Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy, In Its More General And Ex Tended Sense, May Be Defined Insolvency, Actual Or Presumed, Followed By Some Open And Public Act De Noting That The Insolvency Is Irretrievable. He Is A A Bankrupt " Qui Fortunce Vitio Vel Suo, Vel Partim Fortunes Partim Suo Vitio, Non Solvendo Factus,foro ...
Bannerets
Bannerets, An Order Of Knights, Next In Dig Nity To The Barons, And Entitled To Lead Their Vassals To Battle At The Royal Summons, Under Their Own Basi. Ner Or Flag. By This Privilege They Were Distinguished From The Knights Bachelors, Who Were Obliged To March Under The Banner Of ...
Bannockburn
Bannockburn, A Small Rivulet About Three Miles From Stirling, On The Road To Edinburgh, Cele Brated For A Great Battle Fought On Its Banks Between The English And Scots Armies, In The Reign Of Ed Ward Il Robert Bruce, Grandson Of That Bruce Who Was Baliol's Competitor For The Crown ...
Bantam
Bantam, A Seaport Town, And The Capital Of A Ingdom In The North-west Extremity Of The Island Of Batavia Or Java. It Is Situated At The Foot Of A Moun Tain, From Which Issues Three Rivers, One Of Which Pas Ses Through The Town, While The Other Two Inclose It. ...
Baptism
Baptism, Derived From The Greek Verb Bror '144,, To Dip Or Tinge, Is The Initiatory Rite In The Christian Religion. Though The Words Of Our Sa Viour, Recorded In Matti). Xxiii. 19. Are Allowed To Be The Foundation Of This Ordinance, Yet Various Opi Nions Have Been Entertained Respecting Its ...
Baptista Porta
Baptista Porta. Sec The History 9foimcs. Baptistery, In Its Proper Acceptation, Is A Place Where Water Is Kept For The Administration Of Baptism. We Are Certain From Scripture,. That When Christianity Was First Established, No Particular Place Or Ecll.6,ce Was Appropriated To This Ceremony. The River, The Lake, Or The ...
Baptists
Baptists, Are A Sect Of Christians Who Derived Their Name From The Peculiar Opinions Which They Held Respecting Baptism, And Began, About The Time Of The Reformation, To Claim The Attention Of The Ec Clesiastical Historian. When We Take A Superficial View Of This Sect, Collected As It Were Into ...
Baraba
Baraba, A Steppe Or Extensive Plain On The Western Verge Of Siberia, Situated Between The Rivers Irtish And Oby. This Steppe Exceeds Goo Versts In Length From North To South, And 400 In Breadth From East To West. The Whole Of This Extensive Region Is A Continued Flat, Diversified Only ...
Barbadoes
Barbadoes, Vox. Iii. P. 254.) It Is, However, Again Recovering Its Former Appearance, And Affords Most Of The Conveniences, Either For Entertainment Or Amuse Ment, Which Are To Be Found In Any City Of Europe. The Streets Are Broad, The Houses Lofty And Well Built, And Many Of Them Rent ...
Barbary
Barbary, The Most Northern Division Of Africa, Is Bounded On The North By The Mediterranean, On The South By Sahara Or The Desert, On The East By Egypt, And On The West By The Atlantic Ocean. Its Utmost Extent From East To West, From Cape Non On The Coast Of ...
Barber
Barber, One Who Trims Or Shaves The Beards Of Other People, Or Is Employed In Dressing Hair Or Ma King Wigs. This Profession, Like All The Other Polite Arts, Is Only Known In Those Nations, Which Have Made A Certain Progress In Civilization. No Mention Is Made Of Barbers By ...
Barbour
Barbour, Archdeacon Of Aberdeen, Is ;supposed To Have Been Born About The Year 1316. When He Describes The Person Of Randolph," Says Lord Hailes, " He Seems To Speak From Personal Obser Vation : And As Randolph Died In 1331, And Barbour In 1396, The Poet, If We Suppose Him ...
Barcelona
Barcelona, The Barcinona Of The Romans, Is The Capital Of The Province Of Catalonia, And One Of The Principal Cities Of Spain. It Is Situated On The Mediterranean Between The Rivers Bezos And Llobre Gat, In A Beautiful And Fruitful Country, Which Forms An Oblong Irregular Plain, Encircled With Hills ...
