Belove Be·love" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Beloved ] [ Middle English
bilufien . See prefix
Be- , and
Love ,
transitive verb ]
To love. [ Obsolete]
Wodroephe.
Beloved Be·loved" past participle & adjective Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar.
Shak.
This is my beloved Son.
Matt. iii. 17.
Beloved Be·lov"ed noun One greatly loved. My beloved is mine, and I am his.
Cant. ii. 16.
Below Be·low" preposition [ Prefix
be- by +
low .]
1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree
below kings."
Addison. 3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were.
Milton.
Who thinks no fact below his regard.
Hallam.
Syn. -- Underneath; under; beneath.
Below Be·low" adverb 1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. Lord Marmion waits below .
Sir W. Scott.
2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below .
Prior.
3. In hell, or the regions of the dead. What business brought him to the realms below .
Dryden.
4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below . Wheaton. 5. In some part or page following.
Belowt Be·lowt" transitive verb To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [ Obsolete]
Camden.
Belsire Bel"sire` noun [ Prefix
bel- +
sire . Confer
Beldam .]
A grandfather, or ancestor. "His great
belsir e Brute." [ Obsolete]
Drayton.
Belswagger Bel"swag`ger noun [ Contr. from
bellyswagger .]
A lewd man; also, a bully. [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Belt Belt (bĕlt)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
belt ; akin to Icelandic
belti , Swedish
bälte , Danish
bælte , Old High German
balz , Latin
balteus , Ir. & Gael.
balt border, belt.]
1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt ; a sword belt . The shining belt with gold inlaid.
Dryden.
2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule.
Shak.
3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand. 4. (Architecture) Same as Band , noun , 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt . 5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. 6. (Geology) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt , leading to the Baltic Sea. 7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank. 8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. [ See
Illust. of
Pulley .]
9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. Belt lacing ,
thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.
Belt Belt transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Belted ;
present participle & verbal noun Belting .]
To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. A coarse black robe belted round the waist.
C. Reade.
They belt him round with hearts undaunted.
Wordsworth.
2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Beltane Bel"tane noun [ Gael.
bealltainn ,
bealltuinn .]
1. The first day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane , and Lammas.
New English Dict.
2. A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.
Belted Belt"ed adjective 1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl. 2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk. 3. 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 .
Beltein, Beltin Bel"tein, Bel"tin noun See Beltane .
Belting Belt"ing noun The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
Beluga Be·lu"ga (be*lū"gȧ)
noun [ Russian
bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, from
bieluii white.]
(Zoology) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. » The northern
beluga (
Delphinapterus catodon ) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
Belute Be·lute" (be*lūt")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Beluted ;
present participle & verbal noun Beluting .] [ Prefix
be- + Latin
lutum mud.]
To bespatter, as with mud. [ R.]
Sterne.
Belvedere Bel`ve·dere" noun [ Italian , from
bello ,
bel , beautiful +
vedere to see.]
(Architecture) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
Belzebuth Bel"ze·buth noun [ From
Beelzebub .]
(Zoology) A spider monkey ( Ateles belzebuth ) of Brazil.
Bema Be"ma noun [ Greek
... step, platform.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford. 2. (Architecture) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Bemad Be·mad" transitive verb To make mad. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Bemangle Be·man"gle transitive verb To mangle; to tear asunder. [ R.]
Beaumont.
Bemask Be·mask" transitive verb To mask; to conceal.
Bemaster Be·mas"ter transitive verb To master thoroughly.
Bemaul Be·maul" transitive verb To maul or beat severely; to bruise. "In order to
bemaul Yorick."
Sterne.
Bemaze Be·maze transitive verb [ Middle English
bimasen ; prefix
be- +
masen to maze.]
To bewilder. Intellects bemazed in endless doubt.
Cowper.
Bemean Be·mean" transitive verb To make mean; to lower. C. Reade.
Bemeet Be·meet" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bemet ;
present participle & verbal noun Bemeeting .]
To meet. [ Obsolete]
Our very loving sister, well bemet .
Shak.
Bemete Be·mete" transitive verb To mete. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Bemingle Be·min"gle transitive verb To mingle; to mix.
Bemire Be·mire" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bemired ;
present participle & verbal noun Bemiring .]
To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. Bemired and benighted in the dog.
Burke.
Bemist Be·mist" transitive verb To envelop in mist. [ Obsolete]
Bemoan Be·moan" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bemoaned ;
present participle & verbal noun Bemoaning .] [ Middle English
bimenen , Anglo-Saxon
bem...nan ; prefix
be- +
m...nan to moan. See
Moan .]
To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with. Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans .
Dryden.
Syn. -- See
Deplore .
Bemoaner Be·moan"er noun One who bemoans.
Bemock Be·mock" transitive verb To mock; to ridicule. Bemock the modest moon.
Shak.
Bemoil Be·moil" transitive verb [ Prefix
be- +
moil , from French
mouiller to wet; but confer also Middle English
bimolen to soil, from Anglo-Saxon
māl spot: confer English
mole .]
To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Bemol Be"mol (bē"mŏl)
noun [ French
bémol , from
bé ♭ +
mol soft.]
(Mus.) The sign ♭; the same as B flat. [ Obsolete]
Bemonster Be·mon"ster transitive verb To make monstrous or like a monster. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Bemourn Be·mourn" transitive verb To mourn over. Wyclif.
Bemuddle Be·mud"dle transitive verb To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.
Bemuffle Be·muf"fle transitive verb To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up. Bemuffled with the externals of religion.
Sterne.
Bemuse Be·muse" transitive verb To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor. A parson much bemused in beer.
Pope.
Ben Ben adverb & preposition [ Anglo-Saxon
binnan ; prefix
be- by +
innan within,
in in.]
Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [ Scot.]
Ben Ben noun [ See
Ben ,
adverb ]
The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but , the outer apartment. [ Scot.]
Ben Ben An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be . [ Obsolete]
Ben, Ben nut Ben, Ben" nut` [ Arabic bān , name of the tree.] (Botany) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben . See Moringa .
Bename Be·name" transitive verb [
past participle Benamed ,
Benempt .]
To promise; to name. [ Obsolete]
Bench Bench noun ;
plural Benches [ Middle English
bench ,
benk , Anglo-Saxon
benc ; akin to Swedish
bänk , Dan
bænk , Icelandic
bekkr , Old Saxon , D., & German
bank . Confer
Bank ,
Beach .]
1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs.
Sir W. Scott.
2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench . 3. The seat where judges sit in court. To pluck down justice from your awful bench .
Shak.
4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench . See King's Bench . 5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms. 6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. Bench mark (Leveling) ,
one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. --
Bench of bishops ,
the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. --
Bench plane ,
any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. --
Bench show ,
an exhibition of dogs. --
Bench table (Architecture) ,
a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
Bench Bench transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Benched ;
present participle & verbal noun Benching .]
1. To furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf.
Dryden.
Stately theaters benched crescentwise.
Tennyson.
2. To place on a bench or seat of honor. Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
Shak.
Bench Bench intransitive verb To sit on a seat of justice. [ R.]
Shak.
Bench mark Bench mark (Leveling) Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.
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