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The state or position of beds and layers.

Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton.

To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.

ide of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

ded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer.

To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. While each to his great Father bends. Coleridge.

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

atin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness. So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. Milton. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. Longfellow. Specifically:…

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

eseeming the preachers. Clarendon. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God Hocker.

ghest degree; beyond all others. "Thou serpent! That name best befits thee." Milton. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small. Coleridge.

fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt. xvii. 22.

rder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.] -- To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave. -- To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.

eptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange. Chitty. -- Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the d…

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.

e legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

pposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.