Beached, p. p. & a.
1. Bordered by a beach.
"The beached verge of the salt flood." - Shak.
2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as the ship is beached.

Beachy
Beach´y, a. Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.
"The beachy girdle of the ocean." - Shak.

Beacon
Bea´con (b&mac;"k’n), n. [OE. bekene, AS. beácen, becen; akin to OS. bokan, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. Beckon.]
1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
"No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar." - Gay.
2. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
3. A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]
4. That which gives notice of danger.
"Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise." - Shak.
Beacon fire, a signal fire.

Beacon
Bea´con, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beaconed (-k’nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Beaconing.]
1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
"That beacons the darkness of heaven." - Campbell.
2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

Beaconless
Bea´con•less, a. Having no beacon.

Bead, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei•qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid beads, and Bide.]
1. A prayer. [Obs.]
2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to be at one’s beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
3. Any small globular body; as (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. "Cold beads of midnight dew." Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. Bead and butt (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. Knight. — Bead mold, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also bead mould.] — Bead tool, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. — Bead tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Melia, the best known species of which ( M. azedarach), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.

Bead, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beading.] To ornament with beads or beading.

Bead, v. i. To form beadlike bubbles. { Bead´house•, Bede´house• }, n. [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n. ] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

Beading
Bead´ing, n.
1. (Arch.) Molding in imitation of beads.
2. The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as the beading of a brand of whisky.

Beadle
Bea´dle, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. büttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. Bid, v. ]
1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; — called also an apparitor or summoner.
2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.
3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

Beadleship
Bea´dle•ship, n. The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood.

Beadroll
Bead´roll, n. (R. C. Ch.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
"On Fame’s eternal beadroll worthy to be filed." - Spenser.
"It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line." - Quart. Rev.
{ Beads´man, Bedes´man }, n. ; pl. -men . A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
"Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God." - Fuller.

Beadsnake
Bead´snake, n. (Zoöl.) A small poisonous snake of North America ( Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black. { Beads´wom•an, Bedes´wom•an }, n. ; pl. -women . Fem. of Beadsman.

Beady
Bead´y, a.
1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. "Beady eyes." Thackeray.
2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
3. Characterized by beads; as beady liquor.

Beagle
Bea´gle, n. [OE. begele; perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. beag small, little, W. bach. F. bigle is from English.]
1. A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
2. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

Beak (bek), n. [OE. bek, F. bec, fr. Celtic; cf. Gael. & Ir. bac, bacc, hook, W. bach.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. (d) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
2. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land. Carew.
3. (Antiq.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
4. (Naut.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
5. (Arch.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
6. (Bot.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
7. (Far.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
8. A magistrate or policeman. [Slang, Eng.]

Beaker
Beak´er (bek"er), n. [OE. biker; akin to Icel. bikarr, Sw. bägare, Dan. baeger, G. becher, It. bicchiere; — all fr. LL. bicarium, prob. fr. Gr. bi^kos wine jar, or perh. L. bacar wine vessel. Cf. Pitcher a jug.]
1. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
2. An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; — used for holding solutions requiring heat. Knight.

Beam (bem), n. [AS. beám beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. bam tree, OS. bom, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. baðmr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. rad.97. See Be; cf. Boom a spar.]
1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
"The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks." - Totten.
3. The width of a vessel; as one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
"The doubtful beam long nods from side to side." - Pope.
5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] Dryden.
7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; — called also working beam or walking beam.
11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as a beam of light, or of heat.
"How far that little candle throws his beams!" - Shak.
12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as a beam of comfort.
"Mercy with her genial beam." - Keble.
13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; — called also beam feather. Abaft the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. — Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. — Beam compass, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; — used for drawing or describing large circles. — Beam engine, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft. — Before the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and that point of the compass toward which the ship steers. — On the beam, in a line with the beams, or at right angles with the keel. — On the weather beam, on the side of a ship which faces the wind. — To be on her beam ends, to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position.

Beam, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beaming.] To send forth; to emit; — followed ordinarily by forth; as to beam forth light.

Beam, v. i. To emit beams of light.
"He beamed, the daystar of the rising age." - Trumbull.

Beam tree
Beam" tree . [AS. beám a tree. See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree ( Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

Beamed, a. Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
"Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky." - Sir W. Scott.

Beamful
Beam´ful, a. Beamy; radiant.

Beamily
Beam´i•ly, adv. In a beaming manner.

Beaminess
Beam´i•ness, n. The state of being beamy.

Beaming
Beam´ing, a. Emitting beams; radiant.

Beamingly
Beam´ing•ly, adv. In a beaming manner; radiantly.

Beamless
Beam´less, a.
1. Not having a beam.
2. Not emitting light.

Beamlet
Beam´let, n. A small beam of light.

Beamy
Beam´y, a.
1. Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.
2. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
"His double-biting ax, and beamy spear." - Dryden.
3. Having horns, or antlers.
"Beamy stags in toils engage." - Dryden.

Bean (ben), n. [OE. bene, AS. beán; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. pona, Icel. baun, Dan. bönne, Sw. böna, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also to the herbs. The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, D. Lablab; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower bush bean, Ph. vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean, Ph. lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Ph. multiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables.
2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zoöl.), a plant louse ( Aphis fabae) which infests the bean plant. — Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers. — Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose ( Anser segetum). — Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus fabae. — Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. — Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius’s bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. — Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. — Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; — so called from its size. — Sacred bean. See under Sacred. — Screw bean. See under Screw. — Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. — Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree. — Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.

Bean trefoil
Bean" tre"foil. (Bot.) A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves ( Anagyris fœtida).

