BAHUT, _m._ (popular), _furniture_, “marbles.” Properly _large dresser, or press_; (cadets’) ---- spécial, _the military school of Saint-Cyr_; (students’) ---- paternel, _paternal house_. Bahut, _a crammer’s establishment_; _college, or boarding-school_. Eux, les pauvres petits galériens, ils continuent à vivre entre les murs lépreux du bahut.--=RICHEPIN=, _Le Pavé_. BAHUTÉ (Saint-Cyr cadets’), ceci est ----, _that is smart, soldier-like_. Une tenue bahutée, _smart dress or appearance_. BAHUTER (Saint-Cyr cadets’), _to create a disturbance_, “to kick up a row;” (schoolboys’) _to go from one educational establishment to another_. BAHUTEUR, _m._, _one fond of a_ “row;” _unruly scholar_; _pupil who patronizes, willingly or not, different educational establishments_. BAIGNE-DANS-LE-BEURRE (popular), _womens’ bully_, or “pensioner.” An allusion to “maquereau,” or mackerel, a common appellation for such creatures. See POISSON. BAIGNEUSE, _f._ (thieves’ and cads’), _head_, or “block,” “canister,” “nut.” See TRONCHE. BAIGNOIRE À BON DIEU, _f._ (cads’), _chalice_. BAILLER AU TABLEAU (theatrical), _to have an insignificant part in a new play_. Terme de coulisses qui s’applique à un acteur, qui voit au tableau la mise en répétition d’une pièce dans laquelle il n’a qu’un bout de rôle.--=A. BOUCHARD=, _La Langue théâtrale_. BAIMBAIN (Breton cant), _potatoes_. BAIN DE PIED (familiar), _the overflow into the saucer from a cup of coffee or glass of brandy_; _third help of brandy after coffee_, _those preceding being_ “la rincette” _and_ “la surrincette.” BAIN-MARIE, _m._ (popular), _a person with a mild, namby-pamby disposition allied to a weakly constitution_, _a_ “sappy” _fellow_. BAIN QUI CHAUFFE, _m._ (popular), _a rain cloud in hot weather_. BAISER (popular), la camarde, _to die_, “to kick the bucket,” “to snuff it;” (gamesters’) ---- le cul de la vieille, _not to score_, _to remain at_ “love.” BAISSIER, _m._, _man on ’Change who speculates for a fall in the funds_, “bear.” See HAUSSIER. BAITE, _f._ (thieves’), _house_, “crib.” BAJAF, _m._ (popular), _a stout, plethoric man_. Gros ----, “forty guts.” BAJOTER (popular), _to chatter_, “to gabble.” BAL, _m._ (military), _extra drill_ (called a “hoxter” at the Royal Military Academy). BALADAGE, BALLADAGE, _m._ (popular), chanteur au ----, _street singer_, “street pitcher.” BALADE, BALLADE, _f._ (popular and familiar), _walk_, _stroll_, _lounge_, “miking.” Canot de ----, _pleasure boat_. Faire une ----, se payer une ----, _to take a walk_. Chanteur à la ----, _itinerant singer_, “chaunter.” (Thieves’) Balade, or ballade, _pocket_; also called “fouillouse, profonde, valade,” and by English rogues, “sky-rocket, cly, or brigh.” BALADER (thieves’), _to choose_; _to seek_. (Popular) Se ----, _to take a walk_; _to stroll_; “to mike;” _to make off_; _to run away_, “to cut one’s lucky.” See PATATROT. BALADEUR, _m._ (popular), _one who takes a walk_.