-nỏ, mỏve, nôr, nôt ;-tùbe, tủb, båll ;-ôll ;-pôånd ;-thin, THIS. rex distinct ideas to these words: and perhaps || BASTARD, bås'târd. s. 88. A person born of a vict of being a bastard; to beget a bastard. BASTARDLY, bas'târd-lè. ad. In the manner of a bastard. it is an ignorance of this distinction of speaking woman out of wedlock; any thing spurious. sounds, and confounding them with high and BASTARD, bâs'tård. a Begotten out of wedlow, or loud and soft, that occasions the confu- lock spurious, supposititious, adulterate. sion we meet with in writers on this subject.-To BASTARDIZE, bas'tår-dize. v. a. To con bee Elements of Elocution, page 60. Also observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity, at the end of the Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Proper Names. BASALTES, ba-sal tèz. s. A kind of rock, never found in layers, but standing upright. Ash. BASE, base. a. Mean, vile, worthless; disingenuous, illiberal, ungenerous; of low station, of maran account; base-born, born out of wedlock: applied to metals, without value: applied to sounds, deep, grave. BASE-BORN, hrase born. a. Born out of wedlock. used in concerts for the base sound BASELY, basele. ad. Meanly, dishonourably; in bastardy, as basely born. BASENESS, base'nes. s. Meanness, vileness; vileness of metal; bastardy; deepness of sound. BASHAW, bash-aw'. s. Among the Turks, the viceroy of a province. BASHFUL, bash'ful. a. Modest, shamefaced, shy. BASHFULLY, båsh'fül-lè. ad. Timorously, modestly BASHFULNESS, bâsh'fül-nês. s. Modesty, fool- BASIL, bázi. s. The name of a plant. arm. BASILICA, bi-zil'è-kå. s. BASALICK, ba-zillik. a. silica. The basilick vein. The basilick vein; a BASILICK, bi-zillik. s. BASILISK, bizè-lisk. s. A kind of serpent, a BASIN, basa. s. 405. A small vessel to hold wa- BASIS, ba'sis. s. The foundation of any thing; the lowest of the three principal parts of a column; that on which any thing is raised; the pedestal; the ground-work. To BASK, bask. v. a. 79. To warm by laying out in the beat. BASK, baik. v. n. To lie in a place to receive heat BASKET, blt. s. 99. A vessel made of twigs, rushes, or splinters. BASKET-HILT, bås kit-hilt. s. 99. A hilt of a BASS-VIOL, båse-vid. s. 165. See BASE-VIOL. 99. A game at cards. BASSOON, As-sóða'. s. A musical instrument of the wind kind, blown with a reed. BASTARDY, bås'târ-dè, s. An unlawful state of birth, which disables a child from succeeding to an inheritance. To BASTE, båste. v. a. To beat with a stick ; BASTINADE, bas-te-nades. The act of beat- ing with a cudgel; a Turkish punishment of V. a. To beat.-See LUMBAGO. BASTION, bas'tshån. s. 291. A huge mass of earth, usually faced with sods, standing out from a rampart; a bulwark. BAT, båt. s. A heavy stick. BAT, båt. s. An animal having the body of a mouse, and the wings of a bird, not with feathers, but with a sort of skin which is extended. It brings forth its young as mice do, and suc kles them. BAT-FOWLING, bắt f3u-ling. s. Bird-catching in the night-time. BATABLE, bå'tå-bl. a. 405. Disputable. Bata- BATCH, bâtsh. s. The quantity of bread baked To lessen any thing, to price; to lessen a de retrench; to sink the To BATHE, bàтHе. v. a. 467. To wash in a bath; BATOON, bå-toon'. s. A staff or club; a trun- BATTALIA, båt-tàle'yå. s. 272. The order of 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât;--mè, mêt;-plne, pin ;BATTLE-ARRAY, bât'tl-år-rà. s. Array, or order of battle. BATTLE-AX, båt'tl-åks. s. A weapon; a bill. BATTLE-DOOR, båt'tl-dore. s. An instrument} with a round handle and a flat blade, to strike a ball or a shuttlecock. BATTLEMENT, bât'tl-ment. s. A wall with open places to look through or annoy an enemy. BATTY, båt te. a. Belonging to a bat. BAVAROY, bâ-vâ-ròè'. s. A kind of cloke. BAUBEE, baw-bèè'. s. In Scotland, a halfpenny. BAVIN, båvin. s. A stick like those bound up in faggots. BAWBLE, bawbl. s. 405. A gewgaw, a trifling piece of finery. BAWBLING, båw'bling. a. 410. Trifling, con- BAWCOCK, båw'kok. s. A fine fellow. To BAWL, båll. v. n. To hoot, to cry out with BAY, ba. s. An opening into the land. BAY, bå. s. The state of any thing surrounded BAY, bå. s. In architecture, a term used to sig- BAY, bå. s. An honorary crown or garland. BAY SALT, ba'sålt. s. Salt made of sea water, This word is very frequently pronounced BEACH, beetsh. s. 997. The shore, the strand. an eminence, to be fired on the approach of an enemy; marks erected to direct navigators. BEAD, bede. s. 227. Small globes or balls strung upon a thread, aud used by the Roman Catholicks to count their prayers; little balls worn about the neck for ornament; any globular bodies. BEAD-TREE, hède'trée. s. The nut of this tree is, by religious persons, bored through, and strung as beads, whence it takes its name. BEADLE, be dl. s. 227, 405. A messenger or servitor belonging to a court; a petty officer in parishes. BEADROLL, beđeʼrôle. s. A catalogue of those who are to be mentioned at prayers. BEADSMAN, béèdz'mân. s. A man employed in praying for another. BEAGLE, be gl. s. 227, 405. A small hound with which bares are bunted. BEAK, bèke. s. 227. The bill or horny mouth of a bird; a piece of brass like a beak, fixed at the head of the ancient gallies; any thing ending in a point like a beak. BEAKED, bè'ked, or bèkt. a. 362. Having a beak. BEAKER, bekår. s. 98. A cup with a spout in BEAL, bele. s. 227. A whelk or pimple. BEAM-TREE, bème'trèè. s. Wildservice. BEAN, bène. s. 227. The common garden bean; BEAN-CAPER, bène'kå-pår. s. A plant. To BEAR, båre. v. n. 73. To suffer pain; to be BEAR, bare. s. 73. A rough savage animal; the name of two constellations called the Greater and Lesser Bear: in the tail of the Lesser Bear is the Pole star. BEAR-BIND, bare'bind. s. A species of bind- BEAR-FLY, bare'fll. s. An insect. BEAR'S-BREECH, barz'britsh. s. The name BEAR'S-EAR, bårz'èèr. s. The name of a plant. BEAR'S-FOOT, bårz'fat. s. A species of helle BEAR'S-WORT, bårz'wårt. s. 165. An herb. BEARD, bèèrd'. s. 228. The hair that grows on the lips and chin; sharp prickles growing upon the ears of corn; a barb on an arrow. This word, as Dr. Kenrick observes, is frequently pronounced so as to rhyme with herd: but I am of his opinion that this pronunciation is improper. Mr. Scott and Mr. Perry give it both ways. Buchanan sounds it short, like Mr. Sheridan. W. Johnston makes it rhyme with Laird, a Scotch lord: but Mr. Elphinstone, who is the most accurate observer of pronunciation I ever met with, gives it as I have done. The stage has, in my opinion, adopted the short sound of the diphthong without good reason, and in this instance ought not to be followed; as the long sound is not only more agreeable to analogy, but to general usage. I am glad to find my opinion confirmed by so good a judge as Mr. Smith; and though the poets so often sacrifice pronunciation to rhyme, that their authority, in these cases, is not always decisive, yet, as Shakspeare says on another occasion, "They still may help to thicken other proofs "That do demonstrate thinly."