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oose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ. -- Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made i…

ame, expense, responsibility, etc. He shall bear their iniquities. Is. liii. 11. Somewhat that will bear your charges. Dryden.

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.

That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

Behavior like that of a bear.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10.

pass. He beat them in a bloody battle. Prescott. For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. M. Arnold.

One who, or that which, beats.

ng beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization. "The beatification of his spirit." Jer. Taylor.

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

One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.

r render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. The arts that beautify and polish life. Burke.

finition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge.

That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.

That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, bedews.