amygdaloides, being interspersed with white spots, resembling broken almonds. Trevoux. Chambers. The liquor we have distilled from benzoin, is subject to frequent vicissitudes of fluidity and firmness. Boyle. To BEPAINT. v. a. [from paint.] To cover with paint. Thou know'st, the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shakspeare. To BEPI'NCH. v..a. [from pinch.] TO mark with pinches. start out. In their sides, arms, shoulders, all bepincht, Ran thick the weals, red with blood, ready to Chapman. To BEPI'SS. v. a. [from piss.] To wet with urine. One caused, at a feast, a bagpipe to be played, which made the knight bepiss himself, to thegreat diversion of all then present, as well as confusion of himself. Derbam. To BEQUEATH. v. a. [cpide, Sax. a will.] To leave by will to another. She had never been disinherited of that goodly portion, which nature had so liberally bequeathed to her. Sidney. Let's choose executors, and talk of wills; And yet not so for what can we bequeath, Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Shaksp. My father bequeathed me by will but a poor thousand crowns. Shakspeare. Methinks this age seems resolved to bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. Glanville. For you, whom best I love and value most, But to your service I bequeath my ghost. Dryd. BEQUE ATHMENT. n. s. [from bequeath.] A legacy. BEQUEST. n. s. [from bequeath.] Something left by will; a legacy. Dict. He claimed the crown to himself; pretending an adoption, or bequest, of the kingdom unto him by the Confessor. Hale. To BERATTLE. v. a. [from rattle.] To fill with noise; to make a noise at in contempt. These are now the fashion, and so berattle the cominon stages, so they call them, that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills, and dare scarce come thither. Shakspeare. BE'RBERRY. n. s. [berberis, sometimes written barberry, which see.] A berry of a sharp taste, used for pickles. Some never ripen to be sweet, as tamarinds, berberries, crabs, sloes, &c. Bacon's Nat. Hist. To BERE AVE. v. n. pret. bereaved, or bereft part. pass. bereft. [beneopian, Saxon.] 1. To strip of; to deprive of. It has generally the particle of before the thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins. Shakspeare. That when thou com'st to kneel at Henry's feet, Thou may'st bereave him of his wits with wonder. Shakspeare. There was never a prince bereaved of his dependencies by his council, except there hath been anover greatness in one counsellor. Bacon's Essays. The sacred priests with ready knives bereave The beasts of life. Dryden. To deprive us of metals, is to make us mere savages; it is to bereave us of all arts and sciences, of history and letters, nay of revealed religion too, that inestimable favour of Heaven. Bentley's Sermont. 2. Sometimes it is used without of. Bereave me not Whereon I live! thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress. Milton. 3. To take away from. All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you, all is lost." Shakspeare. BEREAVEMENT. n. s. [from bereave.] Deprivation. Dict. BERE FT. The part. pass. of bereave. The chief of either side, bereft of life, Or yielded to the foe, concludes the strife. Dryden. BERG. See BURROW. BERGAMOT. n. s. [bergamotte, Fr.] 1. A sort of pear, commonly called burgamot. See PEAR. 2. A sort of essence, or perfume, drawn from a fruit produced by ingrafting a lemon-tree on a bergamot pear stock. 3. A sort of snuff, which is only clean tobacco, with a little of the essence rubbed into it. BERGMASTER.n.s. [from beng, Sax. and master.] The bailiff, or chief officer, among the Derbyshire miners. BE'RGMOTE. n. s. [of beng, a mountain, and mote, a meeting, Saxon.] A court held upon a hill for deciding controver sies among the Derbyshire miners. Blount. To BERHYME v. a. [from rhyme.] To mention in rhyme, or verses: a word of contempt. Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flow'd in: Laura to his lady was but a kitchenwench; marry, she had a better love to be rhyme her. Shakspeare. 1 sought no homage from the race that write; I kept, like Asian monarchs, from their sight: Poems I heeded, now berbym'd so long, No more than thou, great George! a birthday song. Pope. BERLIN. n. s. [from Berlin, the city where they were first made.] A coach of a particular form. Beware of Latin authors all! Though with a golden pen you scrawl, And scribble in a berlin. Swift. BERME. n. s. [Fr. in fortification.] A space of ground three, four, or five feet wide, left without, between the foot of the rampart and the side of the mote, to prevent the earth from falling down into the mote; sometimes palisadoed. Harris. To BERO'B. v. a. [from rob.] To rob; to plunder; to wrong any, by taking away something from him by stealth or violence. Not used. She said, Ah dearest lord! what evil star On you hath frown'd, and pour'd his influence bad, BERRY. n. s. [berig, Sax. from beɲan, That of yourself you thus berobbed are? F. Queen. to bear.] Any small fruit, with many seeds or small stones. * The strawberry grows underneath the nettle; And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best, Neighbour'd