babeury, babury

[Probably a corruption of babwynrie = baboonery (q.v.).] Grotesque ornamentation, especially in sculpture or pictures. "As babeuries and pinnacles, Imageries and tabernacles." Chaucer: House of Fame. ba-bi-a-na, s. [From Dut. babianer, the name given by the Dutch colonists in South Africa, from the fact that the baboon, or baviaan, is fond of it.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Iridaceæ, or Irids. The species are all from the Cape of Good Hope, and are beautiful flowers. One is dark red, another red and blue, and more than one are scented. One of the commonest species is Babiana sulphurea .