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Ber¶yÏcoid (?), a. [NL. beryx, the name of the typical genus + Ïoid.] (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Berycid‘, a family of marine fishes.Ber¶yl (?), n. [ F. b‚ryl, OF. beril, L. beryllus, Gr. ?, prob. fr. Skr. vaid?rya. Cf. Brilliant.] (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, seaÏgreen variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.Ber¶ylÏline (?), a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.BeÏryl¶liÏum (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.Ber¶ylÏloid (?), n. [Beryl + Ïoid.] (Crystallog.) A solid consisting of a double twelveÏsided pyramid; Ð so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.BeÏsaiel¶, BeÏsaile¶, BeÏsayle¶ (?), n. [OF. beseel, F. bisa‹eul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.] 1. A greatÐgrandfather. [Obs.]2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a greatÏgrandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.Blackstone.BeÏsaint¶ (?), v. t. To make a saint of.BeÏsant¶ (?), n. See Bezant.BesÐant¶ler (?), n. Same as BezÐantler.BeÏscat¶ter (?), v. t. 1. To scatter over.2. To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. ½With flowers bescattered.¸Spenser.BeÏscorn¶ (?), v. t. To treat with scorn. ½Then was he bescorned.¸Chaucer.BeÏscratch¶ (?), v. t. To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.BeÏscrawl¶ (?), v. t. To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.Milton.BeÏscreen¶ (?), v. t. To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal.Shak.BeÏscrib¶ble (?), v. t. To scribble over. ½Bescribbled with impertinences.¸Milton.BeÏscum¶ber (?), BeÏscum¶mer (?), } v. t. [Pref. beÏ + scumber, scummer.] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.]B. Jonson.BeÏsee¶ (?), v. t. & i. [AS. bese¢n; pref. beÏ + ?e¢n to see.] To see; to look; to mind. [Obs.]Wyclif.BeÏseech¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. beÏ + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts.Shak.But Eve … besought his peace.Milton.Syn. Ð To beg; to crave. Ð To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.BeÏseech¶, n. Solicitation; supplication. [Obs. or Poetic]Shak.BeÏseech¶er (?), n. One who beseeches.BeÏseech¶ing, a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. Ð BeÏseech¶ingÏly, adv. Ð BeÏseech¶ingÏness, n.BeÏseech¶ment (?), n. The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [R.]Goodwin.BeÏseek¶ (?), v. t. To beseech. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏseem¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beseemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming.] [Pref. beÏ + seem.] Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit.A duty well beseeming the preachers.Clarendon.What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ?Hocker.BeÏseem¶, v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] ½As beseemed best.¸Spenser.BeÏseem¶ing, n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.]I … did company these three in poor beseeming.Shak.2. Comeliness.Baret.BeÏseem¶ing, a. Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] Ð BeÏseem¶ingÏly, adv. Ð BeÏseem¶ingÏness, n.BeÏseem¶ly, a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic]In beseemly order sitten there.Shenstone.BeÏseen¶ (?), a. [Properly the p. p. of besee.]1. Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic]2. Decked or adorned; clad. [Archaic]Chaucer.3. Accomplished; versed. [Archaic]Spenser.BeÏset¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. beÏ + settan to set. See Set.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.Spectator.The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.Evelyn.2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. ½Beset with foes.¸Milton.Let thy troops beset our gates.Addison.3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; Ð said of dangers, obstacles, etc. ½Adam, sore beset, replied.¸ Milton. ½Beset with ills.¸ Addison. ½Incommodities which beset old age.¸ Burke.4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.]Chaucer.Syn. Ð To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.BeÏset¶ment (?), n. The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. ½Fearing a besetment.¸Kane.BeÏset¶ter (?), n. One who, or that which, besets.BeÏset¶ting, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.BeÏshine¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beshone; p. pr. & vb. n. Beshining.] To shine upon; to ullumine.ØBeÏshow¶ (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; Ð called also candlefish.BeÏshrew¶ (?), v. t. To curse; to execrate.Beshrew me, but I love her heartily.Shak.µ Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness.Schmidt.BeÏshroud¶ (?), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen.BeÏshut¶ (?), v. t. To shut up or out. [Obs.]BeÏside¶ (?), prep. [OE. biside, bisiden, bisides, prep. and adv., beside, besides; pref. beÏ by + side. Cf. Besides, and see Side, n.] 1. At the side of; on one side of. ½Beside him hung his bow.¸Milton.2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.[You] have done enoughTo put him quite beside his patience.Shak.3. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to. [In this use besides is now commoner.]Wise and learned men beside those whose names are in the Christian records.Addison.To be beside one's self, to be out ob one's wits or senses.Paul, thou art beside thyself.Acts xxvi. 24.Syn. Ð Beside, Besides. These words, whether used as prepositions or adverbs, have been considered strictly synonymous, from an early period of our literature, and have been freely interchanged by our best writers. There is, however, a tendency, in present usage, to make the following distinction between them: 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition, with the original meaning ½by the side of; ¸ as, to sit beside a fountain; or with the closely allied meaning ½aside from¸, ½apart from¸, or ½out of¸; as, this is beside our present purpose; to be beside one's self with joy. The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word. 2. That besides, as a preposition, take the remaining sense ½in addition to¸, as, besides all this; besides the considerations here offered. ½There was a famine in the land besides the first famine.¸ Gen. xxvi. 1. And that it also take the adverbial sense of ½moreover¸, ½beyond¸, etc., which had been divided between the words; as, besides, there are other considerations which belong to this case. The following passages may serve to illustrate this use of the words: ÐLovely Thais sits beside thee.Dryden.Only be patient till we have appeasedThe multitude, beside themselves with fear.Shak.It is beside my present business to enlarge on this speculation.Locke.Besides this, there are persons in certain situations who are expected to be charitable.Bp. Porteus.And, besides, the MoorMay unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril.Shak.That man that does not know those things which are of necessity for him to know is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides.Tillotson.See Moreover.BeÏsides¶ (?), BeÏside¶ (?), } adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending Ïs is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.] 1. On one side. [Obs.]Chaucer. Shak.2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ?Gen. xix. 12.To all beside, as much an empty shade,An Eugene living, as a C‘sar dead.Pope.µ These sentences may be considered as elliptical.BeÏsides (?), prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.Besides your cheer, you shall have sport.Shak.BeÏsiege¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besieged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] [OE. bisegen; pref. beÏ + segen to siege. See Siege.