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To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson.

To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

e; as, to betray a person or a cause. But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. Johnson.

re skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.

A beurré (or buttery) pear, one with the meas, Beurré d'Anjou; Beurré Clairgeau.

An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. Gwilt.

Embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Having, or consisting of, tow joints.

as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. B. Jonson.

The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson. The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574).

Having two forms. Johnson.

A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.

Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskrit verb. Sir W. Jones. -- n.

Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.

To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness. "As pigeons bill." Shak. To bill and coo, to interchange caresses; -- said of doves; also of demonstrative lovers. Thackeray.

Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. "Smooth as is a billiard ball." B. Jonson.

A major in the Turkish army.

o the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams. He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job xxviii. 11. Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Luke xiii. 16.

binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.