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ess and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.

Named; styled. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott.

ing signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light. -- Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. -- Bengal tiger. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.

quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness. "Benignity of aspect." Sir W. Scott.

,n.See Bear, barley. [Scot.]

A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).

cterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." Sir W. Scott. -- Be*sot"ted*ly, adv. -- Be*sot"ted*ness, n. Milton.

vor. Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]

deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." Sir W. Scott. See that the women are bestowed in safety. Byron.

An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.

that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Obedient; docile. [Scot.]

A shelter. Same as Beild. [Scot.]

To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W. Scott.

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.

, a bing of wood. "Potato bings." Burns. "A bing of corn." Surrey. [Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]

A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]