Ba
['bi'e]
Definition
(v. i.) To kiss.
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Examples
- In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Welcome to Ba--ath, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And no ba'dy gaieties, I suppose? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Never in Ba--ath, Mr. Pickwick! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Application should always be the aim, but resting on the severe and solid ba sis of scientific principles; for it is theory alone which can bring forth an d develop the spirit of invention. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ba--ath is favoured. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The _elite _of Ba--ath. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The richest young man in Ba--ath at this moment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hush, my dear sir--nobody's fat or old in Ba--ath. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Most welcome to Ba--ath, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Never in Ba--ath! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A bas la France, la Fiction et les Faquins! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A similar process of embossing, was devised in Paris and called Xyloplasty, by which steam-softened wood is compressed in carved moulds, which give it bas-relief impressions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A bas les grandes passions et les sévères vertus! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dites, donc, mon cher, en parlant du bas_, who do you make love to now? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The walls were faced with bas-reliefs representing scenes in his life done in massive silver. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She added, _sotto voce_: Pour assurer votre salut là-haut, on ferait bien de vous br?ler toute vive ici-bas. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Bas-relief from Pella. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The mercury in the tube sank until its level was about thirty inches above that of the mercury in the bas in, leaving a vacuum in the upper part of the tube. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In addition it has one thousand five hundred bas-reliefs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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