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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bēr'lĭn or Ber-līn', n. p. 126A four-wheeled carriage, like a chariot, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin, Prussia. Swift.Bēr'līn-blūe, n. p. 126Prussian blue. Ure.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…Bĕr'na-cle, n. p. 126See BARNACLE.Bĕr'nar-dine, a. p. 127Pertaining to St. Bernard, and the monks of the order.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.Ber-nēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 127(Geog.) A citizen or citizens of Berne.Ber-nēseʹ or Ber-nouseʹ, a. p. 127Pertaining to Berne, or its inhabitants. Ber-nouseʹ. See BOURNOUSE.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…Bér'ríed, a. p. 127Furnished with berries. “The berried bryony.” Tennyson.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…Bĕr'ry, v. i. p. 127To bear or produce berries.Bĕr'ry, v. t. p. 127To impregnate with eggs or spawn. “A berried hen.” Travis.Bĕrth, n. p. 127(Naut.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box on the side of the cabin for sleeping in. 3. Official situation, position, or…Bĕrth, v. t. p. 127To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship’s company. Totten.Bĕr'tram, n. p. 127Bastard pellitory, a plant.Bĕr'yl, n. p. 127(Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in green, or bluish-green, six-sided prisms, and consists of silica, alumina, and the rare earth glucina. It is…Bĕr'yl-lĭne, a. p. 127Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green.Be-ry̆l'li-ŭm, n. p. 127Glucinum, which see.Bĕr'yl-loid, n. p. 127(Crystallog.) A solid consisting of two twelve-sided pyramids put base to base, as in the beryl. Dana.Be-sāint', v. t. p. 127To make a saint of. [Obs.] Hammond.Be-sāy'le', n. p. 127A great-grandfather. 2. (Law.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the…Be-scăt'ter, v. t. p. 127To scatter over. [Obs.] Spenser.Be-scórn’, v. t. p. 127To treat with scorn; to mock at. [Obs.] Chaucer.Be-scrātch’, v. t. p. 127To scratch; to tear with the nails. [Obs.] Chaucer.Be-scrawl', v. t. p. 127To scrawl; to scribble over. Milton.Be-screen', v. t. p. 127To cover with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.Be-scrib'ble, v. t. p. 127To scribble over. Milton.Be-seŭm'ber or Be-seŭm'mer, v. t. p. 127To discharge ordure upon; to make filthy. [Obs., and not legitimate.] B. Jonson.Be-see', v. i. p. 127To look; to mind. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Be-seech', v. t. p. 127To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. 2. To ask earnestly for; to solicit; to beg. But Eve fell humble, and besought…Be-seech’er, n. p. 127One who beseeches.Be-seech'ing-ly, adv. p. 127In a beseeching manner.Be-seech'ment, n. p. 127The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. Goodwin.Be-seek', v. t. p. 127To beseech. [Obs.] Chaucer.Be-seem’, v. t. p. 127To seem fit for. [Obs.] But four of them the battle best beseemed. Spenser. 2. To be fit for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God?…Be-seem’, a. p. 127Becoming; fit. [Obs.] Spenser.Be-seem'ing, n. p. 127Comeliness. Barret.Be-seem'ing-ly, adv. p. 127In a beseeming manner.Be-seem'ing-ness, n. p. 127Quality of being beseeming.Be-seem'ly, a. p. 127Fit; suitable; becoming. “In beseemly order.” Shenstone.Be-seen', a. p. 127Adapted; adjusted. [Obs.] Spencer.Be-sĕt’, v. t. p. 127To set or place on, in, or round. “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 stop up, as a…Be-sĕt′ment, n. p. 127The state of being beset, as in ice. [Rare.] “Fearing a besetment.” Kane.Be-sĕt'ting, p. a. p. 127Habitually attending, or pressing; as, a besetting sin.Be-shine', v. t. p. 127To shine upon. [Obs.]Be-shrew', v. t. p. 127To wish a curse to; to execrate. Dryden. 2. To happen ill to. [Obs.] Shak.Be-shroud'ed, a. p. 127Covered with a shroud.Be-shūt', v. t. p. 127To shut up or out. [Obs.] Chaucer.Be-side', prep. p. 127At the side of; on one side of. “Beside him hung his bow.” Milton. 2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of. Enough to put him quite beside his…Be-side' or Be-sides', adv. p. 127More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said to Lot, Hast thou here any besides? Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much…Be-sides', prep. p. 127Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to. See BESIDE, prep. And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine. Gen. xxvi. 1. This word, though radically the same as…Be-siege', v. t. p. 127To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak. Syn.—To beleaguer; beset; environ; hem…Be-siēge'ment, n. p. 127Act of besieging; state of being besieged. Golding.Be-siēg'er, n. p. 127One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege. Swift.Be-siēg'ing-ly, adv. p. 127In a besieging manner.Be-sīt', v. t. p. 127To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.] Spenser.Be-slūb'ber, v. t. p. 127To beslaver.Be-slāve′, v. t. p. 127To subjugate; to enslave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Be-slāv'er, v. t. p. 127To defile with slaver; to beslabber.