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Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

The fool's club. [Obs.] "A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it." Nares.

in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. Bavarian cream. See under Cream.

A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] Nares.

In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex To be contents his natural desire. Pope. To be, or not to be: that is the question. Shak.

he waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea (Zoöl.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. -- Beach grass (Bot.), a coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas…

the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather. Abaft the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. -- Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin…

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

State or nature of a beast.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc. To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower price; to force down. [Colloq.] -- To beat into, to teach or ins…

A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.

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

A pan for warming beds. Nares.

pl. Etym: [Prob. fr. AS. beáh ring, fr. b to bend. See 1st Bow.] (Naut.)

Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.