English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bede
(n.)
A kind of pickax.
Bede
(v. t.)
To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.
Bedeck
(v. t.)
To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
Bedecked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bedeck
Bedecking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bedeck
Bedegar
(n.)
A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or
eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites
rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
Bedeguar
(n.)
Alt. of Bedegar
Bedehouse
(n.)
An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their
benefactors.
Bedehouse
(n.)
Same as Beadhouse.
Bedel
(n.)
Alt. of Bedell
Bedell
(n.)
Same as Beadle.
Bedelry
(n.)
Beadleship.
Beden
(n.)
The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is
probably the wild goat of the Bible.
Bedesman
(n.)
Same as Beadsman.
Bedesman
(n.)
A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to
pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
Bedeswoman
(n.)
Fem. of Beadsman.
Bedevil
(v. t.)
To spoil; to corrupt.
Bedevil
(v. t.)
To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by
the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to
torment.
Bedeviling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bedevil
Bedevilled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bedevil