bailee 
bailee (ba-le'), n. [< 6n 2 , r., + -eel.] I n ?ai, 
the person to whom goods are committed in 
bailment. He has a temporary possession of 
them and a qualified property in them for such 
purpose only. 
bailer 1 , n. [< bail 2 + -er 1 .] See lailor. 
bailer 2 (ba'ler), n. [< bail* + -<?>!.] 1. One 
who bails out water, or frees a boat from water. 
2. A vessel used for bailing water. 
For river or lake work a sponge and baler may be suf- 
ficient, but for sea cruising an effective pump should be 
lilted. Qtiattiyiugh, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 194. 
Also 'baler. 
bailey 1 (ba'li), n. [Early mod. E. also baily, 
bailie,< ME. baily, bailie, baillie, bailly, baili, etc., 
an extended form (prob. after the ML. balium. 
ballium, a reflex of the OF. bail) of bayle, bail, 
mod. E. bail, a barrier, etc. : see bail 3 .] 1. The 
external wall of defense about a feudal castle 
(see bail 3 ) ; by extension, any of the circuits of 
wall other than a keep or donjon, that is, any 
line of defense other than the innermost one. 
2. As used by later writers, the outer court 
or base-court of a castle; by extension, any 
court of a defensive post used with a distinctive 
epithet. The inner bailey contained the stables and often 
the chapel, etc., and communicated directly with the keep ; 
the outer bailey, when there were only two, more commonly 
contained the chapel and sometimes a tilt-yard, exercise- 
ground, or the like. The entranceway to a castle, after 
passing the defenses of the barbican, led first into the outer 
bailey and thence into the inner bailey ; but it was usual 
for the keep to have also a separate communication with 
the exterior. [The word is still retained in some proper 
names, as in the Old Bailey, the seat of the central crimi- 
nal court of London, so called from the ancient bailey of 
the city wall between Lud Gate and New Gate, within 
which it was situated.] 
Also ballium. 
bailey 2 t, . See bailie^. 
bailiage 1 , n. See bailage. 
bailiage 2 , bailliage (ba'li-aj), . [Formerly 
also bailiage, baliage, and bailiage (cf. ML. bal- 
liagium, baillagium., baliaticum), < F. bailliage 
(=Pr. bailiatge = Sp. bailiage), < bailli, a bailiff, 
bailie, + -age.] The jurisdiction or district of 
a bailiff or bailli ; a bailiwick : now used chiefly 
(in the form bailliage) with reference to old 
French or to Swiss bailiwicks. 
At first four battliages were created. Brougham. 
The several orders [in France] met in their bailliayes in 
1789, to choose their representatives [in the Assembly] 
and draw up their grievances and instructions. 
John Morley, Burke, p. 161. 
bailiary, n. See bailiery. 
bailie 1 1, An obsolete spelling of bailey^. 
bailie 2 (ba'li), . [Now only as So., also spelled 
baillie, baily, early mod. E. also baily, bailey, bay- 
ley, etc., < ME. baylie, bayly, baillie, baili, bailli, 
< OF. bailli, earlier baillif, > E. bailiff, of which 
bailie 2 is thus a doublet: see bailiff.'] If. A 
bailiff. 2. In Scotland: (of) The chief magis- 
trate of a barony or part of a county, having 
functions equivalent to those of a sheriff, (b) 
A municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding 
to an alderman in England. He possesses a certain 
jurisdiction by common law as well as by statute. The 
criminal jurisdiction of the provost and bailies of royal 
burghs extends to breaches of the peace, drunkenness, 
adulteration of articles of diet, thefts not of an aggra- 
vated character, and other offenses of a less serious na- 
tui'e. Formerly, a person appointed by precept of sasine to 
give infeftrnent in land (a legal formality now abolished) 
was also called a bailie. 
bailie 3 t, . See baity*. 
bailiery, bailiary (ba'li-e-ri. -a-ri), n. [Early 
mod. E. also baillierie, etc., < F. as if *baillerie, 
< bailli : see bailie 2 and -en/.] In Scots law, a 
bailie's jurisdiction. Also bailliery, bailliary. 
