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ous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime. They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking. Hooker.

nt of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone.

An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.] Ashmole.

The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. Ayliffe.

, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.

Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal.

Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.

To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. We be…

To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.

A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.

Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n.

The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

Having two perforations.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.