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The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell of England about 1875.

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

To address by the title of "lord".

ellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings." Addison.

A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.

in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke.

The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.

ound; to besiege; to blockade. "Beset with foes." Milton. Let thy troops beset our gates. Addison.

Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.

Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside. Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. Shak.

; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead. Pope.

To speak to; to address. [Poetic] He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.

One who bets; a better. Addison.

r in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.

One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [Obs. or Archaic] Addison.

Addicted to drinking.

Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice. Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.