor of arts.

~Baccate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Of a pulpy nature (_like a berry_).

~Bacchanal~, _n._ Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian.

~Bacchanal~, _a._ Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian.

~Bacchanalian~, _n._ and _a._ BACCHANAL.

~Bacchanals~, _n. pl._ Revelry, revels, orgies, carousal, debauch, drunken frolic, potation, compotation, wassail, Saturnalia, drunken feasts.

~Back~, _n._ ~1.~ Upper part, outer part.

~2.~ Hinder part.

~Back~, _a._ ~1.~ Remote.

~2.~ Hindmost, in the rear.

~3.~ In a backward direction.

~Back~, _ad._ ~1.~ To the place of starting.

~2.~ Backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, towards what is behind.

~3.~ In return, in recompense.

~Back~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Assist, aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support to, co-operate with, back up.

~2.~ Move backward.

~Backbite~, _v. a._ Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, lampoon, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, run down, speak ill of.

~Backbiter~, _n._ Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller.

~Backbiting~, _n._ Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, obloquy.

~Backbone~, _n._ ~1.~ Spine, spinal column, vertebral column.

~2.~ Firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood.

~Backhanded~, _a._ ~1.~ Inclining to the left hand (_as writing_).

~2.~ Outward and backward.

~3.~ Indirect, unfair.

~Back-house~, _n._ Privy, necessary, jakes, water-closet.

~Back out~, [_Colloquial._] Withdraw from a bargain, not keep a promise, not stand to an engagement.

~Backslide~, _v. n._ Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith.

~Backslider~, _n._ Apostate, deserter, renegade.

~Backsliding~, _n._ Apostasy.

~Back up~, Support, sustain, assist, aid, help, BACK.

~Backward~, _a._ ~1.~ Averse, unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating.

~2.~ Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid.

~3.~ Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time.

~Backward~, _ad._ Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.

~Backwards~, _ad._ Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.

~Bad~, _a._ ~1.~ Evil, ill, baneful, deleterious, pernicious, mischievous, noxious, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome.

~2.~ Wicked, depraved, abandoned, dishonest, unfair, disingenuous, rascally, villanous.

~3.~ Untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, unwelcome.

~4.~ Vile, wretched, sorry, mean, shabby, scurvy, abominable.

~5.~ Poor, inferior.

~Bad blood~, Rancor, venom, bitterness, acrimony, harshness, sternness, asperity, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper.

~Bad faith~, Perfidy, dishonesty, unfairness, faithlessness, want of faith, breach of faith.

~Badge~, _n._ Mark of distinction, token of office, sign of authority.

~Badger~, _v. a._ Persecute, tease, worry, harry, annoy, vex, plague, harass, torment, pester, trouble, bother, hector.

~Badinage~, _n._ [Fr.] Raillery, banter, ASTEISM, light talk, small talk, trifling or playful discourse.

~Baffle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disconcert, frustrate, foil, elude, balk, circumvent.

~2.~ Confound, bewilder, perplex, out-general, out-manœuvre.

~Bag~, _n._ Sack, pouch.

~Bagatelle~, _n._ [Fr.] Trifle, small matter, thing of no consequence or importance.

~Baggage~, _n._ Luggage, bag and baggage.

~Bagnio~, _n._ ~1.~ Bath, bathing-house.

~2.~ Brothel, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Bail~, _n._ ~1.~ Security, surety.

~2.~ Handle (_of a pail_, &c.).

~Bail~, _v. a._ Admit to bail.

~Bairn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Child, BABE.

~Bait~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put bait upon.

~2.~ Furnish with a meal.

~Bait~, _v. n._ Take refreshment (_on a journey_).

~Bait~, _n._ ~1.~ Lure, decoy, allurement, enticement, temptation.

~2.~ Refreshment (_on a journey_).

~Bake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Harden (_by heat_).

~2.~ Cook (_by direct heat_).

