Part 1057

<h1>Bequote</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*quote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To quote constantly or with great frequency.</def>

<h1>Berain</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*rain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Berained</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beraining</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To rain upon; to wet with rain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Berate</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*rate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> Berated; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> Berating.]</wordforms> <def>To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.</def>

<h1>Berattle</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*rat"tle</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Beray</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*ray"</hw> (?) <tt>v.t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. be + ray to defile]</ety> <def>TO make foul; to soil; to defile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Berbe</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Berbe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Berber, Barb a Barbary horse.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.</def>

<h1>Berber</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See Barbary.]</ety> <def>A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.</def>

<h1>Berberine</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ber*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.</def>

<h1>Berberry</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<tt>n.</tt><def>See Barberry.</def>

<h1>Berdash</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"dash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>,<tt>n.</tt>A kind of neckcloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A treatise against the cravat and <b>berdash</b>. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bere</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Bere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OIcel. <ets>berja</ets> to strike.]</ety> To pierce. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> Chaucer.</def>

<h1>Bere</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Bere</hw><def>,<tt>n.</tt>See Bear, barley.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Bereave</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*reave"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bereaved</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <er>Bereft</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bereaving.</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bireven</ets>, AS. <ets>bere\'a0fian</ets>. See <er>Be-</er>, and <er>Reave.</er>]</ety>