bab2 (bab)

[Prov. Eng.] letter b first used to denote B flat, as distinguished from B quadratum: it is now the conventional sign of the flat. See accidental , n., 1.- Not to know B from a bull's Bab3 (bab), n. foot, or a broomstick, or a battledore, to be very il- literate or very ignorant: popular alliterative compari- sons, the first dating from the Middle English period. balt, v . t . [Perhaps a humorous imitation of a smack; but cf. OF. baer , beer , open the mouth, gape (see bay4 ), and ba 5 , ki .] To ki . Let me ba thy cheke. [E. dial., = babe , q. v.] A babe. [Ar. Pers. bab , a gate or door; forming part of many eastern place-names, as Bab- el - mandeb .] 1. The title a umed by the founder of Babism.-2. A Babist; an adherent of or a believer in Babism.