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to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. "Let there be freedom to carry their commodities where they can make the best of them." Bacon. (b) To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.

To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.

), I find I must now leave thee. Sir P. Sidney. -- To be better off, to be in a better condition. -- Had better. (See under Had).

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

onfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray.

oods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

The condition of having two mammæ or teats.

A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.

One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.

The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name. Dryden.

A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

Bad port wine; any commo wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.

State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism.

That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle.

A blooming condition.