~Balance~, _n._ ~1.~ Pair of scales.

~2.~ Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight.

~3.~ Excess, overplus, surplus.

~4.~ [_Low, U. S._] Rest, residue, remainder.

~Balance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Poise, keep in equipoise, hold in equilibrium.

~2.~ Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.

~3.~ (_Com._) Equalize, make equal.

~Balance-fish~, _n._ Hammer-fish, hammer-headed shark (_Zygœna vulgaris_).

~Bald~, _a._ ~1.~ Without hair (_on the head_).

~2.~ Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame.

~Balderdash~, _n._ Verbiage, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, moonshine, platitude, flummery, fudge, wish-wash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Baldric~, _n._ Shoulder belt.

~Bale~, _n._ Bundle, package.

~Baleen~, _n._ Whalebone.

~Bale-fire~, _n._ Beacon-fire.

~Baleful~, _a._ Hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, pernicious, baneful, ruinous, deadly, fraught with evil.

~Balk~, _v. a._ Disappoint, frustrate, defeat, foil, baffle, disconcert, thwart.

~Balky~, _a._ [_U. S._] Perverse (_said of a horse_), unruly, refractory, wayward, contrary, stubborn, obstinate.

~Ball~, _n._ ~1.~ Globe, sphere.

~2.~ Dance, entertainment of dancing.

~3.~ Game of ball.

~Ballad~, _n._ Light poem, sentimental song.

~Ballast~, _n._ ~1.~ Weight (_for steadiness_), ballasting.

~2.~ Prudence, discretion, judgment, sense, wisdom, TACT, GUMPTION, common sense.

~Ballast~, _v. a._ Put ballast into.

~Ballasting~, _n._ Ballast.

~Ballooning~, _n._ Aëronautics, aërostation.

~Balloonist~, _n._ Aëronaut, aërial navigator.

~Balmy~, _a._ ~1.~ Soothing, refreshing, easing, assuaging, lenitive, sedative.

~2.~ Fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, aromatic, aromatous, ambrosial, spicy, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

~Baltimore oriole~, Golden robin, hang-bird, fiery hang-bird (_Icterus Baltimore_ or _Oriolus Baltimore_).

~Bam~, _n._ [_Low._] Cheat, imposition, imposture, fraud, circumvention, trick.

~Bam~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Cheat, BAMBOOZLE.

~Bamboozle~, _v. a._ Deceive, cheat, dupe, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gull, trick, chouse, overreach, circumvent, defraud, diddle, BAM.

~Ban~, _n._ ~1.~ Proclamation, edict.

~2.~ Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema.

~Band~, _n._ ~1.~ Tie, ligature, ligament.

~2.~ Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.

~3.~ Bandage, fillet, binding.

~4.~ Company (_especially of instrumental musicians_), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, COTERIE, CLIQUE, society, sodality, association.

~Bandage~, _n._ Fillet, band, binding.

~Bandit~, _n._ Outlaw, robber, brigand, freebooter, footpad, highwayman, marauder.

~Banditti~, _n. pl._ Band of outlaws or robbers.

~Bandy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.

~2.~ Exchange, interchange, give and take.

~Bane~, _n._ ~1.~ Poison, venom.

~2.~ Pest, scourge, curse, ruin.

~Baneful~, _a._ ~1.~ Poisonous, venomous.

~2.~ Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil.

~Banewort~, _n._ Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (_Atropa Belladonna_).

~Banging~, _a._ [_Low._] Huge, large, great.

~Banian~, _n._ (_Bot._) Indian fig-tree (_Ficus Indicus_).

~Banish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country.

~2.~ Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind.

~Banishment~, _n._ Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription.

~Bang~, _v. a._ Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, WALLOP, deal roughly with.

~Bankrupt~, _a._ Insolvent.

~Bankrupt~, _n._ Insolvent debtor.

~Bankruptcy~, _n._ Insolvency.

