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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…

That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.

labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. S. G. Goodrich.

A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.

avior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele. To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. -- During good behavior, while (or so…

Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] Dennis.

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

The act of blessing.

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. -- Be*nev"o*lent*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.

Blessing; beatitude; benediction. Shak. More precious than the benison of friends. Talfourd.

d more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.

en away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.

Pertaining to the city o -- n. sing. & pl.

Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. Macaulay.

Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. If things should go so between them. Bacon.