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay s?ege to; to beleaguer; to beset.Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost.Shak.Syn. Ð To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.BeÏsiege¶ment (?), n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.Golding.BeÏsie¶ger (?), n. One who besieges; Ð opposed to the besieged.BeÏsie¶ging (?), a. That besieges; laying siege to. Ð BeÏsie¶gingÏly, adv.BeÏsit¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. beÏ + sit.] To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]BeÏslab¶ber (?), v. t. To beslobber.BeÏslave¶ (?), v. t. To enslave. [Obs.]Bp. Hall.BeÏslav¶er (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beslavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beslavering.] To defile with slaver; to beslobber.BeÏslime¶ (?), v. t. To daub with slime; to soil. [Obs.]B. Jonson.BeÏslob¶ber (?), v. t. To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.BeÏslub¶ber (?), v. t. To beslobber.BeÏsmear¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besmeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besmearing.] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.Besmeared with precious balm.Spenser.BeÏsmear¶er (?), n. One that besmears.BeÏsmirch¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besmirched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besmirching.] To smirch or soil; to disoolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.Shak.BeÏsmoke¶ (?), v. t. 1. To foul with smoke.2. To harden or dry in smoke.Johnson.BeÏsmut¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besmutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmutting.] [Pref. beÏ + smut: cf. AS. besmÆtan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.BeÏsnow¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besnowed (?).] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besnÆwan; pref. beÏ + snÆwan to snow.] 1. To scatter ? snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.]Gower.2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.BeÏsnuff¶ (?), v. t. To befoul with snuff.Young.BeÏsogne¶ (?), n. [F. bisogne.] A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]Be¶som (?), n. [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.]I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.Isa. xiv. 23.The housemaid with her besom.W. Irving.Be¶som, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besomed (?).] To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic]Cowper.Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain.Barlow.Be¶somÏer (?), n. One who uses a besom. [Archaic]BeÏsort¶ (?), v. t. To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.]Such men as may besort your age.Shak.BeÏsort¶, n. Befitting associates or attendants. [Obs.]With such accommodation and besortAs levels with her breeding.Shak.BeÏsot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besotting.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.Fools besotted with their crimes.Hudibras.BeÏsot¶ted, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. ½Besotted devotion.¸ Sir W. Scott. Ð BeÏsot¶tedÏly, adv. Ð BeÏsot¶tedÏness, n.Milton.BeÏsot¶tingÏly, adv. In a besotting manner.BeÏsought¶ (?), p. p. of Beseech.BeÏspan¶gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bespangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespangling (?).] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.The grass … is all bespangled with dewdrops.Cowper.BeÏspat¶ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bespattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespattering.] 1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.Whom never faction could bespatter.Swift.BeÏspawl¶ (?), v. t. To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. [Obs.]Milton.BeÏspeak¶ (?), v. t. [imp. Bespoke (?), Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. beÏ + sprecan to speak. See Speak.] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor.Sir W. Scott.2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.[They] bespoke dangers … in order to scare the allies.Swift.3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster.Locke.4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]He thus the queen bespoke.Dryden.BeÏspeak¶, v. i. To speak. [Obs.]Milton.BeÏspeak¶, n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) ½The night of her bespeak.¸Dickens.BeÏspeak¶er (?), n. One who bespeaks.BeÏspec¶kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bespeckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.] To mark with speckles or spots.Milton.BeÏspew¶ (?), v. t. To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.BeÏspice¶ (?), v. t. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.Shak.BeÏspirt¶ (?), v. t. Same as Bespurt.
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BeÏspit (?), v. t. [imp. Bespit; p. p. Bespit, Bespitten (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespitting.] To daub or soil with spittle.Johnson.BeÏspoke¶ (?), imp. & p.p. of Bespeak.BeÏspot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bespotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespotting.] To mark with spots, or as with spots.BeÏspread¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespreading.] To spread or cover over.The carpet which bespreadHis rich pavilion's floor.Glover.BeÏsprent¶ (?), p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. beÏ + sprengan to sprinkle. See Sprinkle.] Sprinkled over; strewed.His face besprent with liquid crystal shines.Shenstone.The floor with tassels of fir was besprent.Longfellow.BeÏsprin¶kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Besprinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besprinkling (?).] To sprinkle over; to scatter over.The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground.Dryden.BeÏsprin¶kler (?), n. One who, or that which, besprinkles.BeÏsprin¶kling (?), n. The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.BeÏspurt¶ (?), v. t. To spurt on or over; to asperse. [Obs.]Milton.Bes¶seÏmer steel· (?). Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; Ð so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.Best (?), a.; superl. of Good. [AS. besta, best, contr. from betest, betst, betsta; akin to Goth. batists, OHG. pezzisto, G. best, beste, D. best, Icel. beztr, Dan. best, Sw. b„st. This word has no connection in origin with good. See Better.] 1. Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.When he is best, he is a little worse than a man.Shak.Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.Milton.2. Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.3. Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.Best man, the only or principal groomsman at a wedding ceremony.Best, n. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.At best, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most favorable circumstances; as, life is at best very short. Ð For best, finally. [Obs.] ½Those constitutions … are now established for best, and not to be mended.¸ Milton. Ð To get the best of, to gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly. Ð To make the best of. (a) To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. ½Let there be freedom to carry their commodities where they can make the best of them.¸ Bacon. (b) To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.Best, adv.; superl. of Well. 1. In the highest degree; beyond all others. ½Thou serpent ! That name best befits thee.¸Milton.He prayeth best, who loveth bestAll things both great and small.Coleridge.2. To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.Had we best retire? I see a storm.Milton.Had I not best go to her?Thackeray.3. Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.Best, v. t. To get the better of. [Colloq.]BeÏstad¶ (?), imp. & p. p. of Bestead. Beset; put in peril. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏstain¶ (?), v. t. To stain.BeÏstar¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestarred (?).] To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud. ½Bestarred with anemones.¸W. Black.BeÏstead¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.] [Pref. beÏ + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.]They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: … and curse their king and their God.Is. viii. 21.Many far worse bestead than ourselves.Barrow.2. To put in peril; to beset. [Only in p. p.]Chaucer.3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.Milton.Bes¶tial (?), a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.] 1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.Among the bestial herds to range.Milton.2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.Shak.Syn. Ð Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy.Bes¶tial, n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]BesÏtial¶iÏty (?), n. [F. bestialit‚.] 1. The state or quality of being bestial.2. Unnatural connection with a beast.Bes¶tialÏize (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestializing.] To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.The process of bestializing humanity.Hare.Bes¶tialÏly, adv. In a bestial manner.BeÏstick¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestuck (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Besticking.] To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.Truth shall retireBestuck with slanderous darts.Milton.BeÏstill¶ (?), v. t. To make still.BeÏstir¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestirred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestirring.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; Ð usually with the reciprocal pronoun.You have so bestirred your valor.Shak.Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.Milton.BeÏstorm¶ (?), v. i. & t. To storm.Young.BeÏstow¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. beÏ + stow a place. See Stow.] 1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. ½He bestowed it in a pouch.¸Sir W. Scott.See that the women are bestowed in safety.Byron.2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]4. To give or confer; to impart; Ð with on or upon.Empire is on us bestowed.Cowper.Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor.1 Cor. xiii. 3.5. To give in marriage.I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.Tatler.6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; Ð followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]How might we see Falstaff bestow himself toÏnight in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ?Shak.Syn. Ð To give; grant; present; confer; accord.BeÏstow¶al (?), n. The act of bestowing; disposal.BeÏstow¶er (?), n. One that bestows.BeÏstow¶ment (?), n. 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view.Chauncy.2. That which is given or bestowed.They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments.I. Taylor.BeÏstrad¶dle (?), v. t. To bestride.BeÏstraught¶ (?), a. [Pref. beÏ + straught; prob. here used for distraught.] Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [Obs.]Shak.BeÏstreak¶ (?), v. t. To streak.BeÏstrew¶ (?), v. t. [imp. Bestrewed (?); p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing.] To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also bestrow.]Milton.BeÏstride¶ (?), v. t. [imp. Bestrode (?), (Obs. or R.) Bestrid (?); p. p. Bestridden (?), Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestrÆdan; pref. beÏ + strÆdan to stride.] 1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand overThat horse that thou so often hast bestrid.Shak.Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus.Shak.2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.BeÏstrode¶ (?), imp. & p. p. of Bestride.BeÏstrown¶ (?), p. p. of Bestrew.BeÏstuck¶ (?), imp. & p. p. Bestick.BeÏstud¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bestudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestudding.] To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars.Milton.BeÏswike¶ , v. t. [AS. beswÆcan; beÏ + swÆcan to deceive, entice; akin to OS. swÆkan, OHG. swÆhhan, Icel. svÆkja.] To lure; to cheat. [Obs.]Gower.Bet (?), n. [Prob. from OE. abet abetting, OF. abet, fr. abeter to excite, incite. See Abet.] That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. ½Having made his bets.¸Goldsmith.Bet, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bet, Betted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betting.] To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.Shak.I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.O. W. Holmes.Bet, imp. & p. p. of Beat. [Obs.]Bet, a. & adv. An early form of Better. [Obs.]To go bet, to go fast; to hurry. [Obs.]Chaucer.Be¶taÏine (?), n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; Ð called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.BeÏtake¶ (?), v. t. [imp. Betook (?); p. p. Betaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] [Pref. beÏ + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.]Spenser.2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; Ð with a reflexive pronoun.They betook themselves to treaty and submission.Burke.The rest, in imitation, to like armsBetook them.Milton.Whither shall I betake me, where subsist ?Milton.3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]BeÏtaught¶ (?), a. [ P. p. of OE. bitechen, AS. bet?can, to assign, deliver. See Teach.] Delivered; committed in trust. [Obs.]Bete (?), v. t. To better; to mend. See Beete. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏtee¶la (?), n. [Pg. beatilha.] An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. [Obs.]BeÏteem¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. beÏ + an old verb teem to be fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman, and E. tame. See Tame, a.] 1. To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [Obs.]Spenser. Milton.2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]So loving to my mother,That he might not beteem the winds of heavenVisit her face too roughly.Shak.Be¶tel (?), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil vettilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. I is a woody climber with ovate manynerved leaves.Bet¶elÏguese (?), n. [F. B‚telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]Be¶tel nut· (?). The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.ØBˆte¶ noire¶ (?). [Fr., lit. black beast.] Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.BethÏab¶aÏra wood· (?). (Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.Beth¶el (?), n. [Heb. b?thÏel house of God.]1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot.S. F. Adams.2. A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.]3. A house of worship for seamen.BeÏthink¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bethought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking.] [AS. be?encan; pref. beÏ + ?encan to think. See Think.] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; Ð generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.I have bethought me of another fault.Shak.The rest … may … bethink themselves, and recover.Milton.We bethink a means to break it off.Shak.Syn. Ð To recollect; remember; reflect.BeÏthink¶, v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. ½Bethink ere thou dismiss us.