bahut 
ter and balustrade or parapet crowning the 
main walls. This wall nerrw h..th t.. prevent hiintra- 
tioTi of water from heavy >t.>nns :iml to plot, it tli- I<A\, T 
part of the rool covering from damage which the u e "I 
the gutters as passages wuukl t'c likely tn cause. I < >!> I 
Je-Dve, 
bahut-t, [<V.baiiutt<-. Gt.baJntft.'] Adress 
for muquerading; a domino. A'. K. 1). 
BaianismOjtVyan-i/.in), . [From Michel IS/ihix, 
or dc lidij, its author.] A system of religions 
opinions, regarded as an anticipation of Jan- 
senism, found in part or constructively in the 
writings of Haius (Michel de Hay, L513-1S89) 
of the University of Louvain. As condemned by 
I'ills V. ami lircgory XIII., its chief points are : that ori- 
ginal righteousness was an integral part of human nature 
before the fall, not an additional uit't of lio.l; that A.lani 
could have merited eternal life as a mutter of strict jus- 
tice; that man as fallen was mutilated in nature and capa- 
ble ol sin only; and that all works are sinful unless done 
from pure love of Cod. I'.aius submitted to tlic condem- 
nation of his doctrines. 
baicht, ". An obsolete form of batch 2 . Kay 
(Halliwell). 
baid (bad). [North. Bug. and Sc., = E. bwlc 3 .] 
A preterit of bide. 
baiclak (bi'dilk), . [Russ. baiildkii.] A river- 
boat used on the Dnieper and its affluents. It 
is from 100 to 150 feet long, and will carry from 175 to 250 
tons. It has generally one mast and one large sail. 
baidar (bi'dar), . [Native name.] A canoe 
used by the inhabitants of the Aleutian and 
Kurilo islands in the pursuit of otters and 
whales. It is from 18 to 25 feet long, covered with hides, 
and propelled by from 6 to 12 paddles. 
baiet, n. and a. Obsolete form of bay 1 , bay 2 , 
etc. 
baierine (bi'e-riu), w. [< G. Baiern, Bavaria, 
+ -ic 2 .] A name given by Beudantto colum- 
bite obtained in Bavaria, 
baiest, An obsolete form of baize. 
baignet, and v. See bain 2 . 
baignoire (ba-nwor'), [F., a bath-tub, a box 
in a theater, < baigner, bathe : see bain 2 .'] A 
box in a theater on the same level as the stalls. 
Sometimes written baignoir. 
The twelve baiyiioirs and the thirty-six boxes of the 
second tier are left at the disposal of the manager. 
Harper's May., LXVII. 884. 
baikalite (bi'kal-It), . [< Baikal (Baiakhal, 
said to mean ' abundant water'), a lake in south- 
ern Siberia, + -tte 2 .] A dark-green variety of 
pyroxene, occurring in crystals with a lame'llar 
structure like that of salito near Lake Baikal 
in southern Siberia. 
bail 1 (bal), n. [Sometimes improp. bale; early 
mod. E. bail, bayle, < ME. bayle, beyl, prob. < AS. 
"begel, 'bygel (not recorded; cf. byge, a bend, 
turn, beiih (>E. bee 2 ), a ring) (=D. beugel, a hoop, 
ring, bow, stirrup, handle, = MLG. bogel, bog- 
gel, LG. biigcl, a bow, ring, = G. biegel, bugel, a 
bow, bent piece of wood or metal, stirrup, = 
Dan. bojlc, a bow, bar, boom-iron, = Sw. bogel, 
bygel, a bow, hoop, ring, stirrup, = Icel. bygill, a 
stirrup) ; with formative -el, < bugan (pp. bogen) 
(= G. biegen = Icel. bjnga, etc.), bow, bend, in 
part from the causative bygan, began, ME. bei- 
gen, beien, etc., mod. E. dial, bay (= G. beugen 
= Icel. beygja, etc. : see bay ), bend: see bow 1 , 
v., and cf. bow 2 , n.] 1. A hoop or ring; a piece 
of wood, metal, or other material bent into the 
form of a circle or half -circle, as a hoop for sup- 
porting the tilt of a boat, the cover of a wagon 
or cradle, etc. Specifically 2. The hoop f orm- 
ing the handle of a kettle or bucket. 3. One 
of the iron yokes which serve to suspend a life- 
car from the hawser on which it runs. 4. A 
stout iron yoke placed over heavy guns and fit- 
ting closely over the ends of the trunnions, to 
which it is attached by pins in the axis of the 
trunnions: used to raise the gun by means of 
the gin. Farrow, Mil. Encyc. 5. An arched 
support of a millstone. 6f. A wooden canopy 
formed of bows. Halliwell. 
bail 1 (bal), v. t. [< baifl-, .] To provide with 
a bail ; hoop. 
bail'-* (bal), v. t. [< ME. *baylen, < OF. bailler, 
baillier, bailicr = Pr. bailor, carry, conduct, con- 
trol, receive, keep in custody, give, deliver, < 
L. bajulare, bear a burden, carry, ML. also 
conduct, control, rule, (. bajitlus, a bearer, car- 
rier, porter, in ML. (> It. bailo, balio = Pg. bailio 
= Sp. Pr. baile = OF. bail, with ML. reflex 
bailing, biiliux, etc.) a governor, administrator, 
tutor, guardian, fern, bajula (> OF. bailie, etc., 
ML. reflex baila), a governess, nurse. In E. the 
verb, in its customary senses, is rather from 
the noun: see bail 2 , n.] 1. In law: (a) To de- 
liver, as goods, without transference of owner- 
ship, on an agreement, expressed or implied, 
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that they shall be returned or accounted for. 
See biiiliin-iit. 
If cloth be delivered (or in our legal dialed, tinitnl) to a 
tailor to make a suit of clothes, lilnfkttoii' 1 , Com., 1 1. \'>'l. 
(b) To set free, deliver, or liberate from arrest 
and imprisonment. upon security given that the 
person bailed shall appear and answer in court 
or satisfy the judgment given: applied to the 
action of the magistrate or the surety. The ma 
'jiMrate is ^aid to Ifiil a |ersou (or to iflt/n'l Itiu, !> l,,,,l} 
when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment, uj 
bond given with sureties. The surety is also said to l^nl 
the person whose release he procures by giving the txnd. 
Tit. Let me be their bail. . . . 
Sat. Thou shall nut Innt them. 
>'/.*-., Tit. And., ii. 4. 
When they [the judges] hail bililnl thetwch, bishop... 
the House of Commons, in ureat indignation, caused them 
immediately to be recommitted. CVa/v//"/,. 
2. Figuratively, to release ; liberate. 
Ne nolle there was to rc.sknc her, nc none to baile. 
8pmt*r, K. i)., IV. ix. 7. 
3. To be security for; secure; protect. 
We can bail him from the cruelty 
Of misconstruction. /'"/</, Fancies, v. 2. 
TO bail OUt, to procure the release of (a person) by acting 
as his bail. To ball over to keep the peace, to 'require 
security from (a person) that he will keep the peace. 
bail 2 (bal), . [Early mod. E. also bayle, bale, 
< ME. btiylf, baill (ML. ballium, balium), < OF. 
bail, power, control, custody, charge, jurisdic- 
tion, also delivery, < bailler, bailicr, conduct, 
control, etc., deliver. The noun is thus his- 
torically from the verb, though in E. the verb 
in some of its senses depends on the noun : see 
bail 2 , v.] If. Power; custody; jurisdiction. 
So did Diana and her raaydcns all 
Use silly Faunas, now within their baile. 
Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 49. 
2. The keeping of a person in nominal custody 
on security that he shall appear in court at a 
Specified time. The person is said to be admitted to 
bail, in which phrase, however, bail is now commonly 
thought of as the security given. See 3. 
3. Security given to obtain the release of a 
prisoner from custody, pending final decision 
in the action against him. In eivil cases a person 
arrested has always the right to give sufficient bail, and 
thereupon be released from custody. In criminal cases 
the defendant has also this right, as a rule, when the 
crime charged is a mere misdemeanor. Whether to bail 
one charged with treason or felony is usually in the dis- 
cretion of the judge, and in some states bail is always de- 
nied to one held for a crime punishable with death. The 
security is in the form of a bond executed by responsible 
sureties, providing that the defendant shall appear at the 
order of the court under i>enalty of forfeiture of the sum 
named in the bond. The person bailed is regarded as but 
transferred from the custody of the law to that of his 
sureties, who may therefore seize and surrender him at 
any time. In civil cases there are several kinds of bail at 
common law, the chief being common lii! and sitecial bail. 
Common bail, or bail below, which is now disused, was given 
to the sheriff on a bail-bond entered into by two persons, 
on condition that the defendant appear at the day and in 
such place as the arresting process commands. Special 
bail, bail above, or bail to the action, is given by persons 
who undertake generally, after appearance of a defen- 
dant, that if he be condemned in the action he shall satisfy 
the debt, costs, and damages, or render himself to the 
proper person, or that they will do so for him. (Wharton.) 
In Scotland, bail in civil cases is called caution (which see). 
4. Figuratively, security; guaranty. 
Doubtless this man hath bail enough to lie no Adulterer. 
Milton, Tetrachordon, Works (1738), I. 251. 
5. Liberation on bail: as, to grant bail. 6. 
The person or persons who provide bail, and 
thus obtain the temporary release of a prisoner. 
Persons who make a business of furnishing bail on pay- 
ment of a fee often frequent law-courts. Formerly such 
persons wore straws in their shoes as a sign of their occu- 
pation ; hence the term straw bail, used to designate fic- 
titious or irresponsible professional bail. 
The bail must be real substantial bondsmen. 
Blackstone. 
The attorney whispered to Mr. Pickwick that he was 
onlyabail. "\bail!" " Yes, my dear sir, half-a-dozen 
of em here. Bail you to any amount and only charge 
half-a-crown." Dickens, Pickwick Papers. 
Where those mysterious personages who were wont in 
the old times to perambulate the great saloon of the futile 
footsteps, Westminster Hall, with straws in their shoes, 
and whose occupation is not by any means gone now-a- 
days, are always in attendance in a philanthropic eager- 
ness to render service to suffering humanity or in other 
words, to become bail where bail is wanted, for a gratuity 
of half-a-crown to twelve and sixpence. G. A. Sola. 
[Bail, Iwing an abstract noun applicable to persons only 
by ellipsis, is not used in the plural.] Ball a longues 
annees, in Canadian law, a lease for more than nine 
years, termed also an emphyteutic lease, whereby the les- 
see enjoys for the term all the rights attached to the qual- 
ity of proprietor, and can dispose of the property subject 
to the rights of the lessor. On bail, on guaranties duly 
given for the appearance or production of a prisoner in 
court at the proper time : as, he was liberated on bail. 
His [Somerset's] friends attempted to obtain his release 
on bail. Stitbbs, Const. Hist., 672. 
To admit to ball, or to take bail for, to release upon 
security given. See above, 2. To find bail, to procure 
persons to act as bail. To go ball, (a) To act as bail or 
bailed 
surety. (') To vouch (for a thing) t as, I'll yi> bail for 
that. TO bold tO ball,!" oblige t., tlnd bail or p. t.. jail. 
- TO perfect or Justify ball, t.. prove by the oath of the 
pei>ou fnnii.shiiiK bail that, over and above his debts, he 
is u..i th the sum for which he is about t > I" > 'iu>' BI . urity. 
bail' 5 dial), ii. [Kiirly mod. K. also Imi/li- (still 
sometimes used nreiiuieally in del', fi), < ME. 
liiii/li. luiili 1 , /mil, a barrier, palisade, prob. also 
:i i.ar (= 1). Fleni. l,,iti,; a bar, rail), < OF. l,,iil, 
luiili; Imi/li; a biirrier, palisade, prob. also (as 
in mod. F. dial, /mil) a bar. cross-bar (cf. Icel. 
lini/till, an episcopal staff, eru/.ier), prob. < L. 
Ifiii-nliini. linriil/ix, a stick, ilid, staff (see luti-ii- 
lus, and cf . bail*, < ML. "bacula) : see biriP, r., 
and ef. deriv. Imili-i/i. The noun //i7 :t in some 
senses maybe from the verb, but all senses ap- 
pear to depend ult. on that of a bar, or cross- 
bar.] If. A bar; a cross-bar. 
