BPage 84
- English Word Beefy Definition Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
- English Word Beehive Definition A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
- English Word Beehouse Definition A house for bees; an apiary.
- English Word Beeld Definition Same as Beild.
- English Word Beelzebub Definition The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.
- English Word Beem Definition A trumpet.
- English Word Beemaster Definition One who keeps bees.
- English Word Been Definition The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
- English Word Been Definition of Be
- English Word Beer Definition A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
- English Word Beer Definition A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
- English Word Beeregar Definition Sour beer.
- English Word Beerhouse Definition A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
- English Word Beeriness Definition Beery condition.
- English Word Beery Definition Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
- English Word Beestings Definition Same as Biestings.
- English Word Beestings Definition The first milk given by a cow after calving.
- English Word Beeswax Definition The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
- English Word Beeswing Definition The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.
- English Word Beet Definition A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
- English Word Beet Definition The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.
- English Word Beet radish Definition Same as Beetrave.
- English Word Beete Definition Alt. of Bete
- English Word Beetle Definition A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- English Word Beetle Definition A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
- English Word Beetle Definition To beat with a heavy mallet.
- English Word Beetle Definition To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
- English Word Beetle Definition Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
- English Word Beetle Definition To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
- English Word Beetle brow Definition An overhanging brow.