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BeÏlay¶ing pin· (?). (Naut.) A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.Belch (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belched (?); 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 ?mit; to give vent to; to vent.Within the gates that nowStood 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; Ð vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.]Dennis.Belch¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, belches.Bel¶dam Bel¶dame } (?), n. [Pref. belÏ, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See Belle, and Dame.]1. Grandmother; Ð 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.BeÏlea¶guer (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beleaguered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. bel„gra, Dan. beleire); pref. beÏ = E. beÏ + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.] To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.The wail of famine in beleaguered towns.Longfellow.Syn. Ð To block up; environ; invest; encompass.BeÏlea¶guerÏer (?), n. One who beleaguers.BeÏleave¶ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Beleft (?).] To leave or to be left. [Obs.]May.BeÏlec¶ture (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belectured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Belecturing.] To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.BeÏlee¶ (?), v. t. To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind.Shak.BeÏlem¶nite (?), n. [Gr. ? dart, fr. ? dart, fr. ? to throw: cf. F. b‚lemnite.] (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. Ð BelÏemÏnit¶ic, a.BeÏlep¶er (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belepered (?).] To infect with leprosy. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.ØBel¶ÐesÏprit¶ (?), n.; pl. BeauxÏesprits (?). [F., fine wit.] A fine genius, or man of wit. ½A man of letters and a bel esprit.¸W. Irving.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.BelÏgard¶ (?), n. [It. bel guardo.] A sweet or loving look. [Obs.]Spenser.Bel¶giÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Belgium. Ð n. A native or inhabitant of Belgium.Bel¶gic (?), a. [L. Belgicus, fr. Belgae the Belgians.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Belg‘, 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.BelÏgra¶viÏan (?), a. Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.Be¶liÏal (?), 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.BeÏli¶bel (?), v. t. [See Libel, v. t. ] To libel or traduce; to calumniate.Fuller.BeÏlie¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Belying (?).] [OE. bilien, bili?en, AS. bele¢gan; pref. beÏ + le¢gan to lie. See Lie, n.] 1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.Dryden.2. To give a false representation or account of.Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.Shak.3. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.Shak.4. To mimic; to counterfeit. [Obs.]Dryden.5. To fill with lies. [Obs.] ½The breath of slander] doth belie all corners of the world.¸Shak.BeÏlief¶ (?), n. [OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. gele fa. See Believe.] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance.Reid.2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth.Hooker.3. The thing believed; the object of belief.Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men.Bacon.4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation.Hooker.Ultimate belief, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition.Sir W. Hamilton.Syn. Ð Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.BeÏlief¶ful (?), a. Having belief or faith.BeÏliev¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being believed; credible. Ð BeÏliev¶aÏbleÏness, n. Ð BeÏliev·aÏbil¶iÏty (?), n.BeÏlieve¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Believed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Believing.] [OE. bileven (with pref. beÏ for AS. geÏ), fr. AS. gel?fan, gel?fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil?bian, 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 nowOf force believe almighty).Milton.King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ?Acts xxvi. ?7.Often followed by a dependent clause.I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.Acts viii. 37.Syn. Ð See Expect.BeÏlieve¶, 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; Ð as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. ½She 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; Ð especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. ½Let 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. Ð To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.BeÏliev¶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; Ð 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.BeÏliev¶ing, a. That believes; having belief. Ð BeÏliev¶ingÏly, adv.BeÏlight¶ (?), v. t. To illuminate. [Obs.]Cowley.BeÏlike¶ (?), adv. [Pref. beÏ (for by) + like.] It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] Ð BeÏlike¶ly, adv.Belike, boy, then you are in love.Shak.BeÏlime¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belimed (?).] To besmear or insnare with birdlime.BeÏlit¶tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belittled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Belittling.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.T. Jefferson.BeÏlive¶ (?), adv. [Cf. Live, a.] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [Obs.]Chaucer.Belk (?), v. t. [See Belch.] To vomit. [Obs.]Bell (?), n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.µ Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin.The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words ½Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.¸2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. ½In a cowslip's bell I lie.¸Shak.4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.µ On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after it has struck ½eight bells¸ it is struck once, and at every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is increased by one, till at the end of the four hours, which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something. Fuller. Ð To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; Ð in allusion to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a team or drove, when wearing a bell. Ð To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose being used, and three candles being extinguished with certain ceremonies. Nares. Ð To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. ½In single fight he lost the bell.¸ Fairfax. Ð To shake the bells, to move, five notice, or alarm.Shak.µ Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as, bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bellÏmouthed; bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are selfÏexplaining.Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee. Ð Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame constructed to carry one or more large bells. Ð Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction, frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and used to contain and support one or more bells. Ð Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a roof to the rooms below. Ð Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast bells. Ð Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are founded or cast. Ð Bell gable (Arch.), a small gableÏshaped construction, pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain bells. Ð Bell glass. See Bell jar. Ð Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells. Ð Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled. Aytoun. Ð Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used. Ð Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment. Ð Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general lines of a bell. Ð Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung. Ð Bell tent, a circular conicalÏtopped tent. Ð Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.Bell (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Belling.] 1. To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.2. To make bellÏmouthed; as, to bell a tube.Bell, v. i. To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.Bell, v. t. [AS. bellan. See Bellow.] To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]Bell, v.i. To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.As loud as belleth wind in hell.Chaucer.The wild buck bells from ferny brake.Sir W. Scott.Bel·laÏdon¶na (?), n. [It., literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bellÏshaped 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.Bell¶ an·iÏmal¶cule (?). (Zo”l.) An infusorian of the family Vorticellid‘, common in freshÏwater ponds.Bell¶ bear·er (?). (Zo”l.) A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bellÏshaped appendages of its thorax.Bell¶bird· (?), n. [So called from their notes.] (Zo”l.) (a) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingid‘, of several species; the campanero. (b) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.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.
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Belle (?), 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.Belled (?), a. Hung with a bell or bells.BelleÐlet¶trist (?), n. One versed in belleslettres.ØBelÏler¶oÏphon (?), n. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.ØBellesÐlet¶tres (?), n. pl. [F.] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; Ð used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.Bel·leÏtris¶tic (?), Bel·leÏtris¶ticÏal (?), } a. Occupied with, or pertaining to, bellesÏlettres. ½An unlearned, belletristic trifler.¸M. Arnold.Bell¶Ðfaced· (?), a. Having the striking surface convex; Ð said of hammers.Bell¶flow·er (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; Ð so named from its bellÏshaped flowers.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.]Bel¶liÏbone (?), n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and good.] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.]Spenser.Bel¶lic (?), Bel¶liÏcal (?), } a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] ½Bellic C‘sar.¸Feltham.Bel¶liÏcose· (?), a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein.W. Irving.Bel¶liÏcose·ly, adv. In a bellicose manner.Bel¶liÏcous (?), a. Bellicose. [Obs.]Bel¶lied (?), a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; Ð used in composition; as, potÏbellied; shadÏbellied.BelÏlig¶erÏence (?), BelÏlig¶erÏenÏcy (?), } n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.BelÏlig¶erÏent (?), a. [L. bellum war + gerens, Ïentis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. bellig‚rant. See Bellicose, Jest.] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. ½Belligerent powers.¸E. Everett.2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.BelÏlig¶erÏent, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.BelÏlig¶erÏentÏly, adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.Bell¶ing (?), n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time.Johnson.BelÏlip¶oÏtent (?), a. [ L. bellipotens; bellum war + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.]Blount.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¶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¶ met·al (?). A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; Ð used for making bells.Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.Bell¶Ðmouthed· (?), a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bellÐmouthed gun.Byron.Bel¶lon (?), n. Lead colic.ØBelÏlo¶na (?), n. [L., from bellum war.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of war.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.Bel¶low, v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; Ð used with out. ½Would bellow out a laugh.¸Dryden.Bel¶low, n. A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.Bel¶lowÏer (?), n. One who, or that which, bellows.Bel¶lows (?), n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. b‘lg, b‘lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly.] An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. Ð Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic. Ð A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heartÐshaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.Bel¶lows fish· (?). (Zo”l.) A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; Ð called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.Bell¶ pep·per (?). (Bot.) A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.Bell¶Ðshaped· (?), a. Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.Bel¶luÏine (?), a. [L. belluinus, fr. bellua beast.] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.]Animal and belluine life.Atterbury.Bell¶weth·er (?), n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous]Swift.Bell¶wort¶ (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bellÏshaped flowers.Bel¶ly (?), n.; pl. Bellies (?). [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, b‘lg, b‘lig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b„lg, Dan. b‘lg, D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge.] 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.µ Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; Ð the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head.Dunglison.2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.Underneath the belly of their steeds.Shak.3. The womb. [Obs.]Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.Jer. i. 5.4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.Out of the belly of hell cried I.Jonah ii. 2.5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak. Ð Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. Ð Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] Prior. Ð Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). Johnson.Bel¶ly, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bellied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bellying.