Set them npii.in some jicaicheor /*(///.' of wood that 
they maye by that meanes the better keepe their feathers 
unbroken ami eschue the dragging of their traines upon 
the ground. 
Turli . of I-'alconric, p. :O. (S.K.ll.) 
2. In cricket, one of the two little bars or sticks, 
about 4 inches long, which are laid on the tops 
of the stumps, one end resting in the groove of 
one stump, and the other in that of the next. 
since they tall with the lightest blow, they serve to indi- 
cate when tlie stumps have been struck. 
Old Bailey gravely seta up the middle stump again, and 
puts the bails on. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Kugby, ii. 8. 
3. A bar or pole to separate horses in a stable. 
4. A framework for securing the head of a 
cow while she is being milked. [Australia.] 
5. [The earliest use in E.] Milit. : (a) pi. 
The outer wall or line of defenses, originally 
often made of stakes; barriers; palisades. See 
palisade. Hence (6) The space inclosed by 
the outer wall: the outer court of a castle or a 
fortified post : in this sense usually called bailey. 
See baileyl. 6. A certain limit in a forest. 
bail 3 (bal), v. t. [Early mod. E. also bale; appar. 
< OF. baillier, inclose, shut in, bar, appar. < 
bailie, a bar, cross-bar, barrier; in the second 
sense, directly < bail 3 , n., 5.] 1. To bar in; 
confine. [Rare.] 2. To provide with a bail. 
To ball up. (a) To secure the head (of a cow) in a bail 
while she is being milked. Hence (6) To disarm prepar- 
atory to robbing ; order to throw up the anus. [Australia.] 
bai! 4 t (bal), n. [< ME. beyle, "bayle = D. balie 
= MLG. balge, ballige, balleif, LG. balje, a tub, 
bucket, = G. Dan. balje = Sw. balja, a tub, = 
It. baglia, a tub, bucket, < F. bailie, naut. a tub, 
bucket, pail, prob. < ML. *bacula, a bucket or 
tub (cf. bacitla, a small boat), dim. of baca, 
bacca, a tub : see back a . Cf. bail 3 , prob. < L. 
baculum.] A bucket; a pail; especially, a 
bucket or other small vessel used to dip water 
out of a boat. 
bail* (bal), v. [Also less prop, bale ; early mod. 
E. baile, bayle (= D. balien, vit-balien) ; from 
the noun.] I. trans. To remove (water), or free 
(a boat, etc.) from water, with a bail, bucket, 
basin, or other small vessel : usually with out. 
II. intrans. To remove water, as from a boat 
or the like, with a bail or bucket. 
bai! 5 t, etc. Obsolete and less proper spelling 
of bale*, etc. 
bailable (ba'la-bl), a. [Early mod. E. also 
baleable, bailcable; < bail?, v. and n., + -able.'] 
1. Capable of being delivered; deliverable. 
2. Capable of being set free upon giving bond 
with sureties ; capable of being admitted to 
bail : used of persons. 3. Admitting of bail : 
as, a bailable offense. 
bailage (ba'laj), n. [Also bailiagc, balltage, as 
if < AF. *bailiagc, ML. balliagium : see bail 2 , 
v., and -age.'] A duty imposed upon the de- 
livery of goods ; an ancient duty received by 
the city of London for all goods and merchan- 
dise brought into or carried out of the port. 
Chambers. 
bail-bond (bal 'bond), n. A bond or obliga- 
tion given by a prisoner and his surety to in- 
sure the appearance of the former in court at 
the return of the writ. 
bail-dockt (bal'dok), n. [Prob. < bail 3 + dock 3 .] 
Formerly, at the Old Bailey in London, a small 
room taken from one of the corners of the 
court, and left open at the top, in which cer- 
tain malefactors were placed during trial. Also 
spelled bale-dock. 
Penn and Mead, for their stout defence at their trial, 
were dragged into the bale-dock, and the Recorder pro- 
ceeded to charge the jury during their detention there, 
urging for an excuse, that they were still within hearing 
of the Court. K. and Q., 6th sen, XI. 87. 
bailedt (bald), p. a. [< bail* + -ed 2 .] Pro- 
vided with a bail ; hooped and covered, as a 
wagon. 