Barcelonetta
Barcelonetta, The Name Of A New Town Adjacent To Barcelona. It Is Situated To The South East Of The City, Between The Sea-gate And The Light -house On The Mole, And Was Built About The Middle Of The Eighteenth.century. It Is A Complete Square, With Twenty-fonr Regular Streets, Each Five ...
Bard
Bard, A Professional Poet And Musician Of An Cient Times, Whose Office It Was To Celebrate, In Song, The Mighty Deeds Of The Heroes Of His Nation, Or To La Ment, In Pathetic Strains, Their Untimely Loss, Or Any Great Public Calamity. The Term, According To Fes Tus And Carnbden, ...
Barley Mill
Barley Mill, The Name Of A Machine For Ta King The Husks From Barley. A Barley Mill Of The Most Improved Construction • Is Represented In Figure 1. Of Plate Liii. The' Water Wheel A Is Eighteen Feet Six Inches Diameter And Carries Fifty Buckets, Each Of Which Is Three ...
Barnstaple
Barnstaple, A Seaport Town Of England, In.. The County Of Devon, Situated In A Fine Vale On The Eastern Bank Of The River Taw, Over Which There Is A.' Stone Bridge Of 16 Arches. On Account Of The Shal Lowness Harbour, Which Does Not Admit Vessels. Of More Than 200 ...
Baron
Baron, A Distinguished Person, Originally Hold Ing A Barony ; And Now Either Holding A Barony, Or Capable, By Letters Patent, Of Sitting And Voting In The Upper House Of Parliament. Etymologists Are Not Agreed With Repect To The De Rivation And Primary Meaning Of This Term. The Most Probable ...
Baronet
Baronet, A Gentleman Having The Title Of Sir, In Virtue Of His Patent, And Taking Place Of All Knights; With Two Exceptions,—knights Bannerets, Created By The Sovereign In Person, In The Field, And Under The Royal Banner,—and The Knights Of St George, Or Of The Garter. This Title Is The ...
Barra
Barra, A Kingdom Of Africa, Situated On The North Bank Of The Gambia, At The Mouth Of That Ri Ver, And Extending About Eighteen Leagues Along The Coast. As This Kingdom Is More Worthy Of Notice Than Any Of Those Upon The River Gambia, We Shall Present Our Readers With ...
Barrenness
Barrenness, Signifies Either A Total Incapa Bility Of Conceiving Children, Or Of Retaining The Em Bryo Till It Becomes Formed. Many Women Can Con Ceive, But Cannot Retain The Ovum Above A Few Days. Sterility Depends On The State Of The Womb And Its Appendages. These Organs Are Sometimes Malformed, ...
Barrows
Barrows, Are Mounds Of Earth, Generally Of A Conical Form, Which Were Raised, In Ancient Times, Over The Dead Bodies Of Heroes, And Persons Of Distinction. The Natural Desire Of Cherishing The Remembrance Of Departed Worth, Has Given Rise, In All Nations, To The Custom Of Erecting Monuments To Perpetuate ...
Bash Kirs
Bash Kirs, A People Of The Russian Empire, Scat. Tered Along The Banks Of The Volga And Ural. Their Country Forms A Part Of The Ancient Bolgaria ; And They Seem To Be Descended Partly From The Bolgares, Mid Partly From The Nogay Tartars. Without Any Fixed Abodes, They Wandered ...
Basil Basle
Basle, Basil, Or Bale, One Of The Cantons Of Swisserland, Situated On The Banks Of The Rhine, And Bounded On The North By Alsace And Brisgaw ; By The Frickthal, Or The Territory Of The Forest•towns, And The Canton Of Soleure, On The East ; On The South By The ...
Basilica
Basilica, A Particular Kind Of Public Edifice. The Word, According To Its Strict Etymology, (from Gxo.aivc And ()mac), Means A Royal House. The Basi Lica Seems Originally To Have Been A Hall In Which Justice Was Administered; And As This Was, In The Pri Mitive Ages, The Exclusive Prerogative Of ...
Basilisk
Basilisk, A Creature Famous Among The Earlier Writers Of Natural History For Its Dangerous Properties. It Is Described By Galen, Pliny, Lucan, And Several Other Naturalists And Poets Among The Ancients, And By Lobo, Prosper Alpini, And Aldrovandi, Among The Moderns. From Their Accounts We Gather, That The Basilisk Was ...
Bass
Bass, A Great Rock In The Firth Of Forth, About Three Miles From The Shore, Directly Opposite To The Promontory Upon Which The Ancient Fortress Oftan Tallon Is Situated. It Is Nearly Round, Not Above The Sixth Of A Mile In Diameter, And About Four Hundred Feet Above The Level ...
Bass Straits
Bass Straits, A Channel In The Australasian Regions, Situated In 40° Of South Latitude, And 147° 148° East Longitude, Which Separates New Holland , From Van Dieman's Land. We Do Not Know That , The Precise Extent To Be Included In This Channel Is ' Definitively Fixed : The Navigators ...
Bastonado Bastinado
Bastinado, Bastonado, Or Bastonade, A Kind Ofpunishment Inflicted With A Rod, Or Staff. This Mode Of Punishment Was Common Among Most Of The Ancient Countries, And Is Still Practised In Many Of The Eastern Nations. In All The Provinces Of The Ottoman Empire, The Bastinado Is The Common Punishment For ...
Bata Via
Bata Via, The Capital Of The Dutch Settlements In The East Indies, Is Situated On The North Coast Of The Island Of Java, At The Mouth Of The River Jacatra. It Lies In The Bosom Of A Large And Commodious Bay, Which Is So Sheltered From The Violence Of The ...
Batalha
Batalha, A Small Village In Portugal, About 60 Miles North Of Lisbon, Where A Famous Monastery, The Place Of Sepulture Of The Royal Family, Is Situated. Don John, Th'e First Of The Name, And Tenth King Of Portugal, On Being Attacked By The King Of Castile With A Powerful And ...
Batcheserai
Batcheserai, More Properly Baktchese Rai,.or Bac1itcheseria, The Ancient Residence Of The Khans Of The Crimea, Is Situated, Like Matlock In Derbyshire, On The Rugged Flanks Of Two High Moun Tains, And On The Interjacent Valley, Which Is Watered By The Rivulet Dshuruk-sn. The Hanging Gardens, The Towers Of The Mosques, ...
Bath
Bath, The Aquas Solis Of The Romans, Is A City Of England, In Sjmersetshire. It Is Beautifully Si Tuated On The River Avon, On The Side Of A Narrow Valley, Bounded By Hills On The North, South, And South-west, And Widening Od The North•wcst Into Rich And Extensive Meadows. After ...
Batnians
Batnians, The Inhabitants Of A Country In The North-east Of Hindostan, Bounded On The North By The Pendjab, And The River Setledge, And On The East By The District Of Hurrianah, On The West By The De Sert, And On The South By The Beykaneer. The Ter Ritory Of The ...
Battle
Battle. In A Military Sense, A Battle Implies The Encounter Of Two Hostile Armies, Accompanied By Mutual Slaughter, And Contending For Some Important Object. The Bad Passions Of Men Have Ever Been The Cause Of Animosities And Quarrels, Which, Among The Individuals Of Civilized Society, Are Generally Decided According To ...
Battle Of Hastings
Hastings, Battle Of. See England. Hat, Is The Name Of A Piece Of Dress Worn Upon The Head By Both Sexes, But Principally By The Men. The Use Of Hats Seems To Have Been First Introduced Among The Ecclesiastics In The 12th Century, And It Was Not Till The Year ...
Bavaria
Bavaria, One Of The Circles Of Germany, Is Bounded On The North By Franconia And Bohemia ; On The East And South By The Circle Of Austria ; And On The West By Swabia. The Whole Extent Of This Circle Has Been Estimated At One Thousand And Twenty ' Square ...
Bayonne
Bayonne, The Lapurdum Of The Ancients, Is The Largest, Though Not The Chief, Town In The De Partment Of The Lower Pyrenees. It Is Beautifully Situated About A League From The Western Coast Of France, At The Conflux Of The Rivers Nive And Adour, By Which The Town Is Divided ...
Bceotia
Bceotia, Was An Ancient Kingdom Of Greece ; Bounded On The East By Mount Citheron, Which Se Parated It From Attica ; On The South By The Gulf Of Corinth ; On The West By Phocis ; And On The North By The Strait Euripus, Now Called The Negropont. This ...