Ban, n. 1. Proclamation, edict.

2. Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema.

Band, n. 1. Tie, ligature, ligament.

2. Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.

3. Bandage, fillet, binding.

4. Company (especially of instrumental musicians), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, coterie, clique, society, sodality, association.

Bandage, n. Fillet, band, binding.

Bandit, n. Outlaw, robber, brigand, freebooter, footpad, highwayman, marauder.

Banditti, n. pl. Band of outlaws or robbers.

Bandy, v. a. 1. Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.

2. Exchange, interchange, give and take.

Bane, n. 1. Poison, venom.

2. Pest, scourge, curse, ruin.

Baneful, a. 1. Poisonous, venomous.

2. Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil.

Banewort, n. Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (Atropa Belladonna).

Banging, a. [Low.] Huge, large, great.

Banian, n. (Bot.) Indian fig-tree (Ficus Indicus).

Banish, v. a. 1. Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country.

2. Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind.

Banishment, n. Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription.

Bang, v. a. Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, wallop, deal roughly with.

Bankrupt, a. Insolvent.

Bankrupt, n. Insolvent debtor.

Bankruptcy, n. Insolvency.

Banner, n. Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.

Banquet, n. Feast, entertainment, treat.

Banquet, v. n. Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking.

Banquet, v. a. Treat with a banquet or feast.

Banter, v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.

Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.

Bantling, n. Infant, babe, baby, chit, brat, nursling, suckling, bairn, little child, little one, young one.

Baptize, v. a. 1. Administer baptism to.

2. Christen.

Bar, n. 1. Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, barricade, stop, impediment.

2. Rail, railing.

3. Tribunal, judgment-seat.

4. Body of lawyers.

Bar, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bar.

2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.

3. Exclude, shut out.

Barb, n. 1. Beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles.

2. Horse (of the Barbary breed).

Barbadoes tar, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.

Barbarian, n. 1. Savage.

2. Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.

Barbarian, a. 1. Uncivilized, rude, savage, barbarous, barbaric.

2. Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish.

Barbaric, a. 1. Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native.

2. Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage.

Barbarism, n. 1. Incivility, rudeness, savageness, Vandalism, Gothicism, barbarous state, uncivilized condition.

2. Vulgarism, slang, unauthorized expression.

Barbarity, n. Cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian.

Barbarous, a. 1. Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, savage, barbarian, barbaric.

2. Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody.

3. Uncouth (as a word or an expression), harsh, vulgar, contrary to good usage.

Barbed, a. 1. Bearded.

2. Clad in armor.

Barberry, n. Pepperidge-bush.

Bard, n. 1. Poet, minstrel.

2. Caparison, horse-armor, trappings for a horse.

Bare, a. 1. Naked, nude, denuded, uncovered, unclothed, undressed.

2. Simple, sheer, mere.

Bare, v. a. Strip, uncover, make bare.

Barefaced, a. 1. Undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed, palpable, conspicuous, glaring, notable, notorious.

2. Impudent, presumptuous, shameless, audacious.

Barely, ad. Merely, simply, only.

Bargain, n. 1. Compact, agreement, stipulation, covenant, contract, convention, concordat, treaty, indenture.

2. Cheap purchase, purchase on favorable terms, good bargain.

Bargain, v. n. Contract, agree, stipulate, covenant, make a bargain.

Barilla, n. Carbonate of soda (impure), kelp.

Bark, v. n. Yelp.

Bark up the wrong tree, [Colloquial.] Mistake, err, make a mistake, be in the wrong box.

Barm, n. Yeast, ferment, leaven.

Barmy, a. Yeasty.

Barren, a. 1. Unprolific, incapable of bearing offspring, not prolific.

2. Unfertile, fruitless, unproductive, sterile, acarpous.

3. Scanty, not copious.

Barricade, n. Obstruction (as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification), barrier.

Barricade, v. a. Obstruct, block up, stop up.

Barrier, n. Obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, barricade, stop, impediment.

Barrister, n. Advocate (admitted to plead at the bar), counsellor, counsel, lawyer, attorney, solicitor, attorney at law, limb of the law.

Barrow, n. 1. Wheelbarrow.

2. Mound, hillock.

3. Hog (especially a castrated hog).

Barter, v. n. Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges.

Barter, v. a. Give in exchange, barter away.

Barter, n. Exchange, traffic by exchange.

Barter away, Barter.

Baryta, n. Oxide of barium.

Barytes, n. Heavy spar, sulphate of baryta.

Base, a. 1. Ignoble, plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, unhonored, base-born, of low birth.

2. Vile, low, mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, abject, grovelling, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally.

3. Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous.

Base, n. 1. Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

2. (Surveying.) Base-line.

3. (Chem.) Principal element (of a compound).

Base-born, a. Base, of low birth.

Base-line, n. (Surveying.) Base.

Basement, n. Ground-floor, lowest story.

Base-minded, a. Mean, low, vile, grovelling, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, mean-spirited.

Baseness, n. 1. Meanness, vileness, despicableness, contemptibleness, abasement, worthlessness, abjectness.

2. Disgrace, ignominy, infamy, shame, dishonor, turpitude.

Bashful, a. Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over-modest, not self-possessed.

Bashfulness, n. Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self-distrust, excessive modesty.

Basilisk, n. Cockatrice.

Basis, n. Base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part.

Bask, v. n. Lie in the sun, be exposed to a pleasant heat.

Bask, v. a. Expose to sunshine or to a pleasant heat.

Bass, a. (Mus.) Low, deep, grave.

Basset, v. n. (Geol.) Crop out.

Bassetting, n. Cropping out, out-crop.

Bastard, n. Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child.

Bastard, a. 1. Illegitimate.

2. Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine.

Baste, v. a. 1. Beat (with a stick), cudgel, cane, drub, thrash.

2. Moisten with fat.

3. Sew (with long stitches).

Bastinado, n. Cudgelling or beating (on the soles of the feet).

Bastinado, v. a. Cudgel or beat (on the soles of the feet).

Batch, n. Certain quantity (as of bread, ore, &c., treated at one time).

Bate, v. a. Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit.

Bathe, v. a. Wash, lave.

Bathe, v. n. Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath.

Bathos, n. Anticlimax.

Bating, prep. Except, excepting.

Batten, n. Thin strip.

Batten, v. a. 1. Fasten with battens.

2. Fatten, make fat.