~Banner~, _n._ Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.

~Banquet~, _n._ Feast, entertainment, treat.

~Banquet~, _v. n._ Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking.

~Banquet~, _v. a._ Treat with a banquet or feast.

~Banter~, _v. a._ Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.

~Banter~, _n._ Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, BADINAGE, ASTEISM, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.

~Bantling~, _n._ Infant, babe, baby, chit, brat, nursling, suckling, BAIRN, little child, little one, young one.

~Baptize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Administer baptism to.

~2.~ Christen.

~Bar~, _n._ ~1.~ Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.

~2.~ Rail, railing.

~3.~ Tribunal, judgment-seat.

~4.~ Body of lawyers.

~Bar~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a bar.

~2.~ Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.

~3.~ Exclude, shut out.

~Barb~, _n._ ~1.~ Beard (_or excrescences like a beard_), wattles.

~2.~ Horse (_of the Barbary breed_).

~Barbadoes tar~, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.

~Barbarian~, _n._ ~1.~ Savage.

~2.~ Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.

~Barbarian~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncivilized, rude, savage, BARBAROUS, barbaric.

~2.~ Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish.

~Barbaric~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native.

~2.~ Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage.

~Barbarism~, _n._ ~1.~ Incivility, rudeness, savageness, Vandalism, Gothicism, barbarous state, uncivilized condition.

~2.~ Vulgarism, slang, unauthorized expression.

~Barbarity~, _n._ Cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian.

~Barbarous~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, savage, barbarian, barbaric.

~2.~ Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody.

~3.~ Uncouth (_as a word or an expression_), harsh, vulgar, contrary to good usage.

~Barbed~, _a._ ~1.~ Bearded.

~2.~ Clad in armor.

~Barberry~, _n._ Pepperidge-bush.

~Bard~, _n._ ~1.~ Poet, minstrel.

~2.~ Caparison, horse-armor, trappings for a horse.

~Bare~, _a._ ~1.~ Naked, nude, denuded, uncovered, unclothed, undressed.

~2.~ Simple, sheer, mere.

~Bare~, _v. a._ Strip, uncover, make bare.

~Barefaced~, _a._ ~1.~ Undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed, palpable, conspicuous, glaring, notable, notorious.

~2.~ Impudent, presumptuous, shameless, audacious.

~Barely~, _ad._ Merely, simply, only.

~Bargain~, _n._ ~1.~ Compact, agreement, stipulation, covenant, contract, convention, concordat, treaty, indenture.

~2.~ Cheap purchase, purchase on favorable terms, good bargain.

~Bargain~, _v. n._ Contract, agree, stipulate, covenant, make a bargain.

~Barilla~, _n._ Carbonate of soda (_impure_), kelp.

~Bark~, _v. n._ Yelp.

~Bark up the wrong tree~, [_Colloquial._] Mistake, err, make a mistake, BE IN THE WRONG BOX.

~Barm~, _n._ Yeast, ferment, leaven.

~Barmy~, _a._ Yeasty.

~Barren~, _a._ ~1.~ Unprolific, incapable of bearing offspring, not prolific.

~2.~ Unfertile, fruitless, unproductive, sterile, ACARPOUS.

~3.~ Scanty, not copious.

~Barricade~, _n._ Obstruction (_as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification_), BARRIER.

~Barricade~, _v. a._ Obstruct, block up, stop up.

~Barrier~, _n._ Obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.

~Barrister~, _n._ Advocate (_admitted to plead at the bar_), counsellor, counsel, lawyer, attorney, SOLICITOR, attorney at law, limb of the law.

~Barrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Wheelbarrow.

~2.~ Mound, hillock.

~3.~ Hog (_especially a castrated hog_).

~Barter~, _v. n._ Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges.

~Barter~, _v. a._ Give in exchange, barter away.

~Barter~, _n._ Exchange, traffic by exchange.

~Barter away~, BARTER.

~Baryta~, _n._ Oxide of barium.

~Barytes~, _n._ Heavy spar, sulphate of baryta.

~Base~, _a._ ~1.~ Ignoble, plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, unhonored, base-born, of low birth.

~2.~ Vile, low, mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, abject, grovelling, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally.

~3.~ Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous.

~Base~, _n._ ~1.~ Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

~2.~ (_Surveying._) Base-line.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Principal element (_of a compound_).

~Base-born~, _a._ BASE, of low birth.

~Base-line~, _n._ (_Surveying._) Base.

~Basement~, _n._ Ground-floor, lowest story.

~Base-minded~, _a._ Mean, low, vile, grovelling, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, mean-spirited.

~Baseness~, _n._ ~1.~ Meanness, vileness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness.

~2.~ Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude.

~Bashful~, _a._ Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over-modest, not self-possessed.

~Bashfulness~, _n._ Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self- distrust, excessive modesty.

~Basilisk~, _n._ Cockatrice.

~Basis~, _n._ Base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

~Bask~, _v. n._ Lie in the sun, be exposed to a pleasant heat.

~Bask~, _v. a._ Expose to sunshine or to a pleasant heat.

~Bass~, _a._ (_Mus._) Low, deep, grave.

~Basset~, _v. n._ (_Geol._) Crop out.

~Bassetting~, _n._ Cropping out, out-crop.

~Bastard~, _n._ Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child.

~Bastard~, _a._ ~1.~ Illegitimate.

~2.~ Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine.

~Baste~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat (_with a stick_), cudgel, cane, drub, thrash.

~2.~ Moisten with fat.

~3.~ Sew (_with long stitches_).

~Bastinado~, _n._ Cudgelling or beating (_on the soles of the feet_).

~Bastinado~, _v. a._ Cudgel or beat (_on the soles of the feet_).

~Batch~, _n._ Certain quantity (_as of bread, ore, &c., treated at one time_).

~Bate~, _v. a._ Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit.

~Bathe~, _v. a._ Wash, lave.

~Bathe~, _v. n._ Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath.

~Bathos~, _n._ Anticlimax.

~Bating~, _prep._ Except, excepting.

~Batten~, _n._ Thin strip.

~Batten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with battens.

~2.~ Fatten, make fat.

~Batten~, _v. n._ Grow fat.

~Batter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, smite, pelt, dash against.

~2.~ Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces.

~Batter~, _v. n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.

~Batter~, _n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.

~Battle~, _n._ Combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair.

~Battle array~, Order of battle.

~Bawble~, _n._ Trinket, gewgaw, toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, knack, knick-knack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Bawd~, _n._ Procurer, pander, pimp.

~Bawdy~, _a._ Obscene, filthy, indecent, impure, smutty, lewd.

~Bawdy-house~, _n._ Brothel, stew, bagnio, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.

~Bawl~, _v. n._ Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall.

~Bay~, _a._ Reddish-brown.

~Bay~, _n._ ~1.~ Bight, inlet of the sea.

~2.~ Recess (_as in a room_), opening.

~3.~ Compartment.

~4.~ Bay-tree, laurel-tree (_Laurus nobilis_).

~Bay~, _v. n._ Bark.

~Bayberry~, _n._ Wax-myrtle (_Myrica cerifera_).

~Bay-rum~, _n._ Spirit of Myrcia (_rum distilled with the leaves of Myrcia acris_).

~Bays~, _n. pl._ Crown, garland, wreath, honorary distinction.

~Bay-salt~, _n._ Common salt (_as obtained by evaporation of sea- water_), chloride of sodium.

~Bay-tree~, _n._ BAY, laurel-tree.

~Bazaar~, _n._ Market-place.

~Be~, _v. n._ Exist (_whether in fact or in imagination_), subsist, have existence, have being.

~Beach~, _n._ Shore, coast, strand, seaboard, seacoast.

