Part 1000

<hw>Be*dust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Bedward</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Towards bed.</def>

<h1>Bedwarf</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Be*dwarf"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedwarfed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.</def>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Bedye</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Be*dye"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedyed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedyeing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To dye or stain.</def>

<blockquote>Briton fields with Sarazin blood <b>bedyed</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bee</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Be</er>; -- used for <i>been</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bee</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>be\'a2</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bij</ets> and <ets>bije</ets>, Icel. <ets>b<?/</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>bi</ets>, OHG. <ets>pini</ets>, G. <ets>biene</ets>, and perh. Ir. <ets>beach</ets>, Lith. <ets>bitis</ets>, Skr. <ets>bha</ets>. &root;97.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect of the order <spn>Hymenoptera</spn>, and family <spn>Apid\'91</spn> (the honeybees), or family <spn>Andrenid\'91</spn> (the solitary bees.) See <er>Honeybee</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; There are many genera and species. The common honeybee (<spn>Apis mellifica</spn>) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the <spn>A. mellifica</spn> there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the <spn>A. ligustica</spn> of Spain and Italy; the <spn>A. Indica</spn> of India; the <spn>A. fasciata</spn> of Egypt. The <i>bumblebee</i> is a species of <spn>Bombus</spn>. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to <spn>Melipoma</spn> and <spn>Trigona</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; <as>as, a quilting <ex>bee</ex>; a husking <ex>bee</ex>; a raising <ex>bee</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<blockquote>The cellar . . . was dug by a <b>bee</b> in a single day. <i> S. G. Goodrich.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <plu>pl.</plu> <ety>[Prob. fr. AS. <ets>be\'a0h</ets> ring, fr. <ets>b<?/gan</ets> to bend. See 1st <er>Bow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also <altname>bee blocks</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Bee beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a beetle (<spn>Trichodes apiarius</spn>) parasitic in beehives.</cd> -- <col>Bee bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.</cd> -- <col>Bee flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an orchidaceous plant of the genus <spn>Ophrys</spn> (<spn>O. apifera</spn>), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.</cd> -- <col>Bee fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a two winged fly of the family <spn>Bombyliid\'91</spn>. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees.</cd> -- <col>Bee garden</col>, <cd>a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary.</cd> <i>Mortimer</i>. -- <col>Bee glue</col>, <cd>a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also <altname>propolis</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Bee hawk</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the honey buzzard.</cd> -- <col>Bee killer</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large two-winged fly of the family <spn>Asilid\'91</spn> (esp. <spn>Trupanea apivora</spn>) which feeds upon the honeybee. See <er>Robber fly</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bee louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a minute, wingless, dipterous insect (<spn>Braula c\'91ca</spn>) parasitic on hive bees.</cd> -- <col>Bee martin</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the kingbird (<spn>Tyrannus Carolinensis</spn>) which occasionally feeds on bees.</cd> -- <col>Bee moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a moth (<spn>Galleria cereana</spn>) whose larv\'91 feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives.</cd> -- <col>Bee wolf</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of <cref>Bee beetle</cref>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To have a bee in the head</col> &or; <col>in the bonnet</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be choleric.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be restless or uneasy.</cd> <i>B. Jonson</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy.</cd> "She's whiles crack-brained, and <i>has a bee in her head<i>." <i>Sir W. Scott</i>.</cs>

<h1>Beebread</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bee"bread`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Beech</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beech</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Beeches</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>beche</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/ce</ets>; akin to D. <ets>beuk</ets>, OHG. <ets>buocha</ets>, G. <ets>buche</ets>, Icel. <ets>beyki</ets>, Dan. <ets>b\'94g</ets>, Sw. <ets>bok</ets>, Russ. <ets>buk</ets>, L. <ets>fagus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> oak, <ets><?/</ets> to eat, Skr. <ets>bhaksh</ets>; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See <er>Book</er>, and cf. 7th <er>Buck</er>, <er>Buckwheat</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree of the genus <spn>Fagus</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The <spn>Fagus sylvatica</spn> is the European species, and the <spn>F. ferruginea</spn> that of America.</note>

<cs><col>Beech drops</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (<spn>Epiphegus Americana</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Beech marten</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the stone marten of Europe (<spn>Mustela foina</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Beech mast</col>, <cd>the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn.</cd> -- <col>Beech oil</col>, <cd>oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree.</cd> -- <col>Cooper beech</col>, <cd>a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.</cd></cs>

<h1>Beechen</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beech"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>b<?/cen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.</def> "Plain <i>beechen</i> vessels."