Bear (bâr), v. t. [ imp. Bore (bor) (formerly Bare (bâr)); p. p. Born (bôrn), Borne (bor); p. pr. & vb. n. Bearing.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. gebären, Goth. baíran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. bära, Dan. baere, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. fe•rein, OSlav. brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bhr to bear. rad.92. Cf. Fertile.]
1. To support or sustain; to hold up.
2. To support and remove or carry; to convey.
"I ’ll bear your logs the while." - Shak.
3. To conduct; to bring; — said of persons. [Obs.]
"Bear them to my house." - Shak.
4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
"Every man should bear rule in his own house." - Esther i. 22.
5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as the tablet bear. this inscription.
6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as to bear a sword, badge, or name.
7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor Dryden.
"The ancient grudge I bear him." - Shak.
8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
"Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne." - Pope.
"I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear." - Shelley.
"My punishment is greater than I can bear." - Gen. iv. 13.
9. To gain or win. [Obs.]
"Some think to bear it by speaking a great word." - Bacon.
"She was … found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge." - Latimer.
10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
"He shall bear their iniquities." - Is. liii. 11.
"Somewhat that will bear your charges." - Dryden.
11. To render or give; to bring forward. "Your testimony bear" Dryden.
12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. "The credit of bearing a part in the conversation." Locke.
13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
"In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear." - Swift.
14. To manage, wield, or direct. "Thus must thou thy body bear." Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct.
"Hath he borne himself penitently in prison?" - Shak.
15. To afford; to be to; to supply with.
"His faithful dog shall bear him company." - Pope.
16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
"Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore." - Dryden.
In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. To bear down. (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. "His nose, … large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance." Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as to bear down an enemy. — To bear a hand. (a) To help; to give assistance. (b) (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick. — To bear in hand, to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. [Obs.] "How you were borne in hand, how crossed." Shak. — To bear in mind, to remember. — To bear off. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize. — To bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] "Caesar doth bear me hard." Shak. — To bear out. (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. "Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing." South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm. — To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." Addison.
Syn. — To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft.

Bear, v. i.
1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
"This age to blossom, and the next to bear." - Dryden.
2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
"But man is born to bear." - Pope.
3. To endure with patience; to be patient.
"I can not, can not bear." - Dryden.
4. To press; — with on or upon, or against.
"These men bear hard on the suspected party." - Addison.
5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as to bring matters to bear.
6. To relate or refer; — with on or upon; as how does this bear on the question?
7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
"Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform." - Hawthorne.
8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as the land bear. N. by E. To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.] — To bear away (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind. — To bear back, to retreat. "Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist." Sir W. Scott. — To bear down upon (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as the fleet bore down upon the enemy. — To bear in with (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as a ship bears in with the land. — To bear off (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. — To bear up. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. Hamersly. - - To bear upon (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center. — To bear up to, to tend or move toward; as to bear up to one another. — To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.

Bear (ber), n. A bier. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bear (bâr), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. bär, Icel. & Sw. björn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh•r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. The European brown bear ( U. arctos), the white polar bear ( U. maritimus), the grizzly bear ( U. horribilis), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear ( U. Americanus), the Syrian bear ( Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species.
2. (Zoöl.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. The bear. and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear’s habit of pulling down, and the bull’s of tossing up.
6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.
7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; — used to scour the deck. Australian bear. (Zoöl.) See Koala. — Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. — Bear caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. — Bear garden. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold. — Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

Bear, v. t. (Stock Exchange) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market. { Bear, Bere }, n. [AS. bere. See Barley.] (Bot.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former ( Hordeum hexastichon or H. vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]

Bear’s-breech
Bear’s´-breech, n. (Bot.) (a) See Acanthus, n. , 1. (b) The English cow parsnip ( Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.

Bear’s-foot
Bear’s´-foot (-foot•), n. (Bot.) A species of hellebore ( Helleborus fœtidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

Bear’s-paw
Bear’s´-paw, n. (Zoöl.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies ( Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

Bearable
Bear´a•ble, a. Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. — Bear´a•bly, adv.

Bearberry
Bear´ber•ry, n. (Bot.) A trailing plant of the heath family ( Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

Bearbind
Bear´bind, n. (Bot.) The bindweed ( Convolvulus arvensis).

Beard (berd), n. [OE. berd, AS. bear. ; akin to Fries. berd, D. baard, G. bart, Lith. barzda, OSlav. brada, Pol. broda, Russ. boroda, L. barba, W. barf. Cf. 1st Barb.]
1. The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat. (b) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds (c) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes. (d) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle. (e) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster. (f) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
3. (Bot.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as the bear. of grain.
4. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
5. That part of the under side of a horse’s lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
6. (Print.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
7. An imposition; a trick. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beard grass (Bot.), a coarse, perennial grass of different species of the genus Andropogon. — To one’s beard, to one’s face; in open defiance.

Beard (berd), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bearded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bearding.]
1. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.
"No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial." - Macaulay.
3. To deprive of the gills; — used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Beardlessness
Beard´less•ness, n. The state or quality of being destitute of beard.

Bearer
Bear´er (bâr"er), n.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.
2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.
3. A palanquin carrier; also a house servant. [India]
4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as a good bearer.
5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as pay to bearer.
6. (Print.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Bearherd
Bear´herd, n. A man who tends a bear.

Bearhound
Bear´hound, n. A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Carlyle.

Bearing
Bear´ing (bâr"ing), n.
1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage.
"I know him by his bearing." - Shak.
2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
3. The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
"But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies." - Pope.
4. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
5. The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
"[His mother] in travail of his bearing." - R. of Gloucester.
6. (Arch.) (a) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall. (b) The portion of a support on which anything rests. (c) Improperly, the unsupported span; as the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
7. (Mach.) (a) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal. (b) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
8. (Her.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms — commonly in the pl.
"A carriage covered with armorial bearings." - Thackeray.
9. (Naut.) (a) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship’s position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as the bearing of the cape was W. N. W. (b) pl. The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. (c) pl. The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. Ball bearings. See under Ball. — To bring one to his bearings, to bring one to his senses. — To lose one’s bearings, to become bewildered. — To take bearings, to ascertain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one’s position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.
Syn. — Deportment; gesture; mien; behavior; manner; carriage; demeanor; port; conduct; direction; relation; tendency; influence.

