Part 1079

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.</def>

<i>Audsley.</i>

<h1>Bethlehemite, Bethlemite</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw><hw>Beth"le*hem*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Beth"lem*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of an extinct English order of monks.</def>

<h1>Bethought</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*thought"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Bethink</er>.</def>

<h1>Bethrall</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*thrall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bethumb</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*thumb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.</def>

<i> Poe.</i>

<h1>Bethump</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*thump"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bethumped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>, or <er>Bethumpt</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bethumping</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To beat or thump soundly.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Betide</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*tide"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betided</er> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>Obs</tt>. <er>Betid</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betiding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bitiden</ets>; pref. <ets>bi-</ets>, <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>tiden</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>t\'c6dan</ets>, to happen, fr. <ets>t\'c6d</ets> time. See <er>Tide</er>.]</ety> <def>To happen to; to befall; to come to ; <as>as, woe <ex>betide</ex> the wanderer</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What will <b>betide</b> the few ? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betide</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*tide"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To come to pass; to happen; to occur.</def>

<blockquote>A salve for any sore that may <b>betide</b>. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Shakespeare has used it with <i>of</i>. "What would <i>betide of</i> me ?"</note>

<h1>Betime, Betimes</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw><hw>Be*time"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Be*times"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> (for <ets>by</ets>) + <ets>time</ets>; that is, by the proper time. The <ets>-s</ets> is an adverbial ending.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.</def>

<blockquote>To measure life learn thou <b>betimes</b>. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To rise <b>betimes</b> is often harder than to do all the day's work. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>