Part 1003

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Small beer</col>, <cd>weak beer; (<i>fig<i>.) insignificant matters. "To suckle fools, and chronicle <i>small beer<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Beeregar</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beer"e*gar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Beer</ets> + <ets>eager</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sour beer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beerhouse</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beer"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.</def>

<h1>Beeriness</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beer"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beery condition.</def>

<h1>Beery</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beer"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.</def>

<h1>Beestings</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beest"ings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Biestings</er>.</def>

<h1>Beeswax</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bees"wax`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.</def>

<h1>Beeswing</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bees"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Beet</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Beet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bete</ets>, from L. <ets>beta</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A biennial plant of the genus <spn>Beta</spn>, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The root of plants of the genus <i>Beta</i>, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.</def>

<note>&hand; There are many varieties of the common beet (<spn>Beta vulgaris</spn>). The Old "white beet", cultivated for its edible leafstalks, is a distinct species (<spn>Beta Cicla</spn>).</note>

<h1>Beete, Bete</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw><hw>Beete</hw>, <hw>Bete</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>b<?/tan</ets> to mend. See <er>Better</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To mend; to repair.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To renew or enkindle (a fire).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Beetle</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bee"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>betel</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'c6tl</ets>, <ets>b<?/tl</ets>, mallet, hammer, fr. <ets>be\'a0tan</ets> to beat. See <er>Beat</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.</def>