Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BEAR-WHELP

BEAR-WHELP, noun The whelp of a bear.BEAR'S WORT, noun A plant.

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BEARD

BEARD, noun berd. [Latin barba.]1. The hair that grows on the chin, lips and adjacent parts of the face, chiefly of male adults; hence a mark of virility. A gray beard long bear...

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BEARDED

BEARD'ED, adjective berd'ed. Having a beard, as a man. Having parallel hairs or tufts of hair, as the leaves of plants.1. Barbed or jagged, as an arrow.BEARD'ED, participle pass...

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BEARDING

BEARD'ING, participle present tense berd'ing. Taking by the beard; opposing to the face.

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BEARDLESS

BEARD'LESS, adjective berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not having a tuft of hairs.

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BEARDLESSNESS

BEARD'LESSNESS, noun The state or quality of being destitute of beard.

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BEARER

BEARER, noun [See Bear.] One who bears, sustains, or carries; a carrier, especially of a corpse to the grave.1. One who wears any thing, as a badge or sword.2. A tree or plant t...

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BEARHERD

BEARHERD, noun [bear and herd.] A man that tends bears.

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BEARING

BEARING, participle present tense Supporting; carrying; producing.BEARING, noun Gesture; mien; behavior.I know him by his bearing [Unusual.]1. The situation of an object, with r...

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BEARING-CLOTH

BEARING-CLOTH, noun A cloth in which a new born child is covered when carried to church to be baptized.BEAR, noun [Latin ferus, fera, or to barbarus.]1. A wild quadruped, of the...

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BEARISH

BEARISH, adjective Partaking of the qualities of a bear.

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BEARLIKE

BEARLIKE, adjective Resembling a bear.

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BEARN

BEARN, nounadjective A child. In Scotland, bairn.

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BEARS-BREECH

BEAR'S-BREECH, noun Brank-ursine or Acanthus, a genus of plants.BEAR'S EAR, noun The trivial name of primula auricula.BEAR'S EAR SANICLE, noun A species of Cortusa.

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BEARWARD

BEARWARD, noun A keeper of bears.

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BEAST

BEAST, noun [Latin bestia. See Boisterous.]1. Any four footed animal, which may be used for labor, food or sport; distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes and man; as beasts of...

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BEASTISH

BEASTISH, adjective Like a beast; brutal.

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BEASTLIKE

BE'ASTLIKE, adjective Like a beast; brutal.

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BEASTLINESS

BE'ASTLINESS, noun [from beastly.] Brutality; coarseness, vulgarity;filthiness; a practice contrary to the rules of humanity.

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BEASTLY

BE'ASTLY, adjective Like a beast; brutal; coarse; filthy; contrary to the nature and dignity of man.1. Having the form or nature of a beast.

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BEAT

BEAT, verb transitivepreterit tense beat; participle passivebeat beaten. [Latin batuo. See Abate.]1. To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand ...

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BEATEN

BE'ATEN, participle passive Struck; dashed against; pressed or laid down; hammered; pounded; vanquished; make smooth by treading; worn by use; tracked.

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BEATER

BE'ATER, noun One who beats, or strikes; one whose occupation is to hammer metals.1. An instrument for pounding, or comminuting substances.

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BEATER-UP

BE'ATER-UP, noun One who beats for game; a sportsman's term.

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BEATH

BEATH, verb transitive To bathe. [Not in use.]

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BEATIFIC

BEATIF'ICBEATIF'ICAL, adjective [Latin beatus, blessed, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make. See Beatify.]That has the power to bless or make happy, or the power to complete ...

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BEATIFICALLY

BEATIF'ICALLY, adverb In such a manner as to complete happiness.