Part 984

<h1>Beaucatcher</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"catch`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.</def> <mark>[Humorous]</mark>

<h1>Beaufet</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"fet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Buffet</er>.]</ety> <def>A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>beaufet</b> . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beaufin</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Biffin</er>.</def>

<i> Wright.</i>

<h1>Beau ideal</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau" i*de"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>beau</ets> beautiful + <ets>id\'82al</ets> ideal.]</ety> <def>A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.</def>

<h1>Beauish</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.</def> "A <i>beauish</i> young spark."

<i>Byrom.</i>

<h1>Beau monde</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau` monde"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>beau</ets> fine + <ets>monde</ets> world.]</ety> <def>The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.</def>

<i> Prior.</i>

<h1>Beaupere</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"pere`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>beau p\'82re</ets>; <ets>beau</ets> fair + <ets>p\'82re</ets> father.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A father.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Wyclif.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A companion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Beauseant</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau`se`ant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>beauc\'82ant</ets>.]</ety> <def>The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.</def>

<h1>Beauship</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Beauteous</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.</def> <mark>[Mostly poetic]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Beau"te*ous*ly</def>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <def>Beau"te*ous*ness</def>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>