• BAUBEE
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – a trifle, anything of little value
• BAUBLE
n. 1. c1460 obs. – a child’s plaything or toy
n. 2. 1579 – a childish or foolish matter of affair; a piece of childish foolery
n. 3. a1606 obs. – a childish or foolish person; a silly trifler
n. 4. 1634 – a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless
vb. 1608 obs. – to trifle
• BAUBLE-BEARER
n. 1535 – a court-fool or jester
• BAUBLERY
n. 1583 obs. – childish foolery; trifling business
► BAUBLING adj. 1. trifling, small, paltry, insignificant → 1581 obs.
adj. 2. designating a small or flimsy boat → 1616 obs.
n. unimportant, purposeless activity → 1608 obs.
• BAUCH
adj. 1. a1560 Sc. – weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent
adj. 2. 1706 Sc. – unpleasant to the taste
adj. 3. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. – not good, sorry, indifferent
adj. 4. 1819 Sc. – weak, tired out, exhausted
adj. 5. 1871 Sc. – abashed, timid, sheepish
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – the belly, the stomach
• BAUCHLE
n. 1. 1787 Sc. – an old shoe used as a slipper, or worn down at the heel, which causes the wearer to shamble
n. 2. 1790 Sc. & Ireland – an awkward, clumsy person
n. 3. 1820 Sc. – an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne’er-do-well
vb. 1. c1470 Sc. obs. – to subject to disgrace or ignominy; to vilify; to treat contemptuously
vb. 2. 1856 Sc. – to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape
• BAUCHLING
n. 1835 Sc. – reproaching, taunting
• BAUCHNESS
n. 1. 1727 Sc. – want, defect of any kind, indifference
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – backwardness or lowness arising from timidity
• BAUD
n. 1898 Sc. – an article of clothing; a suit of clothes
vb. c1529 obs. – to befoul or dirty
• BAUDE
adj. c1400 obs. rare – joyous, gay
• BAUDERIE; BAUDERY
n. c1386 obs. – gaiety, jollity, mirth
• BAUDRONS
n. c1450 Sc. – a familiar name for a cat
• BAUDY KNIGHT
n. L17 sl. – a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status
• BAUGE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a swaggering boastfulness
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to boast, to brag
• BAUGER
adj. 1544 obs. rare – barbarous
• BAUGH
adj. a1560 Sc. – weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent
vb. 1639 obs. – to bark, as a dog
• BAULK
n. 1. c885 obs. – a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound
n. 2. c1430 obs. – a slip, a mistake, a blunder
n. 3. 1538 obs. – a dividing ridge of land; an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc.
n. 4. 1549 obs. – a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle
n. 5. 1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – an omission; an exception
n. 6. 1660 – a hindrance, check, or defeat
n. 7. 1733 – a disappointment
vb. 1. 1484 obs. – to pass by a place; to avoid in passing; to shun
vb. 2. 1579 obs. – to miss by error or inadvertence
vb. 3. 1596 obs. – to meet arguments with objections; to quibble, to bandy words
• BAULKY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – anxious to avoid one, to get out of the way
• BAULTERING
adj. a1704 obs. – moving unwieldily, floundering
• BAUM
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bask in the sun or by the fire
• BAUNCH
n. 2000 US students’ sl. – the female genitals
• BAUSAND
adj. c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face
• BAUSE
vb. 1607 obs. rare – to kiss
• BAUSON
adj. 1796 Eng. dial. – big, fat, unwieldy, swollen
n. 1. c1325 arch. – a badger
n. 2. 1607 arch. – a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person
n. 3. 1830 Eng. dial. – a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person
n. 4. 1888 Eng. dial. – an ugly person; any ugly thing
n. 5. 19C arch. – a stupidly persistent man
• BAUSOND
adj. c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. – of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face
• BAUSON-FACED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – fat-faced
• BAUSY
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – large, fat, corpulent, coarse
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a big, fat person or animal
• BAUTIE
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – guileful
• BAVARDAGE
n. 1835 – idle talk, prattle, chattering
• BAVER
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal
• BAVIN
n. 1. 1528 – a bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as was used in baker’s ovens, differing from a fagot in being bound with only one withe or band instead of two
