Part 1078

<blockquote>So loving to my mother, That he might not <b>beteem</b> the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betel</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be"tel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg., fr. Tamil <ets>vettilei</ets>, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of pepper (<spn>Piper betle</spn>), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. I is a woody climber with ovate manynerved leaves.</def>

<h1>Betelguese</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bet"el*guese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>B\'82telgeuse</ets>, of Arabic origin.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Betelgeux</asp> and <asp>Betelgeuse</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Betel nut</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be"tel nut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.</def>

<h1>B\'88te noire</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>B\'88te" noire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Fr., lit. black beast.]</ety> <def>Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.</def>

<h1>Bethabara wood</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Beth*ab"a*ra wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.</def>

<h1>Bethel</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Beth"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>b<?/th-el</ets> house of God.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place of worship; a hallowed spot.</def>

<i>S. F. Adams.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A chapel for dissenters.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A house of worship for seamen.</def>

<h1>Bethink</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*think"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bethought</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bethinking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>be<?/encan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets><?/encan</ets> to think. See <er>Think</er>.]</ety> <def>To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with <i>of</i> or <i>that</i> before the subject of thought.</def>

<blockquote>I have <b>bethought</b> me of another fault. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The rest . . . may . . . <b>bethin</b>k themselves, and recover. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We <b>bethink</b> a means to break it off. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect.</syn>

<h1>Bethink</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*think"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To think; to recollect; to consider.</def> "<i>Bethink</i> ere thou dismiss us."

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Bethlehem</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Beth"le*hem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>b<?/th-lekhem</ets> house of food; <ets>b<?/th</ets> house + <ets>lekhem</ets> food, <ets>l\'bekham</ets> to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. <er>Bedlam</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into <i>bedlam</i>.</def>