Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
(2) - Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
(3) - Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
(4) - Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

(1) - Bassinet (n.) See Bascinet.
(2) - Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

(1) - Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso.
(2) - Basso (a.) One who sings the lowest part.
(3) - Basso (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.

(1) - Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

(1) - Bastard (v. t.) To bastardize.
(2) - Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
(3) - Bastard (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
(4) - Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
(5) - Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
(6) - Bastard (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
(7) - Bastard (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
(8) - Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
(9) - Bastard (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
(10) - Bastard (n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.