Part 6

~Attest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Witness, certify, endorse, confirm, ratify, corroborate, support, authenticate, seal, vouch for, bear out, set one's hand and seal to.

~2.~ Adjure, invoke, call to witness.

~3.~ Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, confess.

~Attestation~, _n._ Attesting, authentication, confirmation, testimony, witness, proof, evidence, seal.

~Attic~, _a._ Chaste, classic, classical, pure, correct, refined, elegant, polished, in good taste.

~Attic~, _n._ ~1.~ Athenian, Athenian author.

~2.~ Garret, loft, cockloft, upper story.

~Atticism~, _n._ Attic idiom or phrase, elegant or concise expression, happy phrase.

~Attic salt~, Delicate wit.

~Attire~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, array, apparel, rig, robe, enrobe, accoutre, equip, fit out, TRICK OUT.

~Attire~, _n._ Dress, clothes, clothing, apparel, raiment, ARRAY, habit, garb, gear, costume, habiliment, vesture, vestment, outfit, suit, accoutrement, equipment, toilet, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY, wardrobe.

~Attitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Posture (_with reference to the expression of some sentiment_), position.

~2.~ Situation, aspect, phase, standing, predicament

~Attorney~, _n._ ~1.~ Agent, factor, proxy, deputy, substitute.

~2.~ Lawyer, counsellor, counsel, SOLICITOR, advocate, barrister, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.

~Attract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, bring into proximity, cause to approach.

~2.~ Allure, invite, entice, engage, win, captivate, fascinate, endear, charm, enamour.

~Attraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Attracting, drawing.

~2.~ Allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, attractiveness.

~Attractive~, _a._ ~1.~ Alluring, inviting, enticing, fascinating, captivating, charming, winning, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, interesting, prepossessing, taking, pleasing, pleasant, lovely, sweet.

~2.~ Magnetic, magnetical.

~Attributable~, _a._ Ascribable, imputable, referrible, chargeable, traceable, owing, to be charged, to be attributed, to be imputed.

~Attribute~, _v. a._ Ascribe, assign, refer, impute, consider as due.

~Attribute~, _n._ Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity.

~Attrition~, _n._ Abrasion, friction, rubbing.

~Attune~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set to a tune, make musical.

~2.~ Tune, accord, harmonize, modulate, put in tune.

~At variance~, Quarrelling, bickering, at odds.

~Auburn~, _a._ Nut-brown, chestnut-colored, reddish-brown.

~Auction~, _n._ Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale.

~Auctioneer~, _n._ Vendue-master.

~Audacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, intrepid, venturesome, dauntless, undaunted, valiant, stout-hearted.

~2.~ Presumptuous, assuming, forward, impudent, insolent.

~Audaciousness~, _n._ AUDACITY.

~Audacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Boldness, daring, fearlessness, courage, intrepidity, venturesomeness, hardihood.

~2.~ Impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK.

~Audience~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearing.

~2.~ Auditory, assembly of hearers.

~Audience-chamber~, _n._ Divan, council-chamber, state-chamber.

~Audit~, _v. a._ Examine (_as accounts, to ascertain whether they are correct or not_).

~Audit~, _n._ ~1.~ Examination of accounts.

~2.~ Final account.

~Auditor~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearer, listener.

~2.~ Examiner of accounts.

~Auditory~, _n._ Audience, assembly of hearers.

~Au fait~, [Fr.] Skilful, skilled, expert, at home, in one's element.

~Aught~, _n._ Any thing.

~Augment~, _v. a._ Enlarge, increase, magnify, add to, make larger.

~Augment~, _v. n._ Increase, grow larger.

~Augmentation~, _n._ Increase, enlargement, extension, addition, accession.

~Augur~, _n._ Soothsayer, prophet, fortune-teller.

~Augur~, _v. n._ Prophesy, conjecture, predict, guess.

~Augur~, _v. a._ Portend, forebode, presage, foreshow, foreshadow, prognosticate, betoken, foretell, predict, prophesy, be ominous of.

