Part 1092

<hw>Be*yond"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biyonde</ets>, <ets>bi<?/eonde</ets>, AS. <ets>begeondan</ets>, prep. and adv.; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>geond</ets> yond, yonder. See <er>Yon</er>, <er>Yonder</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.</def>

<blockquote><b>Beyond</b> that flaming hill. <i>G. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>At a place or time not yet reached; before.</def>

<blockquote>A thing <b>beyond</b> us, even before our death. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; <as>as, the patient was <ex>beyond</ex> medical aid; <ex>beyond</ex> one's strength.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.</def> "<i>Beyond</i> expectation."

<i>Barrow.</i>

<blockquote><b>Beyond</b> any of the great men of my country. <i> Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Beyond sea</col>. <cd><fld>(Law)</fld> See under <er>Sea</er>.</cd> -- <col>To go beyond</col>, <cd>to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>That no man go <b>beyond</b> and defraud his brother in any matter. <i>1 Thess. iv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beyond</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*yond"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Further away; at a distance; yonder.</def>

<blockquote>Lo, where <b>beyond</b> he lyeth languishing. <i> Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bezant</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*zant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Byzant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>besant</asp>, <asp>byzant</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called <i>bezant</i>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.</def>

<h1>Bez-antler</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bez`-ant"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice (OF. <ets>bes</ets>) + E. <ets>antler</ets>.]</ety> <def>The second branch of a stag's horn.</def>

<h1>Bezel</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bez"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From an old form of F. <ets>biseau</ets> sloping edge, prob. fr. L. <ets>bis</ets> double. See <er>Bi-</er>.]</ety> <def>The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.</def>

<h1>B\'82zique</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>B\'82*zique"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82sigue</ets>.]</ety> <def>A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.</def>

<h1>Bezoar</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be"zoar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82zoard</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>b\'bezahr</ets>, <ets>b\'bedizahr</ets>, fr. Per. <ets>p\'bed-zahr</ets> bezoar; <ets>p\'bed</ets> protecting + <ets>zahr</ets> poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. <ets>bezoar</ets>.]</ety> <def>A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.</def>

<note>&hand; Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the <i>Bezoar orientale</i> of India, and the <i>Bezoar occidentale</i> of Peru.</note>

<cs><col>Bezoar antelope</col>. <cd>See <er>Antelope</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bezoar goat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the wild goat (<spn>Capra \'91gagrus</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Bezoar mineral</col>, <cd>an old preparation of oxide of antimony.</cd></cs>