a.
Sometimes used substantively. [ 1913 Webster ]
The strong antipathy of good to bad. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp.
‖n. [ F. ] A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler. [ 1913 Webster ]
A host of stories . . . dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris. Pall Mall Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
compar. of Bad, a. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. for Balderlocks, fr. Balder the Scandinavian deity. ] (Bot.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called
a. Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
A form of the past tense of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS. bōg- in comp., AS. būgan to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend. ]
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no badge. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]