n. [ Cf. Ir. bab, baban, W. baban, maban. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Babyhood. [ R. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Heb. Bābel, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of “confusion.” ]
Therefore is the name of it called Babel. Gen. xi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
That babel of strange heathen languages. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
The grinding babel of the street. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. orig. for baboonery. Cf. Baboon, and also Babe. ] Finery of a kind to please a child. [ Obs. ] “Painted babery.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]