-Othello. -no, mỏve, nôr, nôt ;-tube, tâb, båll ;-ỏîl ;—pôånd ;—thin, THIS. * Rail'd at their covenant and jeer'd Hudibras. Some thin remains of chastity appear'd En under Jove, but Jove without a beard." Dryden. The impropriety of pronouncing this word as it heard on the stage, will, perhaps, appear more perceptible by carrying this pronunciation into the compounds, as the false sound of great may be detected by the phrase Alexander The Great 241. • Old prophecies foretel our fall at hand, When bearded men in floating castles land. And as young striplings whip the top for sport, "On the smooth pavement of an empty court, The wooden engine flies and whirls about, ** Admir'd with clamours of the beardless rout.” Dryden. To BEARD, berd. v. a. To take or pluck by the beard; to oppose to the face, BEARDED, berd ed. a. Having a beard; havm; sharp prickles, as corn; barbed, or jagged. BLARDLESS, beerd lès. a. Without a beard; youthful. BEARER, båre ́ûr. s. 93. A carrier of any thing; Doe employed in carrying burdens; one who Bears any thing; one who carries the body to the grave; one who supports the pall at a funeral a tree that yields its produce; in architecture, a post or brick wall raised up between the ends of a piece of timber. BEAKHERD, båre hård. s. A man that tends BI.ARING, båreing. s. 410. The site or place of any thing with respect to something else; gesture, my n, behaviour. BEARWARD, båre ward. s. A keeper of bears. BLASI, brest, s. 227. An animal distinguished from birds, insects, fishes, and man; an irrational animal, opposed to man; a brutal sa vage man. BRASTLINESS, bèèstlè-nès. s. Brutality. BEASTLY, beeste. a. Brutal, contrary to the nature and dignity of man; having the nature or form of beasts BEATIFICAL, bè-â-tif'è-kål. } Blissful. It is used only of heavenly fruitios after death. BEATIFICALLY, bè-å-tîf ́è-kâl-lè. ad. In such a manner as to complete happiness. BEATIFICATION, bè-ât'è-fe-ka'shun. s. Beatification is an acknowledgment made by the Pope, that the person beatified is in heaven, and therefore may be reverenced as blessed. To BEATIFY, be-ât'e-fl. v. a. 183. To bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. BEATING, bete'ing, s. 410. Correction by blows. BEATITUDE, be-ât'e-tàde. s. Blessedness, felicity, happiness; a declaration of blessedness made by our Saviour to particular virtues. BEAU, bo. s. 245, 481. A man of dress. BEAVER, bèè'vår. s. 227, 98. An animal, other wise named the castor, amphibious, and remarkable for his art in building his habitation; a hat of the best kind; the part of a helmet that covers the face. BEAVERED, bèè'vård. a. 362. Covered with a beaver. BEAUISH, boish. a. 245. Befitting a beau, foppish. BEAUMONDE, bỏ-monde'. s. The fashionable world. Mason. BEAUTY, ba'tè. s. That assemblage of graces which pleases the eye; a particular grace; a beautiful person. BEAUTY-SPOT, bu'tè-spôt. s. A spot placed to heighten soine beauty. BECAFICO, bek-a-fè kò. s. 112. A bird like a nightingale, a fig-pecker. To BECALM, bé-kam'. v. a. 403. To still the elements; to keep a ship from motion; to quiet the mind. T BEAT, bete. v. a. 227, 233. To strike, to knock; to punish with stripes; to mark the tame in mack; to give repeated blows; to atike ground, to rouse game; to mix things by Ing and frequent agitation; to batter with engies of war; to make a path by treading it; to conquer, to subdue, to vanquish; to harass, to over-labour; to depress; to deprive by violence to move with fluttering agitation; to heat down, to lessen the price demanded; to bal up; to attack suddenly; to beat the hoof,To BECK, bĉk. v. a. To make a sign with the Tu wain, to "o on foot. The past time of this verb is by the English BEAT BECAME, bè-kame'. The preterit of Become. BECAUSE, bé-kawz'. conjunct. For this reason; for; on this account. To BECHANCE, bè-tshanse'. v. n.. To befal, to happen to. 352. head. BECK, bek. s. A sign with the head, a nod; a nod of command. To BECKON, bêk'kn. v. n. 170. To make a sign. To embrace. To BECLIP, bé-klip'. v. a. To BECOME, bè-kam'. v. a. To appear in a BECOMING, be-kom'ming. part. a. That BECOMINGLY, bé-kåm'ming-lè. ad. After a BED, bed. 8. Something made to sleep on ;, I 559.