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A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate.

To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.

The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak.

One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. [Poetic] Shak.

oöl.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (Braula cæca) parasitic on hive bees. -- Bee martin (Zoöl.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis) which occasionally feeds on bees. -- Bee moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose larvæ feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. -- Bee wolf (Zoöl.), the…

A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

hing to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Rom. x. 10.

The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.

A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidæ, of several species; the campanero.

Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.

A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.

In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. Lord Marmion waits below. Sir W. Scott.

Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.

a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. Bench mark (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. -- Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. -- Bench pl…

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A married man, or a man newly married.

Same as Amarine. [R.] Watts.