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.Shak.Bel¶ly, v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.Dryden.Bel¶lyÏache· (?), n. Pain in the bowels; colic.Bel¶lyÏband· (?), n. 1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.3. (Naut.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.Bel¶lyÏbound· (?), a. Costive; constipated.Bel¶lyÏcheat· (?), n. An apron or covering for the front of the person. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.Bel¶lyÏcheer· (?), n. [Perh. from F. belle chŠre.] Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] ½Bellycheer and banquets.¸ Rowlands. ½Loaves and bellycheer.¸ Milton.Bel¶lyÏcheer·, v. i. To revel; to feast. [Obs.]A pack of clergymen [assembled] by themselves to bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion.Milton.Bel¶lyÏful (?), n. As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.Lloyd.King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments.Johnson.Bel¶lyÐgod· (?), n. One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.Bel¶lyÐpinched· (?), a. Pinched with hunger; starved. ½The bellyÐpinched wolf.¸Shak.BeÏlock¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belocked (?).] [Pref. beÏ + lock: cf. AS. bel?can.] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [Obs.]Shak.Bel¶oÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? arrow + ? a diviner: cf. F. b‚lomancie.] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.Encyc. Bri?.BeÏlong¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Belonged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. beÏ + longen to desire. See Long, v. i.] [Usually construed with to.] 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.A desert place belonging to … Bethsaids.Luke ix. 10.The mighty men which belonged to David.1 Kings i. 8.3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. ½Do not interpretations belong to God ?¸Gen. xl. 8.4. To be suitable for; to be due to.Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age.Heb. v. 14.No blame belongs to thee.Shak.5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong.Blackstone.BeÏlong¶ (?), v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.]More evils belong us than happen to us.B. Jonson.BeÏlong¶ing, n. [Commonly in the pl.] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. ½Thyself and thy belongings.¸Shak.2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.Thackeray.Bel¶oÏnite (?), n. [Gr. ? a needle.] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.BelÏoo¶che BelÏoo¶chee } (?), a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. Ð n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.BeÏlord¶ (?), v. t. 1. To act the lord over.2. To address by the title of ½lord¸.BeÏlove¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beloved (?).] [OE. bilufien. See pref. BeÏ, and Love, v. t.] To love. [Obs.]Wodroephe.BeÏloved¶ (?), p. p. & a. Greatly loved; dear to the heart.Antony, so well beloved of C‘sar.Shak.This is my beloved Son.Matt. iii. 17.BeÏlov¶ed (?), n. One greatly loved.My beloved is mine, and I am his.Cant. ii. 16.BeÏlow¶ (?), prep. [ Pref. beÏ by + low.] 1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.Shak.2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. ½One degree below kings.¸Addison.3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, … how below all history the persons and their actions were.Milton.Who thinks no fact below his regard.Hallam.Syn. Ð Underneath; under; beneath.BeÏlow¶, adv. 1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.Lord Marmion waits below.Sir W. Scott.2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.The fairest child of Jove below.Prior.3. In hell, or the regions of the dead.What businesss brought him to the realms below.Dryden.4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.Wheaton.5. In some part or page following.BeÏlowt¶ (?), v. t. To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [Obs.]Camden.Bel¶sire· (?), n. [Pref. belÏ + sire. Cf. Beldam.] A grandfather, or ancestor. ½His great belsire Brute.¸ [Obs.]Drayton.Bel¶swag·ger (?), n. [Contr. from bellyswagger.] A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.]Dryden.Belt (?), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. b„lte, Dan. b‘lte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt bo?der, belt.] 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.The shining belt with gold inlaid.Dryden.2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.He cannot buckle his distempered causeWithin the belt of rule.Shak.3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.4. (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band ? more properly termed a belt.5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. [See Illust. of Pulley.]9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.Belt, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting.] 1. To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.A coarse black robe belted round the waist.C. Reade.They belt him round with hearts undaunted.Wordsworth.2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.]Halliwell.Bel¶tane (?), n. [Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn.]1. The first day of May (Old Style).The quarterÐdays anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas.New English Dict.2. A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.Belt¶ed (?), a. 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.Three men with belted brands.Sir W. Scott.Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; Ð called also blanketed cattle.Bel¶tein (?), Bel¶tin (?), n. See Beltane.Belt¶ing (?), n. The material of which belt? for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
