Part 995

<hw>Be*dew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedewed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedewing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To moisten with dew, or as with dew.</def> "Falling tears his face <i>bedew</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Bedewer</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dew"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, bedews.</def>

<h1>Bedewy</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dew"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Moist with dew; dewy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Night with her <b>bedewy</b> wings. <i>A. Brewer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedfellow</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"fel`low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.</def>

<h1>Bedfere Bedphere</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw><hw>Bed"fere` Bed"phere`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bed</ets> + AS. <ets>fera</ets> a companion.]</ety> <def>A bedfellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Chapman.</i>

<h1>Bedgown</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"gown`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nightgown.</def>

<h1>Bedight</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dight"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Bedight</er>, <er>Bedighted</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Bedim</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*dim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bedimmed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bedimming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make dim; to obscure or darken.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bedizen</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*diz"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.</def>

<blockquote>Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had <b>bedizened</b> his tatters. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bedizenment</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Be*diz"en*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.</def>

<h1>Bedkey</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"key`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.</def>

<h1>Bedlam</h1> <Xpage=130>