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The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]

race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass. He beat them in a bloody battle. Prescott. For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. M. Arnold.

te, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott.

the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk. A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. Prescott.

ed hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. Sir W. Scott.

es; to be a little crazy. "She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head." Sir W. Scott.

A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott.

To adorn with gems, or as with gems. Begemmed with dewdrops. Sir W. Scott. Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. Shelley.

d or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction. To do his master's high behest. Sir W. Scott.

A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Also written bield and beeld.] The random beild o' clod or stane. Burns.

r. As loud as belleth wind in hell. Chaucer. The wild buck bells from ferny brake. Sir W. Scott.

e, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. Lord Marmion waits below. Sir W. Scott.

The first day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.

Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. Three men with belted brands. Sir W. Scott. Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle.

Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]

ng from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. Sir W. Scott.

Towards Coventry bend we our course. Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. Sir W. Scott.

ness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.

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

quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness. "Benignity of aspect." Sir W. Scott.