Bearing rein
Bear"ing rein . A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse’s head up; — called in the United States a checkrein.

Bearing ring
Bear"ing ring. In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.

Bearish
Bear´ish, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.

Bearishness
Bear´ish•ness, n. Behavior like that of a bear.

Bearn, n. See Bairn. [Obs.]

Bear-trap dam
Bear"-trap• dam. (Engin.) A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

Bearward
Bear´ward, n. [ Bear + ward a keeper.] A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. [R.] Shak.

Beastings
Beast´ings, n. pl. See Biestings.

Beastlike
Beast´like´, a. Like a beast.

Beastliness
Beast´li•ness, n. The state or quality of being beastly.

Beastly
Beast´ly (best"ly), a.
1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
"Beastly divinities and droves of gods." - Prior.
2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
"The beastly vice of drinking to excess." - Swift.
3. Abominable; as beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.]
Syn. — Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.

Beat (bet), v. t. [ imp. Beat; p. p. Beat, Beaten ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beating.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. beátan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. bzan. Cf. 1st Butt, Button.]
1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as to beat one’s breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
"Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small." - Ex. xxx. 36.
"They did beat the gold into thin plates." - Ex. xxxix. 3.
2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
"To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey." - Prior.
4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
"A frozen continent … beat with perpetual storms." - Milton.
5. To tread, as a path.
"Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way." - Blackmore.
6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
"He beat them in a bloody battle." - Prescott.
"For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that." - M. Arnold.
7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; — often with out. [Colloq.]
8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
"Why should any one … beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?" - Locke.
9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower price; to force down. [Colloq.] — To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition. — To beat off, to repel or drive back. — To beat out, to extend by hammering. — To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give it up. "Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to this day." South. — To beat the dust. (Man.) (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a horse. (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. — To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. — To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. — To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. — To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as to beat up an enemy’s quarters.
Syn. — To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump; baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer; defeat; vanquish; overcome.

Beat, v. i.
1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
"The men of the city … beat at the door." - Judges. xix. 22.
2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
"A thousand hearts beat happily." - Byron.
3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do.
"Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below." - Dryden.
"They [winds] beat at the crazy casement." - Longfellow.
"The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die." - Jonah iv. 8.
"Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers." - Bacon.
4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
"To still my beating mind." - Shak.
5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
6. To make a sound when struck; as the drums beat.
7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; — said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking in order to make progress. — To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means or ways. Addison. — To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously. — To beat up and down (Hunting), to run first one way and then another; — said of a stag. — To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

Beat, n.
1. A stroke; a blow.
"He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat." - Dryden.
2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
3. (Mus.) (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit. (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or reënforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as a watchman’s beat.
6. A place of habitual or frequent resort.
7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; — often emphasized by dead; as a dead beat. [Low] Beat of drum (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc. — Beat of a watch, or clock, the stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the stroke is at equal or unequal intervals.

Beat, a. Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
"Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed." - Dickens.

Beat, n.
1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as the beat of him. [Colloq.]
2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also the news itself; a scoop.
"It’s a beat on the whole country." Scribner’s Mag. (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also those so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of a beat." Encyc. of Sport.
"Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them." Encyc. of Sport. (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary’s blade.

Beaten
Beat´en (bet"’n; 95), a.
1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak.
2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
3. Exhausted; tired out.
4. Become common or trite; as a beaten phrase. [Obs.]
5. Tried; practiced. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Beater
Beat´er (bet"er), n.
1. One who, or that which, beats.
2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black.

Beath (beth), v. t. [AS. beðian to foment.] To bathe; also to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser. { Be•a•tif´ic, Be•a•tif´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. beatifique, L. beatificus. See Beatify.] Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. — Be•a•tif´ic•al•ly, adv.

Beatification
Be•at•i•fi•ca´tion, n. [Cf. F. beatification.] The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization. "The beatification of his spirit." Jer. Taylor.

Beatify
Be•at´i•fy (be•at"i•fi), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beatified (-fid); p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. bear. to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. beatifier. See Bounty.]
1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
"The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth." - Barrow.
2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.
3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.

Beau monde
Beau• monde" . [F. beau fine + monde world.] The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. Prior.

Beaucatcher
Beau´catch•er, n. A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]

Beaufet
Beau´fet, n. [See Buffet.] A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.
"A beaufet … filled with gold and silver vessels." - Prescott.

Beauish
Beau´ish, a. Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. "A beauish young spark." Byrom.

Beaumontague
Beau•mon´ta•gue, n. A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.

Beaupere
Beau´pere, n. [F. beau pere; beau fair + pere father.]
1. A father. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beauseant
Beau•se•ant´, n. [F. beauceant.] The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

Beauship
Beau´ship, n. The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [Jocular] Dryden.

Beauteous
Beau´te•ous, a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [Mostly poetic] — Beau´te•ous•ly, adv. — Beau´te•ous•ness, n.

Beautied
Beau´tied, p. a. Beautiful; embellished. [Poetic] Shak.

Beautifier
Beau´ti•fi•er, n. One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.

Beautiful
Beau´ti•ful (bu"ti•ful), a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
"A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram." - Lord Kames.
Syn. — Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine. — Beau´ti•ful•ly, adv. — Beau´ti•ful•ness, n.

Beautiless
Beau´ti•less, a. Destitute of beauty. Hammond.

Beauty
Beau´ty (bu"ty), n. ; pl. Beauties . [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaute, biaute, Pr. beltat, F. beaute, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
"Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder." - Locke.
"The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole." - Wordsworth.
"The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty." - Coleridge.
2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as the beauties of nature.
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
"All the admired beauties of Verona." - Shak.
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
"She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty." - Jer. Taylor.
Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.

Beaver State
Bea"ver State. Oregon; — a nickname.

Beavered
Bea´vered, a. Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. "His beavered brow." Pope.

