Bail"ment (&?;), n. 1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused.
Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law.
Dalton.
2. (Law) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.
In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property. Story.
Bail`or" (&?;), n. (Law) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
Bail"piece` (&?;), n. (Law) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
Bain (bn; as F., bN), n. [F. bain, fr. L. balneum. Cf. Bagnio.] A bath; a bagnio. [Obs.] Holland.
||Bain`-ma`rie" (&?;), n. [F.] A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
||Bai"ram (&?;), n. [Turk. baïrm.] The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.
Bairn (bârn), n. [Scot. bairn, AS. bearn, fr. beran to bear; akin to Icel., OS., & Goth. barn. See Bear to support.] A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Has he not well provided for the bairn?
Beau. & Fl.
Baise"mains` (&?;), n. pl. [F., fr. baiser to kiss + mains hands.] Respects; compliments. [Obs.]
Bait (bt), n. [Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin to AS. bt food, Sw. bete. See Bait, v. t.] 1. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.