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rom a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection. But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies. Pope.

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow.

A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.

ore 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.

A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.

A framework for supporting a bed.

t and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.

To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. Wordsworth.

To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech. I do beg your good will in this case. Shak. [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus. Matt. xxvii. 58.

One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

y arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in

Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. Clarendon. In behalf of, in the interest of. -- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.

Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall.

The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon.