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tly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.

An inferior bard. J. Cunningham.

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

, a. See Bawbling. [Obs.]

Insignificant; contemptible. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being beastly.

The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. "A bee line for the brig." Kane.

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- Be*guil"ing*ly, adv.

A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.

Same as Benzole.

sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.

Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.

A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor. Watts.

Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.

The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.

A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coördinates.

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary. -- Bi*lin"gual*ly, adv.