n.
A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
n.
The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
n.
A baccalaureate sermon.
a.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
n.
A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
interj.
Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.
a.
Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.
a.
Set or adorned with pearls.
a.
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
a.
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
n.
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
n.
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
n.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
n.
A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
n. pl.
A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
n. pl.
Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.
a.
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.