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Balak

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in the second part of Absalom and Achitophel, a satire by Dryden and Tate, is meant for Dr. Burnet, author of Burnet’s Own Time.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Baked Meat
Baker (The)
Baker’s Dozen
Baker’s Knee (A)
Bakshish
Bal
Balaam
Balaam Basket or Box (A)
Balafré
Balai
Balak
Balâm
Balan
Balance (The)
Balance
Balayer
Balclutha (The tower of)
Bald
Baldachin
Baldassare
Balder