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baba
n 1: a small cake leavened with yeast

English Dictionary: bhfírinní	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babe n a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" Synonym(s): baby, babe, infant (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women Synonym(s): baby, babe, sister
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baboo n used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' Synonym(s): babu, baboo
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babu n used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' Synonym(s): babu, baboo
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baby n a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" Synonym(s): baby, babe, infant the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court" an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!" Synonym(s): child, baby an unborn child; a human fetus; "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside" (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women Synonym(s): baby, babe, sister a very young mammal; "baby rabbits" a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby" v treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" Synonym(s): pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
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bap n a small loaf or roll of soft bread
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Baphia n small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar Synonym(s): Baphia, genus Baphia
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bawbee n an old Scottish coin of little value
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beef n cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: beef, {beef cattle}] meat from an adult domestic bovine Synonym(s): beef, boeuf informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" Synonym(s): gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk v complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
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beefy adj muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term" Synonym(s): beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly
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beehive n any workplace where people are very busy a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree Synonym(s): beehive, hive a hairdo resembling a beehive a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees Synonym(s): beehive, hive
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beep n a short high tone produced as a signal or warning [syn: beep, bleep] v make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot] call, summon, or alert with a beeper
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behave v behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" Synonym(s): act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" Synonym(s): behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" Synonym(s): behave, comport Antonym(s): misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
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behoove v be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" Synonym(s): behoove, behove
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behove v be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" Synonym(s): behoove, behove
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bevy n a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"
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bib n top part of an apron; covering the chest a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating v drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac" Synonym(s): tipple, bib
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biff n (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" Synonym(s): punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug v strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" Synonym(s): pummel, pommel, biff
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bob n a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: {British shilling}, shilling, bob] a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism Synonym(s): bobsled, bobsleigh, bob a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line Synonym(s): bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat a short or shortened tail of certain animals Synonym(s): bobtail, bob, dock a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement" v move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back" ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" Synonym(s): bobsled, bob remove or shorten the tail of an animal Synonym(s): dock, tail, bob make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" Synonym(s): curtsy, bob cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"
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bobby n an informal term for a British policeman
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boeuf n meat from an adult domestic bovine Synonym(s): beef, boeuf
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boffo adj resoundingly successful and popular; "for years he was a boffo box office certainty"
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boo-boo n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
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boob n an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead] either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman Synonym(s): breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty v commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" Synonym(s): drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof
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booby n an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead] small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
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BoP n the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes Synonym(s): Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) Synonym(s): bop, bebop v dance the bebop Synonym(s): bop, bebop hit hard Synonym(s): sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
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bouffe n opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken Synonym(s): comic opera, opera bouffe, bouffe, opera comique
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bubo n a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis a genus of Strigidae Synonym(s): Bubo, genus Bubo
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buff adj of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather n an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" a medium to dark tan color Synonym(s): yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) Synonym(s): buff, buffer v strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff] polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" Synonym(s): buff, burnish, furbish
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bufo n any toad of the genus Bufo
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buoy up v become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" Synonym(s): lighten, lighten up, buoy up make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" Synonym(s): lighten, lighten up, buoy up Antonym(s): weigh down, weigh on keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" Synonym(s): buoy, buoy up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buy off v pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor Synonym(s): buy off, pay off
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buy up v take over ownership of; of corporations and companies [syn: take over, buy out, buy up]
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bye-bye n a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bab \Bab\, n. [Per.] Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him.
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Babe \Babe\, n. [Cf. Ir. bab, baban, W. baban, maban.] 1. An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby. 2. A doll for children. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baby \Ba"by\ (b[amac]"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Babies} (-b[icr]z). [Dim. of babe] An infant or young child of either sex; a babe. 2. A small image of an infant; a doll. {Babies in the eyes}, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another. She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes. --Heywood.
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Baby \Ba"by\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. [bd]Baby figure[b8] --Shak.
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Baby \Ba"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babied} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.{Babying}.] To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baff \Baff\ (b[acr]f), v. t. & i. [Scot., prob. imitative; cf. G. baff, interj. imitating the sound of a shot.] To strike; to beat; to make a baff. [Scot. or Golf]
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Baff \Baff\, n. A blow; stroke; thud; specif. (Golf), a stroke in which the sole of the club hits the ground and drives the ball aloft. [Scot. or Golf]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baff \Baff\ (b[acr]f), n. A blow; a stroke. [Scot.] --H. Miller.
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Baffy \Baff"y\ (b[adot]f"[ycr]), n. [See {Baff}, v. t.] (Golf) A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.
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Baubee \Bau*bee"\, n. Same as {Bawbee}.
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Bawbee \Baw*bee"\, n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny.] A halfpenny. [Spelt also {baubee}.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baubee \Bau*bee"\, n. Same as {Bawbee}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bawbee \Baw*bee"\, n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny.] A halfpenny. [Spelt also {baubee}.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bawbee \Baw*bee"\, n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny.] A halfpenny. [Spelt also {baubee}.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beef \Beef\ (b[emac]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[omac] cow, and E. cow. See 2d {Cow}.] 1. An animal of the genus {Bos}, especially the common species, {B. taurus}, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food. Note: [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b[emac]vz).] A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. 2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] [bd]Great meals of beef.[b8] --Shak. 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.
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Beef \Beef\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. {Beef tea}, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.
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Beefy \Beef"y\, a. Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
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Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
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Beehive \Bee"hive`\, n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses.
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Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
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Beehive \Bee"hive`\, n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses.
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Beeve \Beeve\, n. [Formed from beeves, pl. of beef.] A beef; a beef creature. They would knock down the first beeve they met with. --W. Irving.
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Behave \Be*have"\, v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill. Note: This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as, the ship behaved splendidly.
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Behave \Be*have"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behaving}.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or carry one's self); pref. be- + habban to have. See {Have}, v. t. ] 1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.] He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. --Shak. 2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively. Those that behaved themselves manfully. --2 Macc. ii. 21.
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Behoof \Be*hoof"\, n. [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. beh[?]f advantage, a word implied in beh[?]fl[c6]c necessary; akin to Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root meaning to seize, hence the meanings [bd]to hold, make use of.[b8] See {Heave}, v. t.] Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. --Milton.
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behooved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behooving}.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh[?]fian to have need of, fr. beh[?]f. See {Behoof}.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written {behove}.]
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. --Chaucer.
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, n. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. --Gower.
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behooved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behooving}.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh[?]fian to have need of, fr. beh[?]f. See {Behoof}.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written {behove}.]
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Behove \Be*hove"\, v., and derivatives. See {Behoove}, &c.
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behooved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behooving}.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh[?]fian to have need of, fr. beh[?]f. See {Behoof}.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written {behove}.]
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Behove \Be*hove"\, v., and derivatives. See {Behoove}, &c.
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Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev[82]e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See {Beverage}.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau. & Fl. 2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
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Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beweeping}.] [AS. bew[?]pan; pref. be- + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. [bd]His timeless death beweeping.[b8] --Drayton.
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Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. i. To weep. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Bib \Bib\, n. [From {Bib}, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the cod; -- called also {pout} and {whiting pout}. 3. A bibcock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bib \Bib\, Bibbe \Bibbe\, v. t. [L. bibere. See {Beverage}, and cf. {Imbibe}.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. --Chaucer.
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Bib \Bib\, v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple. He was constantly bibbing. --Locke.