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BeÏlu¶ga (?), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zo”l.) A ??tacean allied to the dolphins.µ The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.BeÏlute¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Beluting.] [Pref. beÏ + L. lutum mud.] To bespatter, as with mud. [R.]Sterne.Bel·veÏdere¶ (?), n. [ It., fr. bello, bel, beautiful + vedere to see.] (Arch.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.ØBel¶zeÏbuth (?), n. [From Beelzebub.] (Zo”l.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.ØBe¶ma (?), n. [Gr. ? step, platform.]1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.Mitford.2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit.BeÏmad¶ (?), v. t. To make mad. [Obs.]Fuller.BeÏman¶gle (?), v. t. To mangle; to tear ?sunder. [R.]Beaumont.BeÏmask¶ (?), v. t. To mask; to conceal.BeÏmas¶ter (?), v. t. To master thoroughly.BeÏmaul¶ (?), v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. ½In order to bemaul Yorick.¸Sterne.BeÏmaze (?), v. t. [OE. bimasen; pref. beÏ + masen to maze.] To bewilder.Intellects bemazed in endless doubt.Cowper.BeÏmean¶ (?), v. t. To make mean; to lower.C. Reade.BeÏmeet¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bemet (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemeeting.] To meet. [Obs.]Our very loving sister, well bemet.Shak.BeÏmete¶ (?), v. t. To mete. [Obs.]Shak.BeÏmin¶gle (?), v. t. To mingle; to mix.BeÏmire¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bemired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.Bemired and benighted in the dog.Burke.BeÏmist¶ (?), v. t. To envelop in mist. [Obs.]BeÏmoan¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bemoaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemoaning.] [OE. bimenen, AS. bem?nan; pref. beÏ + m?nan to moan. See Moan.] To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans.Dryden.Syn. Ð See Deplore.BeÏmoan¶er (?), n. One who bemoans.BeÏmock¶ (?), v. t. To mock; to ridicule.Bemock the modest moon.Shak.BeÏmoil¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. beÏ + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. m¾l spot: cf. E. mole.] To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [Obs.]Shak.Be¶mol (?), n. [F. b‚mol, fr. b‚ ? + mol soft.] (Mus.) The sign ?; the same as B flat. [Obs.]BeÏmon¶ster (?), v. t. To make monstrous or like a monster. [Obs.]Shak.BeÏmourn¶ (?), v. t. To mourn over.Wyclif.BeÏmud¶dle (?), v. t. To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.BeÏmuf¶fle (?), v. t. To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.Bemuffled with the externals of religion.Sterne.BeÏmuse¶ (?), v. t. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.A parson much bemused in beer.Pope.Ben (?), Ben¶ nut· (?). [Ar. b¾n, name of the tree.] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.Ben, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. beÏ by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]Ben, n. [See Ben, adv.] The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; Ð opposed to but, the outer apartment. [Scot.]Ben. An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. [Obs.]BeÏname¶ (?), v. t. [p. p. Benamed, Benempt.] To promise; to name. [Obs.]Bench (?), n.; pl. Benches (?). [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc; akin to Sw. b„nk, Dan b‘nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G. bank. Cf. Bank, Beach.] 1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.Mossy benches supplie? ?ne place of chairs.Sir W. Scott.2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.3. The seat where judges sit in court.To pluck down justice from your awful bench.Shak.4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; Ð so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.Bench mark (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. Ð Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. Ð Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. Ð Bench show, an exhibition of dogs. Ð Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.Bench (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Benched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Benching.] 1. To furnish with benches.'T was benched with turf.Dryden.Stately theaters benched crescentwise.Tennyson.2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.Whom I … have benched and reared to worship.Shak.Bench, v. i. To sit on a seat of justice. [R.]Shak.Bench¶er (??), n. 1. (Eng. Law) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.2. An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.]Ashmole.3. A member of a court or council. [Obs.]Shak.4. One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. [Obs.]Bench¶ war·rant (?). (Law) A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; Ð so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.Bend (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bended or Bent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. ½Bend thine ear to supplication.¸Milton.Towards Coventry bend we our course.Shak.Bending her eyes … upon her parent.Sir W. Scott.3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.To bend his mind to any public business.Temple.But when to mischief mortals bend their will.Pope.4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. ½Except she bend her humor.¸Shak.5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.Totten.To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown.Camden.Syn. Ð To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.Bend, v. i. 1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.The green earth's endWhere the bowed welkin slow doth bend.Milton.2. To jut over; to overhang.There is a cliff, whose high and bending headLooks fearfully in the confined deep.Shak.3. To be inclined; to be directed.To whom our vows and wished bend.Milton.4. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.While each to his great Father bends.Coleridge.Bend, n. [See Bend, v. t., and cf. Bent, n.] 1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.2. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.]Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.Fletcher.3. (Naut.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.Totten.4. (Leather Trade) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.5. (Mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship bend.Bend, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. [Obs.]Spenser.2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.Bend¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being bent.Bend¶er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, bends.2. An instrument used for bending.3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.]Bartlett.4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]Bend¶ing, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.]Chaucer.Bend¶let (?), n. [Bend + Ïlet: cf. E. bandlet.] (Her.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.Bend¶wise (?), adv. (Her.) Diagonally.Ben¶dy (?), a. [From Bend a band.] (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; Ð said of a shield or its charge.Cussans.Ben¶e (?), n. (Bot.) See Benne.Be¶ne (?), n. [AS. b?n.] A prayer; boon. [Archaic]What is good for a bootless bene ?Wordsworth.ØBene, Ben (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).BeÏneaped¶ (?), a. (Naut.) See Neaped.BeÏneath¶ (?), prep. [OE. benethe, bineo?en, AS. beneo?an, beny?an; pref. beÏ + neo?an, ny?an, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether.] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. ½Beneath the mount.¸Ex. xxxii. 19.Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.Pope.2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.Our country sinks beneath the yoke.Shak.3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.Atterbury.BeÏneath¶ (?), adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath.The earth you take from beneath will be barren.Mortimer.2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.