à volonté (ȧ vô lôN tā´), at will; at pleasure.
à vostra salute (It.), (ä vōs trä sä lōō´tā), to your health.
à votre santé (ȧ vôtre säN tā´), to your health.
a vuestra salud (Sp.), (ä vwes trä sä lōōth´), to your health.
B
bal champêtre (bȧl shäN petr´), a country ball.
ballon d’essai (bȧ loN de sā´), a balloon sent up to test the direction of air currents; hence anything said or done to gauge public feeling on any question.
ballotine (bä-lō-tēn´).—A shoulder of lamb boned, stuffed, larded, and braised.
barbue (bär-bū´).—A kind of fish.
bard (bär).—Barbel, a kind of fish.