bakbrede

[A.S. bac an = to bake, and bred a board.] A kneading trough, or a board used for the same purpose in baking bread. (Cathol. Anglicum.) bāke, * bakke, * băcke (pret. bāked, * boke; pa. par. baked, † bā-kěn, *bākt), v.t. & i. [A.S. bac an to bake. In Sw. & Icel. baka ; Dan. bage ; Dut. bakken ; Ger. backen ; O. H. Ger. pachan ; Ru . peshtshi =to bake; peku I bake Pol. piec = to bake; Sansc. patsh to bake.] A. Transitive : 1. To dry and harden in an oven, under which a fire has been lit, or by means of any similar appliance for imparting a regulated amount of heat. (Used of bread, potatoes, or other articles of food.) "... yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;..." Isa . xliv. 15. "And the people went about, and gathered it [the mannal and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and buked it in pans,."- Numb xi. 8. 2. To harden by means of fire in a kiln, in a pit, ., or by the action of the sun. (Used of bricks, earth, the ground, geological strata, or anything similar.) "A hollow scoop'd, I judge, in ancient time, For baking earth, or burning rock to lime." Cowper: The Neexile Alarm. "The lower beds in this great pile of strata have been dislocated, baked , crystallised, and almost blended together."- Darwin : Voyage round the World, ch. xv. 3. To harden by means of cold. IMG:content-1002.png:[blocks in formation] "I have marked a willingne in the Italian artizans to distribute the kitchen, pantry, and bake -house under ground."- Wotton .