Letter Of bailiery, a commission by which a heritable 
proprietor, entitled to grant such a commission, appoints 
a baron bailie, with the usual powers, to hold courts, ap- 
point officers under him, etc. 
bailiff (ba'lif), n. [Early mod. E. also bayli/, 
baliff'e, bailive, etc., < ME. bailif, baillif, balyf, 
etc. (ML. ballivus), < OF. bailtif (later baitti, 
E. bailie 2 , q. v.), < ML. *bajuliwus, prop, adj., < 
bajulus, an administrator, manager, guardian, 
tutor, etc., in L. a carrier, porter: see bail 2 , v.] 
1. A subordinate civil officer or functionary. 
There are in England several kinds of bailiffs, whose offices 
differ widely, but all agree in this, that the keeping or pro- 
tection of something belongs to them. The sheriff is the 
sovereign's bailiff, and his county is a bailiwick. The 
name is also applied to the chief magistrates of some 
towns, to keepers of royal castles, as of Dover, to persons 
having the conservation of the peace in hundreds and in 
some special jurisdictions, as Westminster, and to the 
returning-offlcers in the same. But the officials common- 
ly designated by this name are the bailiffs of sheriffs, or 
sheriffs' officers, who execute processes, etc., and bailiffs 
of liberties, appointed by the lords in their respective 
jurisdictions to perform similar functions. 
2. An overseer or under-steward on an estate, 
appointed to manage forests, direct husbandry 
operations, collect rents, etc. Also called a 
422 
bailiff of forests, or bailiff in husbandry. 3. An 
officer of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. 
Bailiff of forests, or bailiff in husbandry. See 
above, 2. High, bailiff, in England: (n) The chief offi- 
cer of certain corporations, (li) The officer of a county 
court, (c) The officer who serves writs and the like in 
certain franchises not subject to the ordinary jurisdiction 
of the sheriff. Special bailiff, a person named by a party 
in a civil suit for the purpose of executing some particular 
process therein, and appointed by the sheriff on the appli- 
cation of such party. Water-bailiff, in England, an 
officer employed in protecting a river from poachers and 
from being fished at other times or in other ways than 
those permitted by law. 
bailiffryt (ba'lif-ri), n. [Early mod. E. also 
bailivery; < bailiff + -ry.] The office or juris- 
diction of a bailiff. 
bailiffship (ba'lif-ship), . [< bailiff + -skip.'] 
The office of bailiff. 
bailiffwickt (ba'lif -wik),w. [<bailiff + -wick. Cf. 
'bailiwick.'] The office of a bailiff or a sheriff, or 
the district under his jurisdiction ; _a bailiwick. 
bailing-machine (ba'ling-ma-shen"), . A 
form of bail-scoop (which see). 
bailiwick (ba'K-wik), n. [< ME. bailie-, bayly-, 
etc., + -wike, etc. ; < bailitP + -wick.] The coun- 
ty within which a sheriff exercises his office ; 
the precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction ; 
the limits of a bailiffs authority, as (in Eng- 
land) a hundred, a liberty, or a forest over 
which a bailiff is appointed. 
There Is a proper officer allreadye appoynted for these 
turnes, to witt the sheriff of the shire, whose peculiar office 
it is to walke continuallye up and downe his balyuritk, as 
ye would have a marshall. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
bailliage, n. [F.] See bailiage 2 . 
baillieH, . See bailey^. 
baillie 2 t, See bailie 2 . 
baillie 3 t, . See baily*. 
baillie-brushkie (ba 'li-brush'ki), m. [Native 
name in Alaska.] The parrakeet-auklet, Pha- 
leris or Ombria psittacula. H. W. Elliott. 
bailliery, bailliary, n. See bailiery. 
