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A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]

Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole…

A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.

A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope

some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.…

Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.

A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

ius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (O. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. -- Bee fly (Zoöl.), a two winged…

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

Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. Rich and much beforehand. Bacon.

To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.

A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nigh…

A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.