Part 1087

<h1>Bevelment</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Bev"el*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.</def>

<h1>Bever</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bever</ets> a drink, drinking time, OF. <ets>beivre</ets>, <ets>boivre</ets>, to drink, fr. L. <ets>bibere</ets>.]</ety> <def>A light repast between meals; a lunch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Bever</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be"ver</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bevered</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <def>To take a light repast between meals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beverage</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Bev"er*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bevrage</ets>, F. <ets>breuvage</ets>, fr. <ets>beivre</ets> to drink, fr. L. <ets>bibere</ets>. Cf. <er>Bib</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Poison</er>, <er>Potable</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; <as>as, an intoxicating <ex>beverage</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>He knew no <b>beverage</b> but the flowing stream. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A treat, or drink money.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Bevile</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Bev"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bevel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Beviled, Bevilled</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw><hw>Bev"iled</hw>, <hw>Bev"illed</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.</def>

<h1>Bevy</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Bev"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bevies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. <ets>bev\'82e</ets> (cf. It. <ets>beva</ets>) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See <er>Beverage</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.</def>

<blockquote>What a <b>bevy</b> of beaten slaves have we here ! <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.</def>

<h1>Bewail</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bewailed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bewailing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.</def>

<blockquote>Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour <b>bewail</b> the injury. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To bemoan; grieve. -- See <er>Deplore</er>.</syn>

<h1>Bewail</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To express grief; to lament.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>