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2. Irascible, S.

_Douglas._

3. Pungent to the taste, or keenly affecting the organ of smelling, S.

4. Keen, biting; expressive of the state of the atmosphere, S.

_Davidson._

5. Certain, a.s.sured.

_Henrysone._

6. Used obliquely, bright; as ”a _bald_ moon.”

_Kelly._

A. S. _bald_, _beald_, Su. G. Alem. Germ. _bald_, audax.

_To_ BALD, _v. a._ To embolden.

_Douglas._

BALDERRY, _s._ Female-handed orchis, a plant, S.

_Lightfoot._

BALK and BURRAL, a ridge raised very high by the plough, and a barren s.p.a.ce of nearly the same extent, alternately, S. B.

V. ~Bauk~, _s._

_Statist. Acc._

BALDERDASH, _s._ Foolish and noisy talk, S. Isl. _bulldur_, stultorum balbuties.

BALEN, _adj._ Made of skin.

V. ~Pauis~.

_Douglas._

Isl. Su. G. _baelg_, Germ. _balg_, a skin.

BALYE, _s._ A s.p.a.ce on the outside of the ditch of a fortification, commonly surrounded by strong palisades.