¸Byron.Beth¶leÏhem (?), n. [Heb. b?thÏlekhem house of food; b?th house + lekhem food, l¾kham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam.] 1. A hospital for lunatics; Ð corrupted into bedlam.2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.Audsley.Beth¶leÏhemÏite (?), Beth¶lemÏite (?), } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.3. One of an extinct English order of monks.BeÏthought¶ (?), imp. & p. p. of Bethink.BeÏthrall¶ (?), v. t. To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [Obs.]Spenser.BeÏthumb¶ (?), v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.Poe.BeÏthump¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bethumped (?), or Bethumpt; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethumping.] To beat or thump soundly.Shak.BeÏtide¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betided (?), Obs. Betid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] [OE. bitiden; pref. biÏ, beÏ + tiden, fr. AS. tÆdan, to happen, fr. tÆd time. See Tide.] To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.What will betide the few ?Milton.BeÏtide¶, v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur.A salve for any sore that may betide.Shak.µ Shakespeare has used it with of. ½What would betide of me ?¸BeÏtime¶ (?), BeÏtimes¶ (?), } adv. [ Pref. beÏ (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The Ïs is an adverbial ending.] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.To measure life learn thou betimes.Milton.To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work.Barrow.2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes.Shak.BeÏti¶tle (?), v. t. To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. [Obs.]Carlyle.BeÏto¶ken (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betokened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betokening.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow …Betokening peace from God, and covenant new.Milton.2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.Syn. Ð To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.ØB‚·ton¶ (?), n. [F. b‚ton, fr. L. bitumen bitumen.] (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.BeÏtongue¶ (?), v. t. To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.Bet¶oÏny (?), n.; pl. Betonies (?). [OE. betony, betany, F. betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).µ The purple or wood betony (B. officinalis, Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.BeÏtook¶ (?), imp. of Betake.BeÏtorn¶ (?), a. Torn in pieces; tattered.BeÏtoss (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betossed (?).] To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. ½My betossed soul.¸Shak.BeÏtrap¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betrapped (?).] 1. To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to in? snare; to circumvent.Gower.2. To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses betrapped with the same.Stow.
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BeÏtray¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betraying.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. beÏ + OF. tra‹r to bertray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See Traitor.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.Matt. xvii. 22.2. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me.Johnson.3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.Willing to serve or betray any government for hire.Macaulay.4. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance.T. Watts.5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.Genius … often betrays itself into great errors.T. Watts.6. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.7. To show or to indicate; Ð said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.All the names in the country betray great antiquity.Bryant.BeÏtray¶al (?) n. The act or the result of betraying.BeÏtray¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, betrays.BeÏtray¶ment (?), n. Betrayal. [R.]Udall.BeÏtrim¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betrimmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betrimming.] To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim.Shak.BeÏtroth¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betrothed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.] [Pref. beÏ + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.] 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; Ð used esp. of a woman.He, in the first flower of my freshest age,Betrothed me unto the only heir.Spenser.Ay, and we are betrothed.Shak.2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?Deut. xx. 7.3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.Ayliffe.BeÏtroth¶al (?), n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. ½The feast of betrothal.¸Longfellow.BeÏtroth¶ment (?), n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.BeÏtrust¶ (?), v. t. To trust or intrust. [Obs.]BeÏtrust¶ment (?), n. The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.]Chipman.ØBet¶so (?), n. [It. bezzo.] A small brass Venetian coin. [Obs.]Bet¶ter (?), a.; compar. of Good. [OE. betere, bettre, and as adv. bet, AS. betera, adj., and bet, adv.; akin to Icel. betri, adj., betr, adv., Goth. batiza, adj., OHG. bezziro, adj., baz, adv., G. besser, adj. and adv., bass, adv., E. boot, and prob. to Skr. bhadra excellent. See Boot advantage, and cf. Best, Batful.] 1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.Could make the worse appearThe better reason.Milton.2. Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.To obey is better than sacrifice.1 Sam. xv. 22.It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.Ps. cxviii. 9.3. Greater in amount; larger; more.4. Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.5. More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.All the better. See under All, adv. Ð Better half, an expression used to designate one's wife.My dear, my better half (said he),I find I must now leave thee.Sir P. Sidney.Ð To better off, to be in a better condition. Ð Had better. (See under Had) The phrase had better, followed by an infinitive without to, is idiomatic. The earliest form of construction was ½were better¸ with a dative; as, ½Him were better go beside.¸ (Gower.) i. e., It would be better for him, etc. At length the nominative (I, he, they, etc.) supplanted the dative and had took the place of were. Thus we have the construction now used.By all that's holy, he had better starveThan but once think this place becomes thee not.Shak.Bet¶ter, n. 1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; Ð usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; Ð usually in the plural.Their betters would hardly be found.Hooker.For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. ½If I have altered him anywhere for the better.¸Dryden.Bet¶ter, adv.; compar. of Well. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.I could have better spared a better man.Shak.2. More correctly or thoroughly.The better to understand the extent of our knowledge.Locke.3. In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.Never was monarch better feared, and loved.Shak.4. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better. [Colloq.]To think better of (any one), to have a more favorable opinion of any one. Ð To think better of (an opinion, resolution, etc.), to reconsider and alter one's decision.Bet¶ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bettered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bettering.] [AS. beterian, betrian, fr. betera better. See Better, a.] 1. To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.Love betters what is best.Wordsworth.He thought to better his circumstances.Thackeray.2. To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.The constant effort of every man to better himself.Macaulay.3. To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered.Hooker.4. To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. [Obs.]Weapons more violent, when next we meet,May serve to better us and worse our foes.Milton.Syn. Ð To improve; meliorate; ameliorate; mend; amend; correct; emend; reform; advance; promote.Bet¶ter, v. i. To become better; to improve.Carlyle.Bet¶ter, n. One who bets or lays a wager.Bet¶terÏment (?), n. 1. A making better; amendment; improvement.W. Montagu.2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; Ð generally used in the plural. [U. S.]Bouvier.Bet¶terÏmost· (?), a. Best. [R.] ½The bettermost classes.¸Brougham.Bet¶terÏness, n. 1. The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.]Sir P. Sidney.2. The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.ØBet¶tong (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.Bet¶tor (?), n. One who bets; a better.Addison.Bet¶ty (?), n. 1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e., Jane).] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written also bettee.]The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.Arbuthnot.2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.] A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.3. A pearÏshaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; Ð called by chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.]Bartlett.Bet¶uÏlin (?), n. [L. betula birch tree.] (Chem.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; Ð called also birch camphor.Watts.BeÏtum¶ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betumbled (?).] To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.]From her betumbled couch she starteth.Shak.BeÏtu¶tor (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Betutored (?).] To tutor; to instruct.Coleridge.BeÏtween¶ (?), prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe¢nan, betwe¢num; prefix beÏ by + a form fr. AS. tw¾ two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See Twain, and cf. Atween, Betwixt.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.If things should go so between them.Bacon.3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both.Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them.Locke.4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty.Hume.5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.Between decks, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. Ð Between ourselves, Between you and me, Between themselves, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.Syn. Ð Between, Among. Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation.I … hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance.Johnson.Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew.BeÏtween¶, n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.]Shak.BeÏtwixt¶ (?), prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwÆh; pref. beÏ by + a form fr. AS. tw¾ two. See Between.]1. In the space which separates; between.From betwixt two aged oaks.Milton.2. From one to another of; mutually affecting.There was some speech of marriageBetwixt myself and her.Shak.Betwixt and between, in a midway position; soÏso; neither one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]ØBeurÏr‚¶ (?), n. [F., fr. beurre butter.] (Bot.) A beurr‚ (or buttery) pear, one with the me?? soft and melting; Ð used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurr‚ d'Anjou; Beurr‚ Clairgeau.Bev¶el (?), n. [C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile.] 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; Ð called also a bevel square.Gwilt.Bev¶el, a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic]I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.Shak.A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90?. Ð Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.Knight.Bev¶el, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Beveled (?) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.Bev¶el, v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90?, as a surface; to slant.Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel.Swift.Bev¶eled, Bev¶elled (?), a. 1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table.2. (Min.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaces by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid.Bev¶el gear· (?). (Mech.) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.Bev¶elÏment (?), n. (Min.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.Be¶ver (?), n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.Be¶ver, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Bevered (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.]Bev¶erÏage (?), n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison, Potable.] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; Ð usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.Thomson.2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]Bev¶ile (?), n. [See Bevel.] (Her.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.Encyc. Brit.Bev¶iled, Bev¶illed (?), a. (Her.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; Ð said of a partition line of a shield.Bev¶y (?), n.; pl. Bevies (?). [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev‚e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here !Beau. & Fl.2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.BeÏwail¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewailing.] To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,Which to this hour bewail the injury.Shak.Syn. Ð To bemoan; grieve. Ð See Deplore.BeÏwail¶, v. i. To express grief; to lament.Shak.BeÏwail¶aÏble (?), a. Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.BeÏwail¶er (?), n. One who bewails or laments.BeÏwail¶ing, a. Wailing over; lamenting. Ð BeÏwail¶ingÏly, adv.BeÏwail¶ment (?), n. The act of bewailing.BeÏwake¶ (?), v. t. & i. To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.]Gower.BeÏware¶ (?), v. i. [Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary.] 1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; Ð commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.Beware of all, but most beware of man !Pope.Beware the awful avalanche.Longfellow.2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]Behold, I send an Angel before thee. … Beware of him, and obey his voice.Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.µ This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. ½Be ye? war of false prophetis.¸ Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.
