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To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Shak.

Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone). [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

e other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. Addison.

of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

To howl at. [Obs.] The wolf behowls the moon. Shak.

a sweet being is an honest mind ! Beau. & Fl. A Being of infinite benevolence and power. Wordsworth.

Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liane; in the Philippines, esp. any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.

To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.

A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. Around the beldam all erect they hang. Akenside.

n of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.

To fill with lies. [Obs.] "The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world." Shak.

pinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest…

J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action o…

One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. "Would bellow out a laugh." Dryden.

The womb. [Obs.] Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. Jer. i. 5.