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A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.…

ith a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

r other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton.

A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks. Bee beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower…

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay.

A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.

, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. Milton.

Torn in pieces; tattered.

ontempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.

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

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.

A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.