Beaverteen
Bea´ver•teen, n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds. { Be•bee´rine, orBe•bi´rine } (be•be"rin or -ren), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana ( Nectandra Rodiœi). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]

Bebeeru
Be•bee´ru, n. [Written also bibiru.] [Native name.] (Bot.) A tropical South American tree ( Nectandra Rodiœi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart.

Bebleed
Be•bleed´, v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Be•blood´, Be•blood´y }, v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Sheldon.

Beblot
Be•blot´, v. t. To blot; to stain. Chaucer.

Beblubber
Be•blub´ber, v. t. To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.

Bebung
Be´bung, n. [G., lit., a trembling.] (Music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

Becalm
Be•calm´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Becalmed ; p. pr. & v. . n. Becalming.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
"Soft whispering airs … becalm the mind." - Philips.
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as the fleet was becalmed.

Because
Be•cause´, conj. [OE. bycause; by + cause.]
1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.
2. In order that; that. [Obs.]
"And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace." - Matt. xx. 31.
Because of, by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.]
"Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience." - Eph. v. 6.
Syn. — Because, For, Since, As, Inasmuch As. These particles are used, in certain connections, to assign the reason of a thing, or that "on account of" which it is or takes place. Because (by cause) is the strongest and most emphatic; as I hid myself because I was afraid. For is not quite so strong; as in Shakespeare, "I hate him, for he is a Christian." Since is less formal and more incidental than because; as I will do it since you request me. It more commonly begins a sentence; as Since your decision is made, I will say no more. As is still more incidental than since, and points to some existing fact by way of assigning a reason. Thus we say, a. I knew him to be out of town, I did not call. Inasmuch as seems to carry with it a kind of qualification which does not belong to the rest. Thus, if we say, I am ready to accept your proposal, inasmuch as I believe it is the best you can offer, we mean, it is only with this understanding that we can accept it.

Becchi’s test
Bec"chi’s test [After E. Becchi, Italian chemist.] (Chem.) A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate.

Bechamel
Bech´a•mel, n. [F. bechamel, named from its inventor, Louis de Bechamel.] (Cookery) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

Bechance
Be•chance´, adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.] By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton.

Bechance
Be•chance´, v. t. & i. To befall; to chance; to happen to.
"God knows what hath bechanced them." - Shak.

Becharm
Be•charm´, v. t. To charm; to captivate.

Bechic
Be´chic, a. [L. bechicus, adj., for a cough, Gr., fr. cough: cf. F. bechique.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas. — n. A medicine for relieving coughs. Quincy.

Bechuanas
Bech•u•a´nas, n. pl. A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.

Beck, n. See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beck, n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.] A small brook.
"The brooks, the becks, the rills." - Drayton.

Beck, n. A vat. See Back.

Beck, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Becked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [ Contr. of beckon.] To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.

Beck, v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic]
"When gold and silver becks me to come on." - Shak.

Beck, n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
"They have troops of soldiers at their beck." - Shak.

Beck’s scale A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to sp. gr. 1.00, and the 30°-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.

Becker
Beck´er, n. (Zoöl.) A European fish ( Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.

Becket
Beck´et, n. [Cf. D. bek beak, and E. beak.]
1. (Naut.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope or metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
2. A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Beckon
Beck´on, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beckoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beckoning.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
"His distant friends, he beckons near." - Dryden.
"It beckons you to go away with it." - Shak.

Beckon
Beck´on, n. A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.

Beclap
Be•clap, v. t. [OE. biclappen.] To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Beclip
Be•clip´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beclipped .] [AS. beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace.] To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Becomed
Be•com´ed, a. Proper; decorous. [Obs.]
"And gave him what becomed love I might." - Shak.

Becoming
Be•com´ing, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
"A low and becoming tone." - Thackeray.
Formerly sometimes followed by of.
"Such discourses as are becoming of them." - Dryden.
Syn. — Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.

Becoming
Be•com´ing, n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]

Becomingly
Be•com´ing•ly, adv. In a becoming manner.

Becomingness
Be•com´ing•ness, n. The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.
"The becomingness of human nature." - Grew.

Becquerel rays
Becque•rel" rays" (Physics) Radiations first observed by the French physicist Henri Becquerel, in working with uranium and its compounds. They consist of a mixture of alpha, beta, and gamma rays. { Be•cui´ba, n. , Be•cui"ba nut• }. [Native name.] (Bot.) The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism.

Becripple
Be•crip´ple, v. t. To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Becuna
Be•cu´na, n. [Sp.] (Zoöl.) A fish of the Mediterranean ( Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

Bed, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde, Icel. ber, Dan. bed, Sw. bädd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin.]
1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
"And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed." - Byron.
"I wash, wring, brew, bake, … make the beds." - Shak.
"In bed he slept not for my urging it." - Shak.
2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
"George, the eldest son of his second bed." - Clarendon.
3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton.
4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as a bed of ashes or coals.
5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as the bed of a river.
"So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed." - Milton.
6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as a bed of coal, iron, etc.
7. (Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
8. (Masonry) (a) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as the upper and lower beds. (b) A course of stone or brick in a wall. (c) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. (d) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. Knight.
9. (Mech.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as the bed of an engine.
10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. Bed of justice (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered. — To be brought to bed, to be delivered of a child; — often followed by of; as to be brought to bed of a son. — To make a bed, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order a bed and its bedding. — From bed and board (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.

Bed, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.]
1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. To make partaker of one’s bed; to cohabit with.
"I’ll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her." - Shak.
3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
"Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded." - Wordsworth.
6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Shak.

Bed, v. i. To go to bed; to cohabit.
"If he be married, and bed with his wife." - Wiseman.

Bed rock
Bed" rock" . (Mining) The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

Bed screw
Bed" screw .
1. (Naut.) A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.
2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.

Bed steps
Bed" steps . Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.

Bedabble
Be•dab•ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedabbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedabbling .] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak.

Bedagat
Bed´a•gat, n. The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.

Bedaggle
Be•dag´gle, v. t. To daggle.

Bedash
Be•dash´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedashing.] To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.