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Bibb \Bibb\ (b[icr]b), n. A bibcock. See {Bib}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bib \Bib\, Bibbe \Bibbe\, v. t. [L. bibere. See {Beverage}, and cf. {Imbibe}.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bob \Bob\, n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast, trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to disappoint, OF. bober to mock.] 1. Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail. In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. --Dryden. 2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait. Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow, Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. --Lauson. 3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float. 4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line. 5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. 6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head. 7. (Steam Engine) A working beam. 8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. A plain brown bob he wore. --Shenstone. 9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells. 10. The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. --L'Estrange. 11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist. 12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. --Shak. 13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bob \Bob\, v. i. 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. [bd]Bobbing and courtesying.[b8] --Thackeray. 2. To angle with a bob. See {Bob}, n., 2 & 3. He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. {To bob at an apple}, {cherry}, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bobbing}.] [OE. bobben. See {Bob}, n.] 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. [bd]He bobbed his head.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. --Elyot. 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak. 4. To mock or delude; to cheat. To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile. 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bobby \Bob"by\, n. A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[oomac]"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Boobies} (-b[icr]z). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.] 1. A dunce; a stupid fellow. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber} or {S. sula}) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, {S. piscator}, the red-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booby \Boo"by\ (b[oomac]"b[ycr]), a. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bub \Bub\, n. Strong malt liquor. [Cant] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bub \Bub\, n. [Cf. 2d {Bubby}.] A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bub \Bub\, v. t. [Abbrev. from {Bubble}.] To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. [Obs.] --Sackville.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubby \Bub"by\ (b[ucr]b"b[ycr]), n. [Cf. Prov. G. b[81]bbi, or It. poppa, Pr. popa, OF. poupe, a woman's breast.] A woman's breast. [Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubby \Bub"by\, n. [A corruption of brother.] Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubo \Bu"bo\ (b[umac]"b[osl]), n.; pl. {Buboes} (-b[osl]z). [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. boubw`n.] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, a. 1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith. 2. Of the color of buff. {Buff coat}, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering. {Buff jerkin}, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares. {Buff stick} (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, v. t. To polish with a buff. See {Buff}, n., 5.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See {Buffet} a blow.] To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\ (b[ucr]f), n. [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F. buffle buffalo. See {Buffalo}.] 1. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner. [bd]A suit of buff.[b8] --Shak. 2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden. 3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak. 4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See {Buffy coat}, under {Buffy}, a. 5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc. 6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, n. [See {Buffet}.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase [bd]Blindman's buff.[b8] Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffy \Buff"y\, a. (Med.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff. {Buffy coat}, the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common in diseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual. --Huxley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.] 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8] --Shak. I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}. {In the family way}. See under {Family}. {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1. {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the Vocabulary. {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. {Out of the way}. See under {Out}. {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. {To give way}. See under {Give}. {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-view \By"-view`\, n. A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose. No by-views of his own shall mislead him. --Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-wipe \By"-wipe`\, n. A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. --Milton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Babb, MT Zip code(s): 59411
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Babbie, AL (town, FIPS 3556) Location: 31.30029 N, 86.31934 W Population (1990): 576 (229 housing units) Area: 29.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bay View, MI Zip code(s): 49770 Bay View, OH (village, FIPS 4402) Location: 41.46885 N, 82.82363 W Population (1990): 739 (336 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bay View, WI Zip code(s): 53207
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bayview, CA (CDP, FIPS 4478) Location: 40.76498 N, 124.17594 W Population (1990): 1318 (529 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bayview, ID Zip code(s): 83803 Bayview, TX (town, FIPS 6140) Location: 26.12433 N, 97.39899 W Population (1990): 231 (118 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78566
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bebe, TX Zip code(s): 78603
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beebe, AR (city, FIPS 4600) Location: 35.07225 N, 91.89389 W Population (1990): 4455 (1799 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72012
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bovey, MN (city, FIPS 7048) Location: 47.29421 N, 93.40228 W Population (1990): 662 (326 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55709
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bybee, KY Zip code(s): 40385 Bybee, TN Zip code(s): 37713 Bybee, VA Zip code(s): 22963
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
beep n.,v. Syn. {feep}. This term is techspeak under MS-DOS and OS/2, and seems to be generally preferred among micro hobbyists.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
