Part 970

<h1>Beady</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Bead"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.</def> "<i>Beady</i> eyes."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Characterized by beads; <as>as, <ex>beady</ex> liquor</as>.</def>

<h1>Beagle</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Bea"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>begele</ets>; perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>beag</ets> small, little, W. <ets>bach</ets>. F. <ets>bigle</ets> is from English.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.</def>

<h1>Beak</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bek</ets>, F. <ets>bec</ets>, fr. Celtic; cf. Gael. & Ir. <ets>bac</ets>, <ets>bacc</ets>, <ets>hook</ets>, W. <ets>bach</ets>.]</ety> <def>1. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. <sd>(b)</sd> A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. <sd>(c)</sd> The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. <sd>(d)</sd> The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. <sd>(e)</sd> The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.</def>

<i>Carew.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A toe clip. See <er>Clip</er>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Far.)</fld>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A magistrate or policeman.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Beaked</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beaked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.</def> "Each <i>beaked</i> promontory."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.</def>

<cs><col>Beaked whale</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a cetacean of the genus <spn>Hyperoodon</spn>; the bottlehead whale.</cd></cs>

<h1>Beaker</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beak"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biker</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>bikarr</ets>, Sw. <ets>b\'84gare</ets>, Dan. <ets>baeger</ets>, G. <ets>becher</ets>, It. <ets>bicchiere</ets>; -- all fr. LL. <ets>bicarium</ets>, prob. fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> wine jar, or perh. L. <ets>bacar</ets> wine vessel. Cf. <er>Pitcher</er> a jug.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Beakhead</h1> <Xpage=127>