- 2. Weigh (mentally), compare, estimate comparatively.
- 3. Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.
- 4. (Com.) Equalize, make equal, square, adjust, clear.
Balance, v. n.
- 1. Be in equipoise or equilibrium, counterpoise each other, neutralize each other.
- 2. Cast accounts, keep accounts, reckon, make balances.
Balance-fish, n. Hammer-fish, hammer-headed shark (Zygœna vulgaris).
Bald, a.
- 1. Without hair (on the head), hairless, destitute of hair.
- 2. Bare, treeless, verdureless, uncovered, unsheltered, naked.
- 3. Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame.
- 4. Literal, unabated, unmitigated, undisguised, unvarnished, naked, bare.
- 5. Unsupported, bare, mere, uncorroborated, glaring.
Baldachino, Baldaquin, Baldequin, n. Canopy, awning
Balderdash, n. Verbiage, rodomontade, gasconade, rant, bombast, fustian, froth, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, bosh, platitude, flummery, fudge, jargon, nonsense, prate, prating, senseless prate, jabber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gabble, drivel, frothy discourse, idle talk.
Baldric, n. Shoulder-belt, bawdrick.
Bale, n.
- 1. Bundle, package.
- 2. Harm, injury, hurt, bane, ruin, mischief, calamity, misery.
Baleen, n. Whalebone.
Bale-fire, n. Beacon-fire.