[Babbington, Antony], an English Catholic gentleman; conspired against Elizabeth on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots, confessed his guilt, and was executed at Tyburn in 1586.
[Bab-el-Mandeb] (i. e. the Gate of Tears), a strait between Asia and Africa forming the entrance to the Red Sea, so called from the strong currents which rush through it, and often cause wreckage to vessels attempting to pass it.
[Baber], the founder of the Mogul empire in Hindustan, a descendant of Tamerlane; thrice invaded India, and became at length master of it in 1526; left memoirs; his dynasty lasted for three centuries.
[Babes in the Wood], Irish banditti who infested the Wicklow Mountains in the 18th century, and were guilty of the greatest atrocities. See [Children].
[Bâbis], a modern Persian sect founded in 1843, their doctrines a mixture of pantheistic with Gnostic and Buddhist beliefs; adverse to polygamy, concubinage, and divorce; insisted on the emancipation of women; have suffered from persecution, but are increasing in numbers.
[Baboeuf, François Noel], a violent revolutionary in France, self-styled Gracchus; headed an insurrection against the Directory, "which died in the birth, stifled by the soldiery"; convicted of conspiracy, was guillotined, after attempting to commit suicide (1764-1797).
[Baboo], or Babu, name applied to a native Hindu gentleman who has some knowledge of English.
[Baboon, Lewis], the name Arbuthnot gives to Louis XIV. in his "History of John Bull."
[Ba`brius], or Gabrius, a Greek poet of uncertain date; turned the fables of Æsop and of others into verse, with alterations.
[Baby-farming], a system of nursing new-born infants whose parents may wish them out of sight.