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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.

ina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

Sour beer. [Obs.]

mely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9.

That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8.

To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Shak.

To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] "Begodded saints." South.

To beat soundly; to cudgel. Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. Dryden.

ke a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.

A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidæ, of several species; the campanero.

; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound. The bellowing voice of boiling seas. Dryden.

An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.

ness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome. Kind influences and benign aspects. South.

om their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic] The full bent and stress of the soul. Norris.

A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.

ic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover.

; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton.