bavalite

[Etymology doubtful. It has been derived from Fr. bas vallon = a low vale or dale.] Min.: A variety of Chamoisite. Ba-vär-i-an, a. & s. [From Eng. Bavari (an). In Fr. Bavarien, adj.] 1. Pertaining to Bavaria, now a kingdom constituting a portion of the German empire. ( Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xxiii.) 2. A native of Bavaria. (Stanhope: Hist . Eng ., 1870, p. 153.) băv-a-roy ( Eng . ), băv-a-rỹ, băv-a-rie ( Scotch ), s. [From Fr. Bavarois = Bavarian.] 1. Lit.: A great-coat; properly, one made meet for the body. 2. Fig .: A disguise; anything employed to cover moral turpitude. "Dinna use to hide yer sin, Нуростівy's bavary. Picken : Poeris, p. 90. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia