n. The process, or result, of baking. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
☞ Baking is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed. [ 1913 Webster ]
The earth . . . is baked with frost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
adj.
n. [ AS. bæchūs. See Bake, v. t., and House. ] A house for baking; a bakery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]
p. p. of Bake. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. bæcere. See Bake, v. t. ]
A baker's dozen,
Baker foot,
Baker's itch,
Baker's salt,
a. Having legs that bend inward at the knees. [ 1913 Webster ]