badling (badling)

[E. dial., appar. N. E. D.-2. A worthle per son. Hall i well. [North. Eng.] badly bad de E. badly, baddeliche; baina bad manner wickedly wrongly; evil or improper as, the boys behaved badly. (b) Grievously; dangerously: severely: as, badly wounded. (c) In a manner which falls a recognized standard or fair average of excellence; unskilfully; imperfectly; defectively; poorly; not well: as, the work was badly done. (d) Incorrectly; faultily: as, to speak French badly. (e) Unfortunately; unsucce fully: as, the army fared badly. - Badly off. See off. IMG:content-1550.png:[blocks in formation] bag II. in trans. 11. To practise deceit; shuffle; quibble. Do we not palpably baffle when, in respect to God, we pretend to deny ourselves, yet, upon urgent occasion, allow him nothing? Barrow , Works, I. 437. 2. To struggle ineffectually; strive in vain: as, the ship baffled with the gale.-3. In coal mining, to brush out or mix fire-damp with air, to such an extent as to render it non-explosive. baffle (baf'l), n. [ It is the skill of the disputant that keeps off a baffle . South . 3. Same as baffler, 2. bafflement (baf'l-ment), n. [ A ociated in his mind with bafflement and defeat. J. S. Blackie, Self-Culture, p. 99.