Chapter Bandage to Battle of B by Soule's Synonymes

Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism, joking, jesting, quizzing, chaff (colloq.).

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. Rod, pole, grating, cross-piece, casting, ingot.

2. Obstacle, hindrance, obstruction, barrier, barricade, stop, impediment.

3. Rail, railing.

4. Tribunal, judgment-seat.

5. Body of lawyers, legal fraternity.

6. Shoal, sand-bank, shallow, bank, sandbar.

Bar, v. a.

1. Fasten with a bar.

2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent, prohibit, restrain.

3. Exclude, shut out.

Barb, n.

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

2. Guard (of a hook, etc.), beard, point, guarded or bearded point.

3. Horse (of the Barbary breed).