ØBen·eÏdic¶iÏte (?), n. [L., (imperative pl.,) bless ye, praise ye.] A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.ØBen·eÏdic¶iÏte, interj. [See Benedicite, n.] An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.Ben¶eÏdict (?), Ben¶eÏdick (?), } n. [From Benedick, one of the characters in Shakespeare's play of ½Much Ado about Nothing.¸] A married man, or a man newly married.Ben¶eÏdict, a. [L. benedictus, p. p. of benedicere to bless. See Benison, and cf. Bennet.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.]Bacon.Ben·eÏdic¶tine (?), a. Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.Ben·eÏdic¶tine, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.µ The Benedictines wear black clothing, and are sometimes called Black Monks. The name Black Fr????rs which belongs to the Dominicans, is also sometimes applied to the Benedictines.Ben·eÏdic¶tion (?), n. [L. benedictio: cf. F. b‚n‚diction. See Benison.] 1. The act of blessing.2. A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.So saying, he arose; whom Adam thusFollowed with benediction.Milton.Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her.Longfellow.Specifically: The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.3. (Eccl.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop.Ayliffe.4. (R. C. Ch.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.Ben·eÏdic¶tionÏal (?), n. A book of benedictions.Ben·eÏdic¶tionÏaÏry (?), n. A collected series of benedictions.The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold.G. Gurton's Needle.Ben·eÏdic¶tive (?), a. Tending to bless.Gauden.Ben·eÏdic¶toÏry (?), a. Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.Thackeray.ØBen·eÏdic¶tus (?), n. [L., blessed. See Benedict, a.] The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); Ð so named from the first word of the Latin version.Ben¶eÏdight (?), a. Blessed. [R.]Longfellow.Ben·eÏfac¶tion (?), n. [L. benefactio, fr. benefacere to do good to one; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.] 1. The act of conferring a benefit.Johnson.2. A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.Syn. Ð Gift; present; gratuity; boon; alms.Ben·eÏfac¶tor (?), n. [L.] One who confers a benefit or benefits.Bacon.Ben·eÏfac¶tress, n. A woman who confers a benefit.His benefactress blushes at the deed.Cowper.BeÏnef¶ic (?), a. [L. beneficus. See Benefice.] Favorable; beneficent.Milton.Ben¶eÏfice (?), n. [F. b‚n‚fice, L. beneficium, a kindness , in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.]1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.]Baxter.2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.µ Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the appellation of fief, and the term benefice became appropriated to church livings.3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.µ All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.Ben¶eÏfice, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beneficed.] To endow with a benefice. [Commonly in the past participle.]Ben¶eÏficed (?), a. Possessed of a benefice o? church preferment. ½Beneficed clergymen.¸Burke.Ben¶eÏficeÏless (?), a. Having no benefice. ½Beneficeless precisians.¸Sheldon.BeÏnef¶iÏcence (?), n. [L. beneficentia, fr. beneficus: cf. F. b‚n‚ficence. See Benefice.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.And whose beneficence no charge exhausts.Cowper.Syn. Ð See Benevolence.BeÏnef·iÏcent (?), a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.The beneficent fruits of Christianity.Prescott.Syn. Ð See Benevolent.BeÏnef·iÏcen¶tial (?), a. Relating to beneficence.
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BeÏnef¶iÏcentÏly (?), adv. In a beneficent manner; with beneficence. Ben·eÏfi¶cial (?), a. [Cf. F. b‚n‚ficial, LL. beneficialis.] 1. Conferring benefits; useful; profi?table; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; Ð followed by to. The war which would have been most beneficial to us. Swift. 2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. Kent. 3. King. [Obs.] ½A beneficial foe.¸ B. Jonson. Syn. Ð See Advantage. Ben·eÏfi¶cialÏly, adv. In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully. Ben·eÏfi¶cialÏness, n. The quality of being beneficial; profitableness. Ben·eÏfi¶ciÏaÏry (?), a. [Cf. F. b‚n‚ficiaire, LL. beneficiarius.] 1. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon. 2. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts. Ben·eÏfi¶ciÏaÏry, n.; pl. Beneficiaries (?). 1. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. Ayliffe. 2. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity whose beneficiaries they are. Jer. Taylor. Ben·eÏfi¶ciÏate (?), v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit, to work mines.] (Mining) To reduce (ores). Ð Ben·eÏfi·ciÏa¶tion (?), n. Ben·eÏfi¶cient (?), a. Beneficent. [Obs.] Ben¶eÏfit (?), n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See Bounty, and Fact.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2. 2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke. 3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use. 4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623). 5. pl. Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] ½The benefits of your own country.¸ Shak. Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy. Syn. Ð Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage. Ben¶eÏfit, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Benefited; p. pr. & vb. n. Benefitting.] To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 10. Ben¶eÏfit, v. i. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change. Ben¶eÏfit·er (?), n. One who confers a benefit; Ð also, one who receives a benefit. BeÏneme¶ (?), v. t. [AS. ben?man. Cf. Benim.] To deprive (of), or take away (from). [Obs.] BeÏnempt¶ (?), p. p. of Bename. 1. Promised; vowed. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. Named; styled. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott. ØBe·ne plac¶iÏto (?). [It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.] 1. At or during pleasure. For our English judges there never was … any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison. 2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum. BeÏnet¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Benetted.] To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak. BeÏnev¶oÏlence (?), n. [OF. benevolence, L. benevolentia. See Benevolent.] 1. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. Chalmers. 2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given. 3. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity. Syn. Ð Benevolence, Beneficence, Munificence. Benevolence marks a disposition made up of a choice and desire for the happiness of others. Beneficence marks the working of this disposition in dispensing good on a somewhat broad scale. Munificence shows the same disposition, but acting on a still broader scale, in conferring gifts and favors. These are not necessarily confined to objects of immediate utility. One may show his munificence in presents of pictures or jewelry, but this would not be beneficence. Benevolence of heart; beneficence of life; munificence in the encouragement of letters. BeÏnev¶oÏlent (?), a. [L. benevolens, Ïentis; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + volens, p. pr. of volo I will, I wish. See Bounty, and Voluntary.] Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. Ð BeÏnev¶oÏlentÏly, adv. Syn. Ð Benevolent, Beneficent. Etymologically considered, benevolent implies wishing well to others, and beneficent, doing well. But by degrees the word benevolent has been widened to include not only feelings, but actions; thus, we speak of benevolent operations, benevolent labors for the public good, benevolent societies. In like manner, beneficent is now often applied to feelings; thus, we speak of the beneficent intentions of a donor. This extension of the terms enables us to mark nicer shades of meaning. Thus, the phrase ½benevolent labors¸ turns attention to the source of these labors, viz., benevolent feeling; while beneficent would simply mark them as productive of good. So, ½beneficent intentions¸ point to the feelings of the donor as bent upon some specific good act; while ½benevolent intentions¸ would only denote a general wish and design to do good. BeÏnev¶oÏlous (?), a. [L. benevolus.] Kind; benevolent. [Obs.] T. Puller. BenÏgal¶ (?), n. 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. 2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. 3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; Ð called also blue light. Ð Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. Ð Bengal tiger. (Zo”l.). See Tiger. BenÏgal¶ee, BenÏgal¶i (?), n. The language spoken in Bengal. Ben·galÏese¶ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Bengal. Ð n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal. BenÏgo¶la (?), n. A Bengal light. BeÏnight¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.] 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] The clouds benight the sky. Garth. 2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. Some virgin, sure, … benighted in these woods. Milton. 3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Heber. BeÏnight¶ment (?), n. The condition of being benighted. BeÏnign¶ (?), a. [OE. benigne, bening, OF. benigne, F. b‚nin, fem. b‚nigne, fr. L. benignus, contr. from benigenus; bonus good + root of genus kind. See Bounty, and Genus.] 1. Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant. Creator bounteous and benign. Milton. 2. Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome. Kind influences and benign aspects. South. 3. Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease. Syn. Ð Kind; propitious; bland; genial; salubrious; favorable salutary; gracious; liberal. BeÏnig¶nanÏcy (?), n. Benignant quality; kindliness. BeÏnig¶nant (?), a. [LL. benignans, p. pr. of benignare, from L. benignus. See Benign.] Kind; gracious; favorable. Ð BeÏnig¶nantÏly, adv. BeÏnig¶niÏty (?), n. [OE. benignite, F. b‚nignit‚, OF. b‚nignet‚, fr. L. benignitas. See Benign.] 1. The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness. ½Benignity of aspect.¸ Sir W. Scott. 2. Mildness; gentleness. The benignity or inclemency of the season. Spectator. 3. Salubrity; wholesome quality. Wiseman. BeÏnign¶ly (?), adv. In a benign manner. BeÏnim¶ (?), v. t. [AS. beniman. See Benumb, and cf. Nim.] To take away. [Obs.] Ire … benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer. Ben¶iÏson (?), n. [OE. beneysun, benesoun, OF. bene‹?un, bene‹son, fr. L. benedictio, fr. benedicere to bless; bene (adv. of bonus good) + dicere to say. See Bounty, and Diction, and cf. Benediction.] Blessing; beatitude; benediction. Shak. More precious than the benison of friends. Talfourd. ØB‚Ïni¶tier· (?), n. [F., fr. b‚nir to bless.] (R. C. Ch.) A holyÐwater stoup. Shipley. Ben¶jaÏmin (?), n. [Corrupted from benzoin.] See Benzoin. Ben¶jaÏmin, n. A kind of upper coat for men. [Colloq. Eng.] Ben¶jaÏmite (?), n. A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15. Ben¶ne (?), n. [Malay bijen.] (Bot.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; Ð also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. Ben¶net (?), n. [F. benoŒte, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a.] (Bot.) The common yellowÏflowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. Ben¶shee (?), n. See Banshee. Bent (?), imp. & p. p. of Bend. Bent, a. & p. p. 1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. 2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; Ð said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. Bent, n. [See Bend, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins. 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden. 3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. Shak. With a native bent did good pursue. Dryden. 4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. Bents and turns of the matter. Locke. 5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure. 6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic] The full bent and stress of the soul. Norris. Syn. Ð Predilection; turn. Bent, Bias, Inclination, Prepossession. These words agree in describing a permanent influence upon the mind which tends to decide its actions. Bent denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given direction. It is the widest of these terms, and applies to the will, the intellect, and the affections, taken conjointly; as, the whole bent of his character was toward evil practices. Bias is literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in bowling, and causing it to swerve from a straight course. Used figuratively, bias applies particularly to the judgment, and denotes something which acts with a permanent force on the character through that faculty; as, the bias of early education, early habits, etc. Inclination is an excited state of desire or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of the law. Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling and opinion in respect to some person or subject, which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous to inquiry. The word is commonly used in a good sense, an unfavorable impression of this kind being denominated a prejudice. ½Strong minds will be strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias; but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions.¸ Crabb. Bent (?), n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.] 1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. Drayton. 2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. 3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright. Bowmen bickered upon the bent. Chevy Chase. Bent¶ grass· (?). (Bot.) Same as Bent, a kind of grass. Ben¶thal (?), a. [Gr. ? the depth of the sea.] Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean. BenÏtham¶ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism. Ben¶thamÏism (?), n. That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions. Ben¶thamÏite (?), n. One who believes in Benthamism. Bent¶ing time¶ (?). The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. Bare benting times … may come. Dryden. Bent¶y (?), a. 1. A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields. 2. Resembling bent. Holland. BeÏnumb¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Benumbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden. BeÏnumbed¶ (?), a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. Ð BeÏnumbed¶ness, n. BeÏnumb¶ment (?), n. Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby. Ben¶zal (?), n. [Benzoic + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A transparent crystalline substance,? C6H5.CO. NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds. BenÏzam¶ide (?), n. [Benzoin + amide.] (Chem.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds. Ben¶zene (?), n. [From Benzoin.] (Chem.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. Benzene nucleus, Benzene ring (Chem.), a closed chain or ring, consisting of six carbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom attached, regarded as the type from which the aromatic compounds are derived. This ring formula is provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitution of the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which its derivatives are formed. Ben¶zile (?), n. [From Benzoin.] (Chem.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical. Ben¶zine (?), n. [From Benzoin.] (Chem.) 1. A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; Ð called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc. 2. Same as Benzene. [R.] µ The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series. Ben¶zoÏate (?), n. [Cf. F. benzoate.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
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BenÏzo¶ic (?), a. [Cf. F. benzo‹que.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.Benzoic acid, or flowers of benzoin, a peculiar vegetable acid, C6H5.CO2H, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. Ð Benzoic aldehyde, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO, intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, and benzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid.BenÏzoin¶ (?), n. [Cf. F. benjoin, Sp. benjui, Pg. beijoin; all fr. Ar. lub¾nÐj¾wÆ incense form Sumatra (named Java in Arabic), the first syllable being lost. Cf. Benjamin.] [Called also benjamin.] 1. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.2. A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.3. (Bot.) The spicebush (Lindera benzoin).Flowers of benzoin, benzoic acid. See under Benzoic.BenÏzoin¶aÏted (?), a. (Med.) Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.Ben¶zole Ben¶zol } (?), n. [Benzoin + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.µ It has great solvent powers, and is used by manufacturers of India rubber and gutta percha; also for cleaning soiled kid gloves, and for other purposes.Ben¶zoÏline (?), n. (Chem.) (a) Same as Benzole. (b) Same as Amarine. [R.]Watts.Ben¶zoyl (?), n. [Benzoic + Gr. ? wood. See Ïyl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. [Formerly written also benzule.]Ben¶zyl (?), n. [Benzoic + Ïyl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; Ð commonly used adjectively.BeÏpaint¶ (?), v. t. To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.Shak.BeÏpelt¶ (?), v. t. To pelt roundly.BeÏpinch¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bepinched (?).] To pinch, or mark with pinches.Chapman.BeÏplas¶ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beplastered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beplastering.] To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.Beplastered with rouge.Goldsmith.BeÏplumed¶ (?), a. Decked with feathers.BeÏpom¶mel (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bepommeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bepommeling.] To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.Thackeray.BeÏpow¶der (?), v. t. To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.BeÏpraise¶ (?), v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly.Goldsmith.BeÏprose¶ (?), v. t. To reduce to prose. [R.] ½To beprose all rhyme.¸Mallet.BeÏpuffed¶ (?), a. Puffed; praised.Carlyle.BeÏpur¶ple (?), v. t. To tinge or dye with a purple color.BeÏqueath¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bequeathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bequeathing.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe?an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. beÏ + cwe?an to say, speak. See Quoth.] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; Ð said especially of personal property.My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me.Shak.2. To hand down; to transmit.To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it.Glanvill.3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]To whom, with all submission, on my kneeI do bequeath my faithful servicesAnd true subjection everlastingly.Shak.Syn. Ð To Bequeath, Devise. Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.BeÏqueath¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being bequeathed.BeÏqueath¶al (?), n. The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.Fuller.BeÏqueath¶ment (?), n. The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.BeÏquest¶ (?), n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. beÏ + AS. cwide a saying, becwe?an to bequeath. The ending Ïest is probably due to confusion with quest. See Bequeath, Quest.] 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.BeÏquest¶, v. t. To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [Obs.] ½All I have to bequest.¸Gascoigne.BeÏqueth¶en (?), old p. p. of Bequeath. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏquote¶ (?), v. t. To quote constantly or with great frequency.BeÏrain (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Berained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beraining.] To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏrate¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating.] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.BeÏrat¶tle (?), v. t. To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. [Obs.] Shak.BeÏray¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. beÏ + ray to defile.] To make foul; to soil; to defile. [Obs.] Milton.