-nỏ, mỏve, nôr, nôt ;-tùbe, tủb, båll ;-ôll ;-pôånd ;-thin, THIS.

rex distinct ideas to these words: and perhaps || BASTARD, bås'târd. s. 88. A person born of a

vict of being a bastard; to beget a bastard. BASTARDLY, bas'târd-lè. ad. In the manner

of a bastard.

it is an ignorance of this distinction of speaking woman out of wedlock; any thing spurious. sounds, and confounding them with high and BASTARD, bâs'tård. a Begotten out of wedlow, or loud and soft, that occasions the confu- lock spurious, supposititious, adulterate. sion we meet with in writers on this subject.-To BASTARDIZE, bas'tår-dize. v. a. To con bee Elements of Elocution, page 60. Also observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity, at the end of the Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Proper Names. BASALTES, ba-sal tèz. s. A kind of rock, never found in layers, but standing upright. Ash. BASE, base. a. Mean, vile, worthless; disingenuous, illiberal, ungenerous; of low station, of maran account; base-born, born out of wedlock: applied to metals, without value: applied to sounds, deep, grave.

BASE-BORN, hrase born. a. Born out of wedlock.
BASE-COURT, base kort. s. Lower court.
BASE-MINDED, base-minded. a. Mean spirited.
BASE-VIOL, bise-vial. s. 166. An instrument

used in concerts for the base sound
BASE, base. s. The bottom of any thing; the
pedestal of a statue; the bottom of a cone;
stockings; the place from which racers or tilt-
ers run; the string that gives a base sound; an
old rustick play.

BASELY, basele. ad. Meanly, dishonourably; in bastardy, as basely born.

BASENESS, base'nes. s. Meanness, vileness; vileness of metal; bastardy; deepness of sound.

BASHAW, bash-aw'. s. Among the Turks, the viceroy of a province.

BASHFUL, bash'ful. a. Modest, shamefaced, shy. BASHFULLY, båsh'fül-lè. ad. Timorously, modestly

BASHFULNESS, bâsh'fül-nês. s. Modesty, fool-
ish or rustick shame.

BASIL, bázi. s. The name of a plant.
BASILICA, bá-zll'è-kå. s. The middle vein of the||

arm.

BASILICA, bi-zil'è-kå. s. BASALICK, ba-zillik. a. silica.

The basilick vein.
Belonging to the ba-

The basilick vein; a

BASILICK, bi-zillik. s.
large hall.
BASILICON, bi-zil'è-kôn. s. A compound of
hog's fat, rosin, and bees'-wax.

BASILISK, bizè-lisk. s. A kind of serpent, a
Cockatrice, said to kill by looking. He is called
Basilisk, or little king, from a comb or crest on
his head; a species of cannon.

BASIN, basa. s. 405. A small vessel to hold wa-
ter for washing, or other uses; a small pond; a
part of the sea enclosed in rocks; any hollow
place capacious of liquids; a dock for repair-
ing and building ships; Basins of a Balance, the
same with the scales.

BASIS, ba'sis. s. The foundation of any thing; the lowest of the three principal parts of a column; that on which any thing is raised; the pedestal; the ground-work.

To BASK, bask. v. a. 79. To warm by laying out in the beat.

BASK, baik. v. n. To lie in a place to receive heat

BASKET, blt. s. 99. A vessel made of twigs, rushes, or splinters.

BASKET-HILT, bås kit-hilt. s. 99. A hilt of a
weapon so made as to contain the whole hand.
BASKET-WOMAN, baskit-wam-ån. s. 166. A
woman that plies at market with a basket.
BASS, base. a property BASE. In musick, grave,
dep

BASS-VIOL, båse-vid. s. 165. See BASE-VIOL.
BASS, b... A mat used in churches.
BASS-RELIEF, trås-ré-leèt”. a. Sculpture, the
Aures of which do not stand out from the
ground in their full proportion.

99. A game at cards. BASSOON, As-sóða'. s. A musical instrument of the wind kind, blown with a reed.

BASTARDY, bås'târ-dè, s. An unlawful state of birth, which disables a child from succeeding to an inheritance.

To BASTE, båste. v. a. To beat with a stick ;
to drip butter upon meat on the spit; to sew
slightly.

BASTINADE, bas-te-nades. The act of beat-
BASTINADO, bâs-tè-na'do.

ing with a cudgel; a Turkish punishment of
beating an offender on his feet.
To BASTINADE, bås-te-nåde'.
To BASTINADO, bás-te-ná do

V. a.

To beat.-See LUMBAGO. BASTION, bas'tshån. s. 291. A huge mass of earth, usually faced with sods, standing out from a rampart; a bulwark. BAT, båt. s. A heavy stick.

BAT, båt. s. An animal having the body of a mouse, and the wings of a bird, not with feathers, but with a sort of skin which is extended. It brings forth its young as mice do, and suc kles them.

BAT-FOWLING, bắt f3u-ling. s. Bird-catching in the night-time.

BATABLE, bå'tå-bl. a. 405. Disputable. Bata-
ble ground seems to be the ground heretofore
in question, whether it belonged to England or
Scotland.

BATCH, bâtsh. s. The quantity of bread baked
at a time; any quantity made at once.
BATE, båte. s. Strife, contention.
To BATE, båte. v. a.

To lessen any thing, to price; to lessen a de

retrench; to sink the
mand; to cut off.
BATEFUL, båte fül. a. Contentious.
BATEMENT, båte'mênt. s. Diminution.
BATH, bath. s. 78. A Bath is either hot or cold,
either of art or nature; a vessel of hot water,
in which another is placed that requires a softer
heat than the naked fire; a sort of Hebrew
measure, containing seven gallons and four
pints.

To BATHE, bàтHе. v. a. 467. To wash in a bath;
to supple or soften by the outward application
of warm liquors; to wash with any thing.
To BATHE, bàтне. v. n. To be in the water.
BATING, ba'ting, prep. 410. Except.
BATLET, bát let. s. A square piece of wood
used in beating linen.

BATOON, bå-toon'. s. A staff or club; a trun-
cheon or marshal's staff.
BATTAILOUS, bât'tà-lás. a. Warlike, with mi.
litary appearance.

BATTALIA, båt-tàle'yå. s. 272. The order of

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât;--mè, mêt;-plne, pin ;BATTLE-ARRAY, bât'tl-år-rà. s. Array, or

order of battle. BATTLE-AX, båt'tl-åks. s. A weapon; a bill. BATTLE-DOOR, båt'tl-dore. s. An instrument} with a round handle and a flat blade, to strike a ball or a shuttlecock.

BATTLEMENT, bât'tl-ment. s. A wall with open places to look through or annoy an enemy. BATTY, båt te. a. Belonging to a bat. BAVAROY, bâ-vâ-ròè'. s. A kind of cloke. BAUBEE, baw-bèè'. s. In Scotland, a halfpenny. BAVIN, båvin. s. A stick like those bound up in faggots.

BAWBLE, bawbl. s. 405. A gewgaw, a trifling piece of finery.

BAWBLING, båw'bling. a. 410. Trifling, con-
temptible.

BAWCOCK, båw'kok. s. A fine fellow.
BAWD, båwd. s. A procurer or procuress.
To BAWD, båwd. v. n. To procure.
BAWDILY, båw'dè-lè. ad. Obscenely.
BAWDINESS, båw'dè-nès. s. Obsceneness.
BAWDRICK, båw'drik. s. A belt.
BAWDRY, baw'drè. s. A wicked practice of
bringing whores and rogues together; obscenity.
BAWDY, båw'dè. a. Obscene, unchaste.
BAWDY-HOUSE, båw'dè-house. s. A house
where traffick is made by wickedness and de-
bauchery.

To BAWL, båll. v. n. To hoot, to cry out with
great vehemence; to cry as a froward child.
To BAWL, ball. v. a. To proclaim as a crier.
BAWKEL, bàw'ril. s. 99. A kind of hawk.
BAWSIN, baw'sin. s. A badger.
BAY, bà. a. 920. A colour.

BAY, ba. s. An opening into the land.

BAY, bå. s. The state of any thing surrounded
by enemies.