-Fate, får, fäll, fât ;—mè, mêt;-pine, pin ;- child; To make the BED, to put the bed in or- To BED, bed. v. n. To cohabit. To BEDABBLE, bè-dåb'bl. v. a. To wet, to be- To BEDAGGLE, bé-dåg'gl. v. a. To bemine. BEDCHAMBER, bed'tshame-bår. s. The cham- BEDCLOTHES, bed'cloze. s. Coverlets spread over a bed. BEDDING, bed'ding. s. 410. The materials of a bed. To BEDECK, bè-dêk'. v. a. To deck, to adorn. To BEDEW, bè-dů'. v. a. To moisten gently, as with fall of dew. BEDFELLOW, bêd'fêl-lo. s. One that lies in the same bed. To BEDIGHT, bè-dite'. v. a. To adorn, to dress. To BEDIM, bè-dim'. v. a. To obscure, to cloud, to darken. Consisting of The flesh of black cattle prepared for food; an ox, bull, or cow. It has the plural Beeves. BEEF-EATER, bèèf'è-tår. s. A yeoman of the guard.-Probably a corruption of the French word Beaufetier, one who attends at the sideboard, which was anciently placed in a Beaufet. BEEN, bin. The participle preterit of To be. This word, in the solemn, as well as the familiar style, has shared the fate of most of those words, which, from their nature, are in the most frequent use. It is scarcely ever heard other. wise than as the noun bin, a repository for corn or wine, and must be placed among those deviations which language is always liable to in such words as are auxiliary or subordinate to others; for, as those parts of bodies which are the most frequently handled grow the soonest smooth by constant friction, so such words as are in continual use seem to wear off their articulations, and become more irregular than others. So low as the age of James the First, I have seen this word spelled_Byn. BEER, beer. s, Liquor made of malt and hops. BEET, beet. s. The name of a plant. BEETLE, bèè'tl. s. 405. An insect distinguished by having hard cases or sheaths, under which he folds his wings; a heavy mallet. BEETLEBROWED, bee'tl-broad. a. Having prominent brows. 362. A mad-house; a To dress To BEDIZEN, be-dl'zn. v. a. 103. BEDPOST, bed'post. s. The post at the cor- fellow. To BEDRAGGLE, bè-drâg'gl. v. a. To soil the clothes. 405. To BEDRENCH, bè-drênsh'. v. a. To drench, to soak. BEDRID, bêd'rid. a. Confined to the bed by age or sickness. BEDRITE, bêd'rite. s. The privilege of the To BEDROP, bè-drôp'. v. a. To besprinkle, BEDSTRAW, bed'straw. s. The straw laid un- BEDTIME, bêd'time. s. The hour of rest. To BEDUST, bè-důst'. v. a. To sprinkle with dust. BEDWARD, bêd'wård. ad. Toward bed. BEETLEHEADED, bèè'tl-hêd-êd. a. Logger- } To BEFIT, bè-fit'. v. a. To suit, to be suitable to. To BEFOOL, bè-fööl'. v. a. To infatuate, to fool. BEFORE, be-fore'. prep. Further onward in place; in the front of; not behind; in the presence of; under the cognizance of; preceding in time; in preference to; prior to; supe riour to. BEFORE, bè-fore'. ad. Sooner than; earlier in time; in time past; in some time lately past; previously to; to this time; hitherto; further onward in place. BEFOREHAND, bé-före hånd. ad. In a state of To BEFOUL, bè'föûl'. v. a. To make foul, to soil. to be kind to. To BEFRINGE, bè-frinje'. v. a. To decorate, To BEG, beg. v. n. To live upon alms. BEGETTER, bè-gêt'tůr. s. 99. He that pro- One who lives up. on alms; a petitioner; one who assumes what he does not prove. To BEGGAR, bēg går. v. a. To reduce to beggary, to impoverish; to deprive; to exhaust. BEGGARLINESS, bèg'gür-lè-nès. 8. The state of