Webster's Dictionary 1913

1405

Bedesman (2)

Bedes″man (�), n. Same as Beadsman.

1406

Bedevil

Be‐dev″il (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bedevilled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bedeviling or Bedevilling.] 1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; ...

1407

Bedevilment

Be‐dev″il‐ment (�), n. The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.

1408

Bedew

Be‐dew″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bedewed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bedewing.] To moisten with dew, or as with dew. “Falling tears his face bedew.” Dryden.

1409

Bedewer

Be‐dew″er (�), n. One who, or that which, bedews.

1410

Bedewy

Be‐dew″y (�), a. Moist with dew; dewy.Night with her bedewy wings.A. Brewer.

1411

Bedfellow

Bed″fel′low (�), n. One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

1412

Bedfere Bedphere

{ Bed″fere′ Bed″phere′ } (�), n. [Bed + AS. fera a companion.] A bedfellow. Chapman.

1413

Bedgown

Bed″gown′ (�), n. A nightgown.

1414

Bedight

Be‐dight″ (�), v. t. [p. p.Bedight, Bedighted.] To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn. Milton.

1415

Bedim

Be‐dim″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bedimmed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bedimming.] To make dim; to obscure or darken. Shak.

1416

Bedizen

Be‐diz″en (�), v. t. To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.Remnants of tapestried hangings,... and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters.Sir W. Scott.

1417

Bedizenment

Be‐diz″en‐ment (�), n. That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

1418

Bedkey

Bed″key′ (�), n. An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

1419

Bedlam

Bed″lam (�), n. [See Bethlehem.] 1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.Let's get...

1420

Bedlam (2)

Bed″lam, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. “The bedlam, brainsick duchess.” Shak.

1421

Bedlamite

Bed″lam‐ite (�), n. An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. “Raving bedlamites.” Beattie.

1422

Bedmaker

Bed″mak′er (�), n. One who makes beds.

1423

Bedote

Be‐dote″ (bē̍‐dōt″), v. t. To cause to dote; to deceive. Chaucer.

1424

Bedouin

Bed″ou‐in (�), n. [F. bédouin, OF. béduin, fr. Ar. bedawī rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr. badā to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.] One of the nomad...

1425

Bedouin (2)

Bed″ou‐in, a. Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

1426

Bedpan

Bed″pan′ (�), n. 1. A pan for warming beds. Nares.2. A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.

1427

Bedphere

Bed″phere′ (�), n. See Bedfere. B. Jonson.

1428

Bedpiece

{ Bed″piece′ (�), Bed″plate′ (�), } n.(Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; — called also baseplate and sol...

1429

Bedpost

Bed″post′ (�), n. 1. One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.2. Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from...

1430

Bedquilt

Bed″quilt′ (�), n. A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.

1431

Bedrabble

Be‐drab″ble (�), v. t. To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble.