Part 996

<hw>Bed"lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bethlehem</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.</def>

<i>Abp. Tillotson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Let's get the <b>bedlam</b> to lead him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.</def>

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

<hw>Bed"lam</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.</def> "The <i>bedlam</i>, brainsick duchess."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bedlamite</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"lam*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.</def> "Raving <i>bedlamites</i>."

<i>Beattie.</i>

<h1>Bedmaker</h1> <Xpage=130>

<hw>Bed"mak`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes beds.</def>

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<h1>Bed-molding</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw><hw>Bed"-mold`ing</hw> <hw>Bed"-mould`ing<hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.</def>

<i> Oxf. Gloss.</i>

<h1>Bedote</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Be*dote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to dote; to deceive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bedouin</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"ou*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82douin</ets>, OF. <ets>b\'82duin</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>bedaw\'c6</ets> rural, living in the desert, fr. <ets>badw</ets> desert, fr. <ets>bad\'be</ets> to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life.]</ety> <def>One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bed"ou*in*ism</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bedouin</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"ou*in</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.</def>

<h1>Bedpan</h1> <Xpage=131>

<hw>Bed"pan`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pan for warming beds.</def>

<i>Nares.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.</def>