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To beatify. [Obs.] Fuller.

Oregon; -- a nickname.

, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

To retard or make too late. Davenant.

Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton.

To reduce (ores). -- Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion (n.

A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.

Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.

Having points in two directions.

Biangular.

Having, or consisting of, tow joints.

Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.

Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.