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An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships in line of battle.

Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele.

eam compass, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. -- Beam engine, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of t…

because an important article of food in the navy. -- Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. -- Sacred bean. See under Sacred. -- Screw bean. See under Screw. -- Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.…

.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. -- To bear off (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. -- To bear up. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to b…

; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele. To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. -- During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one'…

To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. All the lookers-on him dead behight. Spenser.

t was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. Steele.

t of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. Underneath the belly of their steeds. Shak.

,n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.] A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.] Steele.

an species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideæ or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [Written also blimbi and blimbing.]

A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

A rule steelyard. [Scot.]

A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. The nations shall bless themselves in him. Jer. iv. 3.

the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.