Bedchair
Bed´chair, n. A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

Bedchamber
Bed´cham•ber, n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak. Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] — Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]

Bedclothes
Bed´clothes, n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

Bedcord
Bed´cord, n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

Bedded
Bed´ded, a. Provided with a bed; as double- bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.

Bedding
Bed´ding, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.]
1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.

Bedeck
Be•deck´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedecked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedecking.] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
"Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands." - Pennant.
{ Bed´e•guar, Bed´e•gar }, n. [F., fr. Per. bad-award, or bad-awardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly ( Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Beden
Bed´en, n. (Zoöl.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex ( Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

Bedesman
Bedes´man, n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]

Bedew
Be•dew´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedewed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedewing.] To moisten with dew, or as with dew. "Falling tears his face bedew." Dryden.

Bedewy
Be•dew´y, a. Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.]
"Night with her bedewy wings." - A. Brewer.

Bedfellow
Bed´fel•low, n. One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one’s couch. { Bed´fere•, Bed´phere• }, n. [ Bed + AS. fera a companion.] A bedfellow. [Obs.] Chapman.

Bedgown
Bed´gown, n. A nightgown.

Bedight
Be•dight´, v. t. [ p. p. Bedight, Bedighted.] To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn. [Archaic] Milton.

Bedizenment
Be•diz´en•ment, n. That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

Bedkey
Bed´key, n. An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

Bedlam
Bed´lam, n. [See Bethlehem.]
1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.
2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.]
"Let’s get the bedlam to lead him." - Shak.
3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

Bedlam
Bed´lam, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.

Bedlamite
Bed´lam•ite, n. An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. "Raving bedlamites." Beattie.

Bedmaker
Bed´mak•er, n. One who makes beds. { Bed´-mold•ingBed´-mould•ing} (bed"mold•ing), n. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

Bedote
Be•dote´ (be•dot"), v. t. To cause to dote; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bedouin
Bed´ou•in, n. [F. bedouin, OF. beduin, fr. Ar. bedawi rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr. bada to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.] One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts. — Bed´ou•in•ism, n.

Bedouin
Bed´ou•in, a. Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

Bedpan
Bed´pan, n.
1. A pan for warming beds. Nares.
2. A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.

Bedphere
Bed´phere, n. See Bedfere. [Obs.] B. Jonson. { Bed´piece•, Bed´plate• } n. (Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; — called also baseplate and soleplate.

Bedrabble
Be•drab´ble, v. t. To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble.

Bedraggle
Be•drag´gle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedraggled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedraggling .] To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.

Bedroom
Bed´room, n.
1. A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.
2. Room in a bed. [In this sense preferably bed room.]
"Then by your side no bed room me deny." - Shak.

Bedrop
Be•drop´, v. t. To sprinkle, as with drops.
"The yellow carp, in scales bedropped with gold." - Pope.

Bedrug
Be•drug´, v. t. To drug abundantly or excessively.

Bedside
Bed´side, n. The side of a bed.

Bedsite
Bed´site, n. A recess in a room for a bed.
"Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed." - Quart. Rev.

Bedsore
Bed´sore, n. (Med.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.

Bedspread
Bed´spread, n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]

Bedstaff
Bed´staff, n. ; pl. Bedstaves . "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson.
"Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff." - B. Jonson.
"Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves." - Brome.

Bedstead
Bed´stead, n. [ Bed + stead a frame.] A framework for supporting a bed.

Bedstock
Bed´stock, n. The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]

Bedstraw
Bed´straw, n.
1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady’s bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. — White bedstraw is G. mollugo.

Bedswerver
Bed´swerv•er, n. One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. [Poetic] Shak.

Bedtick
Bed´tick, n. A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.

Bedtime
Bed´time, n. The time to go to bed. Shak.

Beduck
Be•duck´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beducked .] To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. "Deep himself beducked." Spenser.

Bedward
Bed´ward, adv. Towards bed.

Bedwarf
Be•dwarf´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedwarfed .] To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.

Beebread
Bee´bread, n. A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

Beech, n. ; pl. Beeches . [OE. beche, AS. bce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. bög, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. oak, to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See Book, and cf. 7th Buck, Buckwheat.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Fagus. It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The Fagus sylvatica is the European species, and the F. ferruginea that of America. Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches ( Epiphegus Americana). — Beech marten (Zoöl.), the stone marten of Europe ( Mustela foina). — Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. — Beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. — Cooper beech, a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.

Beechen
Beech´en, a. [AS. bcen.] Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech. "Plain beechen vessels." Dryden.

Beechnut
Beech´nut, n. The nut of the beech tree.

Beechy
Beech´y, a. Of or relating to beeches.

Bee-eater
Bee´-eat•er, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species ( M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. (b) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.

Beef (bef), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. bœef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. go cow, and E. cow. See 2d Cow.]
1. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food. [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (bevz).]
"A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine." - Milton.
2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. [In this sense, the word has no plural.] "Great meals of beef." Shak.
3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Beef, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Beefeater
Beef´eat•er, n. [ Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another’s beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlafta servant, properly a loaf eater.]
1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
3. (Zoöl.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

Beefsteak
Beef´steak, n. A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

Beef-witted
Beef´-wit•ted, n. Stupid; dull. Shak.

Beefwood
Beef´wood, n. An Australian tree ( Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

Beefy
Beef´y, a. Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

Beehive
Bee´hive, n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses.

Beehouse
Bee´house, n. A house for bees; an apiary.

Beeld, n. Same as Beild. Fairfax.

Beemaster
Bee´mas•ter, n. One who keeps bees.

Been . [OE. beon, ben, bin, p. p. of been, beon, to be. See Be.] The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
"Assembled been a senate grave and stout." - Fairfax.

Beerhouse
Beer´house, n. A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.

Beeriness
Beer´i•ness, n. Beery condition.

Beery
Beer´y, a. Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.

Beestings
Beest´ings, n. Same as Biestings.

Beeswing
Bees´wing, n. The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.

