avvogadore (It.), an official criminal prosecutor in Venice.

axioma medium (L.), a generalisation from experience.

aymez loyaulté (O. Fr.), love loyalty.

ayuntamiento (Sp.), municipal council.

bacallao (Sp.), cod-fish.

baccah (Ir.), a cripple.

bacchius (L.—Gr.), a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables preceded or followed by a short syllable.

Bacchus (L.—Gr.), the god of wine.

badaud (Fr.), a lounger, a simpleton.

badmash, budmash (Hind.), a rascal.