Badian, Bad i an if era

( Bot. ) See ILLICIUM. Badig'eon, n. [Fr.] ( Arch.) A mixture of plaster and free-stone, well sifted, and ground together; it is used by statuaries to fill up the small holes, and repair the defects in stones of which their work is made. The term is also used by joiners, for a composition of saw-dust and strong glue, with which the chasms of their work are filled. Joiners likewise use for this purpose a mixture of whiting and glue. When this is used, the filling-in should remain till quite hard, otherwise, when it is planed or smoothed off, it will shrink below the surface Badinage, (bä'di-nazh,) n. [Fr. from bad in, a jester.] Light or playful discourse; trifling talk; inoffensive raillery; banter. "When you find your antagonist beginning to grow warm. put an end to the dispute by some genteel badinage ."-Chesterfield. Bad'ito, in Colorado , a post-village of Huerfano co. Badly, adv . In a bad manner; not well; unskilfully; grievously; imperfectly.