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To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

est for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate.

ficant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak.

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

ch the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

sect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.

f anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison.

To enter on; to commence. Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. Pope.

eliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. Reid.

The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

ing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness. So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. Milton. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. Longfellow. Specifically:

Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.

nly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.

An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.

A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

Solicitation; supplication. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.

one), to have a more favorable opinion of any one. -- To think better of (an opinion, resolution, etc.), to reconsider and alter one's decision.

One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.