~Augury~, _n._ ~1.~ Prognostication, prognostic, prediction, prophecy, vaticination.

~2.~ Omen, sign, auspice, portent, presage, prognostic, precursor, forerunner, harbinger, herald.

~August~, _a._ Imposing, awful, solemn, venerable, majestic, stately, pompous, great, regal, noble, dignified, kingly, princely, magnificent, superb.

~Auld lang syne~, [_Scotch._] Antiquity, old times, former times, days of yore, the olden time, time gone by, days gone by.

~Aureate~, _a._ Golden, yellow, gold-colored.

~Aurelia~, _n._ (_Ent._) Chrysalis, pupa, nympha.

~Aureola~, _n._ [L.] Halo, glory.

~Auricle~, _n._ Pavilion, external ear.

~Aurora~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Mythol._) Goddess of Morning.

~2.~ Daybreak, dawn, morning, morn, sunrise, break of day, opening of day, peep of day, first blush of the morning.

~Aurora borealis~, [L.] Northern lights, polar lights.

~Auspice~, _n._ Omen, AUGURY, sign, portent, presage, prognostic.

~Auspices~, _n. pl._ Favor, influence, patronage, protection, support.

~Auspicious~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, red-letter.

~2.~ Propitious, promising, favorable, seasonable, opportune, golden, bright.

~Austere~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough (_to the taste_), sour and astringent.

~2.~ Severe, rigid, strict, formal, stiff, rigorous, harsh, stern, difficult, hard, uncompromising, unrelenting, relentless, ascetic, straight-laced.

~Austerity~, _n._ Severity, rigor, sternness, harshness, asceticism.

~Authentic~, _a._ ~1.~ Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be.

~2.~ Trustworthy, RELIABLE, authoritative, of approved authority, to be depended on, worthy of belief.

~Authenticate~, _v. a._ Verify, seal, attest, give credit or validity to, prove to be genuine.

~Authentication~, _n._ Verification, attestation, seal, confirmation.

~Authenticity~, _n._ ~1.~ Genuineness.

~2.~ Trustworthiness.

~Author~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, inventor, maker, creator, father, former, contriver, first cause.

~2.~ Writer, composer.

~Authoritative~, _a._ ~1.~ Official, commanding, by authority, EX CATHEDRA.

~2.~ Dictatorial, imperative, imperious, magisterial, oracular, peremptory, dogmatic.

~Authorities~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Magistrates, officials, persons in office.

~2.~ Precedents, decisions, judgments.

~Authority~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, sovereignty, dominion, empire, government.

~2.~ Rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy, control, influence, interest.

~3.~ Permission, warrant, warranty, liberty, permit, precept, order, authorization, sanction.

~4.~ Witness, testimony.

~5.~ Credibility, weight of evidence.

~6.~ Respectability, dignity, weight of character.

~Authorize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sanction, justify, warrant, legalize, support by authority.

~2.~ Empower, commission, permit, allow, give permission to, give leave to, give authority to.

~Autochthonal~, _a._ Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.

~Autochthonous~, _a._ Aboriginal, original, primitive, primeval, pristine, primary, first, native, indigenous.

~Autocracy~, _n._ Dictatorship, absolutism, despotism, tyranny, arbitrary power, absolute power.

~Autocrat~, _n._ Dictator, despot, tyrant, absolute ruler.

~Autocratic~, _a._ Absolute, despotic.

~Automatic~, _a._ Self-moving, self-acting.

~Autopsy~, _n._ ~1.~ Ocular evidence, personal examination.

~2.~ Post-mortem examination.

~Autumn~, _n._ Fall, fall of the leaf.

~Auxiliary~, _a._ Aiding, helping, assisting, ancillary, subsidiary, helpful.

~Auxiliary~, _n._ Helper, assistant, coadjutor, adjutant, co- operative, ally, confederate, right-hand man.

~Avail~, _v. a._ Benefit, profit, be of advantage to.

~Avail one's self of~, Use, employ, take advantage of, turn to account, make use of.

~Avail~, _v. n._ Be of advantage, do good, be of use, answer the purpose.

~Avail~, _n._ Profit, advantage, benefit, use, utility, service.

~Avails~, _n. pl._ Proceeds, profits, returns.

~Available~, _a._ ~1.~ To be availed of, to be turned to account.

~2.~ Serviceable, useful, profitable, advantageous, beneficial.

~3.~ Suitable or fit (_for some purpose_), likely to answer the end.

~Avant-courier~, _n._ Harbinger, forerunner, herald.

~Avant-guard~, _n._ Van, advanced guard.

~Avarice~, _n._ Penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness.

~Avaricious~, _a._ Miserly, penurious, parsimonious, sordid, illiberal, niggardly, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, grasping, close- fisted, hard-fisted, COVETOUS, eager for gain (_for the sake of hoarding it_).

~Avast~, _interj._ (_Naut._) Hold, stop, stay, enough.

~Avaunt~, _interj._ Hence, begone, be off, get you gone.

~Avenge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take satisfaction for, award just punishment for.

~2.~ Revenge, vindicate (_by punishment of an offender_), inflict punishment in behalf of.

~3.~ [_So used by the translators of the Bible._] Take revenge upon, treat revengefully.

~Avengement~, _n._ [_Rare._] Avenging.

~Avenue~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, entrance, entry, access, way of approach, passage-way.

~2.~ Alley, walk, street, road, path.

~3.~ Channel, route, way, pass.

~Aver~, _v. a._ Assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, protest, avouch, allege, say, pronounce, predicate.

~Average~, _n._ ~1.~ Medium, mean proportion, medial sum or quantity.

~2.~ Mediocrity, medial standard, average standard.

~Average~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Equate, reduce to an average, reduce to a mean.

~2.~ (_Com._) Proportion, distribute proportionally.

~Average~, _v. n._ Amount to, or result in, when the mean is taken.

~Average~, _a._ ~1.~ Medial, mean.

~2.~ Middling, ordinary, passable, moderate, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.

~Averment~, _n._ Affirmation, declaration, assertion, remark, asseveration, protestation, avowal, word.

~Avernus~, _n._ (_Mythol._) Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Erebus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

~Averse~, _a._ Unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed.

~Aversion~, _n._ ~1.~ Dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, repugnance, backwardness.

~2.~ ANTIPATHY, hatred, loathing, disgust, nausea, detestation, abhorrence, horror.

~Avert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Turn aside, turn away, turn off.

~2.~ Prevent, divert, preclude, FOREFEND, ward off, keep off.

~Avid~, _a._ [_Rare._] Eager, greedy.

~Avidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Eagerness, longing, yearning, intense desire.

~2.~ Greediness, craving, voracity, rapacity, voraciousness, ravenousness, canine appetite.

~Avocation~, _n._ Occasional business (_business that calls aside_).

~Avoid~, _v. a._ ~1.~ SHUN (_in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion_), eschew, escape, blink, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from, keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with.

~2.~ Forbear, help, refrain from.

~Avoset~, _n._ Scooper.

~Avouch~, _v. a._ Affirm, assert, asseverate, declare, protest, allege, say, maintain.

~Avow~, _v. a._ Acknowledge, confess, own, profess, declare, affirm.

~Avowal~, _n._ Acknowledgment, confession, declaration, profession, manifesto.

~Await~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness for.

~2.~ Attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for.

~Awake~, _a._ ~1.~ Not asleep.

~2.~ Attentive, watchful, vigilant, alive, on the alert.

~Awake~, _v. a._ & _n._ AWAKEN.

~Awaken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Awake, wake, rouse from sleep.

~2.~ Arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up.

~Awaken~, _v. n._ Wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep.

~Awakening~, _n._ Revival.

~Award~, _v. a._ Adjudge, decrees.

~Award~, _n._ Judgment, decree, adjudication, determination, decision.

~Aware~, _a._ Mindful, conscious, cognizant, observant, apprised, sensible, convinced, persuaded.