n. 2. 1577 – brushwood, firewood
• BAVISH
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. – to drive away
• BAW
int. 1377 – an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or contempt
vb. 1. 1576 obs. – to bark, as a dog
vb. 2. 1706 Sc. – to lull to sleep
• BAWAW
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a ludicrous term for a child
• BAWBEE
n. 1. 1542 Sc. – a Scotch coin of base silver equivalent originally to three, and afterwards to six, pennies of Scotch money, about a halfpenny of English coin; hence, later, a halfpenny, a ‘copper’
n. 2. 1953 Amer. dial. – a trifle; anything of little value
n. 3. 1982 Amer. dial. – a wise and compassionate grandmother
• BAWBEES
n. Bk1911 Sc. – money
• BAWBELL
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a flame, a blaze
• BAWBRIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a great noise
• BAWBY
n. 1527 Sc. – a baby
• BAWCOCK
n. 1. 1599 arch. – a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow; a burlesque term of endearment
n. 2. 1795 Eng. dial. – a foolish person
• BAWD
n. 1. 1785 Eng. dial. obs. – a hare
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – sticky dirt, as black cart-grease
vb. 1. c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to befoul or dirty, to soil
vb. 2. 1651 arch. or obs. – to pander
• BAWDACIOUS
adj. 1896 Amer. dial. – thorough, remarkable
• BAWDEFY
vb. 1562 obs. rare – ? to make gay, to deck
• BAWDINESS
n. 1. 1552 obs. – dirtiness; dirt, filth
n. 2. 1731 – lewdness, obscenity
• BAWDISH
adj. 1572 obs. rare – obscene, filthy
• BAWDREAMINY
n. 1608 nonce word – bawdry
• BAWDRESS
n. 1569 obs. – a woman bawd
• BAWDRONS
n. c1450 Sc. – the cat
• BAWDRY
n. 1. c1374 arch. – the practice of a bawd; the business of providing opportunities for sexual immorality
n. 2. 1460 obs. – unchastity, fornication
n. 3. a1529 obs. – finery
n. 4. 1589 arch. – lewdness in speech or writing; lewd, obscene, or filthy talk, etc.
n. 5. 1648 obs. – material filth; dirt, defilement
• BAWDSTROT
n. 1362 obs. – a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress
• BAWDY
adj. 1. 1377 obs. – soiled, dirty, filthy
adj. 2. 1513 – pert. to or fitting a bawd; lewd, obscene, unchaste; chiefly applied to language
adj. 3. 1519 obs. – of language: vile, abominable, barbarous
n. 1698 – lewd, obscene language, lewdness, obscenity
vb. 1398 obs. – to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile
• BAWDY BACHELOR
n. L17 sl. – a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status
• BAWDY BANQUET
n. M16 sl. – whoremongering
• BAWDY BASKET
n. 1567 UK criminals’ sl. – a female beggar who sells obscene literature, as well as pins, ballads, and other goods
• BAWDY-HOUSE
n. 1552 – a brothel
• BAWDY-HOUSE BOTTLE
n. 1. L17 sl. – a particularly small bottle
n. 2. L17 sl. – the very last bottle of a drinking session
• BAWDY-HOUSE GLASS
n. E19 sl. – a small glass
• BAWDY KEN
n. E19 sl. – a brothel
• BAWF
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – well-grown, robust, fine, stout
• BAWF-FACED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – fat-faced, ruddy
• BAWHAWDER
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian – any great soldier
• BAWK
vb. 1847 Eng. dial. – to cry out, to shout
• BAWKEN
n. 1890 Ireland – a soft or innocent youth
• BAWKER
n. L16 sl. – one who cheats at bowls
• BAWL
vb. 1. 1563 obs. – to bark or howl as a dog; to give mouth or tongue as an animal
vb. 2. 1868 Eng. & Amer. dial. – of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low
vb. 3. M19 sl., orig. US – to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly
vb. 4. 1930s sl. – to suck; to swallow
vb. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – of a hunting dog: to bay
vb. 6. 20C Black British sl. – to complain about one’s problems, esp. financial
vb. 7. 20C Black British sl. – to confess
vb. 8. 20C Black British sl. – to exclaim from shock, disbelief, or surprise
• BAWLA
n. 1990s African-American sl. – one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality
• BAWLBABY
n. 1937 Amer. dial. – a crybaby; a tattletale
• BAWLER
n. 1. 1656 – a declamatory preacher; used contemptuously
n. 2. 1877 Eng. dial. – a hawker who cries his wares in the street
• BAWLEY
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf
• BAWLING
adj. 1594 obs. – of dogs, etc.: howling, yelping
n. c1440 obs. – the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc.