ØBer¶be (?), n. [Cf. Berber, Barb a Barbary horse.] (Zo”l.) An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.Ber¶ber (?), n. [See Barbary.] A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; Ð called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.Ber¶berÏine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.Ber¶berÏry (?), n. See Barberry.Ber¶dash (?), n. A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.]A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.Bere (?), v. t. [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.Bere, n. See Bear, barley. [Scot.]BeÏreave¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bereaved (?), Bereft (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] [OE. bireven, AS. bere fian. See BeÏ, and Reave.]1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; Ð with of before the person or thing taken away.Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak.Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.2. To take away from. [Obs.]All your interest in those territoriesIs utterly bereft you; all is lost. Shak.3. To take away. [Obs.]Shall move you to bereave my life. Marlowe.µ The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength.Syn. Ð To dispossess; to divest.BeÏreave¶ment (?), n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.BeÏreav¶er (?), n. One who bereaves.BeÏreft (?), imp. & p. p. of Bereave.BeÏret¶ta (?), n. Same as Berretta.Berg (?), n. [?95. See Barrow hill, and cf. Iceberg.] A large mass or hill, as of ice.Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson.Ber¶gaÏmot (?), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm?di a lord's pear.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pearÏshaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.3. A variety of pear. Johnson.4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.The better hand … gives the nose its bergamot. Cowper.5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; Ð said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).Ber¶ganÏder (?), n. [Berg, for burrow + gander a male goose ? Cf. G. bergente, Dan. gravgaas.] (Zo”l.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.Ber¶gerÏet (?), n. [OF. bergerete, F. berger a shepherd.] A pastoral song. [Obs.]Bergh (?), n. [AS. beorg.] A hill. [Obs.]Berg¶mas·ter (?), n. See Barmaster.Berg¶meal (?), n. [G. berg mountain + mehl meal.] (Min.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite.Berg¶mote (?), n. See Barmote.Ber¶goÏmask (?), n. A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.Ber¶gylt (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo”l.) The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.BeÏrhyme¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Berhymed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Berhyming.] To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about. [Sometimes use depreciatively.] Shak.ØBe·riÏbe¶ri (?), n. [Singhalese beri weakness.] An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.BeÏrime¶ (?), v. t. To berhyme. [The earlier and etymologically preferable spelling.]BerkeÏle¶ian (?), a. Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy. Ð Berke¶leyÏism , n.Ber¶lin (?), n. [The capital of Prussia] 1. A fourÏwheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.2. Fine worsted for fancyÏwork; zephyr worsted; Ð called also Berlin wool.Berlin black, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; Ð used for coating the better kinds of ironware. Ure. Ð Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Ure. Ð Berlin green, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian blue. Ð Berlin iron, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in imitation of bronze. Ð Berlin shop, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for such work. Ð Berlin work, worsted embroidery.Berm Berme } (?), n. [F. berme, of German origin; cf. G. brame, br„me, border, akin to E. brim.] 1. (Fort.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.2. (Engineering) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.BerÏmu¶da grass· (?). (Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wideÏspread in warm countries; Ð called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.Ber¶naÏcle (?), n. See Barnacle.Ber¶na fly· (?). (Zo”l.) A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larv‘ do great injury.Ber¶narÏdine (?), a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. Ð n. A Cistercian monk.BerÏnese¶ (?), a. Pertaining to the city o? canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants. Ð n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bern.Ber¶niÏcle (?), n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia o? Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle.] A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.]Bernicle goose (Zo”l.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.BerÏnouse¶ (?), n. Some as Burnoose.BeÏrob¶ (?), v. t. To rob; to plunder. [Obs.]ØBer¶oÏe (?), n. [L. Beroe, one of the Oceanid‘ Gr. ?: cf. F. bero‚.] (Zo”l.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.BerÏret¶ta (?), n. [It., fr. LL. birrettum, berretum, a cap, dim. of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. ? tawny, red: cf. Sp. birreta, Pg. barrete, and E. Barret.] A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt beretta, biretta, etc.]Ber¶ried (?), a. Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.Ber¶ry (?), n.; pl. Berries. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. b„r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.3. The coffee bean.4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish.Travis.In berry, containing ova or spawn.Ber¶ry, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Berried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying.] To bear or produce berries.Ber¶ry, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.] A mound; a hillock.W. Browne.Ber¶ryÏing, n. A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild.Ber¶serk (?), Ber¶serkÏer (?), } n. [Icel. berserkr.] 1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.Longfellow.2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.Bers¶tle (?), n. See Bristle. [Obs.]Chaucer.Berth (?), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.]1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. ½He has a good berth.¸Totten.3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Ð To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.Berth, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Berthed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Berthing.] 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.Totten.Ber¶tha (?), n. [F. berthe, fr. Berthe, a woman's name.] A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.Berth¶age (?), n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.Ber¶thiÏerÏite (?), n. [From Berthier, a French naturalist.] (Min.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steelÏgray color.Berth¶ing (?), n. (Naut.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.Smyth.Ber¶tram (?), n. [Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. ? a hot spicy plant, fr. ? fire.] (Bot.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).