~Away~, _ad._ ~1.~ Absent, gone, off, from home, at a distance, not present.

~2.~ Begone, let us go.

~Away with~, Take away.

~Awe~, _n._ ~1.~ Reverence, veneration, reverential fear.

~2.~ Dread, fearfulness.

~Awe~, _v. a._ Overawe, intimidate, frighten, affright, daunt, cow, inspire with awe.

~Awe-struck~, _a._ Dismayed, horrified, appalled, terrified, frightened, panic-stricken, horror-struck.

~Awful~, _a._ ~1.~ Venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic.

~2.~ Dread, dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous.

~3.~ [_Vulgar._] Ugly, homely, unsightly, ill-looking.

~Awhile~, _ad._ For a time, for some time, some time, for a while.

~Awkward~, _a._ ~1.~ Unskilful, bungling, unhandy, maladroit, inapt, without dexterity.

~2.~ Unwieldy, unmanageable, inconvenient, unfit, lumbering.

~3.~ Uncouth, unrefined, unpolished, uncourtly, rude, rough, clumsy, coarse, wooden, inelegant, ungainly, untoward, ungraceful, stiff, constrained, uneasy, rustic, boorish, clownish, loutish, gawky, lubberly, slouching.

~Awned~, _a._ (_Bot._) Aristate, bearded.

~Awning~, _n._ Canopy, tilt.

~Awry~, _ad._ ~1.~ Obliquely, asquint, askance.

~2.~ Perversely, wrong.

~Awry~, _a._ Oblique, slanting, distorted, crooked, wry.

~Axilla~, _n._ [L. _pl. Axillæ_.] (_Anat._) Armpit.

~Axiom~, _n._ ~1.~ Truism, self-evident proposition, intuitive truth, necessary truth.

~2.~ Postulate, established principle (_not of necessity true_), proposition commonly received, assumed truth.

~Axiomatic~, _a._ Self-evident, certain, positive, absolute.

~Axiomatical~, _a._ Self-evident, certain, positive, absolute.

~Axis~, _n._ Shaft, spindle, arbor.

~Ay~, _ad._ Yes.

~Aye~, _ad._ Yes.

~Aye~, _ad._ [_Poetical._] Always, for ever.

~Azote~, _n._ Nitrogen.

~Azure~, _a._ Blue, cerulean, sky-colored, sky-blue.

~Azure~, _n._ Blue, sky-color.

B

~Babble~, _v.n._ ~1.~ Prattle, jabber, chatter, talk inarticulately.

~2.~ Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly.

~Babble~, _v. a._ Tell (_foolishly_), prate, utter, prate about.

~Babble~, _n._ Prattle, palaver, chit-chat, gabble, twaddle, chatter, balderdash, platitude, flummery, wish-wash, stuff, moonshine, fudge, trash, nonsense, small talk, idle talk, childish or foolish talk, frothy discourse.

~Babbling~, _n._ ~1.~ Prattle, BABBLE.

~2.~ Garrulity, loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness.

~Babe~, _n._ Infant, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little one.

~Babel~, _n._ Confusion, disorder, tumult, pother, hurly-burly.

~Baby~, _n._ Infant, BABE.

~Babyhood~, _n._ Infancy.

~Baccalaureate~, _n._ Degree of bachelor of arts.

~Baccate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Of a pulpy nature (_like a berry_).

~Bacchanal~, _n._ Reveller, carouser, bacchanalian.

~Bacchanal~, _a._ Riotous, revelling, noisy, bacchanalian.

~Bacchanalian~, _n._ and _a._ BACCHANAL.

~Bacchanals~, _n. pl._ Revelry, revels, orgies, carousal, debauch, drunken frolic, potation, compotation, wassail, Saturnalia, drunken feasts.

~Back~, _n._ ~1.~ Upper part, outer part.

~2.~ Hinder part.

~Back~, _a._ ~1.~ Remote.

~2.~ Hindmost, in the rear.

~3.~ In a backward direction.

~Back~, _ad._ ~1.~ To the place of starting.

