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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Be-bleed', v. t.p. 118To make bloody. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. Be-blöod′, v. t.p. 118To make bloody.
  3. Be-blōod'yp. 118Sheldon.
  4. Be-blŏt', v. t.p. 118To blot; to stain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  5. Be-blŭb'bered, a.p. 118Foul or swelled with weeping. North.
  6. Bĕc'a-fī'co, n.p. 118(Ornith.) A small bird (Silvia hortensis) which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, &c.
  7. Be-cālm’, v. t.p. 118To render calm or quiet; to appease; to still. “Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.” Philips. 2. To keep from motion, as a ship by want of wind.
  8. Be-cāme', imp.p. 119of become. See BECOME.
  9. Be-cause', conj.p. 119By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Freely we serve, because we freely love. Milton. Because of, by reason of, on account of. [prep.] The spirit is life, because of…
  10. Bē'ca-būn'gā, n.p. 119See BROOKLIME.
  11. Bĕch'a-mel, n.p. 119(Cookery.) A kind of fine, white broth or sauce, thickened with cream. Cooley.
  12. Be-chănçe', v. t.p. 119To befall; to happen to. What hath bechanced them? Shak.
  13. Be-chānçe', adv.p. 119By chance; by accident. Grafton.
  14. Be-chārm', v. t.p. 119To charm; to captivate. Beau. & Fl.
  15. Beche de Mer, n.p. 119(Zoöl.) The sea-slug or trepang, a species of Holothuria, much esteemed as a culinary delicacy among the Chinese. Baird.
  16. Bē'chĭc, n.p. 119A medicine for relieving coughs. [Obs.] Quincy.
  17. Bĕck, n.p. 119A small brook. “The brooks, the becks, the rills.” Drayton. [I have] watched The beck roll glittering to the noon-tide sun. Southey.
  18. Bĕck, n.p. 119A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, as a call or command.
  19. Bĕck, v. i.p. 119To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. Drayt. m.
  20. Bēck, v. t.p. 119To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
  21. Bĕck'et, n.p. 119(Naut.) A contrivance to confine loose ropes, tackles, or spars, as a large hook, a rope with an eye at one end, &c. Totten. 2. A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
  22. Bĕck-hār'man, n.p. 119A constable. [Obs. and low.] B. Jonson.
  23. Bĕck'on, v. i.p. 119To make a sign to another, by nodding, or a motion of the hand or finger, &c., intended as a hint or intimation. Stood and beckoned at the doorway. Longfellow.
  24. Bĕck'on, v. t.p. 119To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon. His distant friends he beckons near. Dryden.
  25. Bĕck'on, n.p. 119A sign made without words; a beck. [Rare.] “At the first beckon.” Bolingbroke.
  26. Be-clĭp', v. t.p. 119To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wickliffe.
  27. Be-cloud', v. t.p. 119To cause obscurity or dimness to; to overshadow. “If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye.” Quarles.
  28. Be-cŏme' (-kŭm'), v. i.p. 119To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a…
  29. Be-cōme', v. t.p. 119To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; — usually said of things, but sometimes of persons. If I…
  30. Be-côm'ing, a.p. 119Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. “A low and becoming tone.” Thackeray. Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden.
  31. Be-côm'ing, n.p. 119Something worn as an ornament. [Obs.] Shak.
  32. Be-côm'ing-ly, adv.p. 119After a becoming or proper manner.
  33. Be-côm'ing-ness, n.p. 119The state or quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. “The becomingness of human nature.” Grew.
  34. Be-crĭp'ple, v. t.p. 119To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. [Rare.]
  35. Be-cûrl', v. t.p. 119To curl. [Obs.]
  36. Bĕd, n.p. 119An article of furniture to sleep or take rest on; — usually a sack filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead or framework on which it is placed. 2. Matrimonial connection…
  37. Bĕd, v. t.p. 119To place in a bed. [Obs.] “She was . . . solemnly bedded.” Bacon. 2. To make partaker of the bed. [Obs.] “I’ll . . . never bed her.” Shak. 3. To plant and inclose or cover; to set or lay and inclose…
  38. Bĕd, v. i.p. 119To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.
  39. Be-dăb’ble, v. t.p. 119To sprinkle or wet with moisture. Shak.
  40. Be-dâff, v. t.p. 119To make a fool of. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  41. Bĕd'a-găt, n.p. 119The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.
  42. Be-dăg'gle, v. t.p. 119To soil, as clothes, by drawing the ends in the mud, or spattering them with dirty water. Johnson.
  43. Be-dāre′, v. t.p. 119To dare; to defy. [Obs.] Peele.
  44. Be-dārk', v. t.p. 119To make dark; to darken. [Obs.] Gower.
  45. Be-dăsh', v. t.p. 119To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquor upon; to bespatter. “Trees bedashed with rain.” Shak.
  46. Be-dăub', v. t.p. 119To daub over; to besmear or soil with any thing thick and dirty. “bedaub fair designs with a foul varnish.” Barrow.
  47. Be-dăz'zle, v. t.p. 119To dazzle or make dim by too strong a light. “Bedazzled with the sun.” Shak.
  48. Be-dăz'zling-ly, adv.p. 119So as to bedazzle.
  49. Bĕd'-bŭg, n.p. 119An offensive bug (Cimex lectularius) which infests beds. Baird.
  50. Běd'-chăir, n.p. 119A chair for the sick, with a movable back, to sustain them while sitting up in bed.
  51. Bĕd'-chăm'ber, n.p. 119A chamber for a bed. Shak.
  52. Bĕd'clōthes, n. pl.p. 119Blankets, sheets, coverlets, &c., for a bed. Shak.
  53. Bĕd'der or Be-dĕt'ter, n.p. 119The nether stone of an oil mill. Chalmers.
  54. Bĕd'ding, n.p. 119A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast. Spenser. 2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. Dana.
  55. Be-dĕād′, v. t.p. 119To make dead; to kill. [Obs.]
  56. Be-dĕck′, v. t.p. 119To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. “Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands.” Pennant.
  57. Bĕd'e-guār, n.p. 119A hairy or spongy substance on rose-bushes, produced by the puncture of certain insects, and once supposed to have valuable medicinal properties. Booth.
  58. Bēde'-house, n.p. 119See BEAD HOUSE.
  59. Bē'del, n.p. 119Same as BEADLE, q. v.
  60. Bē'del-ry, n.p. 119The extent of a bedel's or beadle's office. Blount.