Part 1085

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Betulin</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Bet"u*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>betula</ets> birch tree.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (<spn>Betula alba</spn>), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also <altname>birch camphor</altname>.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<h1>Betumble</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tum"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betumbled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To throw into disorder; to tumble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>From her <b>betumbled</b> couch she starteth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betutor</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tu"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betutored</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To tutor; to instruct.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Between</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tween"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bytwene</ets>, <ets>bitweonen</ets>, AS. <ets>betwe\'a2nan</ets>, <ets>betwe\'a2num</ets>; prefix <ets>be-</ets> by + a form fr. AS. <ets>tw\'be</ets> two, akin to Goth. <ets>tweihnai</ets> two apiece. See <er>Twain</er>, and cf. <er>Atween</er>, <er>Betwixt</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the space which separates; betwixt; <as>as, New York is <ex>between</ex> Boston and Philadelphia</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.</def>

<blockquote>If things should go so <b>between</b> them. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Belonging in common to two; shared by both.</def>

<blockquote>Castor and Pollux with only one soul <b>between</b> them. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; <as>as, opposition <ex>between</ex> science and religion</as>.</def>

<blockquote>An intestine struggle, open or secret, <b>between</b> authority and liberty. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; <as>as, to judge <ex>between</ex> or to choose <ex>between</ex> courses; to distinguish <ex>between</ex> you and me; to mediate <ex>between</ex> nations.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; <as>as, <ex>between</ex> nine and ten o'clock</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Between decks</col>, <cd>the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Between ourselves</col>, <col>Between you and me</col>, <col>Between themselves</col></mcol>, <cd>in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Between</er>, <er>Among</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Between</i> etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel <i>between</i> two men or two nations; to be <i>between</i> two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation.

<blockquote>I . . . hope that <b>between</b> public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<i>Among</i> implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided <i>among</i> the ship's crew. </usage>

<h1>Between</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*tween"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Intermediate time or space; interval.</def> <mark>[Poetic & R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Betwixt</h1> <Xpage=141>