Chapter XIV: Part 14

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 bespread His 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 best All 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 retire Bestuck 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 over That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Shak. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like 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 arms Betook 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 heaven Visit 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 appear The 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 starve Than 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 marriage Betwixt 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. 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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 arm Is 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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