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BeÏware¶ (?), v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] ½Priest, beware your beard.¸Shak.To wish them beware the son.Milton.BeÏwash¶ (?), v. t. To drench or souse with water. ½Let the maids bewash the men.¸Herrick.BeÏweep¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewept (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping.] [AS. bew?pan; pref. beÏ + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. ½His timeless death beweeping.¸Drayton.BeÏweep¶, v. i. To weep. [Obs.]Chaucer.BeÏwet¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewet, Bewetted.] To wet or moisten.Gay.BeÏwhore¶ (?), v. t. 1. To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of.J. Fletcher.2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore.Shak.BeÏwig¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewigged (?).] To cover (the head) with a wig.Hawthorne.BeÏwil¶der (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewildered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering.] [Pref. beÏ + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.Addison.Syn. Ð To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.BeÏwil¶dered (?), a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.BeÏwil¶deredÏness (?), n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]BeÏwil¶derÏing (?), a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. Ð BeÏwil¶derÏingÏly, adv.BeÏwil¶derÏment (?), n. 1. The state of being bewildered.2. A bewildering tangle or confusion.He … soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush.Hawthorne.BeÏwin¶ter (?), v. t. To make wintry. [Obs.]Bew¶it (?), n. [Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck collar, fetter. Cf. Buoy.] A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.BeÏwitch¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching.] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.See how I am bewitched; behold, mine armIs like a blasted sapling withered up.Shak.2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.The charms of poetry our souls bewitch.Dryden.Syn. Ð To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.BeÏwitch¶edÏness (?), n. The state of being bewitched.Gauden.BeÏwitch¶er (?), n. One who bewitches.BeÏwitch¶erÏy (?), n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words.South.BeÏwitch¶ing, a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. Ð BeÏwitch¶ÏingÏly, adv. Ð BeÏwitch¶ingÏness, n.BeÏwitch¶ment (?), n. 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.Tylor.2. The power of bewitching or charming.Shak.BeÏwon¶der (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewondered (?).] 1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]BeÏwrap¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewrapped (?).] To wrap up; to cover.Fairfax.BeÏwray¶ (?), v. t. To soil. See Beray.BeÏwray¶, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying.] [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. beÏ + AS. wr?gan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr?gian, OHG. ruog?n, G. rgen, Icel. r‘gja, Goth. wr?hjan to accuse.] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic]The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known.Robynson (More's Utopia.)Thy speech bewrayeth thee.Matt. xxvi. 73.BeÏwray¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [Obs. or Archaic]Addison.BeÏwray¶ment (?), n. Betrayal. [R.]BeÏwreck¶ (?), v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]BeÏwreke¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. beÏ + wreak.] To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.]Ld. Berners.BeÏwrought¶ (?), a. [Pref. beÏ + wrought, p. p. of work, v. t. ] Embroidered. [Obs.]B. Jonson.Bey (?), n. [See Beg a bey.] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.Bey¶lic (?), n. [Turk.] The territory ruled by a bey.BeÏyond¶ (?), prep. [OE. biyonde, bi?eonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. beÏ + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder.] 1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.Beyond that flaming hill.G. Fletcher.2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.A thing beyond us, even before our death.Pope.3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. ½Beyond expectation.¸Barrow.Beyond any of the great men of my country.Sir P.Sidney.Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. Ð To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.1 Thess. iv. 6.BeÏyond¶ (?), adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.Spenser.BeÏzant¶ (?), n. [See Byzant.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.Burke.3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.Bez·Ðant¶ler (?), n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes) + E. antler.] The second branch of a stag's horn.Bez¶el (?), n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See BiÏ.] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.B‚Ïzique¶ (?), n. [F. b‚sigue.] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.Be¶zoar (?), n. [F. b‚zoard, fr. Ar. b¾zahr, b¾dizahr, fr. Per. p¾dÏzahr bezoar; p¾d protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.µ Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.Bezoar antelope. See Antelope. Ð Bezoar goat (Zo”l.), the wild goat (Capra ‘gagrus). Ð Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.Ure.Bez·oÏar¶dic (?), a. [Cf. F. b‚zoardique, b‚zoartique.] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. Ð n. A medicine containing bezoar.Bez·oÏar¶tic (?), Bez·oÏar¶ticÏal (?), } a. [See Bezoardic.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]BeÏzo¶niÏan (?), n. [ Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno.] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.Great men oft die by vile bezonians.Shak.Bez¶zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bezzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bezzling (?).] [OF. besillier, besiler, to maltreat, pillage; or shortened fr. embezzle. Cf. Embezzle.] To plunder; to waste in riot. [Obs.]Bez¶zle, v. i. To drink to excess; to revel. [Obs.]Bhang (?), n. [Per. bang; cf. Skr. bhang¾ hemp.] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.ØBhun¶der (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.BiÏ (?). [L. bis twice, which i composition drops the Ïs, akin to E. two. See BisÏ, Two, and cf. DiÏ, DisÏ.]1. In most branches of science biÏ in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, twoÏtoothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.2. (Chem.) In the composition of chemical names biÏ denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. BeÏ and diÏ are often used interchangeably.BiÏac¶id (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + acid.] (Chem.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; Ð said of bases. See Diacid.Bi·aÏcu¶miÏnate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + acuminate.] (Bot.) Having points in two directions.BeÏan¶guÏlar (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + angular.] Having two angles or corners.BiÏan¶guÏlate (?), BiÏan¶guÏla·ted (?), } a. [Pref. biÏ + angulate, angulated.] Biangular.BiÏan¶guÏlous (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + angulous.] Biangular. [R.]BiÏan·therÏif¶erÏous (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + antherigerous.] (Bot.) Having two anthers.Bi·arÏtic¶uÏlate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + articulate.] (Zo”l.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints.Bi¶as (?), n.; pl. Biases (?). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax twoÏfaced; L. bis + facies face. See BiÏ, and cf. Face.] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will … swerve away.Sir W. Scott.2. A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination.Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts.South.Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions.Locke.3. A wedgeÏshaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.Syn. Ð Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent.Bi¶as, a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.]Shak.2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.Bi¶as, adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.Bi¶as, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Biased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.De. Quincey.Bi·auÏric¶uÏlate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + au riculate.] 1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.2. (Bot. & Zo”l.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.BiÏax¶al (?), BiÏax¶iÏal (?), } a. [Pref. biÏ + axal, axial.] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization. Brewster. Ð BiÏax¶iÏalÏly, adv.Bib (?), n. [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.2. (Zo”l.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; Ð called also pout and whiting pout.3. A bibcock.Bib, Bibbe (?), v. t. [L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.]This miller hath … bibbed ale.Chaucer.Bib, v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple.He was constantly bibbing.Locke.BiÏba¶cious (?), a. [L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking.BiÏbac¶iÏty (?), n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.Blount.BiÏba¶sic (?), a. [ Pref. biÏ + basic.] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; Ð said of acids. See Dibasic.Bibb (?), n. A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.Bib¶ber (?), n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; Ð chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.Bib¶bleÐbab¶ble (?), n. [A reduplication of babble.] Idle talk; babble.Shak.Bibbs (?), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.Bib¶cock· (?), n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.Knight.BiÏbi¶rine (?), n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine.Bib¶iÏtoÏry (?), a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.Bi¶ble (?), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?, dim. of ?, ?, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.] 1. A book. [Obs.]Chaucer.2. The Book by way of eminence, Ð that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; Ð sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. Ð Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. Ð Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.Bib¶ler (?), n. [See Bib, v. t.] A great drinker; a tippler. [Written also bibbler and bibbeler.]Bib¶liÏcal (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.Bib·liÏcal¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]Bib¶liÏcalÏly (?), adv. According to the Bible.Bib¶liÏcism (?), n. [Cf. F. biblicisme.] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [R.]Bib¶liÏcist (?), n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.Bib¶liÏoÏgraph· (?), n. Bibliographer.Bib·liÏog¶raÏpher (?), n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? book + ? to write : cf. F. bibliographe.] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.Bib·liÏoÏgraph¶ic (?), Bib·liÏoÏgraph¶icÏal (?), } a. [Cf. F. bibliographique.] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. Ð Bib·liÏoÏgraph¶icÏalÏly, adv.Bib·liÏog¶raÏphy (?) n.; pl. Bibliographies (?). [Gr. ?: cf. F. bibliographie.] A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.Bib·liÏol¶aÏter (?), Bib·liÏol¶aÏtrist (?), } n. [See. Bibliolatry.] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.De Quincey.Bib·liÏol¶aÏtry (?), n. [Gr. ? book + ? service, worship, ? to serve.] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; Ð applied by Roman Catholic divine? to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.Coleridge. F. W. Newman.Bib·liÏoÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Relating to bibliology.Bib·liÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? book + Ïlogy.]1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.Bib¶liÏoÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ? book + Ïmancy: cf. F. bibliomancie.] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.Bib·liÏoÏma¶niÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? book + ? madness: cf. F. bibliomanie.] A mania for acquiring books.Bib·liÏoÏma¶niÏac (?), n. One who has a mania for books. Ð a. Relating to a bibliomaniac.Bib·liÏoÏmaÏni¶acÏal (?), a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.Bib·liÏoÏpeg¶ic (?), a. [ Gr. ? book + ? to make fast.] Relating to the binding of books. [R.]
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Bib·liÏop¶eÏgist (?), n. A bookbinder.Bib·liÏop·eÏgis¶tic (?), a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [R.]Dibdin.Bib·liÏop¶eÏgy (?), n. [See Bibliopegic.] The art of binding books. [R.]Bib¶liÏoÏphile (?), n. [Gr. ? book + ? to love: cf. F. bibliophile.] A lover of books.Bib·liÏoph¶iÏlism (?), n. Love of books.Bib·liÏoph¶iÏlist (?), n. A lover of books.Bib·liÏoÏpho¶biÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? book + ? to fear.] A dread of books. [R.]Bib¶liÏoÏpole (?), n. [ L. bibliopola, Gr. ?; ? book + ? to sell: cf. F. bibliopole.] One who sells books.Bib·liÏoÏpol¶ic (?), Bib·liÏop¶oÏlar (?), a. [See Bibliopole.] Of or pertaining to the sale of books. ½Bibliopolic difficulties.¸Carlyle.Bib·liÏop¶oÏlism (?), n. The trade or business of selling books.Bib·liÏop¶oÏlist (?), n. Same as Bibliopole.Bib·liÏop·oÏlis¶tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to bibliopolism.Dibdin.Bib¶liÏoÏtaph (?), Bib·liÏot¶aÏphist (?), } n. [Gr. ? book + ? a burial.] One who hides away books, as in a tomb. [R.]Crabb.Bib¶liÏoÏthec (?), n. A librarian.ØBib·liÏoÏthe¶ca (?), n. [L. See Bibliotheke.] A library.Bib·liÏoÏthe¶cal (?), a. [ L. bibliothecalis. See Bibliotheke.] Belonging to a library.Byrom.Bib·liÏoth¶eÏcaÏry (?), n. [L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. biblioth‚caire.] A librarian. [Obs.]Evelin.Bib¶liÏoÏtheke (?), n. [L. bibliotheca, Gr. ?; ? book + ? a case, box, fr. ? to place: cf. F. bibliothŠque.] A library. [Obs.]Bale.Bib¶list (?), n. [Cf. F. bibliste. See Bible.]1. One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist.I. Taylor.BiÏbrac¶teÏate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + bracteate.] (Bot.) Furnished with, or having, two bracts.Bib¶uÏlous (?), a. [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See Bib, v. t. ] 1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.Bib¶uÏlousÏly, adv. In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.De Quincey.BiÏcal¶caÏrate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.BiÏcal¶lose (?), BiÏcal¶lous (?), } a. [Pref. biÏ + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots.Gray.BiÏcam¶erÏal (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.Bentham.BiÏcap¶suÏlar (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.BiÏcar¶bonÏate (?), n. [Pref. biÏ+ carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; Ð sometimes called supercarbonate.BiÏcar¶buÏret·ed or Ïret·ted (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + carbureted.] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]BiÏcar¶iÏnate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keelÏlike projections, as the upper palea of grasses.BiÏcau¶dal (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + caudal.] Having, or terminating in, two tails.BiÏcau¶date (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + caudate.] Twotailed; bicaudal.Bic¶ched (?), a. [Of unknown origin.] Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.]Chaucer.Bicched bones, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.Bice, Bise (?), n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; Ð called also blue bice.Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper.Cooley. Brande & C.BiÏcen¶teÏnaÏry (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. Ð n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.Bi·cenÏten¶niÏal, a. [Pref. biÏ + centennial.] 1. Consisting of two hundred years.2. Occurring every two hundred years.Bi·cenÏten¶niÏal, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.BiÏceph¶aÏlous (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + cephalous: cf. F. bic‚phale.] Having two heads.ØBi¶ceps (?), n. [L., twoÏheaded; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; Ð applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.ØBiÏchir¶ (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.BiÏchlo¶ride (?), n. [Pref. biÏ + chloride.] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; Ð called also dichloride.Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; Ð sometimes called corrosive sublimate.