~2.~ Backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, towards what is behind.

~3.~ In return, in recompense.

~Back~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Assist, aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support to, co-operate with, back up.

~2.~ Move backward.

~Backbite~, _v. a._ Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, lampoon, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, run down, speak ill of.

~Backbiter~, _n._ Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller.

~Backbiting~, _n._ Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, obloquy.

~Backbone~, _n._ ~1.~ Spine, spinal column, vertebral column.

~2.~ Firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood.

~Backhanded~, _a._ ~1.~ Inclining to the left hand (_as writing_).

~2.~ Outward and backward.

~3.~ Indirect, unfair.

~Back-house~, _n._ Privy, necessary, jakes, water-closet.

~Back out~, [_Colloquial._] Withdraw from a bargain, not keep a promise, not stand to an engagement.

~Backslide~, _v. n._ Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith.

~Backslider~, _n._ Apostate, deserter, renegade.

~Backsliding~, _n._ Apostasy.

~Back up~, Support, sustain, assist, aid, help, BACK.

~Backward~, _a._ ~1.~ Averse, unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating.

~2.~ Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid.

~3.~ Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time.

~Backward~, _ad._ Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.

~Backwards~, _ad._ Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.

~Bad~, _a._ ~1.~ Evil, ill, baneful, deleterious, pernicious, mischievous, noxious, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome.

~2.~ Wicked, depraved, abandoned, dishonest, unfair, disingenuous, rascally, villanous.

~3.~ Untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, unwelcome.

~4.~ Vile, wretched, sorry, mean, shabby, scurvy, abominable.

~5.~ Poor, inferior.

~Bad blood~, Rancor, venom, bitterness, acrimony, harshness, sternness, asperity, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper.

~Bad faith~, Perfidy, dishonesty, unfairness, faithlessness, want of faith, breach of faith.

~Badge~, _n._ Mark of distinction, token of office, sign of authority.

~Badger~, _v. a._ Persecute, tease, worry, harry, annoy, vex, plague, harass, torment, pester, trouble, bother, hector.

~Badinage~, _n._ [Fr.] Raillery, banter, ASTEISM, light talk, small talk, trifling or playful discourse.

~Baffle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disconcert, frustrate, foil, elude, balk, circumvent.

~2.~ Confound, bewilder, perplex, out-general, out-manœuvre.

~Bag~, _n._ Sack, pouch.

~Bagatelle~, _n._ [Fr.] Trifle, small matter, thing of no consequence or importance.

~Baggage~, _n._ Luggage, bag and baggage.

~Bagnio~, _n._ ~1.~ Bath, bathing-house.

~2.~ Brothel, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Bail~, _n._ ~1.~ Security, surety.

~2.~ Handle (_of a pail_, &c.).

~Bail~, _v. a._ Admit to bail.

~Bairn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Child, BABE.

~Bait~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put bait upon.

~2.~ Furnish with a meal.

~Bait~, _v. n._ Take refreshment (_on a journey_).

~Bait~, _n._ ~1.~ Lure, decoy, allurement, enticement, temptation.

~2.~ Refreshment (_on a journey_).

~Bake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Harden (_by heat_).

~2.~ Cook (_by direct heat_).

~Balance~, _n._ ~1.~ Pair of scales.

~2.~ Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight.

~3.~ Excess, overplus, surplus.

~4.~ [_Low, U. S._] Rest, residue, remainder.

~Balance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Poise, keep in equipoise, hold in equilibrium.

~2.~ Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.

~3.~ (_Com._) Equalize, make equal.

~Balance-fish~, _n._ Hammer-fish, hammer-headed shark (_Zygœna vulgaris_).

~Bald~, _a._ ~1.~ Without hair (_on the head_).

~2.~ Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame.

~Balderdash~, _n._ Verbiage, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, moonshine, platitude, flummery, fudge, wish-wash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Baldric~, _n._ Shoulder belt.

~Bale~, _n._ Bundle, package.

~Baleen~, _n._ Whalebone.

~Bale-fire~, _n._ Beacon-fire.

