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BEARER n.
ustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.
BEAT v. 2 definitions
o strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do. Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. Dryden. They [winds] beat at the crazy casement. Longfellow. The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. Bacon.…
BEATH v.
To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser.
BEATIFY v.
To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.
BEAUSHIP n.
The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [Jocular] Dryden.
BECKON v.
n to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. Shak.
BECOME v.
ar well; -- said of persons and things. It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. Dryden. I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them, as to convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actually to become the dress. Coleridge.
BEDEW v.
To moisten with dew, or as with dew. "Falling tears his face bedew." Dryden.
BEECHEN a.
made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech. "Plain beechen vessels." Dryden.
BEFORE adv.
In time past; previously; already. You tell me, mother, what I knew before. Dryden.
BEGIN v.
e of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." Dryden. When I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Sam. iii. 12.
BEGINNING n.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element. Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden.
BELABOR v.
To beat soundly; to cudgel. Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. Dryden.
BELAY v.
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.
BELCH v.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden.
BELIE v. 2 definitions
nvict of, or charge with, falsehood. Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues. Dryden.
BELLOW v. 3 definitions
To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.
BELLY v.
become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge. The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. Dryden.
BELOW adv.
In hell, or the regions of the dead. What businesss brought him to the realms below. Dryden.
BELSWAGGER n.
A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] Dryden.
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