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g easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. "Having two barbs or points." Ascham.

th a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.

h or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire.

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.

art 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.

To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.

To befall. [Poetic] I wish all good befortune you. Shak.

ief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon.

A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson.

To be inclined; to be directed. To whom our vows and wished bend. Milton.

A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness. So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. Milton. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. Longfellow. Specifically:…

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

Salubrity; wholesome quality. Wiseman.

A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.

To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed. All the names in the country betray great antiquity. Bryant.

In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.

avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] "Priest, beware your beard." Shak. To wish them beware the son. Milton.