Bague
(||Bague) n. [F., a ring] (Arch.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft
or clustered column into two or more parts.
Baguet
(Ba*guet", Ba*guette") n. [F. baguette, prop. a rod It. bacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculu
stick, staff.]
1. (Arch.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
2. (Zoöl) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
Bagwig
(Bag"wig") n. A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.
Bagworm
(Bag"worm`) n. (Zoöl.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval
state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platœceticus Gloveri) feeds on
the orange tree. See Basket worm.
Bah
(Bah) interj. An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.
Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was utterly unknown to the English public.
De Quincey.
Bahar
(||Ba*har") n. [Ar. bahar, from bahara to charge with a load.] A weight used in certain parts of
the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
Baigne
(Baigne) v. t. [F. baigner to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath.] To soak or drench. [Obs.] Carew.
Bail
(Bail) n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.] A
bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]
The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull.
Capt. Cook.
Bail
(Bail), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bailed (bald); p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; — usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.
Buckets . . . to bail out the water.
Capt. J. Smith.
2. To dip or lade water from; — often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.
By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.
R. H. Dana, Jr.
Bail
(Bail), v. t. [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus
he who bears burdens.]
1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]
Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail.
Spenser.
2. (Law) (a) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other
person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of
the person bailed.
The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety. The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner)
a man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment upon bond given with sureties. The surety
bails a person when he procures his release from arrest by giving bond for his appearance. Blackstone.
