Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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СКАЧАТЬ Bac¶chante (?), n.; L. pl. Bacchantes 1. A priestess of Bacchus.

       2. A female bacchanal.

       BacÏchan¶tic (?), a. Bacchanalian.

       Bac¶chic (?), Bac¶chicÏal (?) }, a. [L. Bacchicus, Gr. ?] Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.

       ØBacÏchi¶us (?), n.; pl. Bacchii. [L. Bacchiusÿpes, Gr. ? (sc. ? foot).] (Pros.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

       Bac¶chus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?] (Myth.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

       BacÏcif¶erÏous (?), a. [L.ÿbaccifer;ÿbaccaÿberry + ferre to bear] Producing berries. ½ÿBacciferousÿtrees.¸

       Ray.

       Bac¶ciÏform (?), a. [L. bacca berry + -form. ] Having the form of a berry.

       BacÏciv¶oÏrous (?), a. [L. bacca berry + varare to devour.] (Zo”l.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as,ÿbaccivorous birds.

       Bace (?), n., a., &v. See Base. [Obs.]

       Spenser.

       Bach¶aÏrach, Back¶aÏrack } (?), n. A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.

       Bache¶eÏlor (?), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelierÿ (cf.Pr. bacalar, Sp.bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate, n.]

       1. A man of any age who has not been married.

       As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.

       W.Irving.

       2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.]

       B.Jonson.

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      3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelorÿof arts.

       4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

       5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

       6. (Zo”l.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

       Bach¶eÏlorÏdom (?), n. The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

       Bach¶eÏlorÏhood (?), n. The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

       Bach¶eÏlorÏism (?), n. Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.

       W.Irving.

       Bach¶eÏlor's but¶ton (?), (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (ÿCentaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

       µ Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers ½from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom¸, according to Johnson's Gerarde, p.472(1633); but by other writers ascribed to " a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts.¸

       Dr.Prior.

       Bach¶eÏlorÏship , n. The state of being a bachelor.

       Bach¶elÏry (?), n. [OF. bachelerie.] The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.]

       Chaucer.

       BaÏcil¶lar (?), a. [L. bacillum little staff.] (Biol.) Shaped like a rod or staff.

       ØBac¶ilÏla·riÏ‘ (?), n. pl. [ NL., fr.L. bacillum, dim. of baculum stick.] (Biol.) See ÿDiatom.

       Bac¶ilÏlaÏry (?), a. Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

       BaÏcil¶liÏform (?), a. [L. bacillum little staff + Ïform.] Rod-shaped.

       BaÏcil¶lus (?), n.; pl. Bacilli (?). [NL., for L. bacillum. See Bacillarle.] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

       Back (?), n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bak tray, bowl.] 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

       Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper.- Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash. - Water back, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated.

       2. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1

       Back (?), n. [As b‘c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b?g? flight. Cf. Bacon.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end o the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the ÿback of a horse, fish, or lobster.

       2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

       [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave

       Into the clouds.

       Milton.

       3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

       Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this,

       Gave me your hands, the ÿbacksÿand palms to kiss.

       Donne.

       4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the ÿback of a chimney.

       5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

       6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

       7. A support or resource in reserve.

       This project

       Should have a back or second, that might hold,

       If this should blast in proof.

       Shak.

       8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

       9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

       10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing.

       A bak to walken inne by daylight.

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