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In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.

A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson.

Goutweed (Ægopodium podagraria).

Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood. Gray.

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n.

A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.

A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

Knapweed. Prior.

An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

See Cleavers.

The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.

Cocklebur.

Peppergrass. Johnson.

See Cudweed.

Same as Cow parsley.

Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.