• BAWLING-HOUND
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a hunting dog; one which bays when trailing coons, possums or foxes
• BAWLING OUT
n. 20C sl. – a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding
• BAWL OFF
vb. 1874 Eng. dial. – to scold
• BAWL-OUT
n. 1. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – anything that creates suspicions in a watcher or listener
n. 2. 1915 US sl. – a reprimand or instance of reprimanding; a criticism, an accusation, a scolding
n. 3. 1990s W. Indies sl. – something visually exciting
vb. 1. 1899 sl.. orig. US – (as ‘bawl out’) to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly
vb. 2. M19 sl., orig. US – (as ‘bawl out’) to announce oneself; to reveal something
vb. 3. 1926 Amer. dial. – (as ‘bawl out’) of a hunting dog: to bay
• BAWLS!
int. L19 sl. – rubbish! nonsense!
• BAWL-UP
vb. Bk1904 Amer. students’ sl. – to shut up; to stop talking
• BAWLY
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf
• BAWLY-IKE
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – a complaining person; a nuisance; a whinger
• BAWM
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. – to dress up, to adorn
• BAW-PA
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grandfather
• BAWSIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial. – a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname
• BAWSON
adj. 1796 Eng. dial. – big, fat, unwieldy, swollen
n. 1. 1607 arch. – a term of contempt for a fat or pertinacious person
n. 2. 1617 Eng. dial. – a badger
n. 3 1830 Eng. dial. – a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person
n. 4. 1888 Eng. dial. – an ugly person; any ugly thing
• BAWSTROP
n. 1362 obs. – a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress
• BAWSY
n. 1. 1789 Sc. – an old horse
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face
• BAWTIE • BAWTY
n. 1. 1536 – a dog, especially a large one → Sc.
n. 2. 1805 – a hare, a rabbit → Sc.
n. 3. 1837 – a term of contempt for a man → Sc.
• BAWTRY
adj. 1850 Eng. dial. – dirty, dauby
• BAW-WAW
adj. 1570 obs. – vainly or contemptibly noisy
int. 1599 obs. – an exclamation of contempt
n. 1576 obs. – the barking of a dog
• BAWZE
vb. 1677 obs. rare – to exclaim, to shout
• BAX!
int. 1982 Amer. dial. – dirty! filthy! often used as a warning to children
• BAXEN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – stockings
• BAXTER
n. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a baker; occasionally a female baker
• BAXTER-CHAP
n. 1827 Sc. – a baker’s boy or apprentice
• BAXY!
int. 1939 Amer. dial. – dirty! filthy!
• BAY
n. 1. 1398 obs. – a berry, a small fruit, esp. used of that of the laurel or bay-tree
n. 2. c1420 obs. rare – a small ball, a globule
n. 3. 1788 Eng. dial. – a squirrel’s nest
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland – one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house
n. 5. Bk1898 Sc. – an unseemly mass
n. 6. 2000 UK sl. – £1
vb. 1. 1747 Eng. dial. – to bend
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – to raise the voice loudly, generally in weeping
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to weep loudly
vb. 4. 1970 Amer. dial. – to entice or lure
• BAY AND A GRAY
n. 1951 US sl. – in poker: a bet involving a red chip (the bay) and white chip (the gray)
• BAYAO
n. 1. 1954 Amer. dial. – a Filipino
n. 2. 1972 Amer. dial. – a brother-in-law or sister-in-law
• BAYARD
n. 1. 1330 arch. – a bay horse
n. 2. a1529 – one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance
• BAYARDISM
n. 1624 obs. – ignorant presumption
• BAYARDLY
adj. 1636 obs. – characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance
adv. 1624 obs. – with blind self-confidence
• BAYARD OF TEN TOES
n. 1616 – the human feet, ‘shanks’ mare
• BAYAW
n. 1972 Amer. dial. – a brother-in-law or sister-in-law
• BAY BED
n. 1981 Amer. dial. – a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports
• BAYED
adj. 1577 obs. – surrounded, enclosed
• BAY-ICE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – ice thin enough to bend
• BAYLE
n. 1844 Amer. dial. – a dance or ball, esp. one at which Spanish or Mexican folk dances are performed
• BAYLET
n. 1826 – a little bay
• BAY-MAN
n. 1. 1773 US Hist. – an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay
n. 2. 1888 US nautical usage – a sick-bay nurse
• BAYONET
n. 1. 1692 obs. – a short, fat dagger
n. 2. US Civil War usage – a soldier
n. 3. 1986 US drug culture sl. – a hypodermic needle
• BAYONET COURSE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – hospital treatment for venereal diseases
• BAY STATE
n. 1. 1883 – the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay
n. 2. 1973 US drug culture sl. – any standard medical syringe
• BAYSWATER CAPTAIN
n. 1880 sl. – a sponger, one having no ostensible means of living
• BAZE
n. 1833 Sc. – confusion, bewilderment
vb. 1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze
• BAZED
adj. 1706 Sc. – stupefied; stupid; confused, bewildered
• BAZERACKED
adj. 2000 UK sl. – drunk
• BAZIL
n. 1820 Sc. – a sot, a drunkard
• BAZILLION
n. 1994 US sl. – a very large number or quantity
• BAZONGAS
n. 1972 US sl. – the breasts
• BAZONKAS
n. 1972 US sl. – the breasts
• BAZOO
n. 1. Bk1892 Amer. dial. – idle, loud, or boastful talk
n. 2. 1904 Amer. dial. – a person’s mouth
n. 3. 1969 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• BAZOOK
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a person’s mouth
• BAZOOKA
n. 1. 1984 teen sl. – an extra-large, potent marijuana cigarette laced with cocaine
n. 2. 2003 UK drug culture sl. – cocaine, crack cocaine
• BAZOOKA’D
adj. Bk2007 UK sl. – drunk
• BAZOOKAS
n. 1. 1950 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
n. 2. 1963 sl. – the breasts, esp. large breasts
• BAZOON
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• BAZOONGAS
n. 1972 US sl. – the breasts
• BAZOO WAGON
n. 1977 Amer. railroad usage – a caboose
• BAZUCA
n. 1984 US drug culture sl. – the residue of smoked freebase cocaine, itself mixed with tobacco and smoked
• BAZUCO
n. 1980s drug culture sl. – the oily substance in freebase cocaine
• BAZUKO
n. 1984 US drug culture sl. – coca paste, the basic ingredient in the manufacturing process of cocaine; hence, cocaine
• BAZUMAS
n. Bk2007 sl. – female breasts
• BAZUNGAS
n. Bk2007 sl. – female breasts
• BAZZ
adv. 1861 Eng. dial. – suddenly, abruptly
n. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a blow
n. 2. 1980s Aust. sl. – an average, unintelligent male
n. 3. 2003 UK sl. – an outsider, a misfit, a bumpkin
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to thrash, to beat
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to throw with force
• BAZZA
n. 1995 S. Afr. sl. – a friend; a fellow gang member
• BAZZARD
n. 1910s US criminals’ sl. – a policeman
• BAZZER
n. 2000s Irish sl. – a haircut
• BAZZIL-ARSED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – having fat buttocks
• BAZZLE
vb. 1. 1746 Eng. dial. – to drink immoderately; occasionally, to be gluttonous
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle
• BAZZOCK
vb. 1889 Eng. dial. – to beat, to thrash soundly
• BAZZOCKING
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a beating, a thrashing
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