. R. L. Stevenson.
Bab"er*y (&?;), n. [Perh. orig. for baboonery. Cf. Baboon, and also Babe.] Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] "Painted babery." Sir P. Sidney.
{ Ba"bi*an (&?;), Ba"bi*on } (&?;), n. [See Baboon.] A baboon. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
||Bab"il*lard (&?;), n. [F., a babbler.] (Zoöl.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.
Bab"ing*ton*ite (&?;), n. [From Dr. Babbington.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
{ ||Bab`i*rous"sa, ||Bab`i*rus"sa} (&?;), n. [F. babiroussa, fr. Malay bb hog + rsa deer.] (Zoöl.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, or Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
Bab"ish (&?;), a. Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] "Babish imbecility." Drayton. - - Bab"ish*ly, adv. -- Bab"ish*ness, n. [R.]
Bab"ism (&?;), n. [From Bab (Pers. bab a gate), the title assumed by the founder, Mirza Ali Mohammed.] The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsee elements.
Bab"ist, n. A believer in Babism.
||Bab"lah (&?;), n. [Cf. Per. babl a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic.] The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
{ ||Ba"boo, ||Ba"bu } (bä"b), n. [Hind. bb.] A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.
Bab*oon" (&?;), n. [OE. babewin, baboin, fr. F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babine lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. bäppe mouth.] (Zoöl.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog- like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
Bab*oon"ery (&?;), n. Baboonish behavior. Marryat.
Bab*oon"ish, a. Like a baboon.
Ba"by (b"b), n.; pl. Babies (-bz). [Dim. of babe.] An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.