Beet (bet), n. [AS. bete, from L. beta.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
2. The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar. There are many varieties of the common beet ( Beta vulgaris). The Old "white beet", cultivated for its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species ( Beta Cicla). { Beete, Bete } (bet), v. t. [AS. betan to mend. See Better.]
1. To mend; to repair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] Chaucer.

Beetle-browed
Bee´tle-browed, a. [OE. bitelbrowed; cf. OE. bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See Beetle an insect.] Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. The earlier meaning was "Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."

Beetlestock
Bee´tle•stock, n. The handle of a beetle.

Beetrave
Beet´rave, n. [F. betterave; bette beet + rave radish.] The common beet ( Beta vulgaris).

Beeve, n. [Formed from beeves, pl. of beef.] A beef; a beef creature.
"They would knock down the first beeve they met with." - W. Irving.

Beeves (bevz), n. plural of Beef, the animal.

Befit
Be•fit´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Befitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Befitting.] To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
"That name best befits thee." - Milton.

Befittingly
Be•fit´ting•ly, adv. In a befitting manner; suitably.

Beflatter
Be•flat´ter, v. t. To flatter excessively.

Beflower
Be•flow´er, v. t. To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.

Befog
Be•fog´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Befogged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Befogging .]
1. To involve in a fog; — mostly as a participle or part. adj.
2. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.

Beforehand
Be•fore´hand, adv. [ Before + hand.]
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; — often followed by with.
"Agricola … resolves to be beforehand with the danger." - Milton.
"The last cited author has been beforehand with me." - Addison.
2. By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.
"They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking." - Hooker.

Beforehand
Be•fore´hand, a. In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
"Rich and much beforehand." - Bacon.

Beforetime
Be•fore´time, adv. Formerly; aforetime.
"[They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime." - 2 Kings xiii. 5.

Befortune
Be•for´tune, v. t. To befall. [Poetic]
"I wish all good befortune you." - Shak.

Befoul
Be•foul´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Befouled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Befouling.] [Cf. AS. beflan; pref. be- + flan to foul. See Foul, a. ]
1. To make foul; to soil.
2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

Befrill
Be•frill´, v. t. To furnish or deck with a frill.

Befringe
Be•fringe´, v. t. To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.

Befuddle
Be•fud´dle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Befuddled ] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

Bega
Be´ga, n. See Bigha.

Beggable
Beg´ga•ble, a. Capable of being begged.

Beggar
Beg´gar, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
3. One who is dependent upon others for support; — a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.

Beggar
Beg´gar, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beggared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as he had beggared himself. Milton.
2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
"It beggared all description." - Shak.

Beggar’s ticks
Beg"gar’s ticks . The bur marigold ( Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

Beggarhood
Beg´gar•hood, n. The condition of being a beggar; also the class of beggars.

Beggarism
Beg´gar•ism, n. Beggary. [R.]

Beggarliness
Beg´gar•li•ness, n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

Beggarly
Beg´gar•ly, a.
1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9.
2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [Obs.]
"Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation." - Jer. Taylor.

Beggarly
Beg´gar•ly, adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Beggary
Beg´gar•y, n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n. ]
1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
"The freedom and the beggary of the old studio." - Thackeray.
Syn. — Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.

Beggary
Beg´gar•y, a. Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Beggestere
Beg´ge•stere, n. [ Beg + - ster.] A beggar. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Be•ghard´Be•guard´ }, n. [F. begard, beguard; cf. G. beghard, LL. Beghardus, Begihardus, Begardus. Prob. from the root of beguine + -ard or -hard. See Beguine.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

Beginner
Be•gin´ner, n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
"A sermon of a new beginner." - Swift.

Beginning
Be•gin´ning, n.
1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." - Gen. i. 1.
2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
" I am … the beginning and the ending." - Rev. i. 8.
3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
"Mighty things from small beginnings grow." - Dryden.
4. Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." Shak.
Syn. — Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.

Begird
Be•gird´, v. t. [ imp. Begirt, Begirded; p. p. Begirt; p. pr. & vb. n. Begirding.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.]
1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Begirt
Be•girt´, v. t. To encompass; to begird. Milton.

Beglerbeg
Beg´ler•beg, n. [Turk. beglerbeg, fr. beg, pl. begler. See Beg, n. ] The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

Begone
Be•gone´, interj. [ Be, v. i. + gone, p. p.] Go away; depart; get you gone.

Begone
Be•gone´, p. p. [OE. begon, AS. bigan; pref. be- + gan to go.] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe- begone). [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.

Begonia
Be•go´ni•a (be•go"ni•a), n. [From Michel Begon, a promoter of botany.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

Begore
Be•gore´ (be•gor"), v. t. To besmear with gore.

Begot
Be•got´ (be•got"), imp. & p. p. of Beget.

Begrease
Be•grease´, v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

Begrime
Be•grime´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begrimed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
"Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust." - Macaulay.

Begrudge
Be•grudge´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begrudged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Begrudging.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.

Beguiler
Be•guil´er, n. One who, or that which, beguiles.

Beguiling
Be•guil´ing, a. Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. — Be•guil´ing•ly, adv.

Beguin
Be•guin´, n. [F.] See Beghard.

Beguine
Be•guine´, n. [F. beguine; LL. beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le Bègue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. ( Du Cange.)] A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

Begum
Be´gum, n. [Per., fr. Turk., perh. properly queen mother, fr. Turk. beg (see Beg, n. ) + Ar. umm mother.] In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

Behave
Be•have´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Behaved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Behaving.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or carry one’s self); pref. be- + habban to have. See Have, v. t. ]
1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.]
"He did behave his anger ere ’t was spent." - Shak.
2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; — used reflexively.
"Those that behaved themselves manfully." - 2 Macc. ii. 21.

Behave
Be•have´, v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one’s self; as to behave well or ill. This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as the ship behaved splendidly.

Behavior
Be•hav´ior, n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one’s self; conduct; deportment; carriage; — used also of inanimate objects; as the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.
"A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior." - Steele.
To be upon one’s good behavior, To be put upon one’s good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. — During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one’s self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.
Syn. — Bearing; demeanor; manner. — Behavior, Conduct. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the enemy.

Beheld
Be•held´, imp. & p. p. of Behold.

Behest
Be•hest´, n. [OE. biheste promise, command, AS. behaes promise; pref. be- + haes command. See Hest, Hight.]
1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
"To do his master’s high behest." - Sir W. Scott.
2. A vow; a promise. [Obs.]
"The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made." - Paston.

Behest
Be•hest´, v. t. To vow. [Obs.] Paston.

Behete
Be•hete´, v. t. See Behight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Behind
Be•hind´, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See Hind, a. ]
1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as behind a door; behind a hill.
"A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood." - Bp. Hall.
2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
"A small part of what he left behind him." - Pope.
3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
"I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles." - 2 Cor. xi. 5.

Behind
Be•hind´, adv.
1. At the back part; in the rear. "I shall not lag behind." Milton.
2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as to look behind.
3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
"We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind." - Locke.
4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
"Forgetting those things which are behind." - Phil. ii. 13.
5. After the departure of another; as to stay behind.
"Leave not a rack behind." - Shak.

Behind
Be•hind´, n. The backside; the rump. [Low]

Behindhand
Be•hind´hand, adv. & a. [ Behind + hand.]
1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as behindhand in studies or in work.
"In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand." - Addison.

Behither
Be•hith´er, prep. On this side of. [Obs.]
"Two miles behither Clifden." - Evelyn.

Behold
Be•hold´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beheld ( p. p. formerly Beholden, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
"When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." - Num. xxi. 9.
"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." - John. i. 29.
Syn. — To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

Behold
Be•hold´, v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.
"And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, … a lamb as it had been slain." - Rev. v. 6.

Beholden
Be•hold´en, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
"But being so beholden to the Prince." - Tennyson.

Beholder
Be•hold´er, n. One who beholds; a spectator.

Beholding
Be•hold´ing, a. Obliged; beholden. [Obs.]
"I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More’s Utopia)."
"So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister’s children." - Fuller.

Beholding
Be•hold´ing, n. The act of seeing; sight; also that which is beheld. Shak.

Beholdingness
Be•hold´ing•ness, n. , The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Behoof
Be•hoof´, n. [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. behf advantage, a word implied in behflic necessary; akin to Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root meaning to seize, hence the meanings "to hold, make use of." See Heave, v. t.] Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
"No mean recompense it brings To your behoof." - Milton.

Behoove
Be•hoove´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Behooved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. behfian to have need of, fr. behf. See Behoof.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; — mostly used impersonally.
"And thus it behooved Christ to suffer." - Luke xxiv. 46.
[Also written behove.]

Behoove
Be•hoove´, v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.

Behoove
Be•hoove´, n. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
"It shall not be to his behoove." - Gower.

Behooveful
Be•hoove´ful, a. Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] — Be•hoove´ful•ly, adv. — Be•hoove´ful•ness, n. [Archaic]

Behove
Be•hove´, v. , and derivatives. See Behoove, &c.

Behowl
Be•howl´, v. t. To howl at. [Obs.]
"The wolf behowls the moon." - Shak.

Beige, n. [F.] Debeige.

Beild, n. [Prob. from the same root as build, v. t.] A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Also written bield and beeld.]
"The random beild o’ clod or stane." - Burns.

Being
Be´ing, p. pr. from Be. Existing. Being was formerly used where we now use having. "Being to go to a ball in a few days." Miss Edgeworth. In modern usage, is, are, was or were being, with a past participle following (as built, made, etc.) indicates the process toward the completed result expressed by the participle. The form is or was building, in this passive signification, is idiomatic, and, if free from ambiguity, is commonly preferable to the modern is or was being built. The last form of speech is, however, sufficiently authorized by approved writers. The older expression was is, or was, a-building or in building.
"A man who is being strangled." - Lamb.
"While the article on Burns was being written." - Froude.
"Fresh experience is always being gained. Jowett (Thucyd. )"

Being
Be´ing, n.
1. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
"In Him we live, and move, and have our being." - Acts xvii. 28.
2. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as a human being; spiritual beings.
"What a sweet being is an honest mind ! Beau. & Fl."
"A Being of infinite benevolence and power." - Wordsworth.
3. Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.]
"Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654)."
4. An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
"It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger’s servants] into little beings within my manor." - Steele.

Being
Be´ing, adv. Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.]
"And being you have Declined his means, you have increased his malice. Beau. & Fl."

Bejade
Be•jade´, v. t. To jade or tire. [Obs.] Milton.

Bejape
Be•jape´, v. t. To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bejaundice
Be•jaun´dice, v. t. To infect with jaundice.

Bejewel
Be•jew´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bejeweled or Bejewelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bejeweling or Bejewelling.] To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." Thackeray.

Bejumble
Be•jum´ble, v. t. To jumble together.

Bekah
Be´kah, n. [Heb.] Half a shekel.

Beknave
Be•knave´, v. t. To call knave. [Obs.] Pope.

Beknow
Be•know´, v. t. To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bel (bel), n. The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. Baruch vi. 41.

Bel, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.] A thorny rutaceous tree ( AEgle marmelos) of India, and its aromatic, orange-like fruit; — called also Bengal quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.

Belabor
Be•la´bor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belabored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring.]
1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.
2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
"Ajax belabors there a harmless ox." - Dryden.

Belace
Be•lace´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belaced .]
1. To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]
2. To cover or adorn with lace. [Obs.] Beaumont.
3. To beat with a strap. See Lace. [Obs.] Wright.

Belamy
Bel´a•my, n. [F. bel ami fair friend.] Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Belate
Be•late´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belated; p. pr. & vb. n. Belating.] To retard or make too late. Davenant.

Belaud
Be•laud´, v. t. To laud or praise greatly.

Belay
Be•lay´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belaid, Belayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaying.] [For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. Be-, and Lay to place.]
1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.]
"Jacket … belayed with silver lace." - Spenser.
2. (Naut.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.
3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.

