Part 1055

<hw>Ben"zoyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Benzoic</ets> + Gr. <?/ wood. See <er>-yl</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound radical, <chform>C6H5.CO</chform>; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>benzule</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Benzyl</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ben"zyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Benzoic</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound radical, <chform>C6H5.CH2</chform>, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.</def>

<h1>Bepaint</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*paint"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.</def>

<blockquote>Else would a maiden blush <b>bepaint</b> my cheek. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bepelt</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*pelt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To pelt roundly.</def>

<h1>Bepinch</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*pinch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bepinched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To pinch, or mark with pinches.</def>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Beplaster</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*plas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beplastered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beplastering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.</def>

<blockquote><b>Beplastered</b> with rouge. <i> Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beplumed</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*plumed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Decked with feathers.</def>

<h1>Bepommel</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*pom"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bepommeled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bepommeling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Bepowder</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*pow"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.</def>

<h1>Bepraise</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*praise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To praise greatly or extravagantly.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Beprose</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*prose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To reduce to prose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "To <i>beprose</i> all rhyme."

<i>Mallet.</i>

<h1>Bepuffed</h1> <Xpage=138>