Part 1072

<hw>Be*spot"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bespotted</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bespotting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To mark with spots, or as with spots.</def>

<h1>Bespread</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*spread"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bespread</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bespreading</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To spread or cover over.</def>

<blockquote>The carpet which <b>bespread</b> His rich pavilion's floor. <i> Glover.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besprent</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*sprent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bespreynt</ets>, p. p. of <ets>besprengen</ets>, <ets>bisprengen</ets>, to besprinkle, AS. <ets>besprengan</ets>, akin to D. & G. <ets>besprengen</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>sprengan</ets> to sprinkle. See <er>Sprinkle</er>.]</ety> <def>Sprinkled over; strewed.</def>

<blockquote>His face <b>besprent</b> with liquid crystal shines. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The floor with tassels of fir was <b>besprent</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besprinkle</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*sprin"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besprinkled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Besprinkling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To sprinkle over; to scatter over.</def>

<blockquote>The bed <b>besprinkles</b>, and bedews the ground. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besprinkler</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*sprin"kler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, besprinkles.</def>

<h1>Besprinkling</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*sprin"kling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.</def>

<h1>Bespurt</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*spurt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To spurt on or over; to asperse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Bessemer steel</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bes"se*mer steel`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry <i>Bessemer</i>, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.</def>

<h1>Best</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Best</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>; <i>superl</i>. <i>of</i> Good. <ety>[AS. <ets>besta</ets>, <ets>best</ets>, contr. from <ets>betest</ets>, <ets>betst</ets>, <ets>betsta</ets>; akin to Goth. <ets>batists</ets>, OHG. <ets>pezzisto</ets>, G. <ets>best</ets>, <ets>beste</ets>, D. <ets>best</ets>, Icel. <ets>beztr</ets>, Dan. <ets>best</ets>, Sw. <ets>b\'84st</ets>. This word has no connection in origin with <ets>good</ets>. See <er>Better</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; <as>as, the <ex>best</ex> man; the <ex>best</ex> road; the <ex>best</ex> cloth; the <ex>best</ex> abilities.</as></def>

<blockquote>When he is <b>best</b>, he is a little worse than a man. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Heaven's last, <b>best</b> gift, my ever new delight. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Most advanced; most correct or complete; <as>as, the <ex>best</ex> scholar; the <ex>best</ex> view of a subject.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Most; largest; <as>as, the <ex>best</ex> part of a week</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Best man</col>, <cd>the only or principal groomsman at a wedding ceremony.</cd></cs>

<h1>Best</h1> <Xpage=140>