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nd 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.

A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]

dioi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart.

To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

ulation of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive.

e 30º-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.

eing becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.

-- Bee moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. -- Bee wolf (Zoöl.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of Bee beetle. -- To have a bee in the head or in the bonnet. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. B. Jonson. (c) To be…

Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5.

To laud or praise greatly.

on; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. Reid.

top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar. Shak. This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17.

ior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings." Addison.

A grandfather, or ancestor. "His great belsire Brute." [Obs.] Drayton.