Ba'ginet. s. Bayonet.
Bai'ly. s. A bailiff; a superintendent of an estate.
Ball. adj. Bald.
Bal'let. s. Ballad.
Ball'rib. s. A sparerib.
To Bal'lirag. v. a. To abuse with foul words; to scold.
To Ban. v. a. To shut out; to stop.
To Bane. v. a. To afflict with a mortal disease; applied to sheep. See to COATHE.
To Barenhond', To Banehond'. v. n. (used chiefly in the third person singular) to signify intention; to intimate.
These words are in very common use in the West of England. It is curious to note their gradation from Chaucer, whose expression is Beren hem on hond, or bare him on hand; implying always, it appears to me, the same meaning as I have given to the words above. There is, I think, no doubt, that these expressions of Chaucer, which he has used several times in his works, are figurative; when Chaucer tells us he beren hem, in hond, the literal meaning is, he carried it in, or on, his hand so that it might be readily seen. "To bear on hand, to affirm, to relate."—JAMIESON'S Etymological Scots Dictionary. But, whatever be the meaning of these words in Chaucer, and at the present time in Scotland, the above is the meaning of them in the west of England.