by fruit of basest quality. Shaksp. To BE'RRY. 2. n. [from the noun.] To bear berries. BERRY-BEARING 'Cedar. [cedrus baccifera, Lat.] A tree. Verona's ancient citizens BESE EN. particip. [from besie, Skinner. Forth came that ancient lord and aged queen, The leaves are squamose, somewhat like those of the cypress. The katkins, or male flowers, are produced at remote distances from the fruit, on the same tree. The fruit is a berry, inclosing three hard seeds in each. The wood is of great use in the Levant, is large timber, and may be thought the shittim-wood mentioned in the Scripture, of which many of the ornaments to the famous temple of Solomon were made. Miller. BERRY-BEARING Orach. See MULBERRY BLIGHT. BERT, is the same with our bright; in the Latin, illustris, and clarus. So Ecbert, eternally famous or bright; Sigbert, famous conquerour. And she who was termed by the Germans Bertha, was by the Greeks called Eudoxia, as is observed by Luitprandus. Of the same sort were these, Phædrus, Epiphanius, Photius, Lampridius, Fulgentius, Illustris. Gibson's Camden. BERTH. n. s. [with sailors.] See BIRTH. BERTRAM. n. s. [pyrethrum, Lat.] A sort of herb, called also bastard pellitory. BE'RY L. n. s. [beryllus, Lat.] A kind of precious stone. May thy billows roul ashore The beryl and the golden ore. Milton. The beryl of our lapidaries is only a fine sort of cornelian, of a more deep bright red, sometimes with a cast of yellow, and more transparent than the common cornelian. Woodward. To BESCREEN. v. a. [from screen.] To cover with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. What man art thou, that, thus bescreen'd in night, So stumblest on my counsel? Shakspeare. TOBESE ECH, v. a. pret. Ibesought; I have besought. [from recan, Sax. versoeken, Dutch.] 1. To entreat; to supplicate; to implore: sometimes before a person. I beseech you, sir, pardon me; it is only a letter from my brother, that I have not all over-read. Shakspeare. I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds. Philemon. I, in the anguish of my heart, beseech you To quit the dreadful purpose of your soul. 2. To beg; to ask: before a thing. Addison. But Eve fell humble, and besought His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint. Milt. Before I come to them, I beseech your patience, whilst I speak something to ourselves here preSpratt. sent. To BESE'EM. v. n. [beziemen, Dutch.] To To besiege; to hem in; to enclose, as with a siege. Follow him that's fled; The thicket is beset, he cannot 'scape. Shaksp. Cato shall open to himself a passage. Aldisou 2. To waylay; to surround. Rescue thy mistress. Shakspeare. way. 3. To embarrass; to perplex; to en- Rove. We be in this world beset with sund) y uneasinesses, distracted with different desires. Locke. 4. To fall upon; to harass. Not used. But they him spying, both with greedy force At once upon him ran, and him beset With strokes of mortal steel. Fairy Queen. To BESHRE W. v. a. [The original of this word is somewhat obscure; as it evidently implies to wish ill, some derive it from beschryen, Germ. to enchant. Topsel, in his Book of Animals, deduces it from the shrew mouse, an animal, says he, so poisonous, that its bite is a severe curse. A shrew likewise signifies a scolding woman; but its origin is not known.] 1. To wish a curse to. Nay, quoth the cock, but I besbrew us both, If I believe a saint upon his oath. Dryden. 2. To happen ill to. Beshrew thee, cousin, which didst lead me forth Of that sweet way I was in, to despair. Shaksp. Now much besbrete my manners, and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied. Shaksp. BESIDE. BESIDES.prep. [from be and side.] I. At the side of another; near. Beside the hearse a fruitful palmtree grows, Ennobled since by this great funeral. Fairfax. He caused me to sit down beside him. Bacons At his right hand, Victory beside him hung his bow. Milt. Fair Livinia fied the fire Before the gods, and stood beside her sire. Dryd Sat eagle-wing'd: Hale. We may be sure there were great numbers of wise and icarned men, beside those whose names are in the christian records, who took care examine our Saviour's history. Addison on Christian Religion. Precepts of morality, besides the natural corruption of our tempers, are abstracted from ideas of sense. Addison. 3. Not according to, though not contrary; as we say, some things are beside nature, some are contrary to nature. The Stoicks did hold a necessary connexion of causes; but they believed, that God doth act præter & contra naturam, besides and against na turc.. Bramball. To say a thing is a chance, as it relates to sccond causes, signifies no more, than that there are some events beside the knowledge, purpose, expectation, and power, of second causes. South. Providence often disposes of things by a method beside, and above, the discoveries of man's South. reason. It is beside my present business to enlarge upon this speculation. Locke. 