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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Be-wĭtch'ful, a. p. 130Alluring; fascinating. Milton.Be-wĭtch'ing-ly, adv. p. 130In a manner to bewitch; in a fascinating manner. Halliwell.Be-wĭtch'ing-ness, n. p. 130Quality of being bewitching. Browne.Be-witch'ment, n. p. 130The power of charming; fascination. Shak.Bē'wits, n. pl. p. 130Straps of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs. Booth.Be-wŏn'dered, a. p. 130Filled with wonder. [Obs.] Sidney.Be-wrăp', v. t. p. 130To wrap up. “Bewrapped with flowers.” Fairfax.Be-wrāy', v. t. p. 130See BERAY.Be-wrāy', v. t. p. 130To disclose perfidiously; to betray; to show or make visible. [Obs.] Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.Be-wrāy'er, n. p. 130One who bewrays or divulges; a betrayer. [Obs.] Addison.Be-wrāy'ing-ly, adv. p. 130In a manner to bewray.Be-wrāy'ment, n. p. 130Act of bewraying. [Obs.]Be-wrĕck', v. t. p. 130To ruin; to destroy. [Obs.]Be-wrēke', v. t. p. 130To pursue with a view to punishment or revenge. [Obs.] Berners.Be-wrôught', a. p. 130Worked as with thread; embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson.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.Bey'lie, n. p. 130The province which is ruled by a bey. Sir G. Temple.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…Be-yŏnd', adv. p. 130At a distance; yonder. Spenser.Bĕz'an, n. p. 130A cotton cloth from Bengal, white or striped. Simmonds.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.Be-zănt'ler, n. p. 130The second antler of a stag. Wright.Bĕz'el, n. p. 130The part of a ring which encompasses and fastens the stone. Bailey.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. ☞…Bĕz'o-är'dic, a. p. 130Pertaining to or compounded of bezoar.Bĕz'o-är'dic, n. p. 130A medicine compounded with bezoar. Bezoardics are necessary to promote sweat. Floyer.Bĕz'o-är'tic or Bĕz'o-är'tic-al, a. p. 130Having the qualities of an antidote. [Obs.]Bĕ'zōar-gōat, n. p. 130A species of gazelle; — so called from producing the bezoar.Be-zō'ni-an, n. p. 130A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar. “Men often die by vile bezonians.” Shak.Bĕz'zle, v. t. p. 130To waste in riot; to drink to excess. [Obs.] See EMBEZZLE. Milton.Bhăng p. 130See BANGUE.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…Bī-ăç'id, a. p. 130Capable of combining with two parts or equivalents of acid.Bī'a-cū'mi-nate, a. p. 130(Bot.) Having points or extremities in two directions. Henslow.Bi-ăn'gū-late or Bi-ăn'gū-lā'ted or Bi-ăn'gū-lous, a. p. 130Having two angles or corners. [Rare.]Bī-ăn'ther-ĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 130(Bot.) Having or producing two anthers.Bī'är-tĭc'ū-late, a. p. 130(Entom.) Consisting of two joints. Brande.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…Bī'as, a. p. 130Sloping. [Obs.] Shak.Bī'as, adv. p. 130In a slanting manner; crosswise; athwart; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.Bī'as, v. t. p. 130To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to prejudice; to prepossess. Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.…Bī'as-ness, n. p. 130Inclination to some side. [Obs.]Bī'au-rĭc'ū-late, a. p. 130(Compar. Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammalia, birds, and reptiles. Brande. 2. (Bot.) Having two ear-like projections at the base of a leaf. Gray.Bī-ăx'al or Bī-ăx'i-al, a. p. 130(Opt.) Having two axes; as, bi-axal polarization. Brewster.Bĭb, n. p. 130A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast. Cowper.Bib, v. i. p. 130To drink frequently; to tipple. [Rare.] “He was constantly bibbing.” Locke.Bĭ-bā'ciōus, a. p. 130Addicted to drinking; disposed to imbibe. [Rare.]Bī-bāc'i-ty, n. p. 130The quality of drinking much. [Obs.]Bī-bā'sic, a. p. 130(Chem.) Capable of combining with two parts or equivalents of a base; or containing two equivalents of a base to one equivalent of acid. Gregory.Bib'ber, n. p. 130A man given to drinking; a tippler;— chiefly used in composition; as, wine-bibber.Bib’ble-bāb’ble, n. p. 130Idle talk; prating to no purpose. [Obs. and low.] Shak.Bī'bi-o, n. p. 130(Entom.) A genus of small dipterous insects, of the family Tipulidæ, found in damp, marshy places, and of slow flight. Baird.Bib'i-to-ry, a. p. 130Of, or pertaining to, tippling.Bī’ble, n. p. 130THE Book, by way of eminence; the sacred volume, in which are contained the revelations of God, the principles of Christian faith, and the rules of practice; the Old and New Testaments; the…Bib'ler, n. p. 130A great drinker; a tippler.Bib'li-cal, a. p. 130Pertaining to the Bible, or to the sacred writings. “Biblical learning.” Newcomb.Bib'li-căl'i-ty, n. p. 130Something relating to the Bible. [Rare.] Carlyle.Bib'li-cal-ly, adv. p. 130According to the Bible.Bib'li-cism, n. p. 130Learning or literature relating to the Bible.Bib'li-cist, n. p. 130One skilled in the knowledge and interpretation of the Bible.