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Bantering
() of Banter
Banter
() To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.
Banter
() To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
Banter
() To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.
Banter
() To challenge or defy to a match.
Banter
() The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
Banterer
() One who banters or rallies.
Bantingism
() A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.
Bantling
() A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
Banxring
() An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
Banyan
() A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), 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.
Baobab
() A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
Baphomet
() An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.
Baptism
() 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.
Baptismal
() Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows.
Baptismally
() In a baptismal manner.
Baptist
() One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.
Baptist
() 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 Anabaptist.
Baptisteries
() of Baptistry
Baptistery
() Alt. of Baptistry
Baptistry
() In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near.
Baptistry
() A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.
Baptistic
() Of or for baptism; baptismal.
Baptistical
() Baptistic.
Baptizable
() Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized.
Baptization
() Baptism.
Baptized
() of Baptize
Baptizing
() of Baptize
Baptize
() To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
Baptize
() To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
Baptize
() To sanctify; to consecrate.
Baptizement
() The act of baptizing.
Baptizer
() One who baptizes.
Bar
() A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
Bar
() An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
Bar
() Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
Bar
() A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Bar
() Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
Bar
() The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.
Bar
() The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
Bar
() The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Bar
() A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
Bar
() Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
Bar
() A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
Bar
() An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
Bar
() A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
Bar
() A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
Bar
() The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
Bar
() The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
Bar
() A drilling or tamping rod.