baillon (F. pron. ba-lyou'), n. [< F. baillon, a 
fag, of uncertain origin; either (1) dim. (as if 
L. "baculo, *baculon-) of OF. bailie, bail, a bar, 
barrier (see bail 3 ) ; or (2), written bdillon, < Mil- 
ler, OF. baailler, baailer = Pr. badaillar = Cat. 
badallar = It. sbadigliare, gape (cf. ML. badal- 
lum, a gag), < ML. badare, gape, open the 
mouth: see bay*.] A gag; specifically, a piece 
of cork or other material used to keep the mouth 
open during operations, dental or surgical, in 
the mouth. 
baillone (ba-lyo-na'), a. [< F. bdillonne, pp. of 
bdillonner, gag, < bdillon, a gag: see baillon.] 
In her., holding a stick between the teeth: said 
of an animal used as a bearing. 
bailment (bal'ment), n. [Early mod. E. also 
bailement, < OF. "battlement, < battler, deliver, 
bail: see bail 2 , v., and -ment.] 1. The contract 
or legal relation which is constituted by the 
delivery of goods without transference of own- 
ership, on an agreement expressed or implied 
that they be returned or accounted for, as a 
loan, a consignment, a delivery to a earner, a 
pledge, a deposit for safe keeping, or a letting 
on hire. 2. The act of bailing a prisoner or 
an accused person ; also, the record of or doc- 
uments relating to such a bailing. 
bailo (ba'i-16), n. [It., < ML. bajulus, a mana- 
ger, administrator, guardian, etc. : see bail 2 , v.] 
The title of the Venetian Resident at the Ot- 
toman Porte. N. E. D. 
bailor, bailer 1 (ba'lor, -ler), n. [< bail 2 , v., + 
-or, -erl.] In law, one who delivers goods to 
another in bailment. See bailment, 1. 
bail-piece (bal'pes), n. In law, a certificate 
issued to a person bv a court attesting his ac- 
ceptance as a surety in a case before it. 
bail-scoop (bal'skSp), re. [< bail^ + scoop.] A 
scoop pivoted at one end, fitted with valves, 
and so arranged that a large quantity of water 
may be raised by it through a short distance : 
used in draining and irrigating. 
bailsman (balz'man), n. ; pi. bailsmen (-men). 
[< bail's, poss. of bail?, n., + man.] One who 
gives bail for another ; a surety or bail. 
baily 1 ! (ba'li), n. Obsolete spelling of bailey^. 
baily 2 t (ba'li), n. The regular English spell- 
ing of the word now used only in the Scotch 
spelling bailie. See bailie 2 . 
Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a 
baily, sent every three years from the senate of Berne. 
Addison, Travels in Italy. 
baily 3 t (ba'li), n. [Also bailie, < ME. bailie, 
bayly, baly, bailly, baillye, baillie, baili, < OF. 
bailie, baillie = Pr. bailia = Sp. bailia = It. balia 
(ML. balia, bailia, bailia, baillia, baylia, bayllia), 
<. ML. bajulia, the jurisdiction or office of a bai- 
bairman 
liff, 
iff, < bajulus, an administrator, governor, bailiff : 
see bail 2 and bailiff, bailie'^.] 1. The jurisdic- 
tion, authority, or office of a bailiff or bailie ; 
hence, jurisdiction or authority, especially as 
delegated; stewardship. 2. The district of a 
bailiff or bailie ; a bailiwick. 
Baily's beads. See bead. 
bain 1 (ban), a. [Now only E. dial., also written 
bane, < ME. bayne, bayn, beyn, < Icel. beinn, 
straight, direct, hospitable, = Norw. bein, 
straight, direct, easy to deal with.] 1 . Direct ; 
near; short: as, that way's the bainent (banest). 
[Prov. Bug.] 2f. Ready; willing. 
Be thou buxom and right bayn. 
Tuwneley Mysteries, p. 168. 
3f. Limber; pliant; flexible. 
bain 1 (ban), adv. [E. dial., also bane, < ME. 
bayn, bain; from the adj.] 1. Near by; at 
hand. [Prov. Eng.] 2f. Readily; willingly. 
