Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism, joking, jesting, quizzing, chaff (colloq.).
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. Rod, pole, grating, cross-piece, casting, ingot.
- 2. Obstacle, hindrance, obstruction, barrier, barricade, stop, impediment.
- 3. Rail, railing.
- 4. Tribunal, judgment-seat.
- 5. Body of lawyers, legal fraternity.
- 6. Shoal, sand-bank, shallow, bank, sandbar.
Bar, v. a.
- 1. Fasten with a bar.
- 2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent, prohibit, restrain.
- 3. Exclude, shut out.
Barb, n.
- 1. Beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles.
- 2. Guard (of a hook, etc.), beard, point, guarded or bearded point.
- 3. Horse (of the Barbary breed).