Belch (belch; 224), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belched (belcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Belching.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See Bellow, v. i.]
1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
"I belched a hurricane of wind." - Swift.
2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
"Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame." - Milton.

Belch, v. i.
1. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden.

Belch, n.
1. The act of belching; also that which is belched; an eructation.
2. Malt liquor; — vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] Dennis.

Belcher
Belch´er, n. One who, or that which, belches. { Bel´damBel´dame }, n. [Pref. bel-, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See Belle, and Dame.]
1. Grandmother; — corresponding to belsire.
"To show the beldam daughters of her daughter." - Shak.
2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
"Around the beldam all erect they hang." - Akenside.

Beleave
Be•leave´, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Beleft .] To leave or to be left. [Obs.] May.

Belemnite
Be•lem´nite, n. [Gr. dart, fr. dart, fr. to throw: cf. F. belemnite.] (Paleon.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. — Bel•em•nit´ic, a.

Beleper
Be•lep´er, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belepered .] To infect with leprosy. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Belfry
Bel´fry, n. [OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges, OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit, bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G. bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and Free.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
2. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.
3. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

Belgian
Bel´gi•an, a. Of or pertaining to Belgium. — n. A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

Belgian
Bel´gi•an, a. Of or pertaining to Belgium.

Belgian block. A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, esp. granite, used as a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter is 5 to 7 inches.

Belgic
Bel´gic, a. [L. Belgicus, fr. Belgae the Belgians.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
"How unlike their Belgic sires of old." - Goldsmith.
2. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.

Belgravian
Bel•gra´vi•an, a. Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.

Belial
Be´li•al, n. [Heb. beli ya’al; beli without + ya’al profit.] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.
"What concord hath Christ with Belia ?" - 2 Cor. vi. 15.
A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.

Belibel
Be•li´bel, v. t. [See Libel, v. t. ] To libel or traduce; to calumniate. Fuller.

Believable
Be•liev´a•ble, a. Capable of being believed; credible. — Be•liev´a•ble•ness, n. — Be•liev•a•bil´i•ty, n.

Believe
Be•lieve´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Believed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Believing.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gelfan, gelfan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gilbian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See Lief, a. , Leave, n. ] To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.
"Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty)." - Milton.
"King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ?" - Acts xxvi. 27.
"Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." - Acts viii. 37.
Syn. — See Expect.

Believe
Be•lieve´, v. i.
1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
"Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief." - Mark ix. 24.
"With the heart man believeth unto righteousness." - Rom. x. 10.
2. To think; to suppose.
"I will not believe so meanly of you." - Fielding.
To believe in. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; — as to believe in the resurrection of the dead. "She does not believe in Jupiter." J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; — especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. — To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.

Believer
Be•liev´er, n.
1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.
2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; — in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel.
"Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers." - Book of Com. Prayer.
3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

Believing
Be•liev´ing, a. That believes; having belief. — Be•liev´ing•ly, adv.

Belight
Be•light´, v. t. To illuminate. [Obs.] Cowley.

Belike
Be•like´, adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + like.] It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] — Be•like´ly, adv.
"Belike, boy, then you are in love." - Shak.

Belime
Be•lime´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belimed .] To besmear or insnare with birdlime.

Bell animalcule
Bell" an•i•mal"cule . (Zoöl.) An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.

Bell bearer
Bell" bear•er . (Zoöl.) A Brazilian leaf hopper ( Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell- shaped appendages of its thorax.

Bell crank
Bell" crank . A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.

Bell jar
Bell" jar . (Phys.) A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

Bell metal
Bell" met•al . A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; — used for making bells. Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.

Bell pepper
Bell" pep•per . (Bot.) A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper ( C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

Bell process. (Iron Metal.) The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell of England about 1875.

Bell system of control. (Aëronautics) See Cloche.

Belladonna
Bel•la•don´na, n. [It., literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous European plant ( Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. (b) A species of Amaryllis ( A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

Bellarmine
Bel´lar•mine, n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; — called also graybeard, longbeard.

Bellbird
Bell´bird, n. [So called from their notes.] (Zoöl.) (a) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero. (b) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.

Belle (bel), n. [F. belle, fem. of bel, beau, beautiful, fine. See Beau.] A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

Belleek ware
Bel•leek" ware A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland.

Belle-lettrist
Belle-let´trist, n. One versed in belles-lettres.

Bellerophon
Bel•ler´o•phon, n. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Belles-lettres
Belles-let´tres, n. pl. [F.] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; — used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant. { Bel•le•tris´tic, Bel•le•tris´tic•al } a. Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles- lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

Bell-faced
Bell´-faced, a. Having the striking surface convex; — said of hammers.

Bellflower
Bell´flow•er, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; — so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower
Bell´flow•er, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also bellefleur.]

Bellibone
Bel´li•bone, n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and good.] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser. { Bel´lic, Bel´li•cal } a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Caesar." Feltham.

Bellicous
Bel´li•cous, a. Bellicose. [Obs.]

Bellied
Bel´lied, a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; — used in composition; as pot- bellied; shad- bellied. { Bel•lig´er•ence, Bel•lig´er•en•cy } n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

Belligerent
Bel•lig´er•ent, a. [L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligerant. See Bellicose, Jest.]
1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett.
2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

Belligerent
Bel•lig´er•ent, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Belligerently
Bel•lig´er•ent•ly, adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

Belling
Bell´ing, n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.

Bellman
Bell´man, n. A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also a night watchman who called the hours. Milton.

Bell-mouthed
Bell´-mouthed, a. Expanding at the mouth; as a bell-mouthed gun. Byron.

Bellon
Bel´lon, n. Lead colic.

Bellona
Bel•lo´na, n. [L., from bellum war.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of war.

Bellow
Bel´low, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bellowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. & v. , Bawl, Bull.]
1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.
3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
"The bellowing voice of boiling seas." - Dryden.