4. Out of; in a state of deviating from. You are too wilful blame, And, since your coming here, have done Enough to put him quite beside his patience. Shakspeare. Of vagabonds we say, That they are ne'er beside their way. Hudibras. These may serve as landmarks, to shew what lies in the direct way of truth, or is quite besides it. Locke. g. Before a reciprocal pronoun, out of; as, beside himself; out of the order of rational beings; out of his wits. They be carried besides themselves, to whom the dignity of publick prayer doth not discover somewhat more fitness in men of gravity, than in children. Hooker. Only be patient, till we have appeas'd The multitude, beside themselves with fear. Shak. Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself much learning doth make thee mad. BESIDE. BESIDES, adv. 1. More than that; over and above. If Cassio do remain, Acts. He hath a daily beauty in his life, Some wonder, that the Turk never attacks this treasury. But, besides that he has attempted it formerly with no success, it is certain the Venetians keep too watchful an eye. Addison. 2. Not in this number; out of this class; not included here. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? Genesis. Outlaws and robbers, who break with all the world besides, must keep faith among themselves. Locks All that we feel of it, begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends; To all beside as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead. Pope. And dead, as living, 't is our author's pride Still to charm those who charm the world beside. BESI'DERY. n. s. A species of pear. Pope. To BESIEGE. v. a. [from siege.] To beleaguer; to lay siege to; to beset with armed forces; to endeavour to win a town or fortress, by surrounding it with an army, and forcing the defendants, either by violence or famine, to give admission. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down. Deuter. The queen, with all the northern earls and lords, Intends here to besiege you in your castle. Shaks. BESIEGER. n. s. [from besiege.] One employed in a siege. There is hardly a town taken, in the common forms, where the besiegers have not the worse of the bargain. Svift. To BESLUBBER. v. a. [from slubber.] To daub; to smear. He persuaded us to tickle our noses with speargrass and make them bleed; and then beslubber our garments with it, and swear it was the blood of true men. Shakspeare. To BESMEAR. v. a. [from smear.] 1. To bedaub; to overspread with something that sticks on. He lay as in a dream of deep delight, Besmear'd with precious balm, whose virtuous might Did heal his wounds. Fairy Queen. That face of his I do remember well; Yet when I saw it last, it was besmear'd As black as Vulcan. First Moloch, horrid king! besmear'd with blood Shakspeare Of human sacrifice, and parents tears. Par. Lost. Her fainting hand let fall the sword, besmear'd With blood. Denbam. Her gushing blood the pavement all besmear'd. Dryden. 2. To soil; to foul. My honour would not let ingratitude Shakspeare. To BESMIRCH. v. a. To soil; to discolour. Not in use. Perhaps he loves you now, Shakspeare, To BESMU'T. v. a. [from smut.] To 2. To harden or dry in smoke. blacken with smoke or soot. BE'SOM. n. s. [berm, berma, Sax.] An instrument to sweep with. Bacon commended an old man that sold besoms a proud young fellow came to him for a besom upon trust; the old man said, Borrow of thy back and belly, they will never ask thee again; I shall dun thee every day. Bacon. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. Isaiah. To BESO'RT. v. a. [from sort.] To suit; to fit; to become. Such men as may besort your age, And know themselves and you. Shakspeare. BESO'RT. n. s. [from the verb.] Company; attendance; train. I crave fit disposition for my wife, With such accommodation and besort As levels with her breeding. To BESO'T. v. a. [from sot.] Shakspeare. Paris, you speak Like one besotted on your sweet delights. Shaks. Dryden. BESO'UGHT. The preterit and part. passive of beseech. Hasten to appease Th' incensed Father, and th' incensed Son, While pardon may be found, in time besought. Milton. To BESPA'NGLE. v. a. [from spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to besprinkle with something shining. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The heav'ns bespangling with dishevell❜d light. Pope. TO BESPATTER. v. a. [from spatter.], 1. To soil by throwing filth; to spot or sprinkle with dirt or water. Those who will not take vice into their bosoms, shall yet have it bespatter their faces. Government of the Tongue. His weapons are the same which women and children use; a pin to scratch, and a squirt to bespatter. 2. To asperse with reproach. Swift. Sruift. Fair Britain, in the monarch blest Whom never faction could bespatter. To BESPA'WL. v. a. [from spawl.] To daub with spittle. To BESPEAK. v. a. I bespoke, or bespake; I have bespoke, or bespoken. [from speak.] 1. To order or entreat any thing beforehand, or against a future time. If you will marry, make your loves to me; My lady is bespoke. Shakspeare. Here is the cap your worship did bespeak. Shak. When Baboon came to Strutt's estate, his tradesmen waited upon him to bespeak his cusArbuthnot. tom. A heavy writer was to be encouraged, and accordingly many thousand copies were bespoke Swift. 2. To make way by a previous apology. My preface looks as if I were afraid of my reader, by so tedious a bespeaking of him. Dryd, Addison. BESPEAKER. n. s. [from bespeak.] He that bespeaks any thing. They mean not with love to the bespeaker of the work, but delight in the work itself. Wotton. To BESPE'CKLE. v. a. [from speckle.] To mark with speckles, or spots. To BESPE'W. v. a. [from spew.] To daub with spew or vomit. To BESPICE. v. a. [from spice.] To season with spices. Thou might'st bespice a cup, To give mine enemy a lasting wink. Shakspeare To BESPIT. v. a. I bespat, or bespit; I have bespit, or bespitten. [from spit.] To daub with spittle. BESPOKE. irreg.participle. [from bespeak; which see.] To BESPOT. v. a. [from spot.] To mark with spots. Mildew rests on the wheat, bespotting the stalks with a different colour from the natural. Mortimer. To BESPRE AD. v. a. preterit bespread part. pass. bespread. [from spread.] To spread over; to cover over. His nuptial bed, With curious needles wrought, and painted flowers bespread. Dryden. The globe is equally bespread; so that no place wants proper inhabitants. Derham. TO BESPRINKLE. v. a. [from sprinkle.] To sprinkle over; to scatter over. Herodotus, imitating the father poet, whose life he had written, hath besprinkled his work with many fabulosities. Brown. A purple flood Flows from the trunk, that welters in the blood; The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground. Dryden, TO BESPUTTER. v. a. [from sputter.] Tó sputter over something; to daub any thing by sputtering, or throwing out spittle upon it. BEST. adj. the superlative from good, [bez, berena, berre, good, better, best, Saxon.] 1. Most good; that has good qualities in the highest degree. And he will take your fields, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 1 Samuel, When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are. Hooker. When he is best, he is little more than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Shakspeare I think it a good argument to say, the infinitely wise God hath made it so, and therefore it is best. But it is too much confidence of our own wisdom, to say, I think it best, and therefore God hath made it so. Locke. An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins. Addison. 2. The best. The utmost power; the strongest endeavour; the most; the highest perfection. 3. I profess not talking: only this, Let each man do his best. Shakspeare. 'The duke did his best to come down. Bacon. He does this to the best of his power. Locke. My friend, said he, our sport is at the best. Addison. To make the best. To carry to its greatest perfection; to improve to the BEST. adv. [from well.] In the highest degree of goodness. We shall dwell in that place where he shall choose; in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best. Deuteronomy. BEST is sometimes used in composition. These latter best-betrust spies had some of them further instructions, to draw off the best friends and servants of Perkin, by making remonstrances to them, how weakly his enterprize and hopes were built. Bacon. By this law of loving even our enemies, the christian religion discovers itself to be the most generous and best-natured institution that ever was in the world. Tillotson. To BESTA IN. v. a. [from stain.] To mark with stains; to spot. We will not line his thin bestained cloke With our pure honours. Shakspeare. To BESTE AD. v. a. I bested; I have bested. [from stead.] Bestuck with sland'rous darts; and works of faith Rarely be found. Milton. To BESTIR. v. a. [from stir.] 1. To put into vigorous action. It is seldom used otherwise than with the reciprocal pronoun. As when men wont to watch But, as a dog that turns the spit Hudibran What aileth them, that they must needs bestir themselves to get in air, to maintain the creature's life? Ray 2. It is used by Shakspeare with a common word. I am scarce in breath, my lord.-No marvel: you have so bestirred your valour, you cowardly rascal! Shakspeare To BESTO'W. v. a. [besteden, Dutch.] 1. To give; to confer upon: commonly with upon. All men would willingly have yielded him praise; but his nature was such as to bestow it upon himself, before any could give it. Sidney. All the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim. 2 Chronicles. 2. Sometimes with to. Sir Julius Cæsar had, in his office, the dispo sition of the six clerks places; which he had be stowed to such persons as he thought fit. Clarendon, 3. To give as charity or bounty. Our Saviour doth plainly witness that there should not be as much as a cup of cold water ber stowed for his sake, without reward. Hooker. And though he was unsatisfied in getting, Which was a sin; yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. Shakspeare. Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes; For what the pow'rful takes not, he bestows, Dryden. You always exceed expectations: as if yours was not your own, but to bestow on wanting merit. Dryden. 4. To give in marriage. Good rev'rend father, make my person yours; And tell me how you would bestosu yourself. Shakspears |