BAY, bå. s. In architecture, a term used to sig-
nify the divisions of a barn or other buildings.
Bays are from fourteen to twenty feet long.
BAY, bå. s. A tree.

BAY, bå. s. An honorary crown or garland.
To BAY, bà. v. n. To bark as a dog at a thief;
to shut in.

BAY SALT, ba'sålt. s. Salt made of sea water,
evaporated by the heat of the sun.
BAY WINDOW, ba'win'dò. s. A window jutting
outward.-See Bow WINDOW.
BAYARD, ba'yård. s. A bay horse.
BAYONET, ba'van-net. s. A short sword fixed at
the end of a musket.

This word is very frequently pronounced
bagonet, but chiefly by the vulgar.
BDELLIUM, dél'yam. s. An aromatick. gum
brought from the Levant.-See PNEUMATICK.
To BE, bee. v. n. To have some certain state,
condition, quality, as the man is wise: it is the
auxiliary verb by which the verb passive is form-
ed: to exist, to have existence.

BEACH, beetsh. s. 997. The shore, the strand.
BEACHED, bèètsh'èd. a. Exposed to the waves.
BEACHY, beetsh'è. a. Having beaches.
BEACON, be kn. s. 170. Something raised on

an eminence, to be fired on the approach of an enemy; marks erected to direct navigators. BEAD, bede. s. 227. Small globes or balls strung upon a thread, aud used by the Roman Catholicks to count their prayers; little balls worn about the neck for ornament; any globular bodies. BEAD-TREE, hède'trée. s. The nut of this tree is, by religious persons, bored through, and strung as beads, whence it takes its name. BEADLE, be dl. s. 227, 405. A messenger or servitor belonging to a court; a petty officer in parishes.

BEADROLL, beđeʼrôle. s. A catalogue of those who are to be mentioned at prayers. BEADSMAN, béèdz'mân. s. A man employed in praying for another.

BEAGLE, be gl. s. 227, 405. A small hound with which bares are bunted.

BEAK, bèke. s. 227. The bill or horny mouth of a bird; a piece of brass like a beak, fixed at the head of the ancient gallies; any thing ending in a point like a beak.

BEAKED, bè'ked, or bèkt. a. 362. Having a beak.

BEAKER, bekår. s. 98. A cup with a spout in
the form of a bird's beak.

BEAL, bele. s. 227. A whelk or pimple.
BEAM, bème. s. 227. The main piece of timber
that supports the lofts of a house; any large
and long piece of timber; that part of a balance,
to the ends of which the scales are suspended;
a cylindrical piece of wood belonging to the
loom, on which the web is gradually rolled as
it is wove; the ray of light emitted from some
luminous body.

BEAM-TREE, bème'trèè. s. Wildservice.
BEAMY, be'mè. a. Radiant, shining; emitting
beams; having horns or antlers.

BEAN, bène. s. 227. The common garden bean;
the horse bean.

BEAN-CAPER, bène'kå-pår. s. A plant.
To BEAR, båre. v. a. 240. To carry as a burden
to convey or carry; to carry as a mark of au-
thority; to carry as a mark of distinction; to
support, to keep from falling; to carry in the
mind, as love, hate; to endure, as pain, without
sinking; to suffer, to undergo; to produce, as
fruit; to bring forth, as a child; to support any
thing good or bad; to behave; to impel, to urge,
to push; to press; to bear in hand; to amuse
with false pretences, to deceive; to bear off, to
carry away by force; to bear out, to support,
to maintain.

To BEAR, båre. v. n. 73. To suffer pain; to be
patient; to be fruitful or prolifick; to tend, to
be directed to any point; to behave; to be sit-
uated with respect to other places; to bear up,
to stand firm without falling; to bear with, to
endure an unpleasing thing.

BEAR, bare. s. 73. A rough savage animal; the name of two constellations called the Greater and Lesser Bear: in the tail of the Lesser Bear is the Pole star.

BEAR-BIND, bare'bind. s. A species of bind-
weed.

BEAR-FLY, bare'fll. s. An insect.
BEAR-GARDEN, båre'gâr-dn. s. A place in
which bears are kept for sport; any place of
tumult or misrule.

BEAR'S-BREECH, barz'britsh. s. The name
of a plant.

BEAR'S-EAR, bårz'èèr. s. The name of a plant.
The Auricula.

BEAR'S-FOOT, bårz'fat. s. A species of helle
bore.

BEAR'S-WORT, bårz'wårt. s. 165. An herb. BEARD, bèèrd'. s. 228. The hair that grows on the lips and chin; sharp prickles growing upon the ears of corn; a barb on an arrow.

This word, as Dr. Kenrick observes, is frequently pronounced so as to rhyme with herd: but I am of his opinion that this pronunciation is improper. Mr. Scott and Mr. Perry give it both ways. Buchanan sounds it short, like Mr. Sheridan. W. Johnston makes it rhyme with Laird, a Scotch lord: but Mr. Elphinstone, who is the most accurate observer of pronunciation I ever met with, gives it as I have done. The stage has, in my opinion, adopted the short sound of the diphthong without good reason, and in this instance ought not to be followed; as the long sound is not only more agreeable to analogy, but to general usage. I am glad to find my opinion confirmed by so good a judge as Mr. Smith; and though the poets so often sacrifice pronunciation to rhyme, that their authority, in these cases, is not always decisive, yet, as Shakspeare says on another occasion, "They still may help to thicken other proofs "That do demonstrate thinly."-Othello.

-no, mỏve, nôr, nôt ;-tube, tâb, båll ;-ỏîl ;—pôånd ;—thin, THIS.

* Rail'd at their covenant and jeer'd
'Their reverend persons to my beard.”

Hudibras.

Some thin remains of chastity appear'd En under Jove, but Jove without a beard." Dryden. The impropriety of pronouncing this word as it heard on the stage, will, perhaps, appear more perceptible by carrying this pronunciation into the compounds, as the false sound of great may be detected by the phrase Alexander The Great 241.

• Old prophecies foretel our fall at hand,

When bearded men in floating castles land. And as young striplings whip the top for sport, "On the smooth pavement of an empty court, The wooden engine flies and whirls about, ** Admir'd with clamours of the beardless rout.” Dryden. To BEARD, berd. v. a. To take or pluck by the beard; to oppose to the face, BEARDED, berd ed. a. Having a beard; havm; sharp prickles, as corn; barbed, or jagged. BLARDLESS, beerd lès. a. Without a beard;

youthful.

BEARER, båre ́ûr. s. 93. A carrier of any thing; Doe employed in carrying burdens; one who Bears any thing; one who carries the body to the grave; one who supports the pall at a funeral a tree that yields its produce; in architecture, a post or brick wall raised up between the ends of a piece of timber.

BEAKHERD, båre hård. s. A man that tends

BI.ARING, båreing. s. 410. The site or place of any thing with respect to something else; gesture, my n, behaviour.

BEARWARD, båre ward. s. A keeper of bears. BLASI, brest, s. 227. An animal distinguished from birds, insects, fishes, and man; an irrational animal, opposed to man; a brutal sa

vage man.

BRASTLINESS, bèèstlè-nès. s. Brutality. BEASTLY, beeste. a. Brutal, contrary to the nature and dignity of man; having the nature or form of beasts

BEATIFICAL, bè-â-tif'è-kål.
BEATIFICK, bè-å-tifik. 509.

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Blissful. It is used only of heavenly fruitios after death. BEATIFICALLY, bè-å-tîf ́è-kâl-lè. ad. In such a manner as to complete happiness. BEATIFICATION, bè-ât'è-fe-ka'shun. s. Beatification is an acknowledgment made by the Pope, that the person beatified is in heaven, and therefore may be reverenced as blessed. To BEATIFY, be-ât'e-fl. v. a. 183. To bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. BEATING, bete'ing, s. 410. Correction by blows. BEATITUDE, be-ât'e-tàde. s. Blessedness, felicity, happiness; a declaration of blessedness made by our Saviour to particular virtues. BEAU, bo. s. 245, 481. A man of dress. BEAVER, bèè'vår. s. 227, 98. An animal, other

wise named the castor, amphibious, and remarkable for his art in building his habitation; a hat of the best kind; the part of a helmet that covers the face.

BEAVERED, bèè'vård. a. 362. Covered with a beaver.

BEAUISH, boish. a. 245. Befitting a beau, foppish.

BEAUMONDE, bỏ-monde'. s. The fashionable world. Mason.

BEAUTY, ba'tè. s. That assemblage of graces which pleases the eye; a particular grace; a beautiful person.

BEAUTY-SPOT, bu'tè-spôt. s. A spot placed to heighten soine beauty.

BECAFICO, bek-a-fè kò. s. 112. A bird like a nightingale, a fig-pecker.

To BECALM, bé-kam'. v. a. 403. To still the elements; to keep a ship from motion; to quiet the mind.

T BEAT, bete. v. a. 227, 233. To strike, to knock; to punish with stripes; to mark the tame in mack; to give repeated blows; to atike ground, to rouse game; to mix things by Ing and frequent agitation; to batter with engies of war; to make a path by treading it; to conquer, to subdue, to vanquish; to harass, to over-labour; to depress; to deprive by violence to move with fluttering agitation; to heat down, to lessen the price demanded; to bal up; to attack suddenly; to beat the hoof,To BECK, bĉk. v. a. To make a sign with the

Tu wain, to "o on foot.

The past time of this verb is by the English
aformly pronounced like the present. Nay,
except in solemn language, the present, preter-
it and participle are exactly the same; while
the Irish, more agreeably to analogy, as well
utary, pronounce the preterit as the noun
Na wager; and this pronunciation, though
Guntrary to English usage, is quite conforma-
ise to that general tendency observable in the
perter's of irregular verbs, which is to shorten
the vowel that is long in the present, as eat, ate,
6. Art pronounced et ;) hear, heard; deal, dealt;
**; dream, dreamt ; &c.
To HEAT, bite v. n. To move in a pulsatory
maurer; to dash, as a flood or storm; to knock
at a door, to throb, to be in agitation; to fluc-
tate, to be in motion; to try in different ways,
ta amary is, to act upon with violence; to enforce
ly petition

BEAT
A stroke, or a striking.
BEATEN, particip. 103. From BEAT.
BEATER War .. 93. An instrument with
had any thing is beaten, a person much giv

BECAME, bè-kame'. The preterit of Become. BECAUSE, bé-kawz'. conjunct. For this reason; for; on this account.

To BECHANCE, bè-tshanse'. v. n.. To befal, to happen to. 352.

head.

BECK, bek. s. A sign with the head, a nod; a nod of command.

To BECKON, bêk'kn. v. n. 170. To make a sign.

To embrace.

To BECLIP, bé-klip'. v. a.
To BECOME, bé-kam'. v. a. To enter into some
state or condition; to become of, to be the fate
of, to be the end of.

To BECOME, bè-kam'. v. a. To appear in a
manner suitable to something; to be suitable to
the person; to befit.

BECOMING, be-kom'ming. part. a. That
which pleases by an elegant propriety, grace-
ful. 410.

BECOMINGLY, bé-kåm'ming-lè. ad. After a
becoming manner.
BECOMINGNESS, bé-kům'ming-nès. s. Ele-
gant congruity, propriety.

BED, bed. 8. Something made to sleep on ;,
lodging; marriage; bank of earth raised in a
garden; the channel of a river, or any hollow;
the place where any thing is generated; a lay-
er, a stratum; To bring to BED, to deliver of a

I 559.-Fate, får, fäll, fât ;—mè, mêt;-pine, pin ;-
BEECHEN, bee'tshn. a. 103.
the wood of the beech.
BEEF, beef. s.

child; To make the BED, to put the bed in or-
der after it has been used.
To BED, bêd. V. a. To go to bed with; to be
placed in bed; to be made partaker of the bed;
to sow, or plant in earth; to lay in a place of
rest; to lay in order, in strata.

To BED, bed. v. n. To cohabit.

To BEDABBLE, bè-dåb'bl. v. a. To wet, to be-
sprinkle.

To BEDAGGLE, bé-dåg'gl. v. a. To bemine.
To BEDASH, be-dâsh'. v. a. To bespatter.
To BEDAWB, bè-dawb'. v. a. To besinear.
To BEDAZZLE, bè-dâz'zl. v. a. To make the
sight dim by too much lustre.

BEDCHAMBER, bed'tshame-bår. s. The cham-
ber appropriated to rest.

BEDCLOTHES, bed'cloze. s. Coverlets spread over a bed.

BEDDING, bed'ding. s. 410. The materials of a bed.

To BEDECK, bè-dêk'. v. a. To deck, to adorn. To BEDEW, bè-dů'. v. a. To moisten gently, as with fall of dew.

BEDFELLOW, bêd'fêl-lo. s. One that lies in the same bed.

To BEDIGHT, bè-dite'. v. a. To adorn, to

dress.

To BEDIM, bè-dim'. v. a. To obscure, to cloud,

to darken.

Consisting of

The flesh of black cattle prepared for food; an ox, bull, or cow. It has the plural Beeves.

BEEF-EATER, bèèf'è-tår. s. A yeoman of the guard.-Probably a corruption of the French word Beaufetier, one who attends at the sideboard, which was anciently placed in a Beaufet. BEEN, bin. The participle preterit of To be.

This word, in the solemn, as well as the familiar style, has shared the fate of most of those words, which, from their nature, are in the most frequent use. It is scarcely ever heard other. wise than as the noun bin, a repository for corn or wine, and must be placed among those deviations which language is always liable to in such words as are auxiliary or subordinate to others; for, as those parts of bodies which are the most frequently handled grow the soonest smooth by constant friction, so such words as are in continual use seem to wear off their articulations, and become more irregular than others. So low as the age of James the First, I have seen this word spelled_Byn.

BEER, beer. s, Liquor made of malt and hops. BEET, beet. s. The name of a plant. BEETLE, bèè'tl. s. 405. An insect distinguished by having hard cases or sheaths, under which he folds his wings; a heavy mallet. BEETLEBROWED, bee'tl-broad. a. Having prominent brows. 362. A mad-house; a

To dress

To BEDIZEN, be-dl'zn. v. a. 103.
out. A low term.
BEDLAM, bêd'lům. s. 88.
madman.
BEDLAMITE, bêd'låm-ite. s. 155. A madman.
BEDMAKER, bed'må-kår. s. A person in the
universities, whose office it is to make the beds.
BEDMATE, bêd'måte. s. A bedfellow.
BED MOULDING, bed'mold-Ing. s. A particu-
lar moulding.

BEDPOST, bed'post. s. The post at the cor-
ner of the bed, which supports the canopy.
BEDPRESSER, bêd'près-sûr. s. A heavy, lazy

fellow.

To BEDRAGGLE, bè-drâg'gl. v. a. To soil the

clothes. 405.

To BEDRENCH, bè-drênsh'. v. a. To drench, to soak.

BEDRID, bêd'rid. a. Confined to the bed by age

or sickness.

BEDRITE, bêd'rite. s. The privilege of the
marriage bed.

To BEDROP, bè-drôp'. v. a. To besprinkle,
to mark with drops.
BEDSTEAD, bed sted. s. The frame on which
the bed is placed.

BEDSTRAW, bed'straw. s. The straw laid un-
der a bed to make it soft.
BEDSWERVER, bed'swêr-vůr. s. One that is
false to the bed.

BEDTIME, bêd'time. s. The hour of rest.
To BEDUNG, bè-dủng'. v. a. To cover with
dung.

To BEDUST, bè-důst'. v. a. To sprinkle with

dust.

BEDWARD, bêd'wård. ad. Toward bed.
To BEDWARF, bê-dwårf'. v. a. To make little,

BEETLEHEADED, bèè'tl-hêd-êd. a. Logger-
headed, having a stupid head.
BEETLESTOCK, bèè'tl-stôk. s. The handle of
a beetle.
BEETRAVE, bèèt'råve.
s. Beet.
BEET-RADISH, bèèt'râd-ish.
BEEVES, bèèvz. s. Black cattle, oxen.
To BEFALL, bè-fawl'. v. n. To happen to; to
come to pass.

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To BEFIT, bè-fit'. v. a. To suit, to be suitable to. To BEFOOL, bè-fööl'. v. a. To infatuate, to fool.

BEFORE, be-fore'. prep. Further onward in place; in the front of; not behind; in the presence of; under the cognizance of; preceding in time; in preference to; prior to; supe

riour to.

BEFORE, bè-fore'. ad. Sooner than; earlier in time; in time past; in some time lately past; previously to; to this time; hitherto; further onward in place.

BEFOREHAND, bé-före hånd. ad. In a state of
anticipation or preoccupation; previously, by
way of preparation; in a state of accumulation,
or so as that more has been received than ex-
pended; at first, before any thing is done.
BEFORETIME, be-fore thne. ad. Formerly.
To BEFORTUNE, bé-för'tshune. v. n. 461. To
betide.

To BEFOUL, bè'föûl'. v. a. To make foul, to soil.
To favour ;
To BEFRIEND, bè-frénd'. y. a.

to be kind to.

To BEFRINGE, bè-frinje'. v. a.
as with fringes.

To decorate,

To BEG, beg. v. n. To live upon alms.
To BEG, beg. v. a. To ask, to seek by petition;
to take any thing for granted.
To generate; to pro-
To BEGET, be-get'. v. a.
create; to produce, as effects; to produce, as
accidents.

BEGETTER, bè-gêt'tůr. s. 99. He that pro-
creates, or begets.
BEGGAR, beg går. s. 418.

One who lives up. on alms; a petitioner; one who assumes what he does not prove.

To BEGGAR, bēg går. v. a. To reduce to beggary, to impoverish; to deprive; to exhaust. BEGGARLINESS, bèg'gür-lè-nès. 8. The state of being beggarly.

BEGGARI Y, beg går-16. a. Mean, poor, indigent.

མ

—nổ, mỏve, nỗi, nốt ;—tube, tab, bill ;–01;pound ;—thin, THIS.

BEGGARY, beg går-è. 8. Indigence.

To BEGIN, begin'. v. n. To enter upon something new; to commence any action or state; to enter upon existence; to have its original; to take rise; to come into act.

To BEGIN, be-gin'. v. a. To do the first act of any thing; to trace from any thing as the first ground; to begin with; to enter upon. BEGINNER, bè-gla'nür. s. 95. He that gives the first cause, or original, to any thing; an unexperienced attempter.

sound of the vowel, both in the noun and verb; as, proof, prove; wife, wive; thief, thieve, &c. BEHOOVEFUL, bè-hoov 'ful. a. Useful; profitBEHOOVEFULLY, bè-hỏỏv 'fûl-lè. ad. Profitably; usefully.

able.

To BEHOWL, bé-hôûl', v. a. To howl at. BEING, being. s. 410. Existence, opposed to nonentity; a particular state or condition; the person existing.

BEING, being. conjunct. Since.

IT SO, belt-so. A phrase, suppose it to be so; let it be so.

BEGINNING, be-ginning. s. 410. The first origi-||BE nal or cause; the entrance into act or being; the state in which any thing first is; the rudi-To BELABOUR, bè-là'bůr. v. a. To beat; to ments, or first grounds; the first part of any

with fat matter.

To BEGRIME, bè-grime'. v. a. 160. To soil with dirt deep impressed.

To BEGUILF, bè-gyile'. v. a. 160. To impose upon, to delude; to deceive, to evade; to deceive pleasingly, to amuse.

BEGUN, Agan. The part. passive of Begin. BEHALF, bé-håf'. s. 78, 403. Favour, cause; vindication, support.

15 BEHAVE, bé-have'. v. a Tocarry, to conduct. 10 BEHAVE, be-have'. v. n. To act, to conduct one's self.

thump.

BELAMIE, bêl'â-mè. s. A friend, an intimate.
BELAMOUR, bêl ́à-môôr. s. A gallant, consort.
BELATED, bè-la'ted. a. Benighted.
To BELAY, bè-là', v. a. To block up; to stop the
passage; to place in ambush.

To BELCH, belsh. v. n. To eject the wind from
the stomach; to issue out by eructation.
BELCH, belsh. s. 352. The action of eructation,
a cant term for liquor.

BELDAM, bel'dâm. s. 88. An old woman; a hag. To BELEAGUER, bè-lè'går. v. a. To besiege, to block up a place.

BELEAGUERER, bé-lè'går-år. s. One that besieges a place.

BELFLOWER, bêl'flöûr. s. A plant. ||BELFOUNDER, belföün-dür. s. He whose trade it is to found or cast bells.

BELFRY, bělírè. s. The place where the bells

are rung.

To BELIE, bê-li'. v. a. To counterfeit, to feign, to mimick; to give the lie to, to charge with falsehood; to calumniate; to give a false representation of any thing.

BELIEF, bè-leef. s. Credit given to something
which we know not of ourselves; the theologi-
cal virtue of faith, or firm confidence of the
truths of religion; religion, the body of tenets
held; persuasion, opinion; the thing believed;
creed, a form containing the articles of faith.

BEHAVIOUR, bè-håve'yår. s. 294. Manner of
behaving one's self, whether good or bad; ex-
ternal appearance; gesture, manner of action;
egance of manners, gracefulness; conduct,BELIEVABLE, bé-lèè ́vå-bl. a. Credible.
general practice, course of life; tobe upon one's
behavior, a familiar phrase, noting such a state
as requires great caution.

To BEHEAD, be-hed'. v. a. To kill by cutting
of the head.

BEHELD, be-bild'. Particip. passive from

Behold.

BEF MOTH, bé he-moth. s. The hippopotamus,

or river-borse.

LEHEST, -ht'. s. Command.
BEHIND, behind'. prep.-See WIND. At the
bark of another; on the back part; towards
the back; following another; remaining after
the departure of something else; remaining
after the death of those to whom it belonged;
at a distance from something going before; in-
feriour to another.

BEHIND, behind. ad. Backward.
LEHINDHAND, be-hind hånd. ad. In a state in
which reats or profits are anticipated; not upon
equal terms, with regard to forwardness.
7. BEHOLD, behold. v. a. To view, to see.
ETHOLD, be-hold' interject. See, lo.
BEHOLDEN, be-holdn. part. a. 103. Bound in

gratitude

BEHOLDER, be-hol dar. s. Spectator.
LEHOLDING, bé hồng a40. Eeholden.
BEHOLDING, be-holding. part. from the word
Seeing, looking upon.
BEHOOF, be-boots. Profit, advantage.
To BEHOOVE, bê-hôỏv, v. n. To be fit; to be
et. Used only impersonally with it, as it be-

17 This word is sometimes improperly written
bee, and corruptly pronounced as rhyming
with rese: but this contrary to the analogy of
words of this forma: which preserve the same
G

To BELIEVE, bè-lèèv'. v. a. To credit, upon the authority of another; to put confidence in the veracity of any one.

To BELIEVE, bè-lèèv'. v. n. To have a firm persuasion of any thing; to exercise the theological virtue of faith.

BELIEVER, bè-lèè'vår. s. 93. He that believes BELIEVINGLY, bé-lee'ving-lè. ad. After a beor gives credit; a professor of Christianity.

lieving manner.

BELIKE, bè-like'. ad. Probably; likely; per› haps; sometimes in a sense of irony.

BELL, bell. s. A vessel, or hollow body of cast
metal, formed to make a noise by the act of
some instrument striking against it; it is used
for any thing in the form of a bell, as the cups
of flowers.

BELLE, bell. s. A gay young lady.
BELLES LETTRES, bél-léttar. Polite litera-
BELLIGEROUS, bêl-lidje'è-rås. a. 314, 518. Wa-

ture.

ging war.

BELLIGERANT, bêl-lidje'è-rånt. a. 518. Waging

in war.

To BELLOW, bêľ'ld. v. n. 327. To make a noise as a bull; to make any violent outcry; to vociferate, to clamour; to roar as the sea or the wind. BELLOWS, bellas. s. The instrument used to blow the Gre.

The last syllable of this word, like that of Gallows, is corrupted beyond recovery into the sound of lus.

BELLUINE, bêľlü-ine. a. 119. Beastly, brutal.
BELLY, b. s. 182. That part of the human

body which reaches from the breast to the