Chapter 155

Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope.

Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow.

2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]

Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.

&hand; This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware , now wary , which is an adjective. " Be ye war of false prophetis." Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15 . It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries ( shall , should , must , etc.) as go with the infinitive.

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Beware <Xpage=142>

Be*ware" (?) , v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] "Priest, beware your beard."

Shak.

To wish them beware the son. Milton.

Bewash <Xpage=142>

Be*wash" (?) , v. t. To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men."

Herrick.

Beweep <Xpage=142>

Be*weep" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewept (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping .] [AS. bew<?/pan ; pref. be- + weep .] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping ."

Drayton.

Beweep <Xpage=142>

Be*weep" , v. i. To weep. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Bewet <Xpage=142>

Be*wet" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewet , Bewetted .] To wet or moisten.

Gay.

Bewhore <Xpage=142>

Be*whore" (?) , v. t. 1. To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of.

J. Fletcher.

2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore.

Shak.

Bewig <Xpage=142>

Be*wig" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewigged (#) .] To cover (the head) with a wig.

Hawthorne.

Bewilder <Xpage=142>

Be*wil"der (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewildered (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering .] [Pref. be- + wilder .] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.

Bewildered <Xpage=142>

Be*wil"dered (?) , a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind .

Bewilderedness <Xpage=142>

Be*wil"dered*ness (?) , n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]

Bewildering <Xpage=142>

Be*wil"der*ing (?) , a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties . -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly , adv.

Bewilderment <Xpage=142>

Be*wil"der*ment (?) , n. 1. The state of being bewildered.

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion.

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

Bewinter <Xpage=142>

Be*win"ter (?) , v. t. To make wintry. [Obs.]

Bewit <Xpage=142>

Bew"it (?) , n. [Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck collar, fetter. Cf. Buoy .] A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Bewitch <Xpage=142>

Be*witch" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewitched (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching .] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

See how I am bewitched ; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.

2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.

The charms of poetry our souls bewitch . Dryden.

Syn. -- To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.

Bewitchedness <Xpage=142>

Be*witch"ed*ness (?) , n. The state of being bewitched.

Gauden.

Bewitcher <Xpage=142>

Be*witch"er (?) , n. One who bewitches.

Bewitchery <Xpage=142>

Be*witch"er*y (?) , n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

Bewitching <Xpage=142>

Be*witch"ing , a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly , adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.

Bewitchment <Xpage=142>

Be*witch"ment (?) , n. 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.

Tylor.

2. The power of bewitching or charming.

Shak.

Bewonder <Xpage=142>

Be*won"der (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewondered (#) .] 1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]

2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]

Bewrap <Xpage=142>

Be*wrap" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrapped (#) .] To wrap up; to cover.

Fairfax.

Bewray <Xpage=142>

Be*wray" (?) , v. t. To soil. See Beray .

Bewray <Xpage=142>

Be*wray" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrayed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying .] [OE. bewraien , biwreyen ; pref. be- + AS. wr<?/gan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr<?/gian , OHG. ruog<?/n , G. r\'81gen , Icel. r\'91gja , Goth. wr<?/hjan to accuse.] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic]

The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. )

Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

Bewrayer <Xpage=142>

Be*wray"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [Obs. or Archaic]

Addison.

Bewrayment <Xpage=142>

Be*wray"ment (?) , n. Betrayal. [R.]

Bewreck <Xpage=142>

Be*wreck" (?) , v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]

Bewreke <Xpage=142>

Be*wreke" (?) , v. t. [Pref. be- + wreak .] To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.]

Ld. Berners.

Bewrought <Xpage=142>

Be*wrought" (?) , a. [Pref. be- + wrought , p. p. of work , v. t. ] Embroidered. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Bey <Xpage=142>

Bey (?) , n. [See Beg a bey.] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis .

Beylic <Xpage=142>

Bey"lic (?) , n. [Turk.] The territory ruled by a bey.

Beyond <Xpage=142>

Be*yond" (?) , prep. [OE. biyonde , bi<?/eonde , AS. begeondan , prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon , Yonder .] 1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.

Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.

A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.

3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. " Beyond expectation."

Barrow.

Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney.

Beyond sea . (Law) See under Sea . -- To go beyond , to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6.

Beyond <Xpage=142>

Be*yond" (?) , adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.

Bezant <Xpage=142>

Be*zant" (?) , n. [See Byzant .] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant , byzant , etc.]

2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant .

Burke.

3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Bez-antler <Xpage=142>

Bez`-ant"ler (?) , n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes ) + E. antler .] The second branch of a stag's horn.

Bezel <Xpage=142>

Bez"el (?) , n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi- .] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

B\'82zique <Xpage=142>

B\'82*zique" (?) , n. [F. b\'82sigue .] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

Bezoar <Xpage=142>

Be"zoar (?) , n. [F. b\'82zoard , fr. Ar. b\'bezahr , b\'bedizahr , fr. Per. p\'bed-zahr bezoar; p\'bed protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar .] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

&hand; Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.

Bezoar antelope . See Antelope . -- Bezoar goat (Zo\'94l.) , the wild goat ( Capra \'91gagrus ). -- Bezoar mineral , an old preparation of oxide of antimony.

Ure.

Bezoardic <Xpage=142>

Bez`o*ar"dic (?) , a. [Cf. F. b\'82zoardique , b\'82zoartique .] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n. A medicine containing bezoar.

Bezoartic, Bezoartical <Xpage=142>

Bez`o*ar"tic (?) , Bez`o*ar"tic*al (?) , a. [See Bezoardic .] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]

Bezonian <Xpage=142>

Be*zo"ni*an (?) , n. [Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno .] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.

Great men oft die by vile bezonians . Shak.

Bezzle <Xpage=142>

Bez"zle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bezzled (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bezzling (#) .] [OF. besillier , besiler , to maltreat, pillage; or shortened fr. embezzle . Cf. Embezzle .] To plunder; to waste in riot. [Obs.]

Bezzle <Xpage=142>

Bez"zle , v. i. To drink to excess; to revel. [Obs.]

Bhang <Xpage=142>

Bhang (?) , n. [Per. bang ; cf. Skr. bhang\'be hemp.] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp ( Cannabis Indica ), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh .

Bhunder <Xpage=142>

Bhun"der (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) An Indian monkey ( Macacus Rhesus ), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus .

Bi <Xpage=142>

Bi* (?) . [L. bis twice, which in composition drops the -s, akin to E. two . See Bis- , Two , and cf. Di- , Dis- .]

1. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bi dentate, two-toothed; bi ternate, doubly ternate, etc.

2. (Chem.) In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bi chromate, bi sulphide . Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.

Biacid <Xpage=142>

Bi*ac"id (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + acid .] (Chem.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid .

Biacuminate <Xpage=142>

Bi`a*cu"mi*nate (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + acuminate .] (Bot.) Having points in two directions.

Beangular <Xpage=142>

Be*an"gu*lar (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + angular .] Having two angles or corners.

Biangulate, Biangulated <Xpage=142>

Bi*an"gu*late (?) , Bi*an"gu*la`ted (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + angulate , angulated .] Biangular.

Biangulous <Xpage=142>

Bi*an"gu*lous (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + angulous .] Biangular. [R.]

Biantheriferous <Xpage=142>

Bi*an`ther*if"er*ous (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + antherigerous .] (Bot.) Having two anthers.

Biarticulate <Xpage=142>

Bi`ar*tic"u*late (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + articulate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints.

Bias <Xpage=142>

Bi"as (?) , n. ; pl. Biases (#) . [F. biasis , perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi- , and cf. Face .] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

2. A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination.

Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South.

Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias .

Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent .

Bias <Xpage=142>

Bi"as , a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Bias <Xpage=142>

Bi"as , adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias .

Bias <Xpage=142>

Bi"as , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Biased (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing .] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. De. Quincey.

Biauriculate <Xpage=142>

Bi`au*ric"u*late (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + au riculate .] 1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

Biaxal, Biaxial <Xpage=142>

Bi*ax"al (?) , Bi*ax"i*al (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + axal , axial .] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization . Brewster . -- Bi*ax"i*al*ly , adv.

Bib <Xpage=142>

Bib (?) , n. [From Bib , v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

2. (Zo\'94l.) An arctic fish ( Gadus luscus ), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout .

3. A bibcock.

Bib, Bibbe <Xpage=142>

Bib , Bibbe (?) , v. t. [L. bibere . See Beverage , and cf. Imbibe .] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.]

This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer.

Bib <Xpage=142>

Bib , v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple.

He was constantly bibbing . Locke.

Bibacious <Xpage=142>

Bi*ba"cious (?) , a. [L. bibax , bibacis , fr. bibere . See Bib .] Addicted to drinking.

Bibacity <Xpage=142>

Bi*bac"i*ty (?) , n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.

Blount.

Bibasic <Xpage=142>

Bi*ba"sic (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + basic .] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic .

Bibb <Xpage=142>

Bibb (?) , n. A bibcock. See Bib , n. , 3.

Bibber <Xpage=142>

Bib"ber (?) , n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, wine bibber .

Bibble-babble <Xpage=142>

Bib"ble-bab"ble (?) , n. [A reduplication of babble .] Idle talk; babble.

Shak.

Bibbs <Xpage=142>

Bibbs (?) , n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.

Bibcock <Xpage=142>

Bib"cock` (?) , n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

Knight.

Bibirine <Xpage=142>

Bi*bi"rine (?) , n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine .

Bibitory <Xpage=142>

Bib"i*to*ry (?) , a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

Bible <Xpage=142>

Bi"ble (?) , n. [F. bible , L. biblia , pl., fr. Gr. <?/ , pl. of <?/ , dim. of <?/ , <?/ , book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.] 1. A book. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible ; Douay Bible ; Luther's Bible . Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible .

3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible .