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Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To gild. B. Jonson.

An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15- 24.

s, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

lly trustworthy. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. -- To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of reli…

A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.

ost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. Out of the belly of hell cried I. Jonah ii. 2.

d. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

To be deserved by. [Obs.] More evils belong us than happen to us. B. Jonson.

On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below. Prior.

English prelates assembled in council. -- Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. -- Bench show, an exhibition of dogs. -- Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.…

The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

The act of conferring a benefit. Johnson.

King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." B. Jonson.

To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. Milton.

A variety of pear. Johnson.

oad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier, about where the névé field joins the valley portion of the glacier.

To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To daub with slime; to soil. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.