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A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

A collected series of benedictions. The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle.

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]

To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. We be…

A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! Beau. & Fl.

ump to draw the bilge water from the gold of a ship. -- Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. -- Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launch…

One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.

The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations. [Australia]

The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively. [Obs.]

tery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger.

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. Prescott.

rgans of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.

The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Es…

The realm of bores; bores, collectively.