Barleycorn

John. Whiskey. Barmecide Feast. A pleasing illusion in " Arabian Nights" a rich Barmecide feasts a beggar on imaginary dishes drinking the imaginary wine, the beggar feigns drunkenne , and is rewarded. FAMILIAR PHRASES. basilisk look. Fatal gaze of a fabled lizard a look of hatred, ba o-relievo (bas'so-re-lya'vo) or bas-relief (ba're-lef). Low relief. Sculpture in which figures stand out but slightly from a background. Bastille. Famous French state prison, destroyed in Revolution July 14,1789. Battery, The. Park at the S. end of Manhattan Island, N. Y., orig. site of a fortification. Battle above the Clouds. Fight at Lookout