biff /bif/ vt. To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility `biff(1)', which was in turn named after a friendly dog who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4.2BSD was in development. There was a legend that it had a habit of barking whenever the mailman came, but the author of `biff' says this is not true. No relation to {B1FF}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bob n. At Demon Internet, all tech support personal are called "Bob". (Female support personnel have an option on "Bobette"). This has nothing to do with Bob the divine drilling-equipment salesman of the {Church of the SubGenius}. Nor is it acronymized from "Brother Of {BOFH}", though all parties agree it could have been. Rather, it was triggered by an unusually large draft of new tech-support people in 1995. It was observed that there would be much duplication of names. To ease the confusion, it was decided that all support techs would henceforth be known as "Bob", and identity badges were created labelled "Bob 1" and "Bob 2". (No, we never got any further). The reason for "Bob" rather than anything else is due to a {luser} calling and asking to speak to "Bob", despite the fact that no "Bob" was currently working for Tech Support. Since we all know "the customer is always right", it was decided that there had to be at least one "Bob" on duty at all times, just in case. This sillyness inexorably snowballed. Shift leaders and managers began to refer to their groups of "bobs". Whole ranks of support machines were set up (and still exist in the DNS as of 1999) as bob1 through bobN. Then came alt.tech-support.recovery, and it was filled with Demon support personnel. They all referred to themselves, and to others, as `bob', and after a while it caught on. There is now a Bob Code (http://bob.bob.bofh.org/~giolla/bobcode.html) describing the Bob nature.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BOF /B-O-F/ or /bof/ n. 1. [common] Abbreviation for the phrase "Birds Of a Feather" (flocking together), an informal discussion group and/or bull session scheduled on a conference program. It is not clear where or when this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX conferences for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It was used earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to have been common at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. 2. Acronym, `Beginning of File'.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BOFH // n. [common] Acronym, Bastard Operator From Hell. A system administrator with absolutely no tolerance for {luser}s. "You say you need more filespace? Seems to me you have plenty left..." Many BOFHs (and others who would be BOFHs if they could get away with it) hang out in the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery, although there has also been created a top-level newsgroup hierarchy (bofh.*) of their own. Several people have written stories about BOFHs. The set usually considered canonical is by Simon Travaglia and may be found at the Bastard Home Page, `http://prime-mover.cc.waikato.ac.nz/Bastard.html'. BOFHs and BOFH wannabes hang out on {scary devil monastery} and wield {LART}s.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BUAF // n. [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font -- a special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs exist for rendering text strings into block, bloob, and pseudo-script fonts in cells between four and six character cells on a side; this is smaller than the letters generated by older {banner} (sense 2) programs. These are sometimes used to render one's name in a {sig block}, and are critically referred to as `BUAF's. See {warlording}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BAP 1. An early system used on the {IBM 701}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-28) 2. {Brain Aid Prolog}. (1995-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BAPI {Business Application Programming Interface}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
beep {bell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bib {BibTeX}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BIFF /bif/ (Or "B1FF", from {Usenet}) The most famous {pseudo}, and the prototypical {newbie}. Articles from BIFF are characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of fragments of {chat} abbreviations, a long {sig block} (sometimes even a {doubled sig}), and unbounded naivete. BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. BIFF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, {BITNET} seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) {electronic mail address}: . [1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that BIFF was originally created by Joe Talmadge , also the author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the net at large. - ESR] [{Jargon File}] (1997-09-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
biff /bif/ To notify someone of incoming mail. From the {BSD} utility "biff(1)", which was in turn named after a friendly golden Labrador who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while {4.2BSD} was in development (it had a well-known habit of barking whenever the mailman came). No relation to {BIFF}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BIFF /bif/ (Or "B1FF", from {Usenet}) The most famous {pseudo}, and the prototypical {newbie}. Articles from BIFF are characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of fragments of {chat} abbreviations, a long {sig block} (sometimes even a {doubled sig}), and unbounded naivete. BIFF posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. BIFF's location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, {BITNET} seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) {electronic mail address}: . [1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that BIFF was originally created by Joe Talmadge , also the author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible". The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the amusement of the net at large. - ESR] [{Jargon File}] (1997-09-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
biff /bif/ To notify someone of incoming mail. From the {BSD} utility "biff(1)", which was in turn named after a friendly golden Labrador who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while {4.2BSD} was in development (it had a well-known habit of barking whenever the mailman came). No relation to {BIFF}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BIP An incorrect singular of {BIPS}. One billion instructions per second is 1 BIPS, not 1 BIP.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bob David Betz. A tiny object-oriented language. {(ftp://ftp.mv.com/pub/ddj/packages/bob15.arc)}. [Dr Dobbs J, Sep 1991, p.26].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BOF /B-O-F/ or /bof/ 1. {Birds Of a Feather}. 2. Boring Old Fart. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BOFH {Bastard Operator From Hell}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BUAF [alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font. A special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs exist for rendering text strings into block, {bloob}, and pseudo-script fonts in cells between four and six character cells on a side; this is smaller than the letters generated by older {banner} programs. These are sometimes used to render one's name in a {sig block}, and are critically referred to as "BUAF"s. See {warlording}. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Babe used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2). In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Bebai, void, empty