BEQUEATHING — BESPATTERED

BEQUEATHING — BESPATTERED NWAD BEQUEATHING.1

BEQUEATHING, ppr. Giving or devising by testament. NWAD BEQUEATHING.1

BEQUEATHMENT, n. The act of bequeathing; a bequest. NWAD BEQUEATHMENT.1

BEQUEST, n. Something left by will; a legacy. NWAD BEQUEST.1

BERAIN, v.t. To rain upon. [Not in use.] NWAD BERAIN.1

BERATE, v.t. [be and rate.] To chide vehemently; to scold. NWAD BERATE.1

BERATTLE, v.t. [be and rattle.] To fill with rattling sounds or noise. NWAD BERATTLE.1

BERAY, v.t. To make foul; to soil. [Not in use.] NWAD BERAY.1

BERBERRY, n. [L. berberis.] [See Barberry.] NWAD BERBERRY.1

BERE, n. The name of a species of barley in Scotland. NWAD BERE.1

BEREAVE, v.t. pret. bereaved, bereft; pp. bereaved, bereft. NWAD BEREAVE.1

1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away. NWAD BEREAVE.2

Me have ye bereaved of my children. Genesis 42:36. NWAD BEREAVE.3

It is sometimes used without of, and is particularly applied to express the loss of friends by death. NWAD BEREAVE.4

2. To take away from. NWAD BEREAVE.5

BEREAVED, pp. Deprived; stripped and left destitute. NWAD BEREAVED.1

BEREAVEMENT, n. Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death. NWAD BEREAVEMENT.1

BEREAVING, ppr. Stripping bare; depriving. NWAD BEREAVING.1

BEREFT, pp. of bereave. Deprived; made destitute. NWAD BEREFT.1

BERENGARIANISM, n. The opinions or doctrines of Berengarius, archdeacon of St. Mary at Anjou, and of his followers, who deny the reality of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist. NWAD BERENGARIANISM.1

BERG, n. A borough; a town that sends burgesses to Parliament; a castle. [See Burg.] NWAD BERG.1

BERGAMOT, n. NWAD BERGAMOT.1

1. A species of pear. NWAD BERGAMOT.2

2. A species of citron, at first casually produced by an Italian, who grafted a citron on the stock of a bergamot pear tree. The fruit has a fine taste and smell, and its essential oil is in high esteem as a perfume. This oil is extracted from the yellow rind of the fruit. Hence, NWAD BERGAMOT.3

3. An essence or perfume from the citron thus produced. NWAD BERGAMOT.4

4. A species of snuff perfumed with bergamot. NWAD BERGAMOT.5

5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured with flocks of wool, silk, cotton, hemp and ox or goat’s hair, said to have been invented at Bergamo in Italy. NWAD BERGAMOT.6

BERGANDER, n. [berg, a cliff] A burrow duck; a duck that breeds in holes under cliffs. NWAD BERGANDER.1

BERGERET, n. A song. [Not used.] NWAD BERGERET.1

BERGMANITE, n. [from Bergman, the mineralogist.] NWAD BERGMANITE.1

A mineral classed with scapolite, in the family of felspath. It occurs massive, with gray and red quartz in Norway. Its colors are greenish and grayish white. NWAD BERGMANITE.2

BERGMASTER, n. The bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners. NWAD BERGMASTER.1

BERGMOTE, n. A court held on a hill in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between the miners. NWAD BERGMOTE.1

BERHYME, v.t. [be and rhyme.] To mention in rhyme or verse; used in contempt. NWAD BERHYME.1

BERLIN, n. A vehicle of the chariot kind, supposed to have this name from berlin, the chief city of Prussia, where it was first made, or from the Italian berlina, a sort of state or pillory, and a coach. NWAD BERLIN.1

BERLUCCIO, n. A small bird, somewhat like the yellow hammer, but less and more slender. NWAD BERLUCCIO.1

BERME, n. In fortification, a space of ground of three, four or five feet in width, left between the rampart and the moat or foss, designed to receive the ruins of the rampart, and prevent the earth from filling the foss. Sometimes, it is palisaded, and in Holland, it is generally planted with quick-set hedge. NWAD BERME.1