ØBi¶cho (?), n. [Sp.] (Zo”l.) See Jigger.BiÏchro¶mate (?), n. [Pref. biÏ + chromate.] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassfum bichromate; Ð called also dichromate.BiÏchro¶maÏtize (?), v. t. To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.BiÏcip¶iÏtal (?), a. [L. biceps, bicipitis: cf. F. bicipital. See Biceps.] 1. (Anat.) (a) Having two heads or origins, as a muscle. (b) Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.2. (Bot.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.BiÏcip¶iÏtous (?), a. Having two heads; bicipital. ½Bicipitous serpents.¸Sir T. Browne.Bick¶er, n. [See Beaker.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]Bick¶er (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Bickered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.Holland.2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.Petty things about which men cark and bicker.Barrow.3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.Thomson.Bick¶er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.]Jamieson.3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.Bick¶erÏer (?), n. One who bickers.Bick¶erÏing, n. 1. A skirmishing. ½Frays and bickerings.¸Milton.2. Altercation; wrangling.Bick¶erÏment (?), n. Contention. [Obs.]Spenser.Bick¶ern (?), n. [F. bigorne. See Bicorn.] An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.BiÏcol¶liÏgate (?), a. [L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zo”l.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.Bi¶col·or (?), Bi¶col·ored (?), } a. [L. bicolor; bis twice + color color.] Of two colors.BiÏcon¶cave (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + concave.] Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebr‘.BiÏcon¶juÏgate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + conjugate, a.] (Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice.Gray.BiÏcon¶vex (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + convex.] Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.Bi¶corn (?), Bi¶corned (?), BiÏcor¶nous (?), } a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern.] Having two horns; twoÐhorned; crescentlike.BiÏcor¶poÏral (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + corporal.] Having two bodies.BiÏcor¶poÏrate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + corporate.] (Her.) DoubleÐbodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.BiÏcos¶tate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + costate.] (Bot.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.BiÏcre¶nate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + crenate.] (Bot.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.Bi·cresÏcen¶tic (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + crescent.] Having the form of a double crescent.BiÏcru¶ral (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + crural.] Having two legs.Hooker.BiÏcus¶pid (?), BiÏcus¶pidÏate (?), } a. [See pref. BiÏ, and Cuspidate.] Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; Ð said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.BiÏcus¶pid, n. (Anat.) One of the two doubleÏpointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n.BiÏcy¶aÏnide (?), n. See Dicyanide.Bi¶cyÏcle (?), n. [Pref. biÏ + cycle.] A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.Bi¶cyÏcler (?), n. One who rides a bicycle.BiÏcyc¶lic (?), a. Relating to bicycles.Bi¶cyÏcling (?), n. The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.Bi¶cyÏclism (?), n. The art of riding a bicycle.Bi¶cyÏclist (?), n. A bicycler.BiÏcyc¶uÏlar (?), a. Relating to bicycling.Bid (?), v. t. [imp. Bade (?), Bid, (Obs.) Bad; p. p. Bidden (?), Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.] [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. bi?ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. ? to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. be¢dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj??a, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. ? to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. bud?ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden to command, except in ½to bid beads.¸ ?30.]1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.Neither bid him God speed.2. John 10.He bids defiance to the gaping crowd.Granrille.3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] ½Our banns thrice bid !¸Gay.4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow.PopeLord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee.Matt. xiv.28I was bid to pick up shells.D. Jerrold.5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.Matt. xxii. 9To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.] Ð To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave. Ð To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.Syn. Ð To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.Bid (?), imp. & p. p. of Bid.Bid, n. An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.Bid, v. i. [See Bid, v. t.] 1. To pray. [Obs.]Chaucer.2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.Bid¶ale· (?), n. [Bid + ale.] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]Bid¶daÏble (?), a. Obedient; docile. [Scot.]Bid¶den (?), p. p. of Bid.Bid¶der (?), n. [AS. biddere. ] One who bids or offers a price.Burke.Bid¶derÏy ware· (?). [From Beder or Bidar a town in India.] A kind of metallic ware make in India. The material is a composition of Inc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid o? damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder.]Bid¶ding, n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation o? notifying. ½Do thou thy master's bidding.¸Shak.2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.Bid¶ding prayer· (?). 1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.Bid¶dy (?), n. [Etymology uncertain.] A name used in calling a hen or chicken.Shak.Bid¶dy, n. [A familiar form of Bridget.] An Irish serving woman or girl. [Colloq.]Bide (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. bÆdan; akin to OHG. bÆtan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bÆ??; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.] 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.All knees to thee shall bow of them that bideIn heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.Milton.2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.Shak.Bide, v. t. 1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm.Shak.2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.Bi¶dent (?), n. [L. bidens, Ïentis, having two prongs; bis twice + dens a tooth.] An instrument or weapon with two prongs.BiÏden¶tal (?), a. Having two teeth.Swift.BiÏden¶tate (?), a. (Bot. & Zo”l.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; twoÐtoothed.BiÏdet¶ (?), n. [F. bidet, perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch.]1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.B. Jonson.2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.BiÏdig¶iÏtate (?), a. [Pref. biÏ + digitate.] Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.Bid¶ing (?), n. Residence; habitation.Rowe.Bield (?), n. A shelter. Same as Beild. [Scot.]Bield, v. t. To shelter. [Scot.]BiÏen¶niÏal (?), a. [L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. Annual.] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.BiÏen¶niÏal, n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.BiÏen¶niÏalÏly, adv. Once in two years.Bier (?), n. [OE. b‘e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D. baar, OHG. b¾ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, L. feretrum, Gr. ?, from the same ?? bear to produce. See 1st Bear, and cf. Barrow.] 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.Knight.