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Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.

To beat or thump soundly. Shak.

To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "My betossed soul." Shak.

Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke.

To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.

ch a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.

; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

ompound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

d to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.

To write a history of the life of. Southey.

a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds.

re numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.

and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.…

Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King.

A white soup made of crayfish.