The berne besily and bane blenkit hem about. 
Gawan and Ooloijras, L 6 (in Pinkerton's Scottish Poems). 
bain 2 t (ban), i. [Early mod. E. also bane, < ME. 
bayne, baine, < OF. and F. bain = Pr. bank = Sp. 
baiio = Pg. banho = It. bagno (> F. bayne, E. 
bagnio, q. v.), < L. balneum, a bath, bath-house : 
see balneum.] 1. A bath, in any of the senses 
of that word. 2. A bagnio or brothel. 
bain 2 t (ban), v. [< ME. bayncn, < OF. baigner = 
Pr. Pg. banhar=Sp. baflar = It. bagnare, < ML. 
balneare, bathe, < L. balneum, a bath : see bain^, 
n.] I. trans. To bathe ; wash. 
He that in Eurotas' silver glide 
Doth bain his tress. Greene, Palmer's Verses. 
II. intrans. To bathe one's self ; take a bath. 
bain 3 t, etc. Obsolete spelling of bane, bone, etc. 
bainbergt (bau'berg), n. [Appar. F., < G. *bein- 
berg (not found) = AS. banbeorg, bdnberge, 
bdngebeorg, also called scancgebeorg, lit. 'bone- 
or leg-guard' (cf. cinberge, 'chin-guard'; hcals- 
beorh, ' neck-guard,' hauberk : 
see hauberk), < ban, bone (= 
G. bein, leg), or scanca, shank, 
leg, + beorgan, protect.] A 
name given to the plate-armor 
ofthelegbelowtheknee,when 
first introduced. It was worn 
over the chain-mail, to pro- 
tect the shin. 
Baines's act. See act. 
bainie ( ba'ni), a. Scotch form 
of bony. 
bain-marie (F. pron. ban- 
ma-re'), n. [F., formerly bain 
de Marie, < ML. balneum 
Maria;, lit. bath of Mary; a 
fanciful name, perhaps in al- 
lusion to the 'gentle' heat. 
The second element is some- 
times erroneously referred 
to L. mare, sea.] A vessel of any kind contain- 
ing heated water, in which another vessel is 
placed in order to heat its contents gently, or 
with more regularity and evenness than if the 
heat were applied directly to the second vessel : 
used in some operations of cooking, manufac- 
ture, chemistry, etc. Also called water-bath. 
bainst, n. pi. Another spelling of banes, obso- 
lete form of banns. Spenser. 
baiocco, bajOCCO (bii-yok'ko), n. ; pi. baiocchi, 
bajocchi (-ke). [Formerly in E. baiock, byok 
(after F. bai- 
ocque, bai- 
oque), < It. 
baiocco, ba- 
jocco, a small 
coin, so call- 
ed from its 
color, < baio, 
bajo, brown 
bay: see 
bay&.] A 
small coin of the former Papal States, struck in 
both silver and copper, worth about a cent. 
Bairam (bl-ram', bi'ram), n. [Formerly bay- 
ram,.beyram, < Turk, bairdm, bayrdm, beiram, < 
Pers. bairdm.] The name of two festivals in the 
Mohammedan year, distinguished as the lesser 
and the greater. The lesser Bairam follows immedi- 
ately after the fast strictly kept during the ninth month 
Ramadan, in the first three days of the tenth month, and 
is devoted to feasting, rejoicing, visiting, and gifts, very 
much as our Christmas holiday season is spent. The 
greater Bairam occurs on the tenth day of the twelfth 
month, and is everywhere observed with the slaughter of 
sheep and general festivity by those at home, simultane- 
ously with the great sacrificial feast at Mecca concluding 
the ceremonies of the annual pilgrimage by the liadjis. 
Also spelled Beiram. 
bairmant, See bareman. 
Bainberg worn over 
chausses of chain-mail. 
( From Viollet-le-Duc's 
" Diet, du Mobilier 
Baiocco of Pope Pius VI., British Museum. 
( Size of the original. } 
