Part 1066

<h1>Besetment</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*set"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.</def> "Fearing a <i>besetment</i>."

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Besetter</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*set"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, besets.</def>

<h1>Besetting</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*set"ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; <as>as, a <ex>besetting</ex> sin</as>.</def>

<h1>Beshine</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*shine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beshone</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beshining</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To shine upon; to ullumine.</def>

<h1>Beshow</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*show"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large food fish (<spn>Anoplopoma fimbria</spn>) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also <altname>candlefish</altname>.</def>

<h1>Beshrew</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*shrew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To curse; to execrate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Beshrew</b> me, but I love her heartily. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness.

<i>Schmidt.</i> </note>

<h1>Beshroud</h1> <Xpage=139>

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

<h1>Beshut</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*shut"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shut up or out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beside</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*side"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biside</ets>, <ets>bisiden</ets>, <ets>bisides</ets>, prep. and adv., beside, besides; pref. <ets>be-</ets> by + <ets>side</ets>. Cf. Besides, and see <er>Side</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>At the side of; on one side of.</def> "<i>Beside</i> him hung his bow."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.</def>

<blockquote> have done enough To put him quite <b>beside</b> his patience. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.</def> <note>[In this use <i>besides</i> is now commoner.]</note>

<blockquote>Wise and learned men <b>beside</b> those whose names are in the Christian records. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To be beside one's self</col>, <cd>to be out ob one's wits or senses.</cd></cs>