bael, bel (Anglo-Ind.), the Bengal quince, also its fruit.

bagasse, bagass (Fr.), refuse products of sugar manufacture.

bagne (Fr.), a bagnio.

bahar, bhar (Ar.), a measure for heavy weight in India, &c., varying from two cwt. upwards.

bahi (Gipsy), fortune.

bahut (Fr.), a trunk, chest.

bailli (Fr.), a magistrate;—bailliage, the jurisdiction of such.

bain-marie (Fr.), a flat vessel containing boiling water.

bajoccho, pl. bajocchi (It.), copper coin worth ½d.

bajra, bajri (Hind.), a kind of Indian millet.