BPage 125
- English Word Beef Definition An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
- English Word Beef Definition The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
- English Word Beef Definition Applied colloquially to human flesh.
- English Word Beef Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
- English Word Beef-witted Definition Stupid; dull.
- English Word Beefeater Definition One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
- English Word Beefeater Definition One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
- English Word Beefeater Definition An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.
- English Word Beefsteak Definition A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.
- English Word Beefwood Definition An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.
- 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.