v. t. [ Cf. OF. baer to open the mouth, F. bayer. ] To kiss. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. G. bäen; an imitative word. ] To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

He treble baas for help, but none can get. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Baas [ Cf. G. bä. ] The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The bleating of a sheep. Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; Heb. pl. Baalim [ Heb. ba'al lord. ] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Worship of Baal; idolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. ] Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] A kind of plum cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (
babassu oil) and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn. -- babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]