~Beacon~, _n._ ~1.~ Signal-fire.

~2.~ Mark, sign, signal.

~Beak~, _n._ ~1.~ Bill, mandible, neb.

~2.~ Prow, bow, stem.

~Beam~, _n._ ~1.~ GIRDER, piece of timber.

~2.~ Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, GLIMMER.

~Beam~, _v. n._ Shine, emit rays.

~Beam~, _v. a._ Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams.

~Beamy~, _a._ Radiant, beaming.

~Bear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Uphold, support, sustain, hold up.

~2.~ Carry, transport, convey, waft.

~3.~ Possess, have, hold.

~4.~ Endure, suffer, undergo, brook, tolerate, abide, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily, have patience with, submit to.

~5.~ Admit, permit, allow, admit of, be capable of.

~6.~ Maintain, keep up, carry on.

~7.~ Entertain, cherish, harbor.

~8.~ Be answerable for, be charged with.

~9.~ Produce, yield.

~10.~ Generate, beget, bring forth, give birth to.

~11.~ Exhibit, utter, show, give.

~Bear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suffer, submit.

~2.~ Press, push, be oppressive.

~3.~ Be fruitful, be prolific.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Imply, intimate.

~5.~ (_Naut._) Be situated (_with respect to the point of compass_).

~Bear~, _n._ BRUIN.

~Bearable~, _a._ Tolerable, endurable, supportable.

~Bear a hand~, (_Naut._) Be quick, make haste.

~Beard~, _v. a._ Defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard, oppose to the face.

~Bearded~, _a._ ~1.~ Barbed.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Aristate, awned.

~Bear date~, Be dated.

~Bear down~, Overwhelm, oppress, crush.

~Bear down upon~, ATTACK, assail, assault, charge, march upon, march against, set upon, rush upon, fall upon.

~Bear-grass~, _n._ Yucca, Adam's needle, Spanish bayonet.

~Bearing~, _n._ ~1.~ Deportment, demeanor, behavior, conduct, carriage, mien, air, port.

~2.~ Relation, dependency, connection.

~3.~ Endurance, suffering.

~4.~ Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass.

~Bearings~, _n. pl._ Charges (_in coats of arms_).

~Bearish~, _a._ Rough, rude, coarse, savage, boorish, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, impolite, ungentlemanly.

~Bear one's self~, Behave, acquit one's self, conduct one's self.

~Bear out~, Maintain, support, defend, uphold, justify, make good.

~Bear the bell~, Be the leader.

~Bear the cross~, Take up the cross, submit to trials or afflictions.

~Bear the palm~, Excel, be superior.

~Bear up~, ~1.~ (_Active._) Support, uphold; sustain, keep from falling.

~2.~ (_Passive._) Stand firm, show fortitude.

~Bear with~, Endure, BEAR, tolerate, put up with, have patience with.

~Bear witness~, Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, SWEAR.

~Beast~, _n._ BRUTE (_fit for the service of man_), quadruped, beast of the field, four-footed animal, irrational animal.

~Beastly~, _a._ Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational.

~Beat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strike, knock, hit, thump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, BASTE, thrash, thwack, bang, lay blows upon.

~2.~ Hammer, forge.

~3.~ Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in pieces.

~4.~ Batter, smite, pelt, dash against.

~5.~ Conquer, overcome, subdue, vanquish, overpower, defeat, checkmate.

~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Excel, surpass, outdo, cut out.

~Beat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pulsate, throb.

~2.~ Dash, strike.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Go against the wind, go a zigzag course.

~Beat~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, striking, blow.

~2.~ Pulsation, throb, beating.

~3.~ Round, course.

~Beat all hollow~, [_Low._] Surpass completely, excel beyond all question.

~Beat back~, Repulse, repel, drive back.

~Beat down~, ~1.~ Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down.

~2.~ Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down.

~3.~ Press down (_by blows_), lay flat.