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To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

n a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

To come to pass; to happen; to occur. A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak.

To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel. The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered. Hooker.

In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." Barrow. Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or…

The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

ellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay. Bilious temperament. See Temperament.

A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.

Of or relating to birch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. Sir W. Scott.

sus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genu…

Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention. Bacon.

Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

blank terror. Blank bar (Law), a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in an action of trespass to assign the certain place where the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar. -- Blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball. -- Blank deed. See Deed. -- Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in…

A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. Thomson.

Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.