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Not having a beam.

A small beam of light.

Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

of Become.

A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak. Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] -- Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a q…

An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.] Let's get the bedlam to lead him. Shak.

An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. "Raving bedlamites." Beattie.

To beat or bang. [Prov. & Low, Eng.] Todd.

A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [Obs.] Her snowy brows, like budded belamours. Spenser.

Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. Shak.

To promise; to name. [Obs.]

See Benzoin.

A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15.

Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the…

One who believes in Benthamism.

A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.