Part 994

<hw>Bede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bid</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bede</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bede</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A kind of pickax.</def>

<h1>Bedeck</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*deck"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedecked</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedecking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bedecked</b> with boughs, flowers, and garlands. <i>Pennant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedeguar, Bedegar</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw><hw>Bed"e*guar</hw>, <hw>Bed"e*gar</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Per. <ets>b\'bed-\'beward</ets>, or <ets>b\'bed-\'bewardag</ets>, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.]</ety> <def>A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (<spn>Rhodites ros\'91</spn>). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.</def>

<h1>Bedehouse</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bede"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>,<tt>n.</tt>Same as <er>Beadhouse</er>.</def>

<h1>Bedel, Bedell</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw><hw>Be"del</hw>, <hw>Be"dell</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>,<tt>n.</tt>Same as <er>Beadle</er>.</def>

<h1>Bedelry</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be"del*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beadleship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Beden</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (<spn>Capra Nubiana</spn>). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.</def>

<h1>Bedesman</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bedes"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Beadsman</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bedevil</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dev"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedevilled</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedeviling</er> or <er>Bedevilling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bedeviled</b> and used worse than St. Bartholomew. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spoil; to corrupt.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Bedevilment</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dev"il*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bedew</h1> <Xpage=130>