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A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also bajadere.]

The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.

Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

ier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

he seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]

d by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.

To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser.

ntiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]

The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.

ng or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

d bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks. Bee beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower (Bot.), an orchid…

An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee. Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax.

ubjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

Called also Beguins.