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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. Bĕn'zo-ate, n.p. 126(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
  2. Ben-zō'ic, a.p. 126Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. Benzoic acid, or flowers of benzoin, a peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found…
  3. Ben-zoin', n.p. 126A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, &c., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic…
  4. Bĕn'zōle, n.p. 126(Chem.) An oily substance obtained from bituminous coal, consisting of twelve parts of carbon and six of hydrogen. ☞ It has great solvent powers, and is used by manufacturers of india-rubber and…
  5. Bĕn'zo-līne, n.p. 126Same as BENZOLE.
  6. Bēn'zoyl, n.p. 126[N. Lat. & Ger. benzoë, and Gr.
  7. Bēn'zūlep. 126(Chem.) A compound radical, consisting of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.
  8. Be-pāint', v. t.p. 126To paint; to cover with paint. [Obs.] Shak.
  9. Be-pāle', v. t.p. 126To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] Carew.
  10. Be-pinch', v. t.p. 126To pinch or mark with pinches. Chapman.
  11. Be-plas'ter, v. t.p. 126To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub. “Beplastered with rouge.” Goldsmith.
  12. Be-pow'der, v. t.p. 126To powder; to sprinkle or cover with powder.
  13. Be-prāise', v. t.p. 126To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith.
  14. Be-prōse', v. t.p. 126To reduce to prose. [Rare.] “To beprose all rhyme.” Mallet.
  15. Be-pŭffed', a.p. 126Puffed.
  16. Be-pûr'ple, v. t.p. 126To tinge or dye with a purple color. Digges.
  17. Be-quēath', v. t.p. 126To give or leave by will; to give by testament; — said of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak. 2. To hand down; to transmit. “To bequeath posterity somewhat…
  18. Be-quēath'a-ble, a.p. 126Capable of being bequeathed.
  19. Be-quēath'al, n.p. 126A bequest. [Obs.] Fuller.
  20. Be-quēath'er, n.p. 126One who bequeaths.
  21. Be-quēath'ment, n.p. 126The act of bequeathing; a bequest.
  22. Be-quĕst’, v. t.p. 126To bequeath or leave. [Obs.] “All I have to bequest.” Gascoigne.
  23. Be-quēst’, n.p. 126(Law.) Something left by will, appropriately personal property; a legacy.
  24. Be-quōte', v. t.p. 126To quote constantly or with great frequency.
  25. Be-rāft'p. 126Same as BEREFT. [Obs.]
  26. Be-rāin', v. t.p. 126To rain upon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  27. Be-rāte', v. t.p. 126To rate, or chide, vehemently; to scold.
  28. Be-rāt'tle, v. t.p. 126To scold vociferously; to fill with rattling sounds or noise. Shak.
  29. Be-rāy', v. t.p. 126To make foul, to soil. [Obs.] Milton.
  30. Bēr'ber-ine, n.p. 126(Chem.) A yellow, bitter substance, obtained from the alcoholic solution of the extract of the root of the barberry.
  31. Bēr'ber·ry, n.p. 126See BARBERRY.
  32. Bēr'dāsh, n.p. 126A kind of neckcloth formerly used in England. “A treatise against the cravat and berdash.” Steele.
  33. Bēre, n.p. 126A species of barley. [Scottish.] Gray.
  34. Be-rē'an, n.p. 126(Eccl. Hist.) One of an obscure sect of seceders from the Scottish establishment, originating in the exclusion of a John Barclay from a church-living. They took the name in allusion to the Bereans…
  35. Be-rēave', v. t.p. 126To make destitute; to deprive; to strip;—with of before the thing taken away. You have bereft me of all words. Shak. The heart bereft of the living originals. E. Everett. 2. To take away from. All…
  36. Be-rēave'ment, n.p. 126The state of being bereaved; deprivation; as, a severe bereavement.
  37. Be-rēav'er, n.p. 126One who bereaves, or deprives another of something valued.
  38. Be-rēft', p. p.p. 126of bereave.
  39. Be-regé', n.p. 126See BAREGE.
  40. Bēr'en-gā'ri-an, n.p. 126(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which followed Berengarius, archdeacon of St. Mary at Anjou, who denied the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
  41. Bērg, n.p. 126A burg or borough. See BURGH. 2. A large mass or mountain of ice. “Glittering bergs of ice.” Tennyson.
  42. Bēr'ga-mōt, n.p. 126(Bot.) A species of the genus Citrus, or of the orange-tree family (C. bergamia), having a pear-shaped fruit of fine taste and odor, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is…
  43. Bĕr'gan-der, n.p. 126(Ornith.) A species of duck (Anas tadorna), called also shell-drake. It is said to burrow and breed in holes under cliffs.
  44. Bēr'ger-ēt, n.p. 126A pastoral song. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  45. Bērgh, n.p. 126A hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  46. Bērg'mās-ter, n.p. 126The bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners. Johnson.
  47. Bĕrg'mēal, n.p. 126(Min.) An earthy substance, occurring in Sweden, and resembling fine flour; it is composed of the shells of infusoria, and sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of…
  48. Bērg'mōte, n.p. 126A court held on a hill in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. Blount.
  49. Be-rhyme', v. t.p. 126To mention in rhyme or verse;—used in contempt. Shak.
  50. Bēr'lĭn or Ber-līn', n.p. 126A four-wheeled carriage, like a chariot, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin, Prussia. Swift.
  51. Bēr'līn-blūe, n.p. 126Prussian blue. Ure.
  52. Bērme, n.p. 126(Fort.) A narrow space, two, three, or more feet wide, left at the foot of the exterior slope of the parapet, to retain earth that may slide down the bank. Campbell. 2. The bank of a canal opposite…
  53. Bĕr'na-cle, n.p. 126See BARNACLE.
  54. Bĕr'nar-dine, a.p. 127Pertaining to St. Bernard, and the monks of the order.
  55. Bĕr'nar-dine, n.p. 127One of an order of monks founded by Robert, abbot of Moleme, and reformed by St. Bernard. The order originated about the beginning of the twelfth century.
  56. Ber-nēse', n. sing. & pl.p. 127(Geog.) A citizen or citizens of Berne.
  57. Ber-nēseʹ or Ber-nouseʹ, a.p. 127Pertaining to Berne, or its inhabitants. Ber-nouseʹ. See BOURNOUSE.
  58. Bēr'o-e, n.p. 127(Zoöl.) A small marine animal, of the class Medusæ or Acalephæ, having an oval or globular body, of a transparent, gelatinous consistence. It is among the animals that produce the phosphorescence of…
  59. Bér'ríed, a.p. 127Furnished with berries. “The berried bryony.” Tennyson.
  60. Bĕr'ry, n.p. 127(Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, and contains seeds scattered throughout it, as the strawberry, currant, &c. 2. A mound. [For barrow.] W. Browne. 3. One of the ova or eggs…