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The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson.

Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive. "Baleful enemies." Shak. Four infernal rivers that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams. Milton.

In a baleful manner; perniciously.

The quality or state of being baleful.

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." Garth. "Baneful wrath." Chapman. -- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n.

Full of obstructions. [Obs.] Shak.

sed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

In a bashful manner.

The quality of being bashful.

Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth.

As much as a basket will contain.

Exciting contention; contentious. [Obs.] "It did bateful question frame. " Sidney.

Rich; fertile. [Obs.] "Batful valleys." Drayton.

Beamy; radiant.

lities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames.

To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] -- Be*hoove"ful*ly, adv. -- Be*hoove"ful*ness, n. [Archaic]

Having belief or faith.

t abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute.