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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-wāil'a-ble, a.p. 129Capable or worthy of being bewailed.
  2. Be-wāil'er, n.p. 129One who bewails or laments.
  3. Be-wāil'ing, n.p. 129The act of lamenting. Raleigh.
  4. Be-wāil'ing-ly, adv.p. 129In a mournful manner.
  5. Be-wāil'ment, n.p. 129The act of bewailing.
  6. Be-wāke', v. t.p. 129To keep awake. [Obs.] Gower.
  7. Be-ware', v. i.p. 129To restrain or guard one’s self; hence, to be cautious; to take care; to take heed; — followed by of before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man. Pope. 2. To have a…
  8. Be-wâre', v. t.p. 130To avoid; to take care of. [Obs.] “To wish them beware the son.” Milton.
  9. Be-wash', v. t.p. 130To drench or souse with water. “Let the maids bewash the men.” Herrick.
  10. Be-weep′, v. t.p. 130To weep over; to bedew with tears. [Obs.] “His timeless death beweeping.” Drayton.
  11. Be-weep', v. i.p. 130To make lamentation; to express grief. [Rare.] Shak.
  12. Be-wĕt', v. t.p. 130To wet or moisten. [Obs.] Gay.
  13. Be-whōre', v. t.p. 130To corrupt with regard to chastity. Beau. & Fl. 2. To pronounce a whore. Shak.
  14. Be-wil'der, v. t.p. 130To lead into perplexity or confusion; to lose in pathless places; to confound for want of a plain road; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.…
  15. Be-wĭl'dered-ness, n.p. 130State of being bewildered.
  16. Be-wĭl'der-ing-ly, adv.p. 130So as to bewilder.
  17. Be-wĭl'der-ment, n.p. 130State of being bewildered.
  18. Be-wĭn'ter, v. t.p. 130To make like winter. [Obs.] Cowley.
  19. Be-wĭtch', v. t.p. 130To charm or fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden. 2. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantation; to…
  20. Be-wĭtch'ed-ness, n.p. 130State of being bewitched. [Obs.] Gauden.
  21. Be-wĭtch'er, n.p. 130One who bewitches or fascinates.
  22. Be-wĭtch'er-y, n.p. 130The resistless power of any thing that pleases; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
  23. Be-wĭtch'ful, a.p. 130Alluring; fascinating. Milton.
  24. Be-wĭtch'ing-ly, adv.p. 130In a manner to bewitch; in a fascinating manner. Halliwell.
  25. Be-wĭtch'ing-ness, n.p. 130Quality of being bewitching. Browne.
  26. Be-witch'ment, n.p. 130The power of charming; fascination. Shak.
  27. Bē'wits, n. pl.p. 130Straps of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs. Booth.
  28. Be-wŏn'dered, a.p. 130Filled with wonder. [Obs.] Sidney.
  29. Be-wrăp', v. t.p. 130To wrap up. “Bewrapped with flowers.” Fairfax.
  30. Be-wrāy', v. t.p. 130See BERAY.
  31. Be-wrāy', v. t.p. 130To disclose perfidiously; to betray; to show or make visible. [Obs.] Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.
  32. Be-wrāy'er, n.p. 130One who bewrays or divulges; a betrayer. [Obs.] Addison.
  33. Be-wrāy'ing-ly, adv.p. 130In a manner to bewray.
  34. Be-wrāy'ment, n.p. 130Act of bewraying. [Obs.]
  35. Be-wrĕck', v. t.p. 130To ruin; to destroy. [Obs.]
  36. Be-wrēke', v. t.p. 130To pursue with a view to punishment or revenge. [Obs.] Berners.
  37. Be-wrôught', a.p. 130Worked as with thread; embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  38. Bey, n.p. 130A governor of a town or particular district of country in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince; — the same as BEG. See BEG.
  39. Bey'lie, n.p. 130The province which is ruled by a bey. Sir G. Temple.
  40. Be-yŏnd′, prep.p. 130On the further side of; on the most distant side of, and at any indefinite distance from that side. “Beyond that flaming hill.” G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing…
  41. Be-yŏnd', adv.p. 130At a distance; yonder. Spenser.
  42. Bĕz'an, n.p. 130A cotton cloth from Bengal, white or striped. Simmonds.
  43. Be-zănt', n.p. 130A gold coin of Byzantium. See BYZANT. Brande. 2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.
  44. Be-zănt'ler, n.p. 130The second antler of a stag. Wright.
  45. Bĕz'el, n.p. 130The part of a ring which encompasses and fastens the stone. Bailey.
  46. Bĕ'zōar, n.p. 130A calculous concretion found in the stomach of certain ruminant animals, formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote to poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. ☞…
  47. Bĕz'o-är'dic, a.p. 130Pertaining to or compounded of bezoar.
  48. Bĕz'o-är'dic, n.p. 130A medicine compounded with bezoar. Bezoardics are necessary to promote sweat. Floyer.
  49. Bĕz'o-är'tic or Bĕz'o-är'tic-al, a.p. 130Having the qualities of an antidote. [Obs.]
  50. Bĕ'zōar-gōat, n.p. 130A species of gazelle; — so called from producing the bezoar.
  51. Be-zō'ni-an, n.p. 130A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar. “Men often die by vile bezonians.” Shak.
  52. Bĕz'zle, v. t.p. 130To waste in riot; to drink to excess. [Obs.] See EMBEZZLE. Milton.
  53. Bhăngp. 130See BANGUE.
  54. Bi.p. 130In most branches of science, bi in composition denotes two, twice, doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, &c. 2. (Chem.) Bi in composition denotes that the compound contains…
  55. Bī-ăç'id, a.p. 130Capable of combining with two parts or equivalents of acid.
  56. Bī'a-cū'mi-nate, a.p. 130(Bot.) Having points or extremities in two directions. Henslow.
  57. Bi-ăn'gū-late or Bi-ăn'gū-lā'ted or Bi-ăn'gū-lous, a.p. 130Having two angles or corners. [Rare.]
  58. Bī-ăn'ther-ĭf'er-oŭs, a.p. 130(Bot.) Having or producing two anthers.
  59. Bī'är-tĭc'ū-late, a.p. 130(Entom.) Consisting of two joints. Brande.
  60. Bī'as, n.p. 130A weight on the side of a bowl which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will in all probability swerve away. W. Scott. 2. A…