BERNACLE, [See Barnacle.] NWAD BERNACLE.1

BERNARDINE, a. Pertaining to St. Bernard, and the monks of the order. NWAD BERNARDINE.1

BERNARDINS, n. An order of monks, founded by Robert, abbot of Moleme, and reformed by St. Bernard. The order originated about the beginning of the 12th century. They wear a white robe, with a black scapulary; and when they officiate, they are clothed with a large white gown, with great sleeves, and a hood of the same color. NWAD BERNARDINS.1

BEROB, v.t. [be and rob.] To rob. [Not in use.] NWAD BEROB.1

BEROE, n. A marine animal of an oval or spherical form, nearly an inch in diameter, and divided into longitudinal ribs, like a melon. NWAD BEROE.1

BERRIED, a. Furnished with berries. NWAD BERRIED.1

BERRY, n. NWAD BERRY.1

1. A succulent or pulpy fruit, containing naked seeds. Or in more technical language, a succulent pulpy pericarp, or seed vessel, without valves, containing several seeds, which are naked, that is, which have no covering but the pulp and rind. It is commonly round or oval. This botanical definition includes the orange and other like fruits. But in popular language, berry extends only to the smaller fruits, as strawberry, gooseberry, etc., containing seeds or granules. NWAD BERRY.2

2. A mound. [for barrow.] NWAD BERRY.3

BERRY, v.i. To bear or produce berries. NWAD BERRY.4

BERRY-BEARING, a. Producing berries. NWAD BERRY-BEARING.1

BERT [Eng. bright.] [See Bright.] NWAD BERT.1

BERTH, n. [from the root of bear.] NWAD BERTH.1

1. A station in which a ship rides at anchor, comprehending the space in which she ranges. In more familiar usage, the word signifies any situation or place, where a vessel lies or can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf. NWAD BERTH.2

2. A room or apartment in a ship, where a number of officers or men mess and reside. NWAD BERTH.3

3. The box or place for sleeping at the sides of a cabin; the place for a hammoc, or a repository for chests, etc. NWAD BERTH.4

To berth, in seamen’s language, is to allot to each man a place for his hammoc. NWAD BERTH.5

BERTRAM, n. [L. pyrethrum, said to be from fire, from its acrid quality.] NWAD BERTRAM.1

Bastard pellitory, a plant. NWAD BERTRAM.2

BERYL, n. [L. beryllus; Eng. brilliant.] NWAD BERYL.1

A mineral, considered by Cleaveland as a subspecies of Emerald. Its prevailing color is green of various shades, but always pale. Its crystals are usually longer and larger than those of the precious emerald, and its structure more distinctly foliated. It is harder than the apatite, with which it has been confounded; harder and less heavy than the pycnite. The best beryls are found in Brazil, in Siberia and Ceylon, and in Dauria, on the frontiers of China. They are found in many parts of the United States. NWAD BERYL.2

BERYL-CRYSTAL, n. A species of imperfect crystal, of a very pure, clear, and equal texture. It is always of the figure of a long and slender column, irregularly hexangular, and tapering at the top. Its color is a pale brown, of a fine transparency. NWAD BERYL-CRYSTAL.1

BERYLLINE, a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green. NWAD BERYLLINE.1

BESAINT, v.t. [be and saint.] To make a saint. [Not in use.] NWAD BESAINT.1

BESAYLE, n. A great grandfather. NWAD BESAYLE.1

If the abatement happened on the death of one’s grandfather or grandmother, a writ of ayle lieth; if on the death of the great grandfather, then a writ of besayle; but if it mounts one degree higher, to the tresayle, or grandfather’s grandfather, etc., the writ is called a writ of cosinage, or de consanguineo. NWAD BESAYLE.2

BESCATTER, v.t. [be and scatter.] To scatter over. [Not used.] NWAD BESCATTER.1

BESCORN, v.t. [be and scorn.] To treat with scorn; to mock at. [Not used.] NWAD BESCORN.1

BESCRATCH, v.t. [be and scratch.] To scratch; to tear with the nails. [Not in use.] NWAD BESCRATCH.1

BESCRAWL, v.t. [be and scrawl.] To scrawl; to scribble over. NWAD BESCRAWL.1

BESCREEN, v.t. [be and screen.] To cover with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. NWAD BESCREEN.1

BESCREENED, pp. Covered; sheltered; concealed. NWAD BESCREENED.1

BESCRIBBLE, v.t. To scribble over. NWAD BESCRIBBLE.1

BESCUMBER, v.t. [from cumber.] To encumber. [Not legitimate nor used.] NWAD BESCUMBER.1

BESEE, v.i. [be and see.] To look; to mind. [Not in use.] NWAD BESEE.1

BESEECH, v.t. pret. and pp. besought. NWAD BESEECH.1

To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to ask or pray with urgency; followed by a person; as, “I Paul beseech you by the meekness of Christ,” 2 Corinthians 10:1; or by a thing; as, I beseech your patience. NWAD BESEECH.2

BESEECHER, n. One who beseeches. NWAD BESEECHER.1

BESEECHING, ppr. Entreating. NWAD BESEECHING.1

BESEEK, v.t. to beseech. [Not used.] NWAD BESEEK.1

BESEEM, v.t. [be and seem.] To become; to be fit for, or worthy of; to be decent for. NWAD BESEEM.1

What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to god? NWAD BESEEM.2

BESEEMING, ppr. or a. Becoming; fit; worthy of. NWAD BESEEMING.1

BESEEMING, n. Comeliness. NWAD BESEEMING.2

BESEEMLY, a. Becoming; fit; suitable. NWAD BESEEMLY.1

BESEEN, a. Adapted; adjusted. [Not used.] NWAD BESEEN.1

BESET, v.t. pret. and pp. beset. NWAD BESET.1

1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. Hence, NWAD BESET.2

2. To press on all sides, so as to perplex; to entangle, so as to render escape difficult or impossible. NWAD BESET.3

Adam sore beset replied. NWAD BESET.4

3. To waylay. NWAD BESET.5

4. To fall upon. NWAD BESET.6

BESETTING, ppr. Surrounding; besieging; waylaying. NWAD BESETTING.1

BESETTING, a. Habitually attending, or pressing; as a besetting sin. NWAD BESETTING.2

BESHINE, v.t. To shine upon. [Not used.] NWAD BESHINE.1

BESHREW, v.t. [be and shrew.] To wish a curse to; to execrate. NWAD BESHREW.1

1. To happen ill to. [Not in use.] NWAD BESHREW.2

BESHUT, v.t. To shut up. [Not used.] NWAD BESHUT.1

BESIDE, prep. [be and side, by the side.] NWAD BESIDE.1

1. At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream. NWAD BESIDE.2

2. Over and above; distinct from. NWAD BESIDE.3

Beside all this, between us and you, there is a great gulf fixed. Luke 16:26. NWAD BESIDE.4

3. On one side; out of the regular course or order; not according to, but not contrary. NWAD BESIDE.5

It is beside my present business to enlarge upon this speculation. NWAD BESIDE.6

4. Out of; in a state deviating from; as, to put one beside his patience. Hence, NWAD BESIDE.7

5. With the reciprocal pronoun, beside one’s self is out of the wits or senses; out of the order of reason, or of rational beings. NWAD BESIDE.8

Paul, thou are beside thyself. Acts 26:24. NWAD BESIDE.9

BESIDES, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from. NWAD BESIDES.1

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine. Genesis 26:1. NWAD BESIDES.2

Note. This word, though radically the same as beside, and a corruption of it, ought not to be confounded with it, for it is never used in the senses explained under beside, except in the second. NWAD BESIDES.3

BESIDE, BESIDES, adv. Moreover; more than that; over and above; distinct from; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned. NWAD BESIDES.4

Besides, you know not what is the fate of your friend. NWAD BESIDES.5

The men said to Lot, hast thou here any besides: Genesis 19:12. NWAD BESIDES.6

To all beside, as much an empty shade. NWAD BESIDES.7

An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead. NWAD BESIDES.8

These sentences may be considered as elliptical. NWAD BESIDES.9

BESIDERY, n. A species of pear. NWAD BESIDERY.1

BESIEGE, v.t. [be and siege.] NWAD BESIEGE.1

1. To lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset, or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender, either by famine or by violent attacks; as, to besiege a castle or city. NWAD BESIEGE.2

2. To beset; to throng round. NWAD BESIEGE.3

BESIEGED, pp. Surrounded or beset with hostile troops. NWAD BESIEGED.1

BESIEGER, n. One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege. NWAD BESIEGER.1

BESIEGING, ppr. Laying siege; surrounding with armed forces. NWAD BESIEGING.1

BESIEGING, a. Surrounding in a hostile manner; employed in a siege; as a besieging army. NWAD BESIEGING.2

BESIT, v.t. [be and sit.] To suit; to become. [Not used.] NWAD BESIT.1

BESLAVE, v.t. To subjugate; to enslave. [Not used.] NWAD BESLAVE.1

BESLIME, v.t. To daub with slime;; to soil. [Not used.] NWAD BESLIME.1

BESLUBBER, v.t. [be and slubber, slabber.] To soil or smear with spittle, or any thing running from the mouth or nose. [Vulgar.] NWAD BESLUBBER.1

BESMEAR, v.t. [be and smear.] To bedaub; to overspread with any viscous, glutinous matter, or with any soft substance that adheres. Hence, to foul; to soil. NWAD BESMEAR.1

BESMEARED, pp. Bedaubed; overspread with any thing soft, viscous, or adhesive; soiled. NWAD BESMEARED.1

BESMEARER, n. One that besmears. NWAD BESMEARER.1

BESMEARING, ppr. Bedaubing; soiling. NWAD BESMEARING.1

BESMIRCH, v.t. [be and smirch.] To soil; to foul; to discolor. [Little used.] NWAD BESMIRCH.1

BESMOKE, v.t. [be and smoke.] To foul with smoke; to harden or dry in smoke. [Little used.] NWAD BESMOKE.1

BESMOKED, pp. Fouled or soiled with smoke; dried in smoke. NWAD BESMOKED.1

BESMUT, v.t. [be and smut.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot. NWAD BESMUT.1

BESMUTTED, pp. Blackened with smut or soot. NWAD BESMUTTED.1

BESNOW, v.t. [be and snow.] To scatter like snow. [Little used.] NWAD BESNOW.1

BESNOWED, a. or pp. [be and snow.] Covered or sprinkled with snow, or with white blossoms. NWAD BESNOWED.1

BESNUFF, v.t. To befoul with snuff. NWAD BESNUFF.1

BESNUFFED, pp. Foul with snuff. NWAD BESNUFFED.1

BESOM, n. s as z. A broom; a brush of twigs for sweeping. NWAD BESOM.1

I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Isaiah 14:23. NWAD BESOM.2

BESOM, v.t. To sweep, as with a besom. NWAD BESOM.3

Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. NWAD BESOM.4

BESORT, v.t. [be and sort.] To suit; to fit; to become. NWAD BESORT.1

BESORT, n. Company; attendance; train. NWAD BESORT.2

BESOT, v.t. [be and sot.] To make sottish; to infatuate; to stupefy; to make dull or senseless. NWAD BESOT.1

1. To make to dote. NWAD BESOT.2

BESOTTED, pp. Made sottish or stupid. Besotted on, infatuated with foolish affection. NWAD BESOTTED.1

BESOTTEDLY, adv. In a foolish manner. NWAD BESOTTEDLY.1

BESOTTEDNESS, n. Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation. NWAD BESOTTEDNESS.1

BESOTTING, ppr. Infatuating; making sottish or foolish. NWAD BESOTTING.1

BESOUGHT, besaut’. pp. of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty. NWAD BESOUGHT.1

BESPANGLE, v.t. [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens bespangled with stars. NWAD BESPANGLE.1

BESPANGLED, pp. Adorned with spangles or something shining. NWAD BESPANGLED.1

BESPANGLING, ppr. Adorning with spangles or glittering objects. NWAD BESPANGLING.1

BESPATTER, v.t. [be and spatter.] To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and water. NWAD BESPATTER.1

1. To asperse with calumny or reproach. NWAD BESPATTER.2