~Baleful~, _a._ Hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, pernicious, baneful, ruinous, deadly, fraught with evil.

~Balk~, _v. a._ Disappoint, frustrate, defeat, foil, baffle, disconcert, thwart.

~Balky~, _a._ [_U. S._] Perverse (_said of a horse_), unruly, refractory, wayward, contrary, stubborn, obstinate.

~Ball~, _n._ ~1.~ Globe, sphere.

~2.~ Dance, entertainment of dancing.

~3.~ Game of ball.

~Ballad~, _n._ Light poem, sentimental song.

~Ballast~, _n._ ~1.~ Weight (_for steadiness_), ballasting.

~2.~ Prudence, discretion, judgment, sense, wisdom, TACT, GUMPTION, common sense.

~Ballast~, _v. a._ Put ballast into.

~Ballasting~, _n._ Ballast.

~Ballooning~, _n._ Aëronautics, aërostation.

~Balloonist~, _n._ Aëronaut, aërial navigator.

~Balmy~, _a._ ~1.~ Soothing, refreshing, easing, assuaging, lenitive, sedative.

~2.~ Fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, aromatic, aromatous, ambrosial, spicy, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

~Baltimore oriole~, Golden robin, hang-bird, fiery hang-bird (_Icterus Baltimore_ or _Oriolus Baltimore_).

~Bam~, _n._ [_Low._] Cheat, imposition, imposture, fraud, circumvention, trick.

~Bam~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Cheat, BAMBOOZLE.

~Bamboozle~, _v. a._ Deceive, cheat, dupe, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gull, trick, chouse, overreach, circumvent, defraud, diddle, BAM.

~Ban~, _n._ ~1.~ Proclamation, edict.

~2.~ Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema.

~Band~, _n._ ~1.~ Tie, ligature, ligament.

~2.~ Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.

~3.~ Bandage, fillet, binding.

~4.~ Company (_especially of instrumental musicians_), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, COTERIE, CLIQUE, society, sodality, association.

~Bandage~, _n._ Fillet, band, binding.

~Bandit~, _n._ Outlaw, robber, brigand, freebooter, footpad, highwayman, marauder.

~Banditti~, _n. pl._ Band of outlaws or robbers.

~Bandy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.

~2.~ Exchange, interchange, give and take.

~Bane~, _n._ ~1.~ Poison, venom.

~2.~ Pest, scourge, curse, ruin.

~Baneful~, _a._ ~1.~ Poisonous, venomous.

~2.~ Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil.

~Banewort~, _n._ Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (_Atropa Belladonna_).

~Banging~, _a._ [_Low._] Huge, large, great.

~Banian~, _n._ (_Bot._) Indian fig-tree (_Ficus Indicus_).

~Banish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country.

~2.~ Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind.

~Banishment~, _n._ Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription.

~Bang~, _v. a._ Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, WALLOP, deal roughly with.

~Bankrupt~, _a._ Insolvent.

~Bankrupt~, _n._ Insolvent debtor.

~Bankruptcy~, _n._ Insolvency.

~Banner~, _n._ Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.

~Banquet~, _n._ Feast, entertainment, treat.

~Banquet~, _v. n._ Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking.

~Banquet~, _v. a._ Treat with a banquet or feast.

~Banter~, _v. a._ Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.

~Banter~, _n._ Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, BADINAGE, ASTEISM, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.

~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.~ Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.

~2.~ Rail, railing.

~3.~ Tribunal, judgment-seat.

~4.~ Body of lawyers.

~Bar~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a bar.

~2.~ Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.

~3.~ Exclude, shut out.

~Barb~, _n._ ~1.~ Beard (_or excrescences like a beard_), wattles.

~2.~ Horse (_of the Barbary breed_).

~Barbadoes tar~, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.

~Barbarian~, _n._ ~1.~ Savage.

~2.~ Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.

~Barbarian~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncivilized, rude, savage, BARBAROUS, barbaric.

~2.~ Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish.

~Barbaric~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native.

~2.~ Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage.

~Barbarism~, _n._ ~1.~ Incivility, rudeness, savageness, Vandalism, Gothicism, barbarous state, uncivilized condition.

