Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Beaver

Bea″ver (�), n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. bäfver, Dan. bæver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr', Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, an...

1325

Beaver (2)

Bea″ver, n. [OE. baviere, bauier, beavoir, bever; fr. F. bavière, fr. bave slaver, drivel, foam, OF., prattle, drivel, perh. orig. an imitative word. Bavière, according to Cotgr...

1326

Beaver State

Bea″ver State. Oregon; — a nickname.

1327

Beavered

Bea″vered (�), a. Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. “His beavered brow.” Pope.

1328

Beaverteen

Bea″ver‐teen (�), n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds.

1329

Bebeerine

{ Be‐bee″rine, orBe‐bi″rine } (bē̍‐bē″rĭn or –rēn), n.(Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodiœi). It is a tonic, antiperio...

1330

Bebeeru

Be‐bee″ru (?), n. [Written also bibiru.] (Bot.) A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodiœi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is know...

1331

Bebleed

Be‐bleed″ (�), v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. Chaucer.

1332

Beblood

{ Be‐blood″ (�), Be‐blood″y } (�), v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. Sheldon.

1333

Beblot

Be‐blot″ (�), v. t. To blot; to stain. Chaucer.

1334

Beblubber

Be‐blub″ber (�), v. t. To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.

1335

Bebung

‖Be″bung (?), n.(Music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

1336

Becalm

Be‐calm″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Becalmed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Becalming.] 1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.Soft whispering airs... becalm the mind.Phili...

1337

Became

Be‐came″ (�), imp. of Become.

1338

Becard

‖Bec″ard (�), n.(Zoöl.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

1339

Because

Be‐cause″ (�), conj. [OE. bycause; by + cause.] 1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.2. In order that; that.And the multitude rebuked t...

1340

Beccabunga

‖Bec′ca‐bun″ga (�), n. [NL. (cf. It. beccabunga, G. bachbunge), fr. G. bach brook + bunge, OHG. bungo, bulb. See Beck a brook.] See Brooklime.

1341

Beccafico

‖Bec′ca‐fi″co (�), n.; pl.Beccaficos (�). [It., fr. beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zoöl.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicac...

1342

Becchi's test

Bec″chi's test (?). [After E. Becchi, Italian chemist.] (Chem.) A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution...

1343

Bechamel

‖Bech″a‐mel (�), n. [F. béchamel, named from its inventor, Louis de Béchamel.] (Cookery) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

1344

Bechance

Be‐chance″ (�), adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.] By chance; by accident. Grafton.

1345

Bechance (2)

Be‐chance″, v. t. & i. To befall; to chance; to happen to.God knows what hath bechanced them.Shak.

1346

Becharm

Be‐charm″ (�), v. t. To charm; to captivate.

1347

Bêche de mer

‖Bêche′ de mer″ (�). (Zoöl.) The trepang.

1348

Bechic

Be″chic (�), a. [L. bechicus, adj., for a cough, Gr. �, fr. � cough: cf. F. béchique.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas. — n. A medicine for relieving coughs....

1349

Bechuanas

Bech′u‐a″nas (?), n. pl. A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are div...

1350

Beck

Beck (�), n. See Beak. Spenser.