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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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BARREN a.
Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.
BASINED a.
Inclosed in a basin. "Basined rivers." Young.
BASIOCCIPITAL a.
ium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n.
BASISPHENOID; BASISPHENOIDAL a.
ioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
BASSET n.
o, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.
BASSINET n.
A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.
BASTARD n.
A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.
BEADSMAN; BEDESMAN n.
required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.
BEAR v. 4 definitions
To support and remove or carry; to convey. I 'll bear your logs the while. Shak.
BEARDLESS a.
Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
BEAUISH n.
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. "A beauish young spark." Byrom.
BECKON v.
mon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. Shak.
BEEBREAD n.
is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.
BEFALL v.
To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.
BEFORE prep. 3 definitions
He that cometh after me is preferred before me. John i. 15. The eldest son is before the younger in succession. Johnson.
BEFORTUNE v.
To befall. [Poetic] I wish all good befortune you. Shak.
BEG v. 2 definitions
To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech. I do beg your good will in this case. Shak. [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. Matt. xxvii. 58.
BEGINNER n.
One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. A sermon of a new beginner. Swift.
BEGONE interj.
Go away; depart; get you gone.
BEHOOF n.
Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. Milton.
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