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Bawsin

Baw"sin\, Bawson \Baw"son\, n. [OE. bawson, baucyne, badger (named from its color), OF. bauzan, baucant, bauchant, spotted with white, pied; cf. It. balzano, F. balzan, a white-footed horse, It. balza border, trimming, fr. L. balteus belt, border, edge. Cf. Belt.]

1. A badger. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

2. A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] --Nares.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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