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The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.

The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.] Chipman.

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

twixt myself and her. Shak. Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]

one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow.

At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.

To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).

Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.

Bilge water. Bilge free (Naut.), stowed in such a way that the bilge is clear of everything; -- said of a cask. -- Bilge pump, a pump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. -- Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it be…

To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

A great wave or flood of anything. Milton.

Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one;…

To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.

Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak.

s smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden.