(p. 747) bālaka a boy, a male child; a tyro (রাজনীতিতে সে বালক); a greenhorn. ̃কাল n. childhood days, boyhood. ̃তা ̃ত্ব n. boyhood. ̃বয়স same as বালককাল । ̃ভৃত্য n. a boy-servant; a page. ̃সুলভ, বালকোচিত a. boyish; childish. 15)

(p. 721) barābharaṇa dress and ornaments given as gifts to a bridegroom by the bride's party. 71)

(p. 738) bājabairi, bājabahari a species or variety of large falcons; the eagle (?). 18)

(p. 773) bisbāda distasteful; tasteless, insipid; vapid; (fig.) dull or disgusting. 63)

(p. 721) bāga2 bridle (বাগডোর); control (বাগে পাওয়া); device or mode (কাজের বাগ); opportunity or advantage (বাগ পেয়ে); (dial.) a way or route (সে কোন বাগে গেল ?). বাগ মানানো, বাগে আনা v. to bring under control. 290)

(p. 800) brēka a brake (of vehicle or machine). ব্রেক কষা v. to put on the brake (to), to brake, (fig.) to slow down. 28)

(p. 751) bikārya changeable; prone to change (usu. for the worse). 19)

(p. 786) bēdān̐ḍ়ā irregular; unusual. 36)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)

(p. 800) blāuja blouse. 34)

(p. 751) bighā a measure of flat area (= 64 sq. cubits = ⅓ or .33 acre approx). বিঘাকালি n. (arith.) square-measure in terms of bighas (বিঘা). 54)

(p. 748) bāhyē faeces, excrement, stool; evacuation of the bowels. বাহ্যে করা v. to evacuate one's bowels, to ease or relieve nature. বাহ্যে করানো v. to purge another's bowels. বাহ্যে পাওয়া v. to have a disposition to evacuate. বাহ্যে যাওয়া v. to go for the purpose of evacuation. 62)

(p. 785) bēta cane; rattan, ratan; a ferule; a stroke of ferule. বেত মারা, বেতানো v. to cane; to flagellate. বেত লাগানো v. to beat with a cane, to cane; to fit or mend with cane or strips of cane (as a chair). বেতের চেয়ার a cane-chair. বেতের ছড়ি a walking-stick made of cane, a rattan, a cane. বেতের ঝুড়ি a wicker-basket.

(p. 767) bimarṣa (rare) discontent. a. sad, morose, glum; melancholy. ̃তা n. sadness, moroseness, glumness; melancholy. ̃ণ n. displeasure; sadness. 23)

(p. 713) bakābaki a debate; an alteration; a scolding. বকাবকি করা v. to debate, to argue; to altercate, to bandy words; to scold; to chide. 41)