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At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

p. p. of Bake. [Obs. or. Archaic]

Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [Archaic]

To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate. [Archaic] Shak.

t about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic] If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. Chatham.

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. [Archaic] Shak.

Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] Knolles.

To bastinado. [Archaic]

To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.

To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn. [Archaic] Milton.

Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] -- Be*hoove"ful*ly, adv. -- Be*hoove"ful*ness, n. [Archaic]

It is likely or probably; perhaps. [Obs. or Archaic] -- Be*like"ly, adv. Belike, boy, then you are in love. Shak.

A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene Wordsworth.

Named; styled. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott.

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] The clouds benight the sky. Garth.

Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic] The full bent and stress of the soul. Norris.

Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] -- Be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seem"ing*ness, n.

Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic] In beseemly order sitten there. Shenstone.

Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic]

A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23. The housemaid with her besom. W. Irving.