~2.~ Vulgarism, slang, unauthorized expression.

~Barbarity~, _n._ Cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian.

~Barbarous~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, savage, barbarian, barbaric.

~2.~ Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody.

~3.~ Uncouth (_as a word or an expression_), harsh, vulgar, contrary to good usage.

~Barbed~, _a._ ~1.~ Bearded.

~2.~ Clad in armor.

~Barberry~, _n._ Pepperidge-bush.

~Bard~, _n._ ~1.~ Poet, minstrel.

~2.~ Caparison, horse-armor, trappings for a horse.

~Bare~, _a._ ~1.~ Naked, nude, denuded, uncovered, unclothed, undressed.

~2.~ Simple, sheer, mere.

~Bare~, _v. a._ Strip, uncover, make bare.

~Barefaced~, _a._ ~1.~ Undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed, palpable, conspicuous, glaring, notable, notorious.

~2.~ Impudent, presumptuous, shameless, audacious.

~Barely~, _ad._ Merely, simply, only.

~Bargain~, _n._ ~1.~ Compact, agreement, stipulation, covenant, contract, convention, concordat, treaty, indenture.

~2.~ Cheap purchase, purchase on favorable terms, good bargain.

~Bargain~, _v. n._ Contract, agree, stipulate, covenant, make a bargain.

~Barilla~, _n._ Carbonate of soda (_impure_), kelp.

~Bark~, _v. n._ Yelp.

~Bark up the wrong tree~, [_Colloquial._] Mistake, err, make a mistake, BE IN THE WRONG BOX.

~Barm~, _n._ Yeast, ferment, leaven.

~Barmy~, _a._ Yeasty.

~Barren~, _a._ ~1.~ Unprolific, incapable of bearing offspring, not prolific.

~2.~ Unfertile, fruitless, unproductive, sterile, ACARPOUS.

~3.~ Scanty, not copious.

~Barricade~, _n._ Obstruction (_as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification_), BARRIER.

~Barricade~, _v. a._ Obstruct, block up, stop up.

~Barrier~, _n._ Obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.

~Barrister~, _n._ Advocate (_admitted to plead at the bar_), counsellor, counsel, lawyer, attorney, SOLICITOR, attorney at law, limb of the law.

~Barrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Wheelbarrow.

~2.~ Mound, hillock.

~3.~ Hog (_especially a castrated hog_).

~Barter~, _v. n._ Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges.

~Barter~, _v. a._ Give in exchange, barter away.

~Barter~, _n._ Exchange, traffic by exchange.

~Barter away~, BARTER.

~Baryta~, _n._ Oxide of barium.

~Barytes~, _n._ Heavy spar, sulphate of baryta.

~Base~, _a._ ~1.~ Ignoble, plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, unhonored, base-born, of low birth.

~2.~ Vile, low, mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, abject, grovelling, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally.

~3.~ Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous.

~Base~, _n._ ~1.~ Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

~2.~ (_Surveying._) Base-line.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Principal element (_of a compound_).

~Base-born~, _a._ BASE, of low birth.

~Base-line~, _n._ (_Surveying._) Base.

~Basement~, _n._ Ground-floor, lowest story.

~Base-minded~, _a._ Mean, low, vile, grovelling, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, mean-spirited.

~Baseness~, _n._ ~1.~ Meanness, vileness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness.

~2.~ Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude.

~Bashful~, _a._ Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over-modest, not self-possessed.

~Bashfulness~, _n._ Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self- distrust, excessive modesty.

~Basilisk~, _n._ Cockatrice.

~Basis~, _n._ Base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

~Bask~, _v. n._ Lie in the sun, be exposed to a pleasant heat.

~Bask~, _v. a._ Expose to sunshine or to a pleasant heat.

~Bass~, _a._ (_Mus._) Low, deep, grave.

~Basset~, _v. n._ (_Geol._) Crop out.

~Bassetting~, _n._ Cropping out, out-crop.

~Bastard~, _n._ Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child.

~Bastard~, _a._ ~1.~ Illegitimate.

~2.~ Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine.

~Baste~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat (_with a stick_), cudgel, cane, drub, thrash.

~2.~ Moisten with fat.

~3.~ Sew (_with long stitches_).

~Bastinado~, _n._ Cudgelling or beating (_on the soles of the feet_).

~Bastinado~, _v. a._ Cudgel or beat (_on the soles of the feet_).

~Batch~, _n._ Certain quantity (_as of bread, ore, &c., treated at one time_).

~Bate~, _v. a._ Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit.

~Bathe~, _v. a._ Wash, lave.

~Bathe~, _v. n._ Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath.

~Bathos~, _n._ Anticlimax.

~Bating~, _prep._ Except, excepting.

~Batten~, _n._ Thin strip.

~Batten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with battens.

~2.~ Fatten, make fat.

~Batten~, _v. n._ Grow fat.

~Batter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, smite, pelt, dash against.

~2.~ Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces.

~Batter~, _v. n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.

~Batter~, _n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.

~Battle~, _n._ Combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair.

~Battle array~, Order of battle.

~Bawble~, _n._ Trinket, gewgaw, toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, knack, knick-knack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Bawd~, _n._ Procurer, pander, pimp.

~Bawdy~, _a._ Obscene, filthy, indecent, impure, smutty, lewd.

~Bawdy-house~, _n._ Brothel, stew, bagnio, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.

~Bawl~, _v. n._ Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall.

~Bay~, _a._ Reddish-brown.

~Bay~, _n._ ~1.~ Bight, inlet of the sea.

~2.~ Recess (_as in a room_), opening.

~3.~ Compartment.

~4.~ Bay-tree, laurel-tree (_Laurus nobilis_).

~Bay~, _v. n._ Bark.

~Bayberry~, _n._ Wax-myrtle (_Myrica cerifera_).

~Bay-rum~, _n._ Spirit of Myrcia (_rum distilled with the leaves of Myrcia acris_).

~Bays~, _n. pl._ Crown, garland, wreath, honorary distinction.

~Bay-salt~, _n._ Common salt (_as obtained by evaporation of sea- water_), chloride of sodium.

~Bay-tree~, _n._ BAY, laurel-tree.

~Bazaar~, _n._ Market-place.

~Be~, _v. n._ Exist (_whether in fact or in imagination_), subsist, have existence, have being.

~Beach~, _n._ Shore, coast, strand, seaboard, seacoast.

~Beacon~, _n._ ~1.~ Signal-fire.

~2.~ Mark, sign, signal.

~Beak~, _n._ ~1.~ Bill, mandible, neb.

~2.~ Prow, bow, stem.

~Beam~, _n._ ~1.~ GIRDER, piece of timber.

~2.~ Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, GLIMMER.

~Beam~, _v. n._ Shine, emit rays.

~Beam~, _v. a._ Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams.

~Beamy~, _a._ Radiant, beaming.

~Bear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Uphold, support, sustain, hold up.

~2.~ Carry, transport, convey, waft.

~3.~ Possess, have, hold.

~4.~ Endure, suffer, undergo, brook, tolerate, abide, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily, have patience with, submit to.

~5.~ Admit, permit, allow, admit of, be capable of.

~6.~ Maintain, keep up, carry on.

~7.~ Entertain, cherish, harbor.

~8.~ Be answerable for, be charged with.

~9.~ Produce, yield.

~10.~ Generate, beget, bring forth, give birth to.

~11.~ Exhibit, utter, show, give.

~Bear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suffer, submit.

~2.~ Press, push, be oppressive.

~3.~ Be fruitful, be prolific.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Imply, intimate.

~5.~ (_Naut._) Be situated (_with respect to the point of compass_).

~Bear~, _n._ BRUIN.

~Bearable~, _a._ Tolerable, endurable, supportable.

~Bear a hand~, (_Naut._) Be quick, make haste.

~Beard~, _v. a._ Defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard, oppose to the face.

~Bearded~, _a._ ~1.~ Barbed.