Towards bed.

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.

To dye or stain.

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apid/ (the honeybees), or family Andrenid/ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

a perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America.

any dipterous insect of the family Bombyliidae, which eat nectar and in some cases resemble bees. Their larvae are parasitic on the larvae of bees and other insects.

A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds especially on bees. The European species (Merops apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.

A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

A tree of the genus Fagus.

Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.

The nut of the beech tree.

Of or relating to beeches.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Stupid; dull.

a hardy breed of beef cattle derived as a cross between the American bison and domestic cattle, usually being genetically / bison and / domestic bovine; -- it yields leaner beef than conventional breeds.

a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun.

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

made greater or stronger.

A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

A house for bees; an apiary.

Same as Beild.

The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.

A trumpet.

One who keeps bees.

A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

a protruding potbelly caused by excessive drinking of beer.

same as beer belly.

Sour beer.

A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.

Beery condition.

Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.

Same as Biestings.

The first milk given by a cow after calving.

The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.

The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.

A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.

Ludwig van Beethoven, a renowned German composer, born 1770, died 1827.

of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven.

To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

Dull; stupid.

The handle of a beetle.

The common beet (Beta vulgaris).

A beef; a beef creature.

plural of Beef, the animal.

To come to pass; to happen.

To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

In a befitting manner; suitably.

To flatter excessively.

To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.

To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.

confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.

In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

Formerly; aforetime.

To befall.

made disgustingly dirty.

To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

Act of befriending.

To furnish or deck with a frill.

To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe.

To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

dazed by alcoholic drink.

To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

See Bigha.

To adorn with gems, or as with gems.

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

One who begets; a father.

Capable of being begged.

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.

any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing.

the seed of bur marigolds.

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

Beggary.

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

a woman who is a beggar.

Beggarly.

A beggar.

To gild.

Beginning.

One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.

The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

To surround as with a girdle.

To encompass; to begird.

The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.

To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.

A unit of resistance equal to one billion ohms, or one thousand megohms.

Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).

A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

a natural family of monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.

To besmear with gore.

imp. p. p. of Beget.

p. p. of Beget.

To bury; also, to engrave.

To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

One who, or that which, begrimes.

To grudge; to envy the possession of.

being given reluctantly or with displeasure.

One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

filled with wonder and delight.

The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

One who, or that which, beguiles.

Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.

See Beghard.

A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank.

p. p. of Begin.

Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

To happen to.

To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.