Bavin

[Gael. and Ir. baban, a tuft or ta el.] A fagot of brush or fire-wood; a piece of waste wood. "He's mounted on a hazel bavin , A cropp'd malignant baker gave him." - Hudibras. (Min.) In some parts of England, a term used for an inferior description of limestone. Bav'ington, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Washington co. Bavius and Mævius, ( bai've -us, me've-us.) (Lit.) Two stupid and malevolent poets, in the age of August us, who attacked the superior talents of contemporary writers, and have therefore become immortalized by the satire and ridicule which they drew upon themselves. Baw'bee, n. See BAUBEE. Baw'ble, n. See BAUBLE.