Definition of Bavin

1. n. A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.

Definition of Bavin

1. Noun. A bundle of wood, or twigs which may be used in broom making. Southern England term. Also, a fagot bound with only one band. ¹

2. Noun. (UK dialect) impure limestone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bavin

1. a bundle of brushwood [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bavin

1. 1. A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood. 2. Impure limestone. Origin: Cf. Gael. & Ir. Baban tuft, tassel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bavin

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baur
bauranoite
baurs
bausond
bauxite
bauxite pneumoconiosis
bauxites
bauxitic
bavarois
bavaroise
bavaroy
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bavins
bavituximab
bavituxumab
baw caw
bawan
bawbee
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bawble
bawbles
bawbling
bawcock
bawcocks
bawdier

Literary usage of Bavin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Twixt the two brinks ; and bavin strewed and earth, Thereon. Armed Romans, by the moon's lamp, march Beyond ; holding now drift-way of the Britons, ..."

2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... bavin» fully confuted all the atheistic grounds, we confidently conclude, That the first original of all things was neither stupid and senseless matter ..."

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