being beggarly. BEGGARI Y, beg går-16. a. Mean, poor, indigent. མ —nổ, mỏve, nỗi, nốt ;—tube, tab, bill ;–01;pound ;—thin, THIS. BEGGARY, beg går-è. 8. Indigence. To BEGIN, begin'. v. n. To enter upon something new; to commence any action or state; to enter upon existence; to have its original; to take rise; to come into act. To BEGIN, be-gin'. v. a. To do the first act of any thing; to trace from any thing as the first ground; to begin with; to enter upon. BEGINNER, bè-gla'nür. s. 95. He that gives the first cause, or original, to any thing; an unexperienced attempter. sound of the vowel, both in the noun and verb; as, proof, prove; wife, wive; thief, thieve, &c. BEHOOVEFUL, bè-hoov 'ful. a. Useful; profitBEHOOVEFULLY, bè-hỏỏv 'fûl-lè. ad. Profitably; usefully. able. To BEHOWL, bé-hôûl', v. a. To howl at. BEING, being. s. 410. Existence, opposed to nonentity; a particular state or condition; the person existing. BEING, being. conjunct. Since. IT SO, belt-so. A phrase, suppose it to be so; let it be so. BEGINNING, be-ginning. s. 410. The first origi-||BE nal or cause; the entrance into act or being; the state in which any thing first is; the rudi-To BELABOUR, bè-là'bůr. v. a. To beat; to ments, or first grounds; the first part of any with fat matter. To BEGRIME, bè-grime'. v. a. 160. To soil with dirt deep impressed. To BEGUILF, bè-gyile'. v. a. 160. To impose upon, to delude; to deceive, to evade; to deceive pleasingly, to amuse. BEGUN, Agan. The part. passive of Begin. BEHALF, bé-håf'. s. 78, 403. Favour, cause; vindication, support. 15 BEHAVE, bé-have'. v. a Tocarry, to conduct. 10 BEHAVE, be-have'. v. n. To act, to conduct one's self. thump. BELAMIE, bêl'â-mè. s. A friend, an intimate. To BELCH, belsh. v. n. To eject the wind from BELDAM, bel'dâm. s. 88. An old woman; a hag. To BELEAGUER, bè-lè'går. v. a. To besiege, to block up a place. BELEAGUERER, bé-lè'går-år. s. One that besieges a place. BELFLOWER, bêl'flöûr. s. A plant. ||BELFOUNDER, belföün-dür. s. He whose trade it is to found or cast bells. BELFRY, bělírè. s. The place where the bells are rung. To BELIE, bê-li'. v. a. To counterfeit, to feign, to mimick; to give the lie to, to charge with falsehood; to calumniate; to give a false representation of any thing. BELIEF, bè-leef. s. Credit given to something BEHAVIOUR, bè-håve'yår. s. 294. Manner of To BEHEAD, be-hed'. v. a. To kill by cutting BEHELD, be-bild'. Particip. passive from Behold. BEF MOTH, bé he-moth. s. The hippopotamus, or river-borse. LEHEST, -ht'. s. Command. BEHIND, behind. ad. Backward. gratitude BEHOLDER, be-hol dar. s. Spectator. 17 This word is sometimes improperly written To BELIEVE, bè-lèèv'. v. a. To credit, upon the authority of another; to put confidence in the veracity of any one. To BELIEVE, bè-lèèv'. v. n. To have a firm persuasion of any thing; to exercise the theological virtue of faith. BELIEVER, bè-lèè'vår. s. 93. He that believes BELIEVINGLY, bé-lee'ving-lè. ad. After a beor gives credit; a professor of Christianity. lieving manner. BELIKE, bè-like'. ad. Probably; likely; per› haps; sometimes in a sense of irony. BELL, bell. s. A vessel, or hollow body of cast BELLE, bell. s. A gay young lady. ture. ging war. BELLIGERANT, bêl-lidje'è-rånt. a. 518. Waging in war. To BELLOW, bêľ'ld. v. n. 327. To make a noise as a bull; to make any violent outcry; to vociferate, to clamour; to roar as the sea or the wind. BELLOWS, bellas. s. The instrument used to blow the Gre. The last syllable of this word, like that of Gallows, is corrupted beyond recovery into the sound of lus. BELLUINE, bêľlü-ine. a. 119. Beastly, brutal. body which reaches from the breast to the |