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Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.] It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer.

An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

n England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

f whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general. On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser. It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line. Quar…

Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

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

An imposition; a trick. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beard grass (Bot.), a coarse, perennial grass of different species of the genus Andropogon. -- To one's beard, to one's face; in open defiance.

Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl. A carriage covered with armorial bearings. Thackeray.

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. Swift.

o 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 inst…

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. "A beauish young spark." Byrom.

To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To blot; to stain. Chaucer.

By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton.

To charm; to captivate.

To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character. The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error…