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Beastliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser.

A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.

To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. "Deep himself beducked." Spenser.

To dye or stain. Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser.

p. p. of Be; -- used for been. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] Spenser.

To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser.

Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. Milton.

A lover. [Obs.] Spenser.

To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.

A sweet or loving look. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

A band. [Obs.] Spenser.

g tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.

Promised; vowed. [Obs.] Spenser.

A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock.

To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.

To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." Spenser.