Webster's Dictionary 1913

1756

Beloved (2)

Be‐lov″ed (�), n. One greatly loved.My beloved is mine, and I am his.Cant. ii. 16.

1757

Below

Be‐low″ (�), prep. [Pref. be- by + low.] 1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, ...

1758

Below (2)

Be‐low″, adv. 1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.Lord Marmion waits below.Sir W. Scott.2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.The fair...

1759

Belowt

Be‐lowt″ (�), v. t. To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. Camden.

1760

Belsire

Bel″sire′ (�), n. [Pref. bel- + sire. Cf. Beldam.] A grandfather, or ancestor. “His great belsire Brute.” Drayton.

1761

Belswagger

Bel″swag′ger (�), n. [Contr. from bellyswagger.] A lewd man; also, a bully. Dryden.

1762

Belt

Belt (bĕlt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. bälte, Dan. bælte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt border, belt.] 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band o...

1763

Belt (2)

Belt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belted; p. pr. & vb. n.Belting.] To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.A coarse black robe belted round the waist.C. Reade.The...

1764

Beltane

Bel″tane (�), n. [Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn.] 1. The first day of May (Old Style).The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas.New En...

1765

Belted

Belt″ed (�), a. 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.2. Marked with a b...

1766

Beltein

{ Bel″tein (�), Bel″tin } (�), n. See Beltane.

1767

Belting

Belt″ing (�), n. The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

1768

Beluga

Be‐lu″ga (bē̍‐lū″gȧ), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.☞ The northern beluga (Delphina...

1769

Belute

Be‐lute″ (bē̍‐lūt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beluted; p. pr. & vb. n.Beluting.] [Pref. be- + L. lutum mud.] To bespatter, as with mud. Sterne.

1770

Belvedere

Bel′ve‐dere″ (�), n. [It., fr. bello, bel, beautiful + vedere to see.] (Arch.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a ...

1771

Belzebuth

‖Bel″ze‐buth (�), n. [From Beelzebub.] (Zoöl.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

1772

Bema

‖Be″ma (�), n. [Gr. � step, platform.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which ...

1773

Bemad

Be‐mad″ (�), v. t. To make mad. Fuller.

1774

Bemangle

Be‐man″gle (�), v. t. To mangle; to tear asunder. Beaumont.

1775

Bemask

Be‐mask″ (�), v. t. To mask; to conceal.

1776

Bemaster

Be‐mas″ter (�), v. t. To master thoroughly.

1777

Bemaul

Be‐maul″ (�), v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. “In order to bemaul Yorick.” Sterne.

1778

Bemaze

Be‐maze (�), v. t. [OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to maze.] To bewilder.Intellects bemazed in endless doubt.Cowper.

1779

Bemean

Be‐mean″ (�), v. t. To make mean; to lower. C. Reade.

1780

Bemeet

Be‐meet″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bemet (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bemeeting.] To meet.Our very loving sister, well bemet.Shak.

1781

Bemete

Be‐mete″ (�), v. t. To mete. Shak.

1782